
Reflections on Jan. 6th; What If They Succeeded; Ari Melber on the Future for the House; Speaker Vote Latest
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 5, 2023
On today's show:
- On the second anniversary, Andrea Bernstein, investigative journalist covering democracy for ProPublica, Will Be Wild podcast co-host and the author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power (W.W. Norton and Co, 2020), reflects on the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, and what has happened in the intervening years, and Manisha Sinha, professor of American history at the University of Connecticut and the author of many books including the forthcoming The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: A Long History of Reconstruction, 1860-1900Â (Liveright, 2023), looks back into American political history for insight into today's problems.
- Alan Jenkins, professor at Harvard Law School and co-founder of the group The Opportunity Agenda, discusses the graphic novel he wrote with human rights activist and artist Gan Golan, 1/6: The Graphic Novel (One Six Comics, 2023). The book is set in a fictional world where the January 6 insurrectionists overturned the 2020 presidential election and explores the impact of disinformation, white supremacy, and political ambition.
- Ari Melber, host of "The Beat with Ari Melber" and chief legal correspondent for MSNBC, talks about the official January 6 committee report and reflects on the insurrection, its fallout, and where the House is headed now.
- Luke Broadwater, congressional correspondent for The New York Times, talks about the latest on the selection process for House Speaker.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
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