Democracy And Trump's FBI; Civil Rights and Trump's DOJ; The Incoming Agriculture Secretary is a Climate Skeptic; Shop Listener (Online Shops)

• David Rohde, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, national security editor at NBC News, and the author of Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War on Democracy (W.W. Norton; Aug 27, 2024), talks about the role of the FBI and the what the nomination of Kash Patel as its director indicates about criminal prosecutions during the Trump administration.

• Ellen Blain, former chief of Civil Rights for the Southern District of New York, talks about the impact the next Trump administration could have on civil rights law.
  
  
• Brooke Rollins, a climate skeptic with ties to a powerful pro-fossil fuels group, has been picked to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Georgina Gustin, reporter who covers agriculture for Inside Climate News, discusses Rollins's appointment and the consequences as the challenge of climate change makes farming more difficult.
  
  
• Shop Listener is back for the 2024 holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out their online shops ahead of the holidays, for a Brian Lehrer Show listener-sourced gift guide.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.