The Brian Lehrer Show
| Brian Lehrer | |
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Brian Lehrer in 2009
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| Born |
October 5, 1952 Manhattan, New York, US |
| Residence | Inwood, Manhattan, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
State University of New York at Albany (B.A.) Columbia University (M.P.H.) Ohio State University (M.S.) |
| Occupation | Journalist, radio talk show host |
| Children | 2 |
Brian Lehrer (born October 5, 1952) is an American 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. Lehrer also hosts a weekly tech- and web-oriented television show, BrianLehrer.TV on CUNY TV.
Lehrer obtained B.A. degrees in Music and Mass Communications from the State University of New York at Albany. While a student there, he hosted a radio program on the college radio station WSUA which has since become WCDB Albany.
He holds a Master of Public Health degree from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and a master's degree in Journalism from Ohio State University. Lehrer resides in Inwood, Manhattan with his two sons. His wife died in 2014.
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. It won a 2007 Peabody Award "for facilitating reasoned conversation about critical issues and opening it up to everyone within earshot."
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