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The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 11, 2018

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Devlin Barrett, who covers national security and law enforcement for The Washington Post, talks about the much-discussed transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s interview with the head of Fusion GPS.

  • WNYC reporter Alexandra Starr discusses what the U.S. Olympic Committee is doing to stop athletes from being sexually abused by their coaches and doctors.

  • Kiera Feldman, reporter for The Investigative Fund and ProPublica, reports on the dangerous and exploitative industry of private trash collection in New York City -- which handles the trash for all businesses in the city.

 

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