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How Can I Get Unstuck When Making Life Decisions? - with Valorie Burton on Optimize Coach.
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How Can I Get Unstuck When Making Life Decisions? - with Valorie Burton Valorie Burton is a member of the Optimize Coach Guest Faculty. This exchange was captured during a Live Coaching session in the Optimize Coach program. Multiple times every month, Optimize Coach participants connect live with Brian, Michael, Alexandra, and members of our world…
Jason Johnson, MSNBC contributor, author, professor of Politics and Journalism at Morgan State University and host of the new Slate political podcast A Word … with Jason Johnson, talks about the latest news coming out of Washington, including Biden's commission to study the Supreme Court, relief for Black farmers and Amazon's union fight.…
Seth Blumsack, professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs and director of the Center for Energy Law and Policy at Penn State University, talks about the status of rooftop solar panels and the power grid. Plus, Tim Cawley, president and chief executive of Con Edison, talks about one program to install solar panels on t…
Larry Krasner, Philadelphia district attorney, former civil rights and defense attorney, and author of the new book, For the People: A Story of Justice and Power (One World, 2021), talks about his approach to prosecution, as a means to criminal justice reform.
Jami Floyd, senior editor for race and justice at WNYC, offers legal analysis of the Chauvin trial, as the jurors deliberate, plus talks about the makeup of the jury, and the instructions they were given from the judge on how to apply the law to the facts of the case.
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, university professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and director of ICAP at Columbia University, talks about the latest COVID news and shares her thoughts on outdoor masking, the safety of travel, case rates and more.
Steven Mufson, business of climate change reporter at The Washington Post, talks about the role of EVs in meeting the U.S. climate goals, President Biden's proposed boost to the industry in his infrastructure plan, and the practicalities of shifting from gas-powered vehicles to electric ones. Plus, Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish and his newest…
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Monday Morning Politics: Refugee Cap, Gun Violence & More National Politics
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Philip Bump, national correspondent for The Washington Post, talks about the latest national political news, including the news that President Biden will raise the refugee cap, police gun violence and more national political news.
Raymond McGuire, former Citigroup executive and mayoral hopeful, takes calls from listeners about his campaign and the issues facing the City.
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24 Days on a Bus: The Torturous World of Prison Transport
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Every Tuesday evening through May 4th, The Greene Space and the non-profit advocacy organization Worth Rises are holding virtual panel discussions about the business side of the prison industry, asking: who profits when people get put away? We're previewing those discussions with a weekly segment here on The Brian Lehrer Show. Today: Private transp…
Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) In this PNTV episode, we'll have fun with a few of my favorite Big Ideas from Ayn Rand's classic "The Fountainhead." (Always fun to see if we can distill some goodness from a 750+ page boo…
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How Can I Help My Partner Feel Worthy? - with Suzie & James Pawelski on Optimize Coach
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How Do I Avoid Feeling Resentment Towards My Partner? - with Suzie & James Pawelski. Suzie & James Pawelski are members of the Optimize Coach Guest Faculty. This exchange was captured during a Live Coaching session in the Optimize Coach program. Multiple times every month, Optimize Coach participants connect live with Brian, Michael, Alexandra, and…
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How Can I Develop Clarity on What I Want To Work Towards? - with Scott Barry Kaufman on Optimize Coach
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How Can I Develop Clarity on What I Want To Work Towards? - with Scott Barry Kaufman. Shannon Polly is a member of the Optimize Coach Guest Faculty. This exchange was captured during a Live Coaching session in the Optimize Coach program. Multiple times every month, Optimize Coach participants connect live with Brian, Michael, Alexandra, and members…
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Brian Lehrer Weekend: The Chauvin Trial Continues; Fighting the Pandemic Through Global Cooperation; The Stories Our Clothes Tell
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Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. The Chauvin Trial Continues (First) | Fighting Pandemics Through Global Cooperation (Starts at 29:15) | The Stories Our Clothes Tell (Starts at 57:45) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.…
Restaurant owners and workers call in to share what reopening has been like and to comment on how dining has changed during the pandemic.
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Ask the Mayor: Open Streets After COVID, Reopening City Offices & More
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including the continuation of Open Streets and Open Restaurants initiatives, crisis housing in the wake of a Jackson Heights fire, and the timeline on reopening NYC government offices.
Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, talks about how corporate America is reacting to legislation that generally restricts voting rights — and what more he thinks they could be doing.
Robin George Andrews, volcanologist turned science journalist, talks about the eruptions from the La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, and whether scientists predict the worst is over or more destruction is on the way. Plus, Nikkole Decaul, community organizer, on how to help donate supplies to the region. Please share. #SVG…
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How Can I Help a Client Who Continues To Ruminate on the Same Challenges? - with Shannon Polly on Optimize Coach
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Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach/ Shannon Polly is a member of the Optimize Coach Guest Faculty. This exchange was captured during a Live Coaching session in the Optimize Coach program. Multiple times every month, Optimize Coach participants connect live with Brian, Michael, Alexandra, and members of our world-class Luminary Guest Faculty …
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Fighting Pandemics with Science and Global Cooperation
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Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine and the author of Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021), answers questions about Covid-19 vaccines and arg…
Julie Kim, co-owner of Littlefield, a performance and arts space in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and Michael Dorf, founder and CEO of City Winery, and John Abbamondi, CEO of BSE Global, the parent company of the National Basketball Association’s Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center, talk about how reopening their venues has been going, what COVID safety precaution…
President Biden announced he will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by or before September 11, the 20th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. David Sanger, White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times, talks about how world leaders and national security experts are reacting to the news. We're talking about Ame…
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The Legacy of the Cross-Bronx and a Future Without Environmental Racism
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Nilka Martell, founder and director of the community-based non-profit organization Loving the Bronx, and Peter Muennig, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, discuss a proposal to cap portions of the Cross-Bronx Expressway in favor of new green spaces and housing.…
Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from The Second Mountain by David Brooks. Hope you enjoy! David Brooks is one of the nations’ leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist f…
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How Do You Eradicate Shame and Self-Judgement? - with Brian Johnson on Optimize Coach
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How Do You Eradicate Shame and Self-Judgement? - with Brian Johnson. Brian Johnson is a member of the Optimize Coach Faculty. This exchange was captured during a Live Coaching session in the Optimize Coach program. Multiple times every month, Optimize Coach participants connect live with Brian, Michael, Alexandra, and members of our world-class Lum…
Emily Stewart, senior business and politics reporter at Vox, breaks down the latest news surrounding inflation.
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Another Police Killing Near Minneapolis as the Chauvin Trial Continues
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Paul Butler, professor at Georgetown Law and the author of Chokehold: Policing Black Men (The New Press, 2017), joins to talk about what's happening in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer on trial for the murder of George Floyd, while nearby, people are protesting after a Black man named Daunte Wright was shot and kill…
Kathryn Garcia, 2021 mayoral hopeful and former commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation, takes calls from listeners about her campaign and the issues facing the City, including maintaining public housing facilities, NYPD reform and traffic safety policy.
Krutika Kuppalli, MD, infectious disease and global health specialist and assistant professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at the Medical University of South Carolina, answers questions about vaccines, in light of the J&J "pause" following reports of a dangerous, but extremely rare, reaction in some recipients.…
Cara Brookins built her own 3500 square foot house by using YouTube tutorials. The impetus for her decision to build that house with her four kids came after surviving domestic violence. When that occurred, she was faced with the stark challenge of providing for her children but with no means and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of …
Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!) Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from Gandhi the Man by Eknath Easwaran. Hope you enjoy! Eknath Easwaran is one of my absolute favorite teachers. In this beautiful and brilliant biography…
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How Do I Stop Procrastinating on the Things I Want To Do? - with Barry Michels & Kristan Sargeant on Optimize Coach
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Optimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach/ Barry Michels & Kristan Sargeant are members of the Optimize Coach Guest Faculty. This exchange was captured during a Live Coaching session in the Optimize Coach program. Multiple times every month, Optimize Coach participants connect live with Brian, Michael, Alexandra, and members of our world-class Lumi…
Emily Spivack, artist, author of Worn in New York: 68 Sartorial Memoirs of the City (Harry N. Abrams, 2017) and now creator of the Netflix docu-series "Worn Stories," talks about her new series, which explores the special meaning people give to certain clothes that they wear.
A year after returning home from prison, formerly incarcerated people have a mortality rate nearly four times the national average. Dr. Homer Venters, clinical associate professor at NYU College of Global Public Healthand also newly appointed member of the Biden/Harris COVID 19 Health Equity Task Force, and Bianca Tylek, Worth Rises’s executive dir…
Shaun Donovan, 2021 mayoral hopeful and former official in both the Bloomberg and Obama administrations, takes calls from listeners about his campaign and the issues facing the City, including affordable housing, racial equity and making up for a year of remote learning, and racial equity.
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How the 'Pause' on the J&J Shot Will Affect the Vaccination Campaign
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The public health community has been clear that the best vaccine is the first one available to you, but today, federal health officials called for a "pause" on using the J&J vaccine after several recipients developed a blood clotting disorder. S. Mitra Kalita, co-founder of URL Media and CEO and publisher of Epicenter-NYC, and Mark Horowitz MD, fam…
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What Do You Do When Your Children Reject You? - with Carrie Contey on Optimize Coach
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What Do You Do When Your Children Reject You? - with Carrie Contey. Carrie Contey is a member of the Optimize Coach Guest Faculty. This exchange was captured during a Live Coaching session in the Optimize Coach program. Multiple times every month, Optimize Coach participants connect live with Brian, Michael, Alexandra, and members of our world-clas…
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What Would a Global Corporate Minimum Tax Mean for the US and Abroad?
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called for a global corporate minimum tax. Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and GZero Media and the author of Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism (Portfolio, 2018), talks about how that would affect the US economy, and looks abroad to who it would help, and who it would hurt.…
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Families Share Why They're Sticking With Remote Learning
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About 650,000 kids will continue to learn remotely for the rest of the school year. Parents call in to share why they are keeping their kids home, even after the New York City schools gave one last chance to opt-in for this year, and why fear of racism and bullying might play into some parents' decisions.…
Anu Joshi, vice president of policy at the New York Immigration Coalition, details the Excluded Workers Fund and other components in the newly passed state budget that will have an impact on New York's immigrants. More information here.
Osho's a fascinating guy and in this Note we'll take a look at the power of Zorba the Buddha, the importance of self-discipline, the fact that we've got to have a firm hold on our ego before we have any hope of letting it go (big point a lot of peeps tend to miss!), and a lot of other Big Ideas on making our potential a reality.…
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How Do We Cultivate Joy? - with Brian Johnson on Optimize Coach
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How Do You Adapt the Miracle Morning Routine to Different Types of Personalities? - with Hal Elrod on Optimize Coach
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How Do You Adapt the Miracle Morning Routine to Different Types of Personalities? - with Hal Elrod. Hal Elrod is a member of the Optimize Coach Guest Faculty. This exchange was captured during a Live Coaching session in the Optimize Coach program. Multiple times every month, Optimize Coach participants connect live with Brian, Michael, Alexandra, a…
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How Do We Work on Wounds Without Considering Ourselves “Wounded?” - with Dr. Shefali & Renee Jain on Optimize Coach
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How Do We Work on Wounds Without Considering Ourselves “Wounded?” - with Dr. Shefali & Renee Jain. Dr. Shefali & Renee Jain are members of the Optimize Coach Guest Faculty. This exchange was captured during a Live Coaching session in the Optimize Coach program. Multiple times every month, Optimize Coach participants connect live with Brian, Michael…
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How Can I Cultivate Meaningful Connection During a Time of Isolation? - with Valorie Burton on Optimize Coach
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How Can I Cultivate Meaningful Connection During a Time of Isolation? - with Valorie Burton. Valorie Burton is a member of the Optimize Coach Guest Faculty. This exchange was captured during a Live Coaching session in the Optimize Coach program. Multiple times every month, Optimize Coach participants connect live with Brian, Michael, Alexandra, and…
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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Vaccine Passports; Vaccine Access; NYC Demographics
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Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Vaccine Passports (First) | Vaccine Access Assistance (Starts at 35:20) | Joe Salvo & NYC's Demographics (Starts at 1:10:00) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.
Leana Wen, MD, emergency physician, professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, CNN medical analyst, and former Baltimore Health Commissioner and the author of the forthcoming book Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health (Metropolitan Books, 2021), shares her thoughts on how to re-…
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Ask the Mayor: Coney Island; State Budget; Schools; & More
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Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC news, including the change to the "2-case rule" that frequently shut down city schools due to COVID-19 cases, the recently-passed state budget, gun violence and more.
Jia Tolentino, staff writer at The New Yorker, talks about the recent trend of people who have recently quit, or taken a break from, social media platforms and takes calls from listeners about their experiences.
Champe Barton, reporter at The Trace, a non-profit news site covering gun violence, talks about Pres. Biden's executive actions on preventing gun violence and their impact in New York and New Jersey.