The Next Best Thing
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The Next Best Thing
The Next Best Thing is a mix between The Tonight Show, Howard Stern and Rachel Maddow. Hosted by Jonathan B. Lerner, episodes touch on everything from current events & politics, to pop culture and the arts. Occasional guest interviews feature interesting people from all walks of life. Show draws com...
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Giulio Gallarotti
Comedian Giulio Gallarotti joins the show for a fast, funny, and unexpectedly heartfelt conversation. He talks with Jonathan about his unconventional...
The Supremely SCARY Court of The United States
Donald Trump has managed to avoid being held accountable and/or paying any real consequences for his actions his entire life. Whether bullying his cla...
Talking Politics (feat. John William Schiffbauer)
John William Schiffbauer, former Deputy Communications Director for the New York Republican State Committee, makes his 3rd appearance on the show to d...
The Kansas City Chiefs: From Misery to Dynasty
After just five years of success and dominance, most of American football fans seem to have turned on the Kansas City Chiefs. Right after the 2019 sea...
Getting Laid...off.
An emotional episode, where Jonathan walks you through his day, which began by being unexpectedly laid off from his lucrative job at Spotify. Other it...
Where is all the ADDERALL?!?
On Oct. 12, 2022, the FDA announced there was an official, nationwide shortage of Adderall, a stimulant commonly used to treat ADHD. Over 8 months lat...
Get MAD About The GUNS!!
In 2020, 45,222 people died from gun-related injuries in the U.S., according to the CDC. It was a record at the time, with no close second. Then in 20...
Losing a Parent: Reuben Mullins
Losing a parent is truly a unique form of pain, grief and loss. Our parents guide and protect us. They take care of us when we're sick, pick us up whe...
Haunted New York City
Often called the city of dreams, New York City can also be the city of nightmares. Every single street is steeped in history, and in the four-hundred-...
O, Woke is Me!
A kid comes out of the closet as...something other than straight...but uses it to remind the world that if you were born white, you need to sit down...
Trevor Dutch
Jonathan met Trevor Dutch in the Summer of 2012, when they were both hired to ride bikes around New York City, in custom made suits, for the USA Netwo...
Cancel Culture
Join Jonathan as he takes you through the nightmare that is moving in New York City, discusses one of the latest victims of CANCEL CULTURE, and review...
Can Chuck Schumer lead??
Chuck Schumer has been a steady, loyal Democratic soldier for what, 94 years at this point? More than that, he seems like a nice, sweet old man. You k...
Are you for Real Time..?!
HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher is back, baby! After going on hiatus for 2-3 months, one of the best, smartest political talk shows around kicked off...
It's BIDEN, Baby!!
On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump rode down an escalator in New York City, stood before a crowd of (mostly paid) admirers , and announced he was running...
Factions of the Left
Dan Zimberg is a singer, actor, activist, and die-hard Bernie Sanders supporter. In 2016, he couldn't get himself to vote for Hillary Clinton, so he w...
To Loot, or Not to Loot? (feat. David Bradley Isenberg)
Jonathan welcomes his old friend, and fellow Kansas Citian, David Bradley Isenberg back to the show to discuss Black Lives Matter, the recent protests...
Thank you, Jonathan Larson.
For nine and a half years, Jonathan Larson worked as a waiter at the Moondance Diner in New York City. His life-long dream was to be a successful musi...
Mike Cannon Comedy
Mike Cannon is a New York City based comedian and a delightful human being. He's currently a regular guest on several Sirius/XM Radio shows, including...
The Case for Joe Biden
On February 28th, 2020, former Vice-President Joe Biden's Presidential campaign was on the edge of collapse. The once front-runner had failed to stand...
COVID-19: NYC Apocalypse
On January 21, 2020, the New York Times reported that a man in Washington State, said to be in his 30's, had contracted the novel coronavirus, also kn...
Super Bowl Preview
Jonathan chats with Mike Welch, former sports talk radio host and current actor/comedian, who calls in from sunny West Hollywood, California, to discu...
Fyre Festival
Marc Weinstein has been an investment banker, produced his own successful music festivals, is a yoga instructor, and currently works in venture capita...
Griffin Leeds
Jonathan opens the show by bringing people up to speed on all of the impeachment happenings, and the impending doom of Democracy. THEN, on a much happ...
Best Christmas Movies
Jonathan tells the story of his miserable Friday, spent driving a van full of people to and from Connecticut, before going over some of the best Chris...
Ukraine, Explained
Jonathan takes a look at how Ukraine become part of the biggest story in American politics, what’s at stake, and how the hell we got here. Also, frien...
The Impeachment Begins
Obstructing Justice, profiting from the Presidency, advocating political and police violence, abuse of power, attacking the free press, violating camp...
Why so Serious?
Batman has always been Jonathan's favorite superhero of all time. So naturally, then, the JOKER is his favorite villain of all time. With so many iter...
Giuliani Melts Down
Jonathan tells his story about meeting Oprah and Gail, as well as goes over all of the recent news regarding Trumps pending impeachment. Hold onto you...
Introducing Andrew Wilson
Is Jonathan B. Lerner an award-winning hog caller? Did he once tell his parents he wanted to grow up to be a woman?? Learn all this, and much more, ab...
Best Songwriters of All Time
Making "best of" lists will almost always get you in hot water. In 2015, Rolling Stone published their 100 best songwriters of all time. Despite inclu...
Brian Tyler Cohen
A graduate of Lehigh University, Brian Tyler Cohen moved to Los Angeles to be an actor and writer, and has been doing plenty of both! The former manag...
Democratic Debates
Jonathan runs through his immediate thoughts and feelings regarding the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 election season. Did CNN learn fr...
Bright Sun Films
Jake Williams is a YouTuber, and the creator of Bright Sun Films. With over 600,000 subscribers, his channel hosts various shows, like Abandoned, Canc...
Losing a Parent: Todd Elkins
Losing a parent is truly a unique form of pain, grief and loss. Our parents guide and protect us. They take care of us when we're sick, pick us up whe...
Gun Debate
A native of Staten Island, Lauren Hartnett is a Gun Rights activist, an NRA Certified Firearms Instructor, and the founder of the Girls Got a Gun orga...
The Michael Jackson Debate
Leaving Neverland, a new HBO documentary, tells the story of two men: Wade Robson and James Safechuck. They accuse Michael Jackson of having sexually...
Joel Acevedo
Joel Acevedo, vice-president of the Brooklyn Young Republican Club, stopped by the Radio Free Brooklyn studio to discuss what it means to be a young R...
Worst Presidents of All Time
Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan. To some, those names mean nothing at all. To others, they represent the absolute...
Saving Local Newspapers
Between January 2017 and April 2018, the number of jobs in the newspaper industry declined from around 46,000 to 39,000 across America. To put that in...