🎙️ What a show tells
The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC)
- CENTERour grouping of the show
- 24claims in our motif index
- 25motifs they came up in
⚠️ Stories told, not claims that they're true.
What the show's hosts, guests, callers and the clips they play said, as claims in our words, filed by the shape of the story. "Came up on" the show: told, reported or argued against. We don't yet mark which.
✍️ Its signature
the motifs it tells far more than the other shows we follow do
🧩 Staffing shortage 🧩 Peace in our time 🧩 Fall of the Republic 🧩 They're going to steal it 🧩 Lawfare
👯 Tells the most alike
the shows whose stories overlap most with its own, whatever their lean
- 🎙️ Today, Explained 33% alike · left
- 🎙️ Pod Save America 27% alike · left
- 🎙️ Fox News Rundown 23% alike · right
- 🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast 23% alike · center
- 🎙️ The Bulwark Podcast 23% alike · left
🧩 Its repertoire
every motif its claims came up in, the most first
🧩 Staffing shortage ×3 🧩 Fall of the Republic ×2 🧩 Lawfare ×2 🧩 Peace in our time ×2 🧩 They're going to steal it ×2 🧩 Political coercion ×1 🧩 Asleep at the switch ×1 🧩 Foreign meddling ×1 🧩 Kleptocracy ×1 🧩 Blaming technology ×1 🧩 Dangerous protests ×1 🧩 Showman politician ×1 🧩 Political infighting ×1 🧩 Captured court ×1 🧩 Generational theft ×1 🧩 Midterm curse ×1 🧩 Manufacturing consent ×1 🧩 Bread and circuses ×1 🧩 Ponzi scheme ×1 🧩 Appeasement ×1 🧩 Buy, borrow, die ×1 🧩 Not up to the task ×1 🧩 Daddy Warbucks ×1 🧩 Bromance ×1 🧩 Solution in search of a problem ×1
🎙️ Lately on the show
its latest claims, in our words, with their motifs
- 2026-10-26 “Democrats intend to use investigations and subpoenas as revenge against the Trump administration.”
🧩 Lawfare - 2026-10-26 “Democrats plan to use prosecutions and investigations to solidify their power.”
🧩 Lawfare - 2026-10-24 “Social Security faces a future crisis because of aging baby boomers and fewer working-age contributors.”
🧩 Generational theft 🧩 Ponzi scheme - 2026-10-23 “Billionaires evade taxes by borrowing against their brokerage accounts to avoid capital gains taxes.”
🧩 Buy, borrow, die - 2026-10-23 “U.S. officials are privately advising states to prepare for potential Trump election meddling.”
🧩 They're going to steal it - 2026-10-23 “The Speaker of the House could trigger a constitutional crisis by replacing the clerk and refusing to seat Congress.”
🧩 They're going to steal it - 2026-10-23 “Non-citizen voting is not a widespread problem despite claims to the contrary.”
🧩 Solution in search of a problem - 2026-10-22 “The federal government is failing to regulate the AI industry.”
🧩 Asleep at the switch 🧩 Not up to the task - 2026-10-22 “Donald Trump's personal income reached $2.2 billion during his first year back in office.”
🧩 Kleptocracy - 2026-10-22 “DSA-aligned congressional candidates are often at odds with Hakeem Jeffries.”
🧩 Political infighting - 2026-10-21 “The president's party typically loses seats during midterm elections.”
🧩 Midterm curse - 2026-10-21 “Elon Musk's America PAC is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to influence midterm elections.”
🧩 Daddy Warbucks - 2026-10-20 “Donald Trump is sympathetic to Vladimir Putin and relates to him as a leader.”
🧩 Bromance - 2026-10-19 “The Supreme Court enabled mid-decade redistricting by striking down the Voting Rights Act and permitting extreme partisan gerrymandering.”
🧩 Captured court 🧩 Fall of the Republic - 2026-10-16 “Tech companies are exercising authoritarianism by controlling versions of reality.”
🧩 Blaming technology 🧩 Manufacturing consent - 2026-10-16 “Human heads of state are becoming authoritarians.”
🧩 Fall of the Republic - 2026-10-15 “Trump is pressuring Ukraine to stop attacking Russian refineries, which would remove Ukraine's primary leverage against Russia's war funding.”
🧩 Political coercion - 2026-10-15 “Putin has shown little sign of backing down despite Trump's announced energy ceasefire.”
🧩 Appeasement 🧩 Peace in our time - 2026-10-15 “Trump is lying about an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia.”
🧩 Peace in our time - 2026-10-13 “Pete Hegseth confirmed that a former Army psychiatrist will be executed by firing squad and live-streamed.”
🧩 Showman politician 🧩 Bread and circuses - 2026-10-09 “The protests in France were triggered by crumbling school buildings and a shortage of teachers.”
🧩 Dangerous protests 🧩 Staffing shortage - 2026-10-09 “The protests in France were triggered by issues within the education system, such as teacher shortages and overcrowded classrooms.”
🧩 Staffing shortage - 2026-10-08 “American policy toward Brazil may have influenced the recent election results.”
🧩 Foreign meddling - 2026-10-03 “A lack of teacher quality and care is a significant issue in some schools.”
🧩 Staffing shortage