Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

The Inflation Reduction Act promises tax incentives for people to install solar panels on their homes. On Today's Show:Noah Ginsburg, co-director of programs at Solar One, explains the benefits of solar, and how to access it.

We asked a lawyer who's very familiar with Trump-world to explain what it means that the FBI recovered presidential records from the former president's private residence. On Today's Show:Andrew Weissmann, professor of criminal and national security law at NYU School of Law, lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel's Office and the author of Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation (Random House, 2020), shares his analysis of the FBI's surprise search of former President Trump's Florida estate, and what it signifies about Federal investigations of the former president.

Some Republican governors are sending migrants to blue states, which are now struggling to provide them with the services and housing they need. On Today's Show:Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director at the New York Immigration Coalition, and Maryann Tharappel, Special Projects Director of Immigrant and Refugee Services at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, discuss this news and how their organizations are responding to the needs of new arrivals.

After a big week in Congress, we asked our New York State senator for some updates and analysis on the policies on the table, including a landmark climate bill, and a bill to support veterans' healthcare. On Today's Show:U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) talks about her work in Washington and this week's passage of burn pits legislation, and more.

As we continue to cover the ways that SCOTUS's Dobbs decision is changing our social landscape, we discuss the aims of feminism in a post-Roe nation. On Today's Show:Lux Alptraum, podcaster and the author of Faking It: The Lies Women Tell about Sex--And the Truths They Reveal (Seal Press 2018), discusses her guest essay in The New York Times, "Women, the Game Is Rigged. It’s Time We Stop Playing by the Rules," which argues for a new type of feminism that rejects the approval and validation of an unjust system.

As congress appears poised to vote soon on landmark climate legislation, we take a close look at the bill in question. On Today's Show:Bill McKibben, environmental activist, founder of Third Act and author of many books, most recently, The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened (Henry Holt and Co., 2022), talks about the climate bill that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) now supports: what's in it and its impact.

In Kansas, voters faced a ballot referendum over whether or not to remove abortion rights from the state's constitution. On Today's Show:Shefali Luthra, health reporter covering the intersection of gender and health care for The 19th, discusses the implications of the referendum for both Kansas and the rest of the country as the fallout from the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade continues.

Democrats made a deal in the Senate on a number of climate change provisions, as well as some other "Build Back Better" agenda items. On Today's Show:Susan Page, Washington bureau chief of USA Today, discusses the latest from Washington, D.C., including the Democrats' climate deal, and the Biden administration's messaging on the threat of a potential recession.

Now that the January 6th House committee has wrapped up public hearings for the summer, what's the Department of Justice doing to secure accountability for the Capitol riot? On Today's Show:Devlin Barrett, reporter focusing on national security and law enforcement for The Washington Post, discusses the news that the Department of Justice is investigating former President Donald Trump's actions leading up to the January 6th insurrection.

We use the appearance of a case of polio, which had been nearly eradicated in the US, as a lens to explore public health, and the relationship between tiny pathogens and broader society. On Today's Show:Alan Dove, science journalist, virologist and co-host of the This Week in Virology (TWIV) podcast, answers questions about the case of polio in Rockland County - after apparently having been eliminated -- and what needs to happen to prevent further infections.