Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist, recaps the NATO summit, analyzes Biden's press conference, and discusses the 2024 election's impact on the alliance. Topics include far-right leadership, media coverage on Biden and Trump, Democratic party leadership challenges, and potential NATO scenarios.

The GOP's 'Project 2025,' which offers a roadmap for a radically conservative government, speaks more to social issues and the culture wars than to the concerns of workers. 'On Today's Show:Steven Greenhouse, senior fellow at The Century Foundation, former longtime labor reporter at the New York Times and the author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor (Knopf, 2019) discusses the contrast in how Democrats and Republicans (including Project 2025) approach labor.

The Republican platform was released this week, ahead of next week's national convention.  And meanwhile, Democratic politicians remain divided on whether Pres. Biden should be their nominee.On today's show:Erin Doherty, politics reporter covering breaking news and the 2024 election for Axios, discusses the latest in election news headlines.

The GOP's party platform has gone through some changes related to Donald Trump's approach to politics, and to the way that abortion has changed as a political issue since Roe was overturned. On Today's Show:Jeet Heer, writer for The Nation, shares his take on Republican politics, plus how Democrats should proceed with the 2024 election.

With pundits and Democratic leaders pushing to replace President Biden on the 2024 presidential ticket, we look at his political future. On Today's Show:Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC and the author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013), offers analysis of the latest national political news, including the frenzy around President Biden's fitness to remain in the campaign after the debate, and more.

As we celebrate the founding of this country on the Fourth of July, and many people are concerned about the strength of democracy in the United States, Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti, executive director of the Moynihan Center, professor of political science at The City College of New York, and author of the book 20 Years of Rage: How Resentment Took the Place of Politics (Mondadori, 2024), compares the state of our democracy then and now.

In France and Britain, two major upcoming elections this week are poised to overturn current, long-term ruling parties in both countries.On Today's Show:Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief at The Economist, and Andrew Palmer, Britain editor at The Economist, break down the latest on the UK general election, scheduled for July 4th, and the results of the first-out-of-two rounds of elections of the National Assembly in France.

We hear a rundown of some new reporting on women affiliated with the GOP, from members of Congress, to candidates around the country. On Today's Show:Rebecca Traister, writer at New York Magazine and author of Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger (Simon and Schuster, 2018), talks about her reporting on women in the Republican Party, and other national political news.

Today was the Supreme Court's final day of opinions, on immunity for former president Trump over his 'official' or 'unofficial' acts while in office that led to the Jan. 6 insurrection.On Today's Show:Aziz Huq, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and author of the forthcoming The Rule of Law: A Very Short Introduction  (Oxford University Press, 2024), offers legal analysis

Yesterday evening, President Biden struggled at times to deliver cohearant points, while former president Trump pushed numerous falsehoods on the CNN debate stage in Atlanta.On Today's Show:Sabrina Siddiqui, national politics reporter at The Wall Street Journal, offers analysis of Thursday night's debate between President Biden and former President Trump, and listeners weighed in with their perspectives on the future of the 2024 presidential election.