The Brian Lehrer Show
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Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The Brian Lehrer Show:
#1 Mentioned in 7 episodes
The great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
#2 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Charged
Gerald Pollack
#3 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert Caro
#4 Mentioned in 4 episodes
What to Eat
Louise Light
#5 Mentioned in 3 episodes
How to Build a Democracy
From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams
Christina Greer
#6 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Secret Files: Bill Deblasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform
Bill De Blasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform
Michael Hayes
#7 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Bad Law
10 bad laws that are ruining the country
Ellie Mystal
#8 Mentioned in 3 episodes
It's All Relative
A.J. Jacobs
#9 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Fair Pay, Fair Play
Aligning Executive Performance and Pay
Robin Ferracone
#10 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Project
How Project 2025 is Reshaping America
David Graham
#11 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Andrea Montero Cusset
Steven D. Levitt
Stephen J. Dubner
#12 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Know-It-All
One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
A.J. Jacobs
#13 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The divider
Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
Peter Baker
Susan Glasser
#14 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Year of Living Constitutionally
One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
A. J. Jacobs
#15 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Quiet Damage
Jesselyn Cook
#16 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The World in Books
52 Works of Great Short Nonfiction
Kenneth C. Davis
#17 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Pricing the Priceless
Joseph P. Newhouse
#18 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Food Politics
How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
Marion Nestle
#19 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
Richard Hofstadter
#20 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Antisocial
Andrew Marantz
