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Wednesday Morning National Politics; Oscar Docs: Strong Island; Would Australia's Gun Laws Work in the US?; Diplomacy Under Trump; Movie Music Trivia! (episode)
National Public Radio's Mara Liasson discusses the politics headlines.
Documentarian Yance Ford talks about his Oscar-nominated film, 'Strong Island,' about his brother's murder and where it intersected with larger societal currents.
After a string of mass shootings in the 90s, Australia enacted a buyback program for newly banned semi-automatic weapons. Is a mass confiscation of private property feasible in the U.S.?
Richard Haass discusses how the Trump era represents a departure of traditional foreign policy norms.
Name that tune from an Oscar-nominated film!
Jorge Ramos: Immigrant; Oscar Docs: 'Last Men in Aleppo;' Mueller Investigations Update; Moving Girls Beyond Impossible Standards; Movie Trivia! (episode)
Television host Jorge Ramos discusses the latest news regarding Latin America, and his own experience of being a Latino immigrant in the Trump era.
Former Watergate special prosecutor, Jill Wine-Banks, on the latest from the Russia investigation, including how Jared Kushner may be compromised.
Documentarian Feras Fayyad talks about his Oscar-nominated film, 'Last Men in Aleppo,' a look at the Syrian war through the eyes of the first responders in Aleppo, Syria.
From 'fat talk' to 'role conflict,' author and co-founder of Girls Leadership, Rachel Simmons, discusses the many challenges young women in America have to overcome and offers advice.
You know what Pledge Drive week at The Brian Lehrer Show means... puzzles with John Chaneski!
Monday Morning Politics; Oscar Docs: Abacus; Teenage Activism; #TRussia with Ari Melber; Movie Trivia! (episode)
Even if Congress won't act on gun rights issues, corporations are taking the lead in cutting ties with the National Rifle Association.
Documentarian Steve James talks about his Oscar-nominated film, 'Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,' about the Chinatown bank that was the focus of a post-2008 mortgage fraud investigation.
A look at the student protest movement launched in the wake of the Parkland school shooting and how student activism has made social change in the past.
MSNBC host Ari Melber joins with the latest updates on the Mueller investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
You know what Pledge Drive week at The Brian Lehrer Show means... puzzles with John Chaneski!
Our favorites from this week include: Robert Reich 'Make America Good Again' (First) | The Making of a Black Feminist (Starts 36:46) | Why White Women Voted Trump (Starts 55:25) (article)
Ask the Mayor; Jill Abramson argues it’s time to impeach Clarence Thomas for the lies he allegedly told to get on the Supreme Court; A journalist embeds in White Nationalist Groups (episode)
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
Jill Abramson argues that Clarence Thomas lied to get onto the Supreme Court, and it's time to talk seriously about impeachment.
And other arguments against gun-control pushed by the NRA and Republicans.
One reporter talks about what he learned embedding himself in three white nationalist extremist groups and their move toward mainstream acceptance under Trump.
National Politics with Congressman Jeffries; Teachers and students respond to the parkland shooting; Working conditions for home health care workers; (episode)
Students are begging lawmakers to consider stronger gun laws. Will it work?
Is your school organizing?
Why is growing old at home so hard?
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Year in Hate and Extremism report identifies 954 hate groups – an increase of 4 percent from 2016.
What Now For Dreamers?; Reaching the Women Who Voted For Trump; Bail reform in NJ; Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes argues for guaranteed basic income. (episode)
The Senate failed to pass any kind of immigration reform last week. So what do dreamers do now?
White women do not constitute the progressive base. But more of them might vote Democratic in the coming elections.
What other states can learn from New Jersey about bail reform.
Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, thinks we should combat income inequality by taxing the rich and giving $500 a month to those making under $50k a year.
Robert Reich on making America "good"; digging into Trump's business dealings; #MeToo in the museum; exploring feminist rage. (episode)
What Do American's Owe Each Other?
Donald J. Trump is president, yet we're still trying to answer basic questions about how his family business works.
An in-depth conversation about art in the era of #MeToo, with a focus on whether museums should continue to display art by artists who have behaved badly.
Anger gives Brittney Cooper the energy to keep fighting.
Monday Morning Politics with Washington Post's Philip Bump; 'Right-to-Work' case comes to the SCOTUS; "Black Panther" reviewed and your calls. (episode)
Philip Bump, Washington Post correspondent, takes your calls on Russian trolls, the Parkland shooting, the DACA fight and more.
Ronan Farrow on his latest New Yorker piece alleging a Playboy Playmate's affair with Donald Trump and a publisher's purchase of the story to stop its publication.
Are we a right to work nation?
Have you seen it yet?
Our favorites from this week include: What's Wrong in Politics and How to Fix It (First) | Teens & Porn (Starts 24:30) | Undocumented Immigrants in New Jersey (Starts 46:43) (article)