All The Presidents' Lawyers' Lawyers
Lanny Davis, the lawyer who formerly represented Michael Cohen in his testimony before Congress, formerly a spokesman for the Clinton White House's anti-impeachment efforts, talks about his time in the...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes at the Trump White House
Philip Rucker, Washington Post White House bureau chief, and Carol Leonnig, Washington Post national investigative reporter, the co-authors of A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America...
View ArticleRoger Stone and the Trumps
Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy for WNYC News and co-host of the podcast Trump Inc. and the author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and...
View ArticleDon't Go Chasing Certainties
On Wednesday evening, after the World Health Organization released a revised estimate of the coronavirus fatality rate, President Trump told Sean Hannity's prime-time audience, "the 3.4 percent is...
View ArticleTrump Appoints Rep. Mark Meadows to Chief of Staff
As the coronavirus continues to dominate media coverage here in the U.S. and abroad, several other news stories have flown under the radar, including another staffing shakeup in the White House. On...
View ArticleInside Trump's Corona Virus Response; Going the 'Social' Distance; The...
Coming up on today's show: Jonathan Lemire, White House reporter for the Associated Press and political analyst for MSNBC/NBC News, talks about the White House's rapidly changing response to the...
View ArticleInside Trump's Coronavirus Response
Jonathan Lemire, White House reporter for the Associated Press and political analyst for MSNBC/NBC News, talks about the White House's rapidly changing response to the coronavirus epidemic, including...
View ArticleThe Politics of Crisis
USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page discusses how the White House and Congress are responding to the Coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout.
View ArticleHow Can We Convey To You...?
The flood of facts and spin from elected officials' daily coronavirus briefings presents just one challenge to journalists working the all-encompassing coronavirus beat. Overstretched reporters must...
View ArticleWhy Is Trump Sitting On The Stockpile?
With some hopeful signs coming out of hard-hit Italy and Spain that social distancing measures are flattening the curve, New York, Detroit and the state of Louisiana are projected to reach peak...
View ArticleThe Trump Family and the Coronavirus Response
Andrea Bernstein, co-host of the podcast Trump Inc. and the author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), talks about...
View ArticleThe White House Outbreak Curve Is Not Flattening
Congress is slowly inching toward another COVID relief package, and several White House staffers have tested positive for the virus. What's going on in the nation's capitol?On Today's Show:U.S....
View ArticleMixed Messages in the Heartland
During Monday's White House press briefing, President Trump asserted that, "All throughout the country, the numbers are coming down rapidly." However, the White House's own data, collected by the...
View ArticleThe Republican Convention Comes to a Close
On Today's Show:- Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, host of the podcast "FAQNYC," politics editor at The Grio and author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press,...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics: The President and COVID-19
Jonathan Lemire, White House reporter for the Associated Press and political analyst for MSNBC/NBC News, reports from Washington with the latest on the president's health and the COVID outbreak at the...
View ArticleWhy Is Trump Stonewalling Contact Tracers?
Trump had already tested positive for COVID-19 when he went to an event in Bedminster, NJ. Now, NJ contact tracers want to know who he might have infected, but he won't give them any info.On Today's...
View ArticleAmerica Picked A President: Voters Send Joe Biden To The White House
Four days after the last ballots were cast, the country has spoken. The people have elected Joseph Biden Jr. the 46th president of the United States.The president-elect and his running mate, Kamala...
View ArticleJoe Biden Wins Presidency
All week, election results have trickled in from across the country. With just a few states outstanding, Vice President Joe Biden has surpassed the 270 threshold of electoral votes to win the race for...
View ArticleWhat Exactly Is The Job Of The Chief White House Photographer?
There is a lot going on in the documentary The Way I See It, about the work of Obama’s Chief White House Photographer and latter-day Instagram influencer Pete Souza. The film chronicles his journey...
View ArticleThe Ashes on the Lawn
A global pandemic. An afflicted, angry group. A seemingly indifferent government. Reporter Tracie Hunte wanted to understand this moment of pain and confusion by looking back 30 years, and she found a...
View ArticleJacqueline Kennedy's White House
On Valentine's Day 1962, in the simpler days of television, all three networks aired a now-celebrated tour of the White House led by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. A stunning number of Americans tuned...
View ArticleGovernment: A Love-Hate Story
How did Americans come to think so poorly of government? And how did Joe Biden come to be the first modern president who’s even tried to change our minds? Kai talks with three change-makers about the...
View ArticleA Little-Known Statute Compels Medical Research Transparency. Compliance Is...
Evidence-based medicine requires just that: evidence. Access to the collective pool of knowledge produced by clinical trials is what allows researchers to safely and effectively design future studies....
View ArticleAmerica Are We Ready for the First 100 Days?: In Conclusion
Airing LIVE Thursday, April 29th, 8-9pm ET.Join the national conversation with host Brian Lehrer of WNYC as the Biden/Harris administration starts its work. At the end of the First 100 Days, we check...
View ArticleThe First 100 Days of VP Harris
Eugene Daniels, a Politico Playbook author and White House correspondent, and Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, host of the podcasts "What's In It For US" and...
View ArticleJuneteenth, the Newest Federal Holiday
Texas native Annette Gordon-Reed, a Harvard University professor and the author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W.W. Norton & Company, 2008), talks about her new book, On...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes in Trump's Last Year in Office
The Washington Post's White House senior Washington correspondent Philip Rucker and national investigative reporter Carol Leonnig, authors of I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final...
View ArticleNational Politics; Working from Home Without the Kids; Bicyclist Call-In; Ask...
On today's show:Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post congressional reporter covering the House of Representatives, talks about the latest political news including the Democrats' sweeping budget bill and...
View ArticleFriday Morning Politics: J6 Rally, Social Spending, and More
Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post congressional reporter covering the House of Representatives, talks about the latest political news including the Democrats' sweeping budget bill and Saturday’s...
View ArticleSusan Orlean’s Animal Obsession, and an Interview with Merrick Garland
The staff writer Susan Orlean talks about her obsession with animal stories. The renowned investigative journalist Jane Mayer asks Attorney General Merrick Garland about the prosecution of January 6th...
View ArticlePres. Biden's First Year; Higher Education News; Sports Betting Starts in New...
On today's show:Pres. Biden was sworn in on this date one year ago. Amanda Carpenter, columnist at Bulwark, director of Republicans for Voting Rights, author of Gaslighting America: Why We Love It When...
View ArticleA Year With President Biden
President Biden was sworn in on this date one year ago. Amanda Carpenter, columnist at The Bulwark, director of Republicans for Voting Rights, author of Gaslighting America: Why We Love It When Trump...
View ArticleTrump and the Presidential Records Act
Josh Dawsey, a political enterprise and investigations reporter for The Washington Post, discusses new reporting questioning Donald Trump's adherence to the Presidential Records Act, which requires the...
View ArticleMonday Morning National Politics
Jonathan Lemire, White House bureau chief at Politico, host of Way Too Early on MSNBC and NBCNews analyst and Darlene Superville, White House reporter for The Associated Press and the co-author (with...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics: Midterm Concerns and Foreign Policy
Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power (Twelve, 2021), now in paperback, talks about the latest in national politics,...
View ArticleA History of the Trump Presidency; Guns in NJ; Cameras in the Subway Cars;...
On today's show:Susan Glasser, staff writer for The New Yorker and CNN global affairs analyst, and Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for MSNBC,...
View ArticleTri-State Election Roundup; Biden's Response to Disinformation; Yuval Noah...
Coming up on today's show:With one day to go before Election Day, Jimmy Vielkind, reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering the tri-state area, Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and editor, host of the...
View ArticleThe Ashes on the Lawn
A global pandemic. Thousands dying. A passive government. An afflicted group fueled by grief and anger. In this episode, first aired in 2020, Reporter Tracie Hunte wanted to understand this moment of...
View ArticleWhy Chief of Staff Is “the Hardest Job in Washington”
The White House chief of staff is the second most powerful but hardest gig in Washington, D.C. Dick Cheney blamed the job for giving him his first heart attack, during the Ford Administration. A...
View ArticleHow Biden And Huckabee Sanders Talked Differently About Cancer Says A Lot
After yesterday's State Of The Union, a look at what President Biden said, how he said it, what the response has been so far, and what it means for politics.On Today's Show:Andrew J. Seligsohn,...
View ArticleWomen's History Highlights: The Story of First Lady Edith Wilson
[REBROADCAST FROM March 10, 2023] For Feminist Fridays in honor of Women's History Month, we discuss the woman some consider to be the unofficial first female President: Edith Wilson. She helped run...
View ArticleThe COVID Tracking Project Part 1
The United States has 4% of the world’s population but 16% of COVID-19 deaths. This series investigates the failures by federal agencies that led to over 1 million Americans dying from COVID-19 and...
View ArticleThe COVID Tracking Project Part 2
This is the second episode in our three-part series taking listeners inside the failed federal response to COVID-19. In episode two, series host Jessica Malaty Rivera, along with reporters Artis...
View ArticleThe COVID Tracking Project Part 3
This is the third episode in our three-part series taking listeners inside the failed federal response to COVID-19. Series host Jessica Malaty Rivera and reporters Artis Curiskis and Kara Oehler bring...
View ArticleWhat It Takes to Be White House Chief of Staff
The White House chief-of-staff role is the hardest gig in Washington, D.C. Dick Cheney blamed the job for giving him his first heart attack, during the Ford Administration. A hapless chief of staff can...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics: Trump's Legal Troubles, the GOP Field and More
Jonathan Lemire, host of “Way Too Early" on MSNBC, Politico White House bureau chief, and the author of The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020...
View ArticleCassidy Hutchinson on New Book, Mark Meadows’ Reported Immunity Deal
One of the key witnesses to President Trump's role in the Jan. 6 insurrection has a new book.On Today's Show:Cassidy Hutchinson, a former special assistant to President Donald Trump and his chief of...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics: Biden's Birthday (and Reelection Politics)
Jonathan Lemire, host of “Way Too Early" on MSNBC, Politico White House bureau chief, and the author of The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020...
View ArticleWhat Biden Is Thinking About the 2024 Election
Despite hand-wringing among Democrats about Joe Biden’s age and his discouraging poll numbers, the President’s campaign for reëlection displays an “ostentatious level of serenity,” Evan Osnos says...
View ArticleReporters Ask the Mayor; TikTok Ban Vote; Pres. Biden's Budget; 'Malicious...
Coming up on today's show: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...
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