Trump's War With Iran; Vaccine Misinformation; 10-Question Quiz: NYC Neighborhoods; Rep. Pat Ryan; Get to Know: Brooklyn Raga Massive

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 3
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On today's show:

  • Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, A Capital Calamity (Miniver Press, 2024), offers analysis of the war with Iran after President Trump said he was not opposed to boots on the ground and a military leader said more U.S. casualties are expected.

  • Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center, an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the author of Autism's False Prophets (Columbia University Press, 2008) and Tell Me When It’s Over: An Insider’s Guide to Deciphering COVID Myths and Navigating Our Post-Pandemic World (National Geographic, 2024), talks about the changes to vaccine recommendations and conceptions of public health in the current HHS.

  • For this pledge drive, listeners try their hand at a quiz. Today's theme is NYC neighborhoods.

  • Pat Ryan, U.S. Representative (D, NY-18), offers his take on the war with Iran, the upcoming vote in the House on war powers and more.

  • Neel Murgai, musician, co-founder and co-artistic director Brooklyn Raga Massive, and Roshni Samlal, tabla player and co-artistic director of Brooklyn Raga Massive, talk about their group, which they say is a "nonprofit musicians' collective that creates cross-cultural understanding through the lens of South Asian classical music."

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

 

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