Covering That 'Crazy' Campaign; NJ Gov: The Second Debate; Senator Gillibrand; Keith Olbermann Isn't Joking; Fall Culture Preview: Theater

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 19, 2017

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Katy Tur, correspondent for NBC News, MSNBC anchor and the author of Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History (Dey Street Books, 2017), talks about her book and the news of the day.

  • Nancy Solomon, managing editor of New Jersey Public Radio, recaps the second debate between Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Kim Guadagno.

  • Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (D-NY), talks about Puerto Rico disaster relief funding and other issues of the day.

  • Keith Olbermann, veteran of MSNBC and ESPN, now host of GQ's web series The Resistance and the author of Trump is F*cking Crazy: (This is Not a Joke) (Blue Rider Press, 2017), sounds the alarm about the state of the American democracy.

  • Sara Holdren, New York Magazine theater critic, talks about the theater she's excited to see this fall.

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