The Brian Lehrer Show

Andrew Rein, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, and Emily Eisner, Fiscal Policy Institute's chief economist, debate the issue of fairness and New York state taxes.

Photo: People attend a press conference and rally in support of fair taxation near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 10, 2025. (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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The political Right has made significant gains in Brazil and across Latin America, and President Donald Trump's influence has grown. Ana Ionova, New York Times correspondent based in Rio de Janeiro, discusses her reporting on the recent elections in Brazil and the broader rightward shift in the region.

Photo: Demonstration calls for the impeachment of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) and the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, in front of the Sao Paulo Museum of Art (Masp), on Avenida Paulista, in Sao Paulo. (Photo by: Cris Faga Almeida/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Roger Berkowitz, founder and academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and professor of Politics, Philosophy, and Human Rights at Bard College and the author of A World We Share: Hannah Arendt and the Power of Friendship in a Broken World (Yale University Press, 2026) draws on the work of Hannah Arendt to argue that the ability to be friends and disagree is the key to healing divisions.

=> EVENT: On October 19th at 7pm Roger Berkowitz will be in conversation with Roosevelt Montás for a discussion about his new book, A World We Share: Hannah Arendt and the Power of Friendship in a Broken World.

Photo: Portrait of German-born American political theorist and author Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975). (Photo by Fred Stein Archive/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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Maitreyi Anantharaman, cofounder and staff writer at Defector, discusses the New York Liberty, in the midst of their playoff run and semifinal series against the Atlanta Dream. She talks about their chances of winning this series and more analysis of the WNBA season.

Photo: New York players Breanna Stewart (30), Han Xu (21), and Sabrina Ionescu (20) react during a timeout during the WNBA second round playoff game between the New York Liberty and the Atlanta Dream. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Jonathan Dekel-Chen, visiting professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and Jaser AbuMousa, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and senior policy advisor at the International Peace Institute, both suffered major traumas on October 7th, 2023 and its aftermath. They discuss their personal devastation, as well as why they are engaging in dialogue and what they hope for in Palestinian and Israeli politics.

Photo: An Israeli flag flies at a rally organized by the German-Israeli Society Bremen/Lower Weser to mark the Independence Day of the State of Israel on the market square in Bremen, while counter-demonstrators hold a Palestinian flag in the background. (Photo by Focke Strangmann/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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