The Brian Lehrer Show

Matt Friedman, reporter for Politico New Jersey and author of the New Jersey Politico Playbook, talks about the election results in New Jersey, where the so-called "blue tsunami" left just one lone Republican House member standing in the garden state.
Photo: U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), New Jersey Democratic Congressional candidate Rebecca Bennett and Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg gather at the end of a rally at Raritan Valley Community College on October 16, 2026 in Branchburg, New Jersey. Bennett will run against incumbent Rep. (Kena Betancur via Getty Images)

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Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic and host of their 'Autocracy in America' podcast, now in its fourth season, discusses her reporting on the Trump administration's "bullying" of Europe, the ongoing global implications the war in Iran and other foreign policy news.
Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on November 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)

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Ber Anena, Ugandan-born journalist and author of The Lies We Tell for America: A Memoir (Flatiron Books, 2026), tells the story of leaving Uganda for an MFA at Columbia during lockdown and how it changed her assumptions about America, and more.
Photo: People wearing masks are seen on at Columbia University as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on August 06, 2020 in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld via Getty Images)

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Elizabeth Gunn, contributor to Grub Street and author of the food newsletter Consumed, talks about how AI and technology is making restaurant experiences more and more strange.
Photo: Customers eat dinner at the French restaurant Gigi's in the Brooklyn borough of New York on April 26, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

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Jumaane Williams, New York City Public Advocate, provides an update on the fatal building collapse near Bedford and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn.
Photo: TOPSHOT - First responders tend to a collapsed building in Brooklyn in New York on November 11, 2026. [Eight people were] killed and several others were injured Wednesday after a three-story building collapsed near a construction site in New York, city authorities said. (kena betancur / AFP via Getty Images)

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