The Brian Lehrer Show

In this membership-drive mini-series, Tommy Silk, a licensed New York sightseeing guide, @LandmarksofNY on Instagram, and the author of Hidden Landmarks of New York: A Tour of the City's Most Overlooked Buildings (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2024), joins us to talk about some of the lesser-known historically significant buildings of NYC. Today, we hear about some of private homes all around the city, landmarked for their significance or the accomplishments of people who lived there.=>EVENT:  Join Tommy Silk in conversation with Jack Coyne at Grace Church Wednesday, 10/23 at 6:30pm.  Reservations requested.

Jonathan Alter, MSNBC analyst, author of the Substack newsletter Old Goats, and the book American Reckoning: Inside Trump’s Trial―and My Own  (BenBella Books, 2024), reflects on the felony trial of Donald Trump as one of the few journalists in the courtroom and as a presidential historian.

New York City's mandatory composting program, which is already operational in Brooklyn and Queens, is expanding to Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx. Hilary Howard, New York Times reporter covering how the New York City region is adapting to climate change and other environmental challenges, breaks down how residents and landlords can get on board, what's compostable and when the program will start being enforced.Note: During the segment, our guest noted that composting experts don't recommend using bags marketed as "biodegradable" to dispose of food waste, either for curbside composting or the smart composting bins found on the street. The Department of Sanitation reached out to clarify that those bags ARE permitted in both curbside compost bins and the smart bins. DSNY said the bags are removed during processing, and that paper, compostable or clear plastic bags are all acceptable. 

In honor of WNYC's centennial, Brian quizzes listeners on topics covered in the centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things." Today's quiz focuses on Republican presidential candidates.

Jessica Grose, opinion writer at The New York Times and the author of Screaming on The Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood (Mariner Books, 2022), offers analysis of young men's relationship with feminism, and how that is related to their voting patterns.

In honor of WNYC's centennial, Brian quizzes listeners on topics covered in the centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things." Today's quiz focuses on Democratic presidential candidates.

David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, talks about this year's New Yorker Festival, and the election.

Maya King, politics reporter covering the Southeast at The New York Times, breaks down the latest political news from the swing state of Georgia, which has seen record-high early voting turnout numbers.

As our centennial series continues, Jennifer Piscopo, professor of gender and politics and director of the Gender Institute at the Royal Holloway University of London and the co-editor of The European Journal of Politics and Gender, looks at the history of women and voting, since the 19th amendment gave them the right to vote in 1920."How Women Vote: Separating Myth From Reality" (Smithsonian Magazine, October 6, 2020)

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.100 Years of 100 Things: Teaching Indigenous People's Stories  (First) | Celebrating Italian Heritage (Without Columbus) (Starts at 29:00) | A History of ADHD and its Treatment (Starts at 43 :00)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.