DOJ Oversight; Nebraska Sen. Sasse; The Week Jeff Flake Was A Hero To Democrats; Lizz Winstead on the Midterm Elections; Our Amendments: 27th
The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 17, 2018
- Jerrold Nadler, U.S. Representative (D, NY-10) and ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, talks about what, beyond Mueller, oversight of DOJ would entail if the Dems take control of the House.
- Ben Sasse, U.S. Senator (R NE), former president of Midland University in Fremont, NE and the author of Them: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal (St. Martin's Press, 2018), argues that loneliness is the underlying cause of America's extreme polarization and the solution lies in finding deepening rootedness.
- This American Life producer Zoe Chace talks about her experience following and reporting on Senator Jeff Flake, and what she learned about partisan politics and celebrity.
- Lizz Winstead, comedian, writer, co-creator of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, and founder of Lady Parts Justice League, gives her (comedic) take on the news of the day and the midterm elections, and talks about Lady Parts Justice's event "The Golden Probes," which takes aim at politicians who pose a threat to reproductive rights.
- This season, the Radiolab spin-off More Perfect is exploring all 27 Constitutional Amendments in words...and music. More Perfect producer Kelly Prime reviews one: the 27th, which took 200 years to ratify!
