Ask the Mayor; TRussia Update; ACLU's Political Director; The High Cost of Wellness

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 27, 2018

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Bill de Blasio, New York City mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.

  • Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy and host of the Trump Inc. podcast at WNYC, and Adam Davidson, staff writer at the New Yorker, talk about the Cohen tapes and looks ahead to the Manafort trial that is scheduled to start next week.

  • Faiz Shakir, ACLU national political director, talks about what the ACLU is doing to mobilize voters for the midterm elections across the country, and recent lawsuits it has filed against the government.

  • Taffy Brodesser-Akner, GQ correspondent and New York Times Magazine contributing writer, talks about the growth of Goop, actress Gwyneth Paltrow's controversial lifestyle brand, and the lengths some women will go achieve wellness.

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