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The Brian Lehrer Show

Brian Lehrer Weekend: Nurses Strike; NJ AG Matt Platkin; Betting on Everything

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, Brian Laira here.

0:01.4

Up next, Brian Lairor Weekend,

0:03.0

three of our favorite segments from the week,

0:04.9

packaged together for you to listen to on the weekend.

0:07.6

So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

0:11.2

on WNYC and WNYC. Good morning, everyone.

0:37.2

We'll talk a lot about health on the show today,

0:39.9

including about the nurses who help keep people healthy and are now on strike at some New York

0:45.8

hospitals. Also, we'll dig into the new RFK Jr. official U.S. dietary guidelines. We haven't had a chance

0:52.6

yet to do that on this show, and we can do it

0:55.0

in pretty extended form. We have a Harvard epidemiologist who will bring the science and answer

1:01.0

your questions. We'll also bring some politics. And we'll have the New York Times reporter

1:05.4

who wrote yesterday that the Trump EPA's new process for making air pollution rules will stop taking a certain

1:13.0

thing into account how many lives air pollution rules can save? Just that little thing.

1:19.0

Apparently only the cost to businesses will be officially calculated, the article says.

1:23.8

We'll talk to the reporter on that story. And at the end of the show, we'll discuss the growing trend of online betting,

1:30.0

not just on sports, but on anything, including world events like elections and economic indicators,

1:37.8

even more in peace.

1:38.9

We'll invite your calls on what non-sports betting you yourself may be doing,

1:44.0

and we'll discuss the possible

1:45.4

consequences in the world beyond the money that you might win or lose of people being able

1:51.5

to bet on such consequential things. Let's start with the nurses strike. Some 15,000 nurses

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