New Jersey’s Gubernatorial Primary Key Issues; End of Session in Albany; What the Next Dark Ages Could Look Like
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 9, 2025
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Coming up on today's show:
- Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, breaks down the key issues as New Jersey voters head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their votes for the gubernatorial primaries.
- Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about what lawmakers are up to as the end of the legislative session in Albany approaches, especially the so-called "Medical Aid in Dying" bill; plus state Sen. Jessica Ramos's endorsement of her opponent Andrew Cuomo for governor.
- Cullen Murphy, editor at large at The Atlantic, discusses his latest article on how, with the accelerating advance of privatization across the U.S. government, the country may be moving toward something that resembles the feudalism of the Middle Ages.
- President Trump has deployed the National Guard to suppress demonstrations against immigration raids in Los Angeles. Leah Litman, professor of law at the University of Michigan and a former Supreme Court clerk, co-host of the podcast "Strict Scrutiny" and the author of Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2025), offers legal analysis.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
