The Brian Lehrer Show

Timmy Facciola, founder of the local news outlet Judge Street Journal, which focuses on New York politics, talks about the how Mike Lawler is positioning himself in relation to President Trump on issues like immigration and antisemitism, and how Cait Conley is framing her policy positions in relation to the left wing of the Democratic Party.
Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pose for a photo with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-OH) after Trump delivered remarks during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Eric Lee via Getty Images)

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Rose Broderick, disability in health care reporting fellow at STAT News, shares her reporting on major federal rollbacks of landmark disability protections such as Section 504, as well as broader trends in federal disability rights.
Photo: Disability rights activists and caregiving advocates hold a vigil in front of the US Capitol to urge Congress to include full federal funding for home and community based care services in President Biden’s Build Back Better budget package on October 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Larry French/Getty Images for The Arc of the United States)

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Bhaskar Sunkara, president of The Nation, founding editor of Jacobin, publisher of Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy, former vice-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America and the author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality (Basic Books, updated 2026) and co-author of The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real World (Verso, 2026) talks about today's socialism and its response to today's issues.
Photo: Bhaskar Sunkara poses ahead of delivering the inaugural Eric Aarons Memorial Lecture: Socialist Horizons for Our Times at the NSW Teachers Federation Auditorium on May 26, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams via Getty Images)

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Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly, an assistant editor at The Atlantic, talks about her recent article in The Atlantic on "upgrade holdouts" as listeners share the old tech they hold onto, and why.
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Timmy Facciola, founder of the local politics news outlet Judge Street Journal, talks about several key affordability issues that came up in the debate between U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler and his Democratic challenger Cait Conley, including energy, tariffs, and housing.
Photo: Cait Conley, who is challenging U.S. Representative Mike Lawler to represent New York’s 17th Congressional District, speaks to supporters on September 16, 2026 in Tarrytown, New York. (Spencer Platt via Getty Images)

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