Brian Lehrer Weekend: Cornell; Jessica Tisch and Zohran Mamdani; McCourt Bros.

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 17

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

Kate Manne, professor at the Cornell University Sage School of Philosophy, offers her take on the casual misogyny that allows rape culture to thrive (First) | The Left's pleas for Mayor Zohran Mamdani to fire NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch (Starts at 45:00) | The literary legacy of brothers Frank and Malachy McCourt (Starts at 1:10:00)

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