Airing LIVE Thursday, April 29th, 8-9pm ET.

Join the national conversation with host Brian Lehrer of WNYC as the Biden/Harris administration starts its work.  At the end of the First 100 Days, we check in on his stated priorities:

• COVID-19 
• Economic Recovery
• Racial Equity
• Climate Change 

First, Cecilia Rouse, economist and chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and former dean of the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, talks about the president's proposals for the economy.

Then, Ruth Marcus columnist at the Washington Post and deputy editor of its editorial page and the author of Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover (Simon & Schuster, 2019), and the listeners weigh in on the full scope of the first 100 days.

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Airing LIVE Thursday, April 22nd, 8-9pm ET.

Join the national conversation with host Brian Lehrer of WNYC as the Biden/Harris administration starts its work.  As we approach the end of the First 100 Days, we check back in with the four priorities President Biden set: 

• COVID-19
• Economic Recovery
• Racial Equity
• Climate Change 

This week, it's Earth Day and President Biden hosts a virtual summit on combatting climate change.  Paula DiPerna, a special advisor for CDP, the non-profit global environmental impact disclosure platform, talks about the actions take so far by the administration.

Plus, in the wake of the guilty verdict for the murder of George Floyd, Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, host of the podcast FAQNYC, politics editor at The Grio and author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013), examines the Biden/Harris goal of racial equity.

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Airing LIVE Thursday, April 15th, 8-9pm ET.

Join the national conversation with host Brian Lehrer of WNYC as the Biden/Harris administration starts its work. 

This week:  Brian is joined by co-host Rose Scott of Atlanta's WABE to discuss voting rights following the 2020 elections.

First,  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger talks about the new legislation there that critics characterize as a 'new Jim Crow',

Then, Myrna Pérez, director of the Brennan Center's Voting Rights and Elections Program, about the Georgia law and other state laws seemed aimed at restricting voting, as well as federal legislation to set voting rights guarantees.

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Airing LIVE Thursday, April 8th, 8-9pm ET.

Join the national conversation with host Brian Lehrer as the Biden/Harris administration starts its work. 

This week: With his 2-trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal, is President Biden aiming to be this generation’s FDR or LBJ -- using government to tackle systemic poverty, inequality, and environmental threat?  Join the conversation on the plan which goes well beyond bridges, roads and tunnels.

First, Clarence Anthony , CEO and executive director of the National League of Cities (NLC), digs in on the infrastructure needs of cities; 

Then, Jess Morales Rocketto, the civic engagement director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the executive director of Care in Action, talks about the "care infrastructure" components of the plan.

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Airing LIVE Thursday, April 1st, 8-9pm ET.

Join the national conversation with host Brian Lehrer as the Biden/Harris administration starts its work. 

This week: Former U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D ND), a contributor for CNBC, and the founder of One Country Project, argues for reconnecting with rural voters.  

What are the issues that cross the rural-urban divide?

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Airing LIVE Thursday, March 11th, 8-9pm ET.

Join the national conversation with host Brian Lehrer as the Biden/Harris administration starts its work. 

President Biden set four priorities for his administration:

• COVID-19
• Economic Recovery
• Racial Equity
• Climate Change

Halfway through the first "100 Days," President Biden addresses the nation to talk about the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill he will sign on Friday.

This week, live coverage of his speech with:

• Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and author of the forthcoming Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power (Twelve, 2021); and
• Kai Wright, host of The United States of Anxiety from WNYC Studios

Plus, your calls.

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