Everything about Brian Lehrer totally explained
Brian Lehrer (born
October 5,
1952) is a
radio talk show host on
New York City's
public radio station
WNYC. His daily two-hour 2007
Peabody Award-winning program,
The Brian Lehrer Show, features interviews with newsmakers and experts about current events and social issues. Lehrer was formerly an anchor and reporter for
NBC Radio Networks, and has been in broadcast journalism for more than 20 years. Brian also hosts a live television show, Brian Lehrer Live, on Wednesdays on CUNY Television.
Biography
Lehrer obtained B.A.'s in Music and Mass Communications from the
State University of New York at Albany. He holds a Master of Public Health degree from the Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health and a masters degree in Journalism from
Ohio State University. Lehrer resides in
Inwood,
Manhattan with his wife, two sons and a gentle grizzly bear he calls "Ben".
The Brian Lehrer Show
Lehrer has been hosting his show, originally called "On The Line," since its inception in 1989. The format is interviews with newsmakers, combined with listener phone calls. Newsmakers are local, national and international, often authors on book tours, or metropolitan area politicians, including both of New York's senators, and most congress, state and city representatives from the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area. But sometimes guests are less-famous individuals affected by the news, like Brooklyn residents on the site of giant housing developments, or neighbors of noisy Manhattan night clubs. Frequent topics are housing, health care, transportation, education, and other government functions, the arts, the experience of living in New York and the surrounding area, and international affairs, such as the Iraq war or Israel/Palestinian conflict, particularly from a New York perspective. His programs often use the
New York Times for leads and guests. He tries to maintain a balance between issues as they affect listeners, and "horse-race" pundit discussions of politics.
CUNY TV show
He currently hosts a cable TV call-in talk show called
Brian Lehrer Live: Where Web Video Meets the Issues on
CUNY TV (channel 75 on
New York City cable systems); the show is also streamed live and archived on the web
(External Link
)), on Wednesday evenings from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. It is also repeated later in the week, but since these reruns are on tape, no call-ins are accepted for these repeats.
Other work
His op-ed pieces have appeared in
The New York Times(External Link), The
New York Sun,
Newsday, The
New York Daily News, and on
Slate.com. His
WNYC commentaries are also distributed globally on the
NPR.org website.
Lehrer was a questioner in the
WABC-TV New York City Mayoral Debates in 1997, 2001, and 2005. He has appeared on television as a commentator on
New York 1,
WNET Channel 13, and
CNNfn, and hosted public affairs shows on WNYC-TV and WNET from 1990-1998.
Lehrer was the recipient of the Associated Press New York Broadcasters "Best Interview" Award in 2000 for an interview with a rape survivor, and in 2001 for his role as moderator on NYC radio of the only mayoral primary debate between
Michael Bloomberg and
Herman Badillo. During his tenure as host of "NPR's
On The Media," the national program was named "Best Weekly Show" by the Public Radio News Directors in 1999.
Lehrer is also an award-winning author and documentary producer. He was awarded the
New York Press Club's "Heart of New York Award" for his documentary on new immigrants
Immigrant New York: The Last 20 Years, and a
New York Public Library "Best Books For The Teenaged" award for
The Korean Americans.
He currently moderates several major public forums, including
The Nation vs.
The Economist series and the Harper's Forum series, and has moderated or hosted major events for the
American Museum of Natural History and Westinghouse Science Foundation, among others.
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