President Trump's Speech to Congress; Reporters Ask the Mayor; True or False Quiz; Congressional Politics; The Points Guy's Health Travel Advice

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 5, 2025
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On today's show:

  • Susan Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes a column on life in Washington and co-anchors a weekly roundtable discussion on "The Political Scene" podcast, and co-author with Peter Baker of The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 (Doubleday, 2022), offers analysis of President Trump's speech to Congress, and the Democrats' response.

  • Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event, including former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's entrance into the mayoral primary.

  • Every day during this pledge drive, listeners can try their hands at a quiz. Today: true or false? 

  • Kadia Goba, congressional reporter for Semafor, provides her analysis from the chamber after President Donald Trump delivered his address to joint session of Congress amid blowback on tariffs on Tuesday night.

  • Throughout this pledge drive, Brian Kelly, founder of the travel site The Points Guy and the author of How to Win at Travel (Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2025), shares advice on how to optimize your travel plans. Today, he shares advice on how to stay healthy when traveling, and how to cope with a fear of flying.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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