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Georgia Grand Jury on Trump and the 2020 Election; The Ohio Derailment; The Many Creators of American English; The Crap Your Shoes Are Bringing In
The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 16, 2023
Coming up on today's episode:
- The Georgia grand jury that has been investigating attempts by Donald Trump and others to overturn the 2020 election has released a part of its report. Andrew Weissmann, professor of criminal and national security law at NYU School of Law, lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel's Office and the author of Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation (Random House, 2020), discusses what's in the pages -- including the conclusion that one or more of the witnesses may have committed perjury.
- Jeet Heer, a national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine and host of their weekly podcast, The Time of Monsters, talks about the federal government's response to the Ohio train derailment that resulted in the release of toxic chemicals.
- Ilan Stavans, publisher of Restless Books and the editor of the anthology The People's Tongue: Americans and the English Language (Restless Books, 2023), talks about the many sources of American English, from Sojourner Truth to Bob Dylan and more.
- Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky, a data reporter who works on health stories for WNYC's Gothamist newsroom, discusses her new article about the fecal matter that people track into their homes from their shoes and takes listener calls about the study that revealed this and the etiquette around asking people to take their shoes off.
