The Brian Lehrer Show

As our centennial series continues, Kathryn Cramer Brownell, professor of history and director of the Center for American Political History and Technology at Purdue University and the author of 24/7 Politics: Cable Television and the Fragmenting of America from Watergate to Fox News (Princeton University Press, 2023) reviews the history of how Americans learn about presidential elections. 

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.The Battle Over Prop 1 on the NY Ballot (First) | The Nuts and Bolts of Voting in New York and New Jersey (Starts at 52:29) | Why Do You Run the NYC Marathon (Starts at 1:17:34)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

As our centennial series continues, Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics, university professor at Columbia University, chief economist at the Roosevelt Institute, and author of The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society  (W.W.Norton, 2024), reviews the history of American capitalism and the ebb and flow of regulation.

Ahead of the New York City Marathon on Sunday, listeners call in to share why they are running, what they get out of it and shout out who has supported them in their journeys.

Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, associate editor at the Washington Post and the author of many books, including his latest, War (Simon and Schuster, 2024), talks about his new book covering American presidential policies toward the war in Ukraine and the Middle East and the election.

Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York and Henal Patel, director of the Law & Policy program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice (NJISJ), talk about the nuts and bolts of how to vote in New York and New Jersey, and what to do if problems arise.

Listeners call in to share the political costume they are donning for Halloween, which this year falls just days before the consequential presidential election.

WNYC’s election series “America, Are We Ready?” looks at the state of election coverage during this very abnormal campaign season. Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, co-hosts of WNYC's On the Media discuss the decisions by several major newspapers to pull their candidate endorsements, the role of mis- and disinformation and more.

From McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers to frozen waffles to deli meats, it seems like food recalls are all over the place. Ellen Ioanes, world and weekend reporter at Vox, reports on why this is happening, and what to know as a consumer.

Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America (Viking, 2023), talks about the latest news from the campaign trail, where both Harris and Trump are making their closing arguments to voters.