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WNYC Studios

Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Over the past several years, a license-plate tracking company called Flock has partnered with over 40 percent of police departments nationwide, allowing local law enforcement to track people's whereabouts across state lines. 

On Today's Show: 
Jason Koebler, co-founder of 404 Media, unpacks how officials, including ICE, are using the technology, and why anti-surveillance activists on both sides of the are pushing back against the cameras.

 
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Flock cameras: Public safety or surveillance state?

Over the past decade, the common meaning of the word 'woke' has fluctuated between "social consciousness" and "performative sensitivity." 

On Today's Show:
Jasmine Green, editorial & audience associate at The Bulwark, offers her take on the word "woke," the evolution of wokeness, and how Democrats might re-claim it from its current status as a mostly pejorative term.

 
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Loving and hating the word 'woke'

With the midterms approaching, and intra-party debates about how far to push their agendas, we explore what it means to be politically 'moderate.' 

On Today's Show:
Jon Allsop, contributing writer at The New Yorker, discusses the latest national political headlines and his recent story, "What Does It Even Mean to Be a Moderate?"

 
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Loving and hating the word “moderate”

It's been more than 50 years since President Richard Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal. 

On Today's Show:
Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst, former Watergate special prosecutor, co-host of the podcasts "#Sistersinlaw" and "Just the Facts" and the author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President (Henry Holt and Co., 2020), reflects on that time and the efforts to downplay the crimes of Watergate.

 
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Watergate anniversary meets Watergate denialism

This week marks the 81st anniversary of the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

On Today's Show:
Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist, contributor to The iPaper and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, A Capital Calamity (Miniver Press, 2024), recalls the history and discusses the current state of nuclear weapons, especially as it relates to the war with Iran.

 
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Iran, Israel and others, 81 years after Hiroshima

The Trump administration's efforts toward peace in Iran and in Gaza both seem to be in a cycle of successes to celebrate, and setbacks to explain.

On Today's Show:
F. Gregory Gause, professor emeritus at Texas A&M University offers analysis of the ongoing war with Iran, which he argues has been a failure, so far. 

 
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On-again/off-again Gaza deal joins on-again/off-again Iran war

Following a recent cybersecurity breech by OpenAI, in which two of their in-progress models autonomously hacked into the AI company Hugging Face, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pushing for an "AI Kill Switch" bill in Congress. 

On Today's Show:
Brendan Bordelon, AI and tech influence reporter at Politico, discusses Washington's changing approach to AI regulation amid growing concerns over data security in every sector, and and unpacks how tech giants are responding to shift.

 
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What happens when AI tech evolves faster than AI policy

What does the most up-to-date polling say about the electoral prospects in states with open Senate races this midterm season?

On Today's Show:
Jessica Taylor, Senate and governors editor for The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, offers analysis of the competitive Senate races ahead of this November's midterm elections, and discusses how likely it may be for Democrats to take control of Congress.

 
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Which way will the Senate battlegrounds go?

With geopolitical strife in the Middle East, the Strait of Hormuz and in Ukraine, how could President Trump's global posture impact the upcoming midterm elections?

On Today's Show:
Jonathan Lemire, co-host of Morning Joe on MSNOW; writer for MSNOW and contributing writer to The Atlantic, talks about the latest national political news.

 
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How global conflicts are shaping this year's midterms

The United States and Saudi Arabia reached a landmark 30-year civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, but within a day, President Donald Trump threw it into limbo by conditioning its approval on Saudi Arabia normalizing relations with Israel.

On Today's Show:
Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist, contributor to The iPaper and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, A Capital Calamity (Miniver Press, 2024), breaks down the latest news on this, and the war with Iran, and what comes next.

 
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How Iran and Israel are part of the Trump-Saudi nuclear deal

Remarks about the 2020 election last week from President Trump have raised eyebrows for a number of reasons. 

On Today's Show:
Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones, discusses the renewed push for this legislation, which voting rights advocates say undermine Americans' access to the ballot, plus reacts to President Trump's Thursday night speech on voting.

 
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What Trump’s 'dud' election speech may be setting us up for

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