The Brian Lehrer Show

Julio Vaqueiro, Noticias Telemundo anchor, and Daniel Alarcón, editor of the podcast series and executive producer at Radio Ambulante Studios, talk about their new podcast series: El Péndulo. The show looks at the issues that are important to Latino voters, especially in swing states, and how voters there see the presidential candidates.

WNYC’s election series “America, Are We Ready?” looks at the presidential candidates’ different approaches to housing costs. Kimberly Adams, senior Washington correspondent for Marketplace and the co-host of the Marketplace podcast, “Make Me Smart", and Jerusalem Demsas, Atlantic staff writer focusing on housing policy, discuss the policies proposed by Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and listeners tell us where they stand.

Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event, including how the embattled Mayor is hoping to restore trust with two new public safety appointments and more. 

As our centennial series continues, Darryl Pinckney, a long time contributor to The New York Review of Books and the author of Blackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy (New York Review of Books, 2015 & 2020), among others, examines the history of Black voting, from ballot access to party affiliations.

Tom Nichols, staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic Daily newsletter, talks about his cover story in the November edition of the magazine, "The Moment of Truth," explaining why he sees another Trump presidency as a fundamental challenge to norms that stretch back to George Washington.

U.S. Representative Mike Lawler (R, NY-17) makes his pitch to voters as he runs for reelection in New York's 17th Congressional district.=> Campaign website

Leon Neyfakh and Arielle Pardes talk about their new podcast, Backfired: Attention Deficit, which chronicles the history of ADHD, why diagnoses have shot up, and how it's treated. 

Mondaire Jones, former representative of New York's 17th congressional district, now running to regain the seat, makes his case for going to Washington once again.=> Campaign website 

Maxine Joselow, climate reporter at The Washington Post and author of The Climate 202 newsletter, discusses the misinformation spread on the right about the origins of recent hurricanes and FEMA disaster money, which is causing factions in the GOP and holding up disaster relief.

Jim Small, editor in chief of The Arizona Mirror, an independent, nonprofit news organization, talks about the issues animating voters in the swing state of Arizona, and what the polls show about the chances that Trump and Harris have of winning the state.