The Biden Campaign and the Latinx Vote; NJ's Cannabis Legalization Ballot Q; COVID News; Life on Venus?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 17, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Julio Ricardo Varela, co-host of the In The Thick podcast, and founder of Latino Rebels, assesses the Biden campaign's attempts to gain support among Latinx voters.

  • After failing to legalize recreational cannabis in New Jersey last year, lawmakers have put the issue on the ballot in November. Mona Zhang, states cannabis policy reporter for POLITICO Pro, talks about the regional and national implications of legalization.

  • Dr. Leana Wen, emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, and former health commissioner of Baltimore, talks about the risks of attending Black Lives Matter protests and President Trump's rallies - and why the rallies are so much more dangerous to your health, plus other COVID news.

  • This weekend scientists announced they had detected the gas phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus, which could be an indication of life. Kenneth Chang, science reporter at The New York Times, breaks down this exciting discovery, and takes your questions.

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