The Brian Lehrer Show

Eric Reinhart, a physician and political anthropologist at Northwestern University, discusses his new op-ed arguing medical ideology and the for-profit healthcare system are causing widespread demoralization among physicians. He also discusses how this is leading physicians to leave the profession and affecting the healthcare system at-large.

Until recently, it was uncommon to consider descendants of Africans when thinking about Latinos, or vice-versa, to consider Latinos when thinking about Black people. Yet about 15 times more enslaved Africans were taken to Spanish and Portuguese colonies than to the United States, according to the Pew Research Center. Michele Reid-Vazquez, associate professor of Africana Studies and director of the Afrolatinidad Studies Initiative and the Center for Ethnic Studies Research at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses the emergence of the identity term "Afro-Latino" and the historical conditions that created Afro-Latinos, yet obscured their existence.

Andrew J. Seligsohn, political scientist and president of Public Agenda, and Errin Haines, editor-at-large at The 19th, offer analysis of President Biden's State of the Union address and what the remarks reveal about the White House agenda for 2023.

Jelani Cobb, dean of the Journalism School at Columbia University and a staff writer at The New Yorker, talks about the 2023 duPont-Columbia Awards, being announced today, plus his new role as dean of the journalism school.

Liz Moran, policy advocate for Earthjustice's Northeast office, discusses the climate provisions in the Governor's new budget and what Earthjustice believes could be improved.

Idrees Kahloon, Washington bureau chief for The Economist, talks about how President Biden hopes to transform the economy, and how it's going so far.

Ahead of President Biden's State of the Union address, listeners offer their wishlist bingo card—the words or phrases they hope the president will say tonight.

After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis banned the new Advanced Placement African American studies course from the state, the College Board released a revised version of the course that many are saying is missing key elements of history. Noliwe Rooks, department chair and professor of Africana studies at Brown University, reflects on what's in, and what students will be missing from the course as it now is.

Friday's jobs report was "jaw dropping" according to CNN, and "stunningly good" according to CNBC, even though major tech companies laid off thousands of workers. Listeners call in to share if they got a new job, or if they were laid off in the past month or so, and what they think it says about the direction of their industries.

Arva Rice, interim chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, explains the details of a new comprehensive report on the findings of NYPD misconduct during Black Lives Matter demonstrations in the summer of 2020.