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NJ Election Results; Comptroller Debate Recap; RFK Jr's Vaccine Advisory Committee Decision; Restaurants That Nurtured LGBTQ Identity
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 11, 2025
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On today's show:
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Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, offers analysis of the Democratic and Republican winners of the NJ gubernatorial primary election, and talks about her new reporting on former Sen. Bob Menendez, who is scheduled to go to prison next week after he was found guilty of corruption.
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Alyssa Katz, executive editor of THE CITY, talks about Tuesday's debate among the Democrats running for NYC comptroller.
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The U.S. Health Secretary, RFK Jr., announced he was dismissing all the members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee. Katelyn Jetelina, founder and author of the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist, talks about what RFK Jr. says are his goals, and what the consequences might be.
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With Pride month now in full swing, Erik Piepenburg, journalist and contributor to The New York Times, and author of the new book Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants (Grand Central Publishing, 2025), talks about how LGBTQ-friendly restaurants have nurtured queer Americans and their fight for civil rights.
