Daily Schedule

On today’s show: We’ll get the latest from the Republican National Convention and discuss the governing philosophy of Representative Paul Ryan. Alex Goldmark, of WNYC’s Transportation Nation, discusses why there are so many abandoned bikes around the city. Tana French talks about her latest novel, Broken Harbor. The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson talks about visiting cities in Syria that have been liberated by the rebels and explains the complex dynamics of the Civil War there.

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NPR's Mara Liasson, Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley each visit with us from Tampa. The Susan B. Anthony List's Marjorie Dannenfelser discusses ...

The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.

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Join The Brian Lehrer Show at the Republican National Convention for a special preview of tonight's events.

This New Sounds program is one devoted to the Latin Groove, especially the cumbia rhythms that we’ll hear in several pieces on this show.  We’ll begin in Argentina with Chancha via Circuito, the alter ego of producer Pedro Canale, who enjoys chopping up and then mixing folk guitar, flutes, and Coke-bottle percussion to make retrofitted cumbia for the clubs.