Trump Year One: For The History Books; Gov. Murphy's First Speech; Porn and the Presidency; In Search of Her Spirituality

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 17, 2018

Coming up on today's show:

  • Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, CNN political analyst, co-host of the podcast Politics and Polls, and author of the upcoming book The Presidency of Barack Obama: A First Historical Assessment, puts Trump's first year into historical context and makes predictions for 2018.

  • WNYC New Jersey reporter Karen Rouse talks about Gov. Murphy's inaugural address and his first acts as New Jersey’s new governor.

  • Michelle Goldberg, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, talks about how the president's own treatment of women and sex is informing and shaping the national conversation.

  • Anjali Kumar, tech adviser teaching at Columbia Business School who was the founding general counsel and head of social innovation at Warby Parker, and author of Stalking God: My Unorthodox Search for Something to Believe In (Seal Press, 2018), talks about her pilgrimage through alternative religious practices, from Transcendental Meditation to Burning Man, to find the answers she sought.

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