The Lisa Wexler Show

Connecticut Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas joins Lisa Wexler to explain what voters need to know before November 3, including early voting, absentee voting and what’s different this year. She also discusses the office’s responsibilities beyond elections.

Dr. Anna Komorowski, regional chair of the Northwell Cancer Institute in Westchester and chief of hematology and medical oncology at Northern Westchester Hospital, joins Lisa Wexler to discuss breast cancer types, personalized and targeted treatments, and emerging cancer vaccine research. She also explains why a thorough family medical history is essential to assessing risk and how AI is helping identify breast cancer risk.

Bestselling true-crime author Gregg Olsen and his daughter, debut author Morgan Olsen, join Lisa Wexler to discuss how Morgan and her sister survived a childhood filled with the horror stories of their father’s work—and how years later Gregg and Morgan came to write Ordinary Wife: The True Story of America’s Forgotten Serial Killer together. They explore how Lyda Trueblood concealed her deadly crimes behind the image of a devoted wife and mother while poisoning multiple husbands with arsenic.

Child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Scott Falkowitz, associate director of Northwell Health’s School Mental Health program, joins Lisa Wexler for Northwell Health’s THE DR. IS IN! With one in five children struggling with a mental health condition that affects daily functioning, he discusses how families can access support directly or through school and community partnerships. Marking one year of Northwell Behavioral Health at Mount Kisco, he highlights its crisis assessments, therapy and care navigation.

Adam Brandon, senior advisor at the Independent Center and co-founder of the Independent Leadership Council, joins Lisa Wexler to discuss his new book, The Exhausted Majority: Building a Home for the Politically Homeless. Can independent candidates shift the balance of power in Congress? How will millennials reshape elections as baby boomers’ influence declines? And who is funding the independent movement?

State Representative Anne Hughes joins Lisa Wexler to discuss her reelection campaign against Republican challenger Darrell Harris in Connecticut’s 135th House District, representing Easton, Weston and Redding. Hughes shares her legislative record and priorities for another term.

Lisa Wexler covers top daily news and interviews Dr. Scott Falkowitz, child and adolescent psychiatrist at Northwell Health & Associate Director of Northwell's School Mental Health program, Adam Brandon on his new book The Exhausted Majority: Building a Home for the Politically Homeless, and Anne Hughes about her reelection campaign.

Jared Lederman, a Cornell University senior and founder of Take Back America, joins Lisa Wexler to discuss his opinion piece, “What Cornell Teaches Its Students About Sex.” In the wake of the Cornell 7 allegations, Lederman questions whether the university’s promotion of “sex positivity” undermines its commitment to student safety. He also shares his account of being kicked out of his fraternity over his views.