The Brian Lehrer Show
Produced by WNYC. Airs weekdays at 10AM on 93.9 FM and AM 820.
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Legal Sports Betting and Public Health
The explosive growth of legalized sports betting and its effect on public health, beyond the games and the money. Apr 1, 2025
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Climate Activism After the $667 Million Greenpeace Judgment
A recent legal judgment could force Greenpeace to pay $667 million in defamation and vandalism-related damages, from the 2016 protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Mar 25, 2025
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RFK's 'Hands Off' Approach To Bird Flu
Apoorva Mandavilli, reporter for The New York Times, discusses the government's approach to Bird Flu. Mar 25, 2025
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The Rapid-Fire Cancellation of NIH Grants
More on how the Trump administration is rapidly canceling grants at the National Institutes of Health. Mar 18, 2025
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Science and Rising Autism Rates
Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, walks through the studies debunking a link between vaccines and autism. Mar 11, 2025
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Trump's USDA, Organic Farmers and Climate Change
Why organic farmers are suing Trump's agriculture department and what it means in the context of climate change and an empowered fossil fuel industry. Mar 11, 2025
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Trump's EPA Takes Aim at Climate Regulation
The EPA will reverse the finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health. Naveena Sadasivam, senior staff writer at Grist, explains what the "endangerment finding" has contributed. Mar 4, 2025
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Public Health Under RFK Jr.
Jessica Malaty Rivera talks about the government's response to current measles outbreaks and why a vaccine advisory committee meeting on planning next year's flu shot was cancelled. Mar 4, 2025
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EPA Head Lee Zeldin's Moves So Far
More on the administration's attempts to claw back President Biden's funding for "green energy" infrastructure and more. Feb 25, 2025
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RFK's Moves So Far
Julie Rovner, correspondent for KFF Health News, and Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today wellness reporter, discuss RFK Jr.'s recent moves, and his comments about childhood vaccines and SSRIs. Feb 25, 2025
