Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

As new information and reporting into the human trafficking scandal around Jeffrey Epstein continues to come to light, we explore how we know what we know about the case.  

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Epstein exp…

As the Northeast US faces another heatwave, we take a look at some of the data behind particular climate issues.

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Radley Horton, professor of climate at Columbia University's Climate Sc…

Israel celebrates its apparent military victory over Iran. How does that square with the humanitarian conditions in Gaza?

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David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The Ne…

The conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, with many Palestinian civilians reportedly unable to access food, medicine and other basic supplies.

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Avril Benoît, executive director o…

General Motors' CFO says they won't raise prices despite the tariffs imposed by Trump's White House, and the retaliatory tariffs imposed by the US's global trade partners.

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Alexandra Sv…

Speaker Mike Johnson sent members of the House of Representatives home for their August break a few days early in order to avoid a vote on releasing Epstein materials.

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Annie Karni, co…

The Texas state legislature has reconvened for a special session and at the behest of President Trump, one of the primary goals is to redraw the state's Congressional map to shore up the Republican m…

Hear about the latest media headlines, from the Late Show's cancellation, to Trump's newspaper lawsuits and public media funding clawbacks and the Epstein Files news cycle.

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Brian Stelt…

Columbia University has announced it will use a controversial definition of antisemitism on campus, approved by the Trump administration. 

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Arno Rosenfeld, enterprise reporter at the Fo…

The senate approved a rescission package of cuts to NPR and PBS along with foreign aid.

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LaFontaine Oliver, president and CEO of New York Public Radio, and Sarah Gilbert, president and …

President Trump has attempted to signal a change of tune toward Russian President Vladimir Putin in his war against Ukraine.

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Garry Kasparov, former world chess champion and democracy a…

A local Senator shares his thoughts on federal responses to recent flooding in his state, Trump's budget, and foreign relations.

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Senator Andy Kim (D NJ), talks about his work in the Se…

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Immigrants and advocates are alleging that conditions at a lower Manhattan ICE facility are inhumane, including no beds and not enough food. Arya Sundaram, WNYC and Gothamist reporter…

Big changes are coming to student loans as a result of President Trump's domestic spending law. 

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Ayelet Sheffey, senior economic policy reporter at Business Insider, explains how the n…

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Austin Kocher, assistant research professor in the office of research and creative activity in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University, and Substack wr…

Trump's so-called 'Big Beautiful Bill' would cut clean energy subsidies, and other programs aimed at mitigating climate change.

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Zack Colman, Climate and energy reporter for POLITICO, r…

Over the holiday weekend, political voices across the spectrum, from a Trump advisor to a leading congressional Democrat, weighed in on the national implications of Zohran Mamdani's primary win in NY…

Today, the domestic funding bill that President Trump has been pushing through Congress is undergoing a vote in the House of Representatives.

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Julie Rovner, chief Washington corresponde…