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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has presented his budget. New Jersey Senate Republican Leader Thomas Kean Jr. and Gordon MacInnes, President of New Jersey Policy Perspective, react... (episode)
<p>David Dinkins, former mayor of New York City and professor in the Practice of Public Affairs at Columbia University, talks about his own campaign for mayor and looks ahead to November.</p>
<p>Dennis Kimbro, leadership coach and the author of <em>The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires</em>, talks to Brian Lehrer about the stories of successful African Americans.</p>
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Longtime Supreme Court watcher and Yale Law School lecturer, Linda Greenhouse, discusses the stakes of the Voting Rights Act case being argued before the high court today. Plus: the b... (episode)
Lisa Belkin, Huffington Post’s senior columnist on life/work/family, talks to Brian Lehrer about the new policy at Yahoo! that you may no longer work from outside the office, and the ...
<p>Are you getting your daily nuts, olive oil, fish and sofrito? Gina Kolata, medical reporter for the New York <em>Times</em>, discusses a big new study touting the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet.</p>
Eleanor Sterling, director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, talks about the ongoing exhibition, Our Global Kitchen, and how e...
Twenty years ago last month, tennis great Arthur Ashe called the show to comment on the competing, and possibly converging, visions of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. This wee... (article)
The deadline for a deal to avert automatic spending cuts from Washington is Friday, March 1. WNYC’s Bob Hennelly talks about what kinds of local services would see their budgets cut i... (episode)
David Dinkins, former mayor of New York City and professor in the practice of public affairs at Columbia University, remembers his friend Arthur Ashe. And hear Arthur Ashe's call to...
The band They Might Be Giants visited the studio, and played our theme live - a Brian Lehrer Show first! Listen to the full interview with TMBG here. (By the way, here's the original ... (article)
Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer talks about how to protect the city from future disasters similar to Superstorm Sandy. Plus: Steven Dennis from Roll Call on the latest from Washington; They... (episode)
<p>Dana Stevens, film critic and co-host of Slate's Culture Gabfest, and Alan Sepinwall, TV critic for HitFix, talk with Brian Lehrer about last night's Academy Awards.</p>
<p>John Flansburgh, John Linnell, and Marty Beller of They Might Be Giants discuss the band's new album and how it's managed to stay viable in the modern music industry.</p>
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Former Vice President Al Gore discusses his new book The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change. Plus: Jon Meacham, executive editor at Random House, talks Washington politics; a look a... (episode)
<p>Al Gore, former vice president and author of <em>The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change</em>, talks to Brian Lehrer about the new balance of global power and environmental drivers in the future.</p>
Each year, The Brian Lehrer Show interviews the filmmakers behind the Oscar-nominated documentary features. Here we've compiled all five interviews into one podcast. (article)