Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Biden takes office in 8 days, but for those worried about Trump's involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the capitol, that's 8 days too many. What's the right response to an attempted coup? On Today's Show:Susan Page, Washington bureau chief at USA Today, discusses the latest political headlines, including impeachment, the 25th Amendment, and the political calculus of holding Trump accountable.

Over the past few days, we've gotten a clearer picture of how the Jan.6 attack on the Capitol went down, and the more we learn, the worse it seems to get. On Today's Show:Mike DeBonis, Congress and national politics reporter for The Washington Post, talks about the latest on a second impeachment of President Trump, following the attack on the Capitol, and other national news.

What drove a mob of conspiracy theorists to attack the Capitol building amid critical election proceedings? And in the aftermath, what does the broader far-right think went down? On Today's Show:Brandy Zadrozny, investigative reporter for NBC News, where she mostly covers misinformation, disinformation and extremism on the Internet, talks about the events that led up to Wednesday's breach on the Capitol, and how the event is being viewed by Trump's most ardent supporters and far right activists.

The shocking attack on Congress yesterday, in the midst of a critical democratic function, has called to the forefront questions of how to stop an attempted coup. On Today's Show:U.S. Rep. and House Democrats Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D NY-8th, Brooklyn and Queens), talks about yesterday's insurrection and what comes next for Congress.

2020 was a crash course in navigating risk. Now, we look ahead at some of the major political risks we're likely to encounter in the coming year, including climate change, cybersecurity and China. On Today's Show:Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and GZero Media, host of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer and the author of Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism  (Portfolio, 2018), previews the top political risks ahead for 2021.

Trump pressured Georgia election officials to "find" more votes. But amid these affronts to democracy, don't forget about COVID relief and vaccine distribution policy. On Today's Show:Mikie Sherrill, U.S. Representative (D, NJ-11), talks about the role of the House of Representatives in the transition of power, President Trump's phone call to the Georgia secretary of state and more news from Washington, D.C.

In 10 years, what will we remember about 2020? What lessons about our democracy do we want to make sure we keep in mind in the next decade? On Today's Show:Brooke Gladstone, co-host of WNYC's On The Media, talks about how the news covered the pandemic, the election, and the intersection of the two.

A special treat as we close out this consequential year: a history and civics news quiz. Listen to our callers answer questions from the citizenship test, and see how well you'd do. On Today's Show:2020 was a year for the history books. For today's show, Kenneth C. Davis, author of the "Don't Know Much About History" series and most recently, "More Deadly Than War: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War," brings his best historical quiz questions for the listeners, from OTHER important eras of American history, including questions on civics, one-term presidents and more.

A special treat as we close out this consequential year: a history and civics news quiz. Listen to our callers answer questions from the citizenship test, and see how well you'd do. On Today's Show:2020 was a year for the history books. For today's show, Kenneth C. Davis, author of the "Don't Know Much About History" series and most recently, "More Deadly Than War: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War," brings his best historical quiz questions for the listeners, from OTHER important eras of American history, including questions on civics, one-term presidents and more.

As Joe Biden's cabinet comes together, there's a pattern emerging: he knows and gets along with most his nominees on a personal level. On Today's Show:Gabriel Debenedetti, national correspondent at New York Magazine, talks about Biden's executive branch, and what it means for the next four years.