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Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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Oct 31, 2024 • 1h 35min

America, Are We Ready To Trust The Media's Election Coverage?

WNYC’s election series “America, Are We Ready?” looks at the state of election coverage during this very abnormal campaign season.On Today's Show:Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, co-hosts of WNYC's On the Media, discuss the decisions by several major newspapers to pull their candidate endorsements, the role of mis- and disinformation and more.
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Oct 30, 2024 • 23min

With 6 Days To Go, Candidates' War Of Words Intensifies

Election Day is under a week away, with many states in the midst of early voting, and the polls remain closer than ever.On Today's Show:Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America (Viking, 2023), talks about the latest news from the campaign trail, where both Harris and Trump are making their closing arguments to voters.
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Oct 29, 2024 • 21min

Why The US Is Outside Looking In at the UN Biodiversity Conference

Climate change doesn't only mean keeping global temperatures down. The UN is also exploring the need to prevent species extinction and ecological collapse. On Today's Show:Benji Jones, an environmental correspondent at Vox covering biodiversity and climate change, reports from Colombia and COP16, the UN conference with the goal of preserving biodiversity, on progress, funding and the relationship to climate change.
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Oct 28, 2024 • 20min

World’s Richest Man Asks for Tax Cut At Trump Rally

On Today's Show:Lucia Starbuck, political reporter and host of Purple Politics Nevada at KUNR, talks about the issues animating voters in the swing state of Nevada, what the polls show about Trump and Harris's chances of winning the state, and the unique political dynamics at play.
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Oct 25, 2024 • 22min

Election Lawyer Marc Elias On The Subterfuge He’s Preparing For

Former president Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results in court and lost.On Today's Show:Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket and partner at Elias Law Group, talks about his experience in overturning Trump's challenge in court, and what he anticipates may be the battle ahead for the 2024 election should Trump deny a potential loss.
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Oct 24, 2024 • 13min

Tape of Former Chief of Staff: Trump’s a Fascist, Praised Hitler

With the 2024 election season wrapping up in under two weeks, a look at the latest developing stories from the campaign trail. On Today's Show:Dana Milbank, columnist for The Washington Post and the author of Fools on the Hill: The Hooligans, Saboteurs, Conspiracy Theorists and Dunces who Burned Down the House (Little, Brown and Company, 2024), talks about his new book and the congressional races.
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Oct 23, 2024 • 18min

'On The Media' Co-hosts Follow The Election Money Trail

Influencers, billions of dollars in campaign funding, and the first presidential election after Jan. 6, all add up to a different kind of campaign coverage in the mainstream media. On Today's Show:Brooke Gladstone, and Micah Loewinger, co-hosts of WNYC's On The Media, talk about what’s been different in the media during this presidential election cycle compared to the last two.
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Oct 22, 2024 • 19min

Is the Gen Z Gender Gap Less Than People Say?

With the 2024 election season set to wrap up in just a couple of weeks, we look at the politics of an important demographic: young men.On Today's Show: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 Gen Z men's relationship with feminism, and how that is related to their voting patterns.
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Oct 21, 2024 • 10min

100 Years of 100 Things Quiz: Democratic Presidential Candidates

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.
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Oct 21, 2024 • 17min

Georgia: Early Voting In Droves, Court Blocks Last Minute Mischief

Continuing our series of deep-dives into the politics of swing states in the 2024 election, we take a close look at the Peach State. On Today's Show:Maya King, politics reporter covering the Southeast at The New York Times, breaks down the latest news from Georgia, a swing-state where record breaking early voting has already begun.

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