The Brian Lehrer Show

New York State Senator Todd Kaminsky (D 9th district, Valley Stream and Long Beach), chair of the Environmental Conservation Committee, talks about the climate proposals in the state budget, now being negotiated between the senate, assembly and the governor.

Jay Varma, physician and epidemiologist, director, Cornell Center for Pandemic Prevention and Response, professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, talks about the expected announcement that unvaccinated athletes will be allowed to play in NYC, including Nets star Kyrie Irving.

Liza Donnelly, cartoonist at The New Yorker and the author of Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022), talks about some of the women whose cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker over the years, plus how the field has changed through its history. →EVENT:  Liza Donnelly will speak about the book with fellow New Yorker cartoonists Roz Chast, Amy Hwang, and Emily Flake on Friday, March 25th at 7 pm at the 92nd St Y.  Ticket info here. 1. The first cartoon by a woman to appear in The New Yorker: from Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022) (Ethel Plummer/courtesy of the artist and The New Yorker) 2.  Two cartoons by Helen E. Hokinson whose work frequently appeared: from Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022) (Helen E. Hokinson/courtesy of the artist and The New Yorker)   from Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022) (Helen E. Hokinson/courtesy of the artist and The New Yorker)   3.  Following the post-war absence of cartoons by women, Roz Chast's works started appearing in the late 1970s. from Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022) (Roz Chast/courtesy of the artist and The New Yorker)   4. One of author Liza Donnelly's cartoons: from Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022) (Liza Donnelly/Courtesy of the artist)  

Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law, recaps the latest developments in Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's SCOTUS confirmation hearing.

Philip Desgranges, supervising attorney with the Criminal Defense Practice’s Special Litigation Unit for the Legal Aid Society and Dave Pollock, staff attorney with The Legal Aid Society's DNA unit talk about the class-action lawsuit filed by the Legal Aid Society that alleges the NYPD illegally collects DNA to store in a database from people who are suspects.

William Taylor, diplomat, vice president for Russia and Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, talks about the current situation in Ukraine and the prospects for ending the conflict.

Olatunde Johnson, faculty director for the Center for Constitutional Governance and the Jerome B. Sherman professor of law at Columbia Law School, discusses how the start of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing for a spot on the Supreme Court is going so far.

The majority of the New York City Council members are new, and are part of a class that is the most diverse and progressive in city history. Over the next year Brian Lehrer will get to know all 51 members. This week, Councilmember Kevin Riley talks about his priorities for District 12, which includes Wakefield, Olinville, Edenwald, Eastchester, Williamsbridge, Baychester, and Co-op City.

Last week in his video to the Russian people former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger talked about how his father was "broken" after fighting in Hitler's Nazi army. Listeners call in if their families were lured into fighting wars, or committed wartime atrocities, because of lies their governments told them.  In Schwarzenegger’s video he talked about his Nazi dad who was racked with pain and guilt.Do you have family who committed wartime atrocities because of propaganda? How to do you incorporate that knowledge and how you think about humanity and world affairs? 212 433 9692 — The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast (@BrianLehrer) March 22, 2022

Despite Mayor Adams' focus on public safety, Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide, argues he's not off to a great start. Louis shares his analysis of how the mayor is handling subway crime, shootings, Rikers Island and more.  

Edward Sorel, illustrator and author of Profusely Illustrated: A Memoir (Knopf, 2021), talks about his life and his lefty political commentary, delivered through his art. EVENT: Ed Sorel will be in conversation with Dan Okrent Tuesday, March 22 at Rizzoli Bookstore (Broadway btw 25th/26th Streets), at 6pm. Registration here.

Peter Coy, New York Times opinion writer covering economics, shares his analysis on the latest economic news including why he thinks a gas tax holiday is not a good solution for high gas prices, the effectiveness of sanctions on Russia and how the recent actions from the Fed on the interest rate will affect Americans.

The actor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, released an emotional video where he tries to reach Russian people with the truth about the invasion of Ukraine. Listeners with ties to Russia call in to share how they are reaching their friends and families members in Russia who don't have access to the full truth of Putin's invasion.

Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, and Josefa Velásquez, senior reporter for THE CITY, talk about the latest polls in New York's 2022 race for governor, and listeners call-in with their top three contenders.

Three segments you might have missed from this week's show: Oscar-Nominated Docs: Summer of Soul (First) | The Fight in Texas Over Trans Youth (Starts at 27:06) | #BLTrees: Springing Forward (Starts at 1:12:24) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.