
Rep. Jeffries on his Bid to Succeed Nancy Pelosi; Your Labor Action Stories; Context and a Movie: She Said; 59 Years Since JFK's Assassination
The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 22, 2022
On today's show:
- Speaker Pelosi is stepping down as leader of the House Democrats and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D NY-8th, Brooklyn and Queens), House Democrats chairman, is running to replace her. He talks about his bid to be the next House minority leader, the big changes in leadership happening in Congress, and how he'd unite the fractured caucus.
- Adjunct professors at the New School walked out of their classes last week to protest low wages, and Starbucks employees in some stores also walked out. Listeners who have recently participated in a labor action call in to talk about what they're hoping to achieve.
- Megan Twohey, New York Times investigative reporter and co-author (with Jodi Kantor) of She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement (Penguin Press, 2019), reflects on the stories she and Jodi Kantor reported that exposed former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse and helped kick off the #MeToo movement -- and what it's like having a feature film made about your life.
- It's been 59 years since former President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, and the government has still not released thousands of documents related to the tragedy. Larry Schnapf, lawyer at Schnapf LLC and adjunct professor at New York Law School, explains why he is suing the government to have them released. Plus: Listeners who remember where they were the day JFK was shot call in to share their memories and thoughts on the killing.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as soon as they are available.


