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Acclaimed director ALEX GARLAND joins us to discuss his latest film, "Civil War," which follows a group of journalists embedded within the military in the midst of a modern United States civil ...

https://www.wnyc.org/shows/all-of-it

Despite hand-wringing among Democrats about Joe Biden’s age and his discouraging poll numbers, the President’s campaign for reëlection displays an “ostentatious level of serenity,” Evan ...

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour

This time last year, Republicans were reeling from a poorer-than-expected performance in the 2022 midterm elections; many questioned, again, whether it was time to move on from their two-time Pre...

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour

A record number of migrants crossed the southern border of the U.S. this year, and accounts have emerged throughout the year of cities struggling to provide services to an influx of immigrants. R...

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour

For the last year and a half, Moms for Liberty has been framing their book banning efforts across public schools as a fight for “parental rights” — a rallying call that has gained traction ...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/long-lineage-conservative-mother-movements-on-the-media/

Voters in the East Bronx elected a Republican to City Council for the first time in 40 years, defeating one-term councilwoman Marjorie Velázquez. Jonathan Custodio , Bronx reporter for The City,...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/why-bronx-voters-elected-republican-city-council/

In early August, Christopher Anthony Lunsford, who goes by Oliver Anthony, quietly released a song called "Rich Men North of Richmond." A week later, the folk song had rocketed to the top of the ...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/on-the-media-rich-men-north-richmond-charts/

Even in a summer of record-breaking heat and disasters, Republican Presidential candidates have ignored or mocked climate change. But some conservative legislators in Congress recognize that acti...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/conservatives-climate/

According to a New York Times-Siena poll released this week 54 percent of republican voters said if the election were held today they would vote for Donald Trump. DeSantis trails by 37 percentage...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/presidential-debates-yay-or-nay/

Edward-Isaac Dovere , CNN senior reporter covering Democratic politics and campaigns across the country, and the author of Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump (V...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/friday-morning-politics-2/

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott entered the presidential race this week to contend against former President Donald Trump. Jason Riley , opinion columnist at Th...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/gop-presidential-race-heats/

Why some Democrats aren't excited about Trump's possible indictment on hush-money campaign contributions, and more on how the landscape of the 2024 election is taking shape. ON TODAY'S SHOW: TA...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/trumps-indictment-fundraising-dud-democrats-lukewarm-hush-money-charge/

If you ask Democrats why the US invaded Iraq in 2003, many will say that President George W. Bush cynically lied about weapons of mass destruction. Meanwhile, some Republicans will say that Pres...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/how-neoconservatism-led-us-iraq-on-the-media/

George Santos is hardly the first scammer elected to office—but his lies, David Remnick says, are “extra.” Most Americans learned of Santos’s extraordinary fabrications from a New York Ti...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/local-paper-first-sounded-alarm-george-santos-nobody-listened/

George Santos is hardly the first scammer elected to office—but his lies, David Remnick says, are “extra.” Most Americans learned of Santos’s extraordinary fabrications from a New York Ti...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/local-paper-george-santos/

In 2022, sales of electric vehicles spiked, around 68% higher than 2021. When you think of electric cars, you might think of the long touted benefits for the environment, and, likely, Tesla. But...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/promise-pitfalls-electric-vehicles-on-the-media/

From near-fisticuffs on the House floor to Kevin McCarthy’s concessions to win the gavel, the chaotic start for the 118th Congress has finally settled – with consequences for us all.  In h...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/new-congress-new-consequences/

Congressman-Elect George Santos (R, NY-3) is under fire after a New York Times investigation alleges that much of his resume, particularly aspects of his education and employment history, are fi...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/who-really-congressman-elect-george-santos/

All the votes have been cast in Midterms 2022, and many of the results are in.  Florida Republicans are celebrating statewide victories in the elections for Governor and Senate. But outside of...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/midterm-2022-recap/

Jess deCourcy Hinds  is the solo librarian at the Bard High School, Early College library in Queens, New York. In 2010, she received a new order of books about the civil rights movement, but Hi...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/re-sorting-shelves-look-bias-dewey-decimal-system/

As the midterms approach, conspiracy theories about election fraud are shaping some races. On this week’s On the Media, a deep dive into the impact of the Big Lie on local elections, and the pe...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/on-the-media-free-and-fair/

It’s the first day of November, which means we are just one week away from the last day to cast your ballot in this year’s midterm elections, and as campaigns begin wrapping up, candidates ar...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/political-campaign-ads/

If you identify as conservative, what is at stake for you during these midterms? Which issues matter to you most, and how are you thinking about your place in the future of conservative politics?...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/what-stake-you-midterm-election/

An old threat has returned to classrooms across the country — and it’s made of pages and ink. On this week’s On the Media, hear what it means to ban a book, and who has the right to choose ...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/on-the-media-reading-the-room/

The Republican governors of Arizona and Texas have, as a political ploy, begun to bus migrants arriving at their borders to New York and other East Coast cities. Local nonprofits and volunteer gr...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/asylym-seekers-bused-to-nyc/

Dexter Filkins is one of many reporters who's noticed a trend in recent years: he's been having trouble getting politicians to call him back. This year, Filkins spent two and a half months work...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/ron-desantis-has-cold-on-the-media/

Back in the before-times, when we used to go into the radio station every day, our office next-door neighbor was WNYC host Brian Lehrer. He hosts a 2 hour live radio call-in show every day from ...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/messy-politics-oprah-and-dr-oz/

The Trump-endorsed Dr. Oz recently won the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania. One reason the doctor is so popular, despite the many critics who say he promotes unscientific therapies and ...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/messy-politics-oz-and-oprah/

Jennifer Rubin , opinion columnist for The Washington Post, offers her thoughts on how what she calls the "White-grievance industry" fuels Republicans and anti-Democratic ideas, and what she thin...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-white-grievance-industry-helps-republicans-thrive/

The night of May 2nd, 2022, will probably go down as one for the ages in Politico's newsroom and the halls of the Supreme Court. But arguably in the time since, the contents of that leaked draf...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/why-abortion-took-backseat-drama-leak-on-the-media/

Coming up on today's show: KRISTYN BRANDI, obstetrician-gynecologist and Board Chair with Physicians for Reproductive Health, discusses the negative impact that overturning Roe v. Wade may have o...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/the-brian-lehrer-show-2022-05-10/

Voters who switched from Trump to Biden in 2020 are headed to the polls again, and former GOP strategist Sarah Longwell wants to know what they’re thinking. Longwell is executive director of t...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/they-dumped-trump-biden-now-what/

Will Hurd , former member of Congress (R - TX 23rd), CIA undercover officer, and cybersecurity executive, now an officer at the private investment bank Allen & Company and the author of American ...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/will-hurds-american-reboot/

Earlier this month, Ronna McDaniel, Chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, wrote a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates—the independent, bipartisan organization that has c...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/debate/

It’s been over a year since Donald Trump was defeated fair and square in the 2020 election, but polling shows that belief in the Big Lie is as strong as ever. On this week’s On the Media, hea...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/on-the-media-political-fictions/

While some Trump supporting Republicans say their legal plan to decertify the 2020 election was eclipsed by last year's Capitol riot, formal processes limiting elections on the state level -- l...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/state-republican-party/

Former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman joins us to discuss election wins and losses, her thoughts on the winner of the New Jersey Governor’s race and how she and others are working t...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/former-gov-christine-todd-whitman-discusses-election-2021/

Curtis Sliwa, , Republican candidate for NYC mayor , founder of the Guardian Angels and radio talk show host, talks about his campaign and the issues that matter to him.

http://www.wnyc.org/story/meet-mayoral-candidate-curtis-sliwa/

Jack Ciattarelli , Republican candidate for New Jersey Governor , business-owner and former Assembly Member, talks about his campaign against incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy.

http://www.wnyc.org/story/meet-candidate-nj-gov-jack-ciattarelli/

This week California Governor Gavin Newsome easily defeated a recall election challenge. But that doesn't mean his main competitor, Black conservative talk radio host Larry Elder plans to recede ...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/why-larry-elders-run-has-people-talking-about-black-republicans/

Jess deCourcy Hinds is the solo librarian at the Bard High School, Early College library in Queens, New York. In 2010, she received a new order of books about the civil rights movement, but Hin...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/bias-library-on-the-media/

Six months into Biden’s presidency, The Takeaway looks at what the administration has accomplished, what has slipped through the cracks, and what the future holds. To discuss this further, ...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/democratic-strategy-ahead-2022-midterm-elections/

Throughout the pandemic, there’s been a split amongst those in conservative politics who support vaccines, and those who don’t. But resistance to the vaccine and vaccine hesitancy has been ma...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/conservatives-are-changing-their-tune-vaccines/

Jeff Coltin , senior reporter at City & State and co-author of the campaign confidential newsletter, recaps the Republican mayoral debate -- which will feature the only two candidates, Fernando ...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/recapping-republican-mayoral-debate/

On today's show: JONATHAN CAPEHART, member of The Washington Post editorial board, hosts the “Cape Up” podcast and anchors the Washington Post Live's First Look and The Sunday Show on MSNBC, ...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/the-brian-lehrer-show-2021-05-27/

Jon Meacham , journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian, host of the new podcast "Fate of Fact" and the author of The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels (Random Ho...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/remote-learning-with-jon-meacham/

Trump's GOP has demonstrated an eagerness to believe in conspiracy theories and to accept disinformation that bolsters their politics. How did it get that way? ON TODAY'S SHOW: JON MEACHAM, jo...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/historian-jon-meacham-gops-sixty-year-path-fantasy/

Fareed Zakaria , Washington Post columnist, host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, and the author of Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), talks about the state of t...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/fareed-zakaria-global-covid-todays-gop/

This week, Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the third-ranking Republican in the House, was removed from her position as House GOP conference chair. Cheney had drawn the ire of her Republican colleagues...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/who-rep-elise-stefanik/

Coming up on today's show: JACQUELINE ALEMANY, Washington Post congressional correspondent and “Power Up” anchor, talks about the changes afoot in GOP House leadership and the politics of Rep...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/the-brian-lehrer-show-2021-05-10/