Thursday Morning Politics; Council Member Kamillah Hanks; Far-Right Talk Radio; Shop Listener

Coming up on today's show:

• Jonathan Lemire, host of “Way Too Early" on MSNBC, Politico White House bureau chief, and the author of The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020 (Flatiron Books, 2022), talks about the latest developments in national politics, including the Warnock victory in Georgia and more.
  
  
• The majority of the New York City Council members are new and are part of a class that is the most diverse and progressive in city history. This year Brian Lehrer will get to know all 51 members. Today, Councilmember Kamillah Hanks talks about her priorities for district 49, which includes Arlington, Clifton, Clove Lakes, Concord, Elm Park, Graniteville, Livingston, Mariners Harbor, New Brighton, Port Richmond, Randall Manor, Rosebank, St. George, Snug Harbor, Silver Lake, Stapleton, Sunnyside, West Brighton and Tompkinsville in Staten Island.

• Katie Thornton, host of The Divided Dial on On the Media, independent journalist, public historian, and Fulbright fellow, discusses her new series with WNYC's On the Media that explores the far-right's dominance of talk radio.

• Shop Listener is back for a new holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out their businesses ahead of the holidays for a Brian Lehrer Show listener-sourced gift guide.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as soon as they are available.