The Brian Lehrer Show

Yesterday, an ICE Agent fired 7 rounds at a man identified by NYPD as Oscar Belgal. Arya Sundaram, WNYC/Gothamist reporter covering race and justice, shares the latest updates on the situation.
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Layla Law-Gisiko, president of the City Club of New York, talks about transit-related issues in the New York governor's race.
Photo: Governor of New York Kathy Hochul is seen on March 21, 2025 in New York City. (NDZ/Star Max/GC Images via Getty Images)

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Jon Henley, the Guardian's Europe correspondent, based in Paris, talks about the student protests in France.
Photo: Students block the road outside Sciences Po during a protest on October 7, 2026 in Paris, France. (Tom Nicholson via Getty Images)

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Walter Isaacson, professor of history at Tulane, host of the new podcast "The Builders" and the author of several books, including The Innovators: How A Group Of Hackers, Geniuses, And Geeks Created The Digital Revolution (Simon & Schuster, 2014, new preface 2026) talks about his recent New York Times op-ed on Ada Lovelace and the need for human control of AI, and more.
=> EVENT: On Monday, Oct 12th, Walter Isaacson will be in conversation at 92NY with Mustafa Suleyman for a live recording of The Builders, with Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI. Tickets or streaming access.
Photo: Walter Isaacson attends the American Symphony New Orleans Premiere on December 07, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Netflix via Getty Images)

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Have you ever been bothered by a subway stop that seems just a little too close to the last? Joshua Wolk, software engineer and straphanger, joins to discuss his list of the MTA's least efficient subway stops and his petition to shut down the L Train's Third Ave station.
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