Israel-Hamas Military Analysis; Election Day Preview; Population Quiz; Former Trump Aide Cassidy Hutchinson; Can't-Miss Culture: Art

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 25, 2023

On today's show: 

  • Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many books, including The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War (Simon & Schuster, 2020), talks about the role President Biden sees for the US in the Israel-Hamas war - and offers more military analysis of the days and weeks ahead.
  • Election Day is just about two weeks away. Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, explains how to vote (including registering online, early voting, important dates to remember) and what races New York City voters will be voting on.
  • Listeners try their hand at a quiz testing their knowledge of demographics and population shifts in the tri-state area.
  • Cassidy Hutchinson, a former special assistant to President Donald Trump and his chief of staff, Mark Meadows and the author of Enough (Simon & Schuster, 2023), talks about her new book and her testimony to the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.
  • Alison Stewart, host of WNYC's All of It and the author of First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America’s First Black Public High School (Lawrence Hill Books, 2015), shares some of the NYC museum offerings to catch this fall.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

 

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