Listeners Respond: Family Secrets Revealed
As children, we see the world through innocent eyes. Often, the adults around us are impenetrable forces that speak only the truth and feel no pain. But as we grow up, of course, we see these adults as...
View ArticleListeners Respond: Why I'm Childfree
Writer Meghan Daum says that it is time to have an honest conversation about why many adults choose not to have children.Several of you have also been telling us about your own decisions around...
View ArticleThe Entrepreneur Whisperer
Linda Rottenberg, Co-founder and CEO of Endeavor Global and author of Crazy is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags (Portfolio Hardcover, 2014) helps entrepreneurs take smart,...
View Article25 Years in 25 Days: Then and Now
This segment originally aired live on October 31, 2014. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of The Brian Lehrer Show on December 26, 2014. The unedited audio can be found here. This...
View ArticleInformal, Unofficial, Thoroughly Unscientific Exit Poll: Election Day 2014
Join us today--be one of the listeners who call in to discuss how you voted in today's election. How did you vote on New York and New Jersey's ballot initiatives? If you voted to re-elect Gov. Cuomo,...
View ArticleHow to Deal with Our Frustrating Airports
Businessweek recently ranked the "most frustrating airports" and LaGuardia, JFK and Newark were in the top five (no surprise there). So on this very busy travel day, tell us - what are your local...
View ArticleYour Hometown News
If you traveled to your hometown for Thanksgiving, what was the local news story everyone was talking about? Catch us up to speed on the big news stories from your far-away hometowns.
View Article50 Reasons to
Adam Moss, editor of New York Magazine, talks about their annual feature Reasons to Love New York (including their apology for the now-discredited story about the high schooler who made millions on the...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing the Crowdsource
Let’s commit an act of journalism together in 2015! Pitch your ideas for how the Brian Lehrer Show listening crowd should put our heads together this year. Let’s do a project, what should it be? Call...
View ArticleWhat Are You Ambivalent About?
Move beyond polarization and share what issue in the news you feel ambivalent about. Call us at 212-433-9692, that's 212-433-WNYC.
View ArticleRelationship Advice Roulette
Another installment of our ongoing experiment called "Radio Roulette," where callers get to ask a question — but only if they answer another listener's question first. Today, call in with your question...
View ArticleBest Baby Name
Did you pick the best baby name of 2014? The NYC Health Department statistics show Jayden and Sophia to be the most popular baby names in NYC. Call and share the baby name you picked out this year...
View ArticleParents of Black Children – Talk the Talk
Mayor de Blasio said he and his wife have talked with his black teenage son about "taking special care" in dealings with the police. Parents of black teenagers, have you had that talk? What did you say...
View ArticleWhat's Your New Year's Resolution?
Call in and share what you resolved to do, of do differently, in 2015, as we conduct an informal, unofficial, thoroughly unscientific, Brian Lehrer Show New Year's resolutions survey.
View ArticleCrime and Punishment for the Boston Marathon Bomber
We’re looking for a few impartial people. Do you think you could be an impartial juror in the Boston Marathon bomber case? And, what do you think - if convicted, should Tsarnaev get the death penalty?
View ArticleLeonard Lopate Weekend: Ina Garten, J.C. Chandor & A Lament For The Lost...
This week: Ina Garten teaches us about dishes you can prep, assemble, or cook ahead of time (First). Then, Director J.C. Chandor talks about his latest film, “A Most Violent Year,” a crime drama set in...
View ArticleYour Riskiest Behavior
Listeners: what's the riskiest thing you do in your life on a regular basis? Give us a call or share your regular risky behavior in the comments.
View ArticleDate My Professor
Harvard University has changed its policy on faculty-student romantic relationships, banning outright any relationship that could create bias based on "unequal status." And many other universities are...
View ArticleWhat We Wore For #1Week1Outfit
We challenged our listeners to wear the same outfit, every day, for one week, and see how it affects our moods, our stress-level, our decision-making, and general perceptions.And you weren’t shy about...
View ArticleA Dog's Café Life
A bill that would leave it up to restaurants to allow diners to have pet dogs with them in their outdoor seating areas passed the Senate and is under consideration in the New York State Assembly for...
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