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The Brian Lehrer Show

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Mar 14, 2025 • 33min

The Nation Asks 'Are Men OK?'

Eamon Whalen, freelance journalist and Nation contributor, offers analysis of the premise that men and boys are suffering, how to help them if they are, and how this intersects with the "manosphere," and the politics of the moment.
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Mar 14, 2025 • 33min

Meet the Mayoral Candidates: Whitney Tilson

Whitney Tilson, former hedge fund manager and philanthropist, talks about his campaign for the Democratic nomination for NYC mayor in the June primary election.
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Mar 14, 2025 • 8min

Reflecting on COVID Five Years Later

Five years since COVID upended daily life, listeners weigh in on the biggest societal changes brought on by the pandemic. 
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Mar 14, 2025 • 35min

Friday Morning Economic Politics

Nancy Cook, senior national political correspondent at Bloomberg News, offers analysis of the Democratic split on the budget showdown in Congress, tariff chaos and more economic news from Washington.
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Mar 13, 2025 • 13min

A Guide to Venmo Etiquette

Annabelle Williams, publishing editor at The Wall Street Journal, shares tips and best practices for managing "digital debt" in your relationships.  
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Mar 13, 2025 • 30min

100 Years of 100 Things: Women's Sports

As our centennial series continues, Jane McManus, sportswriter, an adjunct professor at New York University at the Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport and the editor of The Year's Best Sports Writing 2024 (Triumph, 2024) and author of the forthcoming The Fast Track: Inside the Surging Business of Women's Sports (Temple University Press, 2025), talks about early attempts to organize women's sports and its post-Title IX growth. 
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Mar 13, 2025 • 26min

Ask Governor Murphy: March 2025 Recap

Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Topics this month: how federal cuts are affecting New Jerseyans, Murphy's position on ballot redesign, a sinkhole on I-80, and more.
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Mar 13, 2025 • 39min

Trump's New World Order

David Sanger, White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times and the author of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West (Crown, 2024), talks about the many ways Pres. Trump has upended the post-WWII international order.
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Mar 12, 2025 • 18min

Can We Change Our Personalities?

Olga Khazan, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change (S&S/Simon Element, 2025), talks about her new book and what she found on her year-long quest to become a "better" person.
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Mar 12, 2025 • 25min

Legal Analysis of Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detailed Mahmoud Khalil—a legal permanent resident with a green card and prominent student-activist-turned-negotiator in pro-Palestine demonstrations at Colombia University. Peter Markowitz, professor of law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and the founding faculty member and co-director of the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic, offers legal analysis of the detention.

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