A Raucous Town Hall in Nebraska and Other News from Congress; Democrats Differ on Mamdani; What to Know About the Eating Disorder ARFID; The Delacorte Theater's
The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 6, 2025
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Coming up on today's show:
- With Congress on summer recess after passing the big spending bill, GOP representatives are now tasked with defending their legislative records to their constituents. Eleanor Mueller, congress reporter at Semafor, talks about the particularly tough crowd Republican congressman Mike Flood faced on Monday evening and other news coming out of Congress.Â
- Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, talks about the latest news from the campaign trail, as some national Democrats have endorsed Mamdani and others haven't, plus why Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Adams continue to criticize Zohran Mamdani over policing.
- ARFID is an eating disorder that often presents as extremely picky eating, but that can quickly turn serious. Caitlin Moscatello, author and contributor to New York Magazine, and William Sharp, director, Children’s Multidisciplinary Feeding Program at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; and associate Professor, Division of Autism and Related Disorders & Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, explain how to recognize signs and how treatment is evolving.
- Patrick Willingham, executive director of the Public Theater, and Saheem Ali, associate artistic director and director of the upcoming run of "Twelfth Night" at the Delacorte Theater, talk about the reopening of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park and the return of Free Shakespeare in the Park.
