Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.
Democrats Had A Good Week. Can They Keep Up The Momentum?
The Death Penalty, And Luigi Mangione, the Left's Martyr
Why Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Are Different
Military Secrets On Signal, Democratic Politics In Congress
Is Writing An Op-Ed Now Grounds For Deportation?
Columbia University Faces The “Prisoner’s Dilemma”
Just an Honest Mistake? N.J. Rep. and Navy Vet Mikie Sherrill On War Plan Leak
RFK Says Vaccines Are *Not* For The Birds
What Columbia’s “Concessions” Mean For Us All
Your Student Loans As The Education Dept. Shuts Down
The Threat To Law Firms With Clients Who Challenge Trump
Historian Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s “Authoritarian Experiment”
Different Interviews, Different Reasons for Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest
David Sanger on 50 Days of The Trump World Order
Legal Analysis of the Columbia Protester Deportation Case
Hiding Climate and Other Pollution Data
NPR’s Stephen Fowler Compares DOGE Claims to Actual Receipts
Giridharadas vs. Carville on How Dems Should Respond to Trump
Did Elissa Slotkin Show Other Democrats How To Respond To Trump Last Night?
Yes RFK Did Just Say The Measles Vaccine Will Protect Your Kids
Why AP Won't Call It "The Gulf Of America", and Are We “On The Side Of The Bad Guys Now?"
Will Boycotts On The Left Move The Needle On The Right?
The Opinions Jeff Bezos Won’t Publish Anymore
The House Budget Framework and Your Medicaid Benefits
NJ Sen. Andy Kim On Trump's Medicaid Cuts, USAID, And Democracy
Elie Mystal On The People’s Checks and Balances
Trump Declares Himself “King”, Europe May Seek A Divorce
How Team Trump Is Attacking Identity Politics While Using It At The Same Time
Musk and Vance vs. Germany’s Enemies Within (Not the Neo-Nazis)
Historian Douglas Brinkley on Presidential Power Plays Then and Now
Trump Drops Eric Adams Charges, And Stonewall's Trans History
What Happens When A President Defies A Court Order
Public Education Cuts: What To Expect Under Trump 2.0
A Former Biden Admin Trade Experts Explains Trump's Tariffs
Hello Tariffs, Goodbye Consumer Protections
Will the Courts be a Check on President Trump's Power?
Why Deleting Public Health Data Is Bad For Public Health
Why Aren't 'Checks And Balances' Reigning In Trump And Musk?
Jeffries Threatens Government Shutdown To Block Some Of Trump’s Agenda
Personal Finance Meets Democracy Preservation As Federal Workers Consider The Buyout
Sen. Andy Kim on Questioning RFK, Jr., Dems Best Hopes and More
Are Trump’s Executive Orders A Democracy Test?
Dem Senators Wyden of OR and Hasan of NH Grill RFK Jr. on Vaccines and Abortion Rights
What To Know Before RFK's Confirmation Hearing Tomorrow
Trump and Rubio Halt Most Foreign Aid
What Biden and Bannon Are Both Warning About
How The Feds May Come After Your Private Company’s Diversity Policy
Trump’s Panama Canal Issue Explained
Pod Save America Hosts on Trump Pardoning Cop-Attackers
How MLK Fought Northern Segregation, And How He Might View Today's Inauguration
Clocks Tick Closer to a TikTok Ban on Sunday
Alcohol's Link With Cancer, According To The US Surgeon General
Julian Zelizer Argues In Defense of Partisanship
Sens. Cotton and Gillibrand Spar at Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing
Sen. Wyden On The 'Chutzpah' Needed To Protect Democracy
'This Is Your Politics On Solitude'
Dialogue Is Possible J.D. Vance and Bernie Sanders Supporters Talk
Zuck to America: Texas Less Biased Than My Professional Fact-Checkers
Biden’s Last Climate Act before “Drill Baby Drill”
U.S. Homelessness Hits Record High: Why and What To Do
Swing District Democrat On When To Cooperate With Trump
A Freedom Caucus vs. Trump Test Comes Tomorrow Over Speaker of The House
How Can Trump's Isolationism Include Annexing the Panama Canal or Buying Greenland?
Here Is This Year’s Lehrer Prize For Community Well-Being Topic
Trump Says Some Americans Do Not Actually Exist
First Amendment Litigator On Trump’s Media Lawsuits
Sen. Gillibrand Wants Biden To Declare The Equal Rights Amendment Ratified
The Pentagon and NYPD: The Drones People Are Seeing Are Not A Risk
Here’s Who’ll Be In Charge of Health Insurance in The New House Term
Beg Your Pardon, Mr. President: Strong Feelings On Crime, Clemency And Justice
The Price of Eggs Meets Freedom Of Speech In The FTC Transition
How Health Insurance Came To Be Hated
A Syrian-American Journalist’s Stories of Assad’s Brutality and What Might Come Next
Trump Not Sure He’ll Ever Have a Plan For Health Insurance
Will SCOTUS Allow The End of Parental Rights For Parents of Trans Kids
The Biden Pardon Meets The Coming Trump 'Revenge Tour'
If Kash Patel Ran the FBI
Actually, The Election Was Closer Than You Think
What Pete Hegseth Has Said About Civil War and Whiteness
Rep. Malliotakis: Change New York’s Sanctuary City Law
Trump’s Nominee From Project 2025 Calls For “Trauma” For EPA Staff
Why Advocates and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are Seeking Temporary Protective Status for Ecuadorians
President-Elect Trump's Education Priorities
Trump's 'Megadonors,' And What They Want From His Second Term
UN Climate Summit Grapples With Trump Election
Hakeem Jeffries on Where the Dems Go from Here
Trump May Already Be Trying To Break The Constitution In These Two Ways
Race, Gender, And Why Harris Lost
Will Trump’s Appointees Fight For These Things You May Not Realize They’ve Said?
On Bernie Sanders’ Charge That Dems Abandoned The Working Class
Trump’s New “Border Czar” Says Yes To Workplace Raids
Meet Our First Korean-American U.S. Senator
The Democrats Begin Their Reckoning
Maria Hinojosa and Benjy Sarlin on Trump’s Latino Surge
More Than The Usual Swing States To Watch Tonight, and Legal Challenges Beyond
Yes, Some Women Are Not Telling Their Husbands They’re Voting For Harris
Bob Woodward on Harris and Netanyahu, WaPo Not Endorsing, and More
America, Are We Ready To Trust The Media's Election Coverage?
With 6 Days To Go, Candidates' War Of Words Intensifies
Why The US Is Outside Looking In at the UN Biodiversity Conference
World’s Richest Man Asks for Tax Cut At Trump Rally
Election Lawyer Marc Elias On The Subterfuge He’s Preparing For
Tape of Former Chief of Staff: Trump’s a Fascist, Praised Hitler
'On The Media' Co-hosts Follow The Election Money Trail
Is the Gen Z Gender Gap Less Than People Say?
100 Years of 100 Things Quiz: Democratic Presidential Candidates
Georgia: Early Voting In Droves, Court Blocks Last Minute Mischief
An Anti-Panic Harris Analysis; Congress Hopefuls Grasp For The Middle
Some Latino Voters: Trump’s Attacks Are Not About Me
When Is It Wrong (and Right) To Call Trump 'Fascist'?
How Hurricane Lies Are Hurting Actual Storm Victims
Swing State Arizona: MAGA Ambivalence Near The Border
Why Do We Care About The Nobel Peace Prize?
Special: 'America, Are We Ready' To Reign In Healthcare Costs?
A Blue State Senate Race With National Implications
SCOTUS Picks Up Where It Left Off On Abortion Rights
Charlie Sykes on His Home Swing State of Wisconsin
Trump Says He Wants to Use the DOJ to go After His Enemies. Experts Say We Should Believe Him
What The Historic Longshoremen's Strike Could Mean For the Election, And The Economy
The Differences Between Walz 'Misspeaks' and Vance 'Lies' At The VP Debate
What If RFK Jr. Was In Charge Of U.S. Public Health Policy?
Swing State Michigan: The “Uncommitted” Vote and More
Here’s How Harris Argues She’s Better Than Trump For Inflation
First Words From NYC Mayor Indictment and First Analysis
Harris Has To Overcome This Perception To Beat Trump
How MAGA Election Officials Are Trying to “Weaponize” Vote-Counting
Are Today’s Education Culture Wars Worse Than The Scopes Monkey Trial?
Another Immigration Non-Problem. This One Might Shut Down The Government
The 50 Year Pre-History of Project 2025
On the Trump Assassination Attempts, What About The Guns?
Swing State Report Card: North Carolina
The (Sort Of) Climate Section of the Debate
Trump In The Debate: Consistently Anti-Abortion
The Harris-Trump Debate: It Even Included Policy
Paul Krugman on 'Kamalanomics'
What to Expect at Tomorrow's Presidential Debate
Georgia School Shooting Spotlights Gun Issues in the Presidential Race
Could Florida's Abortion Referendum Turn It From Red To Swing State?
It’s Get Out The Vote vs. Overturn and Suppress The Vote in PA and Elsewhere
Pennsylvania: Ultimate Swing State Update
How Ukraine Is Taking Matters Into It's Own Hands
'Tampon Tim' Walz, A 'Menstrual Tax,' And More Period Politics
A Critique From The Left Of Democrats' Approach To Israel/Gaza
RFK Jr. Thinks Trump Will Do What? And Other Post-DNC News
Helping Trump Pronounce “Kamala” and Other Last DNC Moments
Project Joy Meets Project 2025 at the DNC
Who Expected This Much Joy at the Democratic Convention?
Highlights And Analysis From The Democratic Convention's First Night
MSNBC’s Katy Tur and Luke Russert on the Harris Inflation Speech