The Brian Lehrer Show

Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of The Queen and Her Presidents (HarperCollins, 2026), talks about the challenges of covering the Trump administration, as the president has tried to ban reporters from certain outlets from accessing the White House.
Photo: US Capitol, west side (Martin Falbisoner via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)



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Kate Shaw, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny and a contributing opinion writer with the New York Times, talks about the various proposals to reform the Supreme Court, including term limits, ethics reforms and reining in the so-called "shadow docket," which she says Democrats must do if they take control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections.
Photo: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett listen as US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2026. (Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

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For this pledge drive, listeners try their hand at a quiz. Today's theme is 2026 news, so far.
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As part of the yearlong series "Wild NYC," Marielle Anzelone, urban botanist and ecologist and the founder of NYC Wildflower Week, and Monica Medina, board member and podcast host of Scientista, former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and the first U.S. Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources at the U.S. State Department talk about the global biodiversity conference underway this week.
Photo: Guerilla gardening along queens boulevard in tree pit along fence, Queens, New York. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Each day during this pledge drive, we're talking fall food. Today, Carla Lalli, video host and cookbook author, including her latest, Food is a Feeling (Clarkson Potter, 2026), discusses how to make a cozy and tasty kitchen sink soup.
Stock photo of Irish Stew or Guinness Stew made in a crockpot or slow cooker. (by sumnersgraphicsinc via iStock / Getty Images Plus)

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