Holiday Best: Maggie Haberman, Jon Meacham, Dr. Becky, Priya Parker, NYC as Refuge
The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 30, 2022
Enjoy catching up with these recent conversations:
- Maggie Haberman, senior political correspondent for The New York Times, political analyst for CNN and the author of Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America (Penguin Press, 2022), talks about her new book on the former president.
- Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Jon Meacham talks about his new book, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle (Random House, 2022).
- Becky Kennedy, clinical psychologist and author of Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be (Harper Wave, 2022), offers her guidance on raising kids, including help for parents trying to break harmful cycles that included how they were raised.
- Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters (Riverhead Books, 2018), offers her advice about meaningful gatherings -- hosting and "guesting".
- Many people come to New York City as a form of escape, whether it's escaping small town life, a conservative family, or escaping a dictatorship abroad. Lilly Tuttle, curator at the Museum of the City of New York, joins the show to discuss NYC's history as a place of refuge, and listeners call in to describe why they sought refuge in New York City.
These interviews were edited for timing and rebroadcast; the original web versions are available here:
Maggie Haberman on Donald Trump (Oct 6, 2022)
What We Should Learn from Lincoln (Oct 19, 2022)
Dr. Becky on Parenting (Oct 20, 2022)
Gather Around with Priya Parker series (Oct 24, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27)
NYC as a Refuge (Oct 27, 2022)
