The Minimalist Program is a book by Noam Chomsky that looks at how language works in our brains. Chomsky suggests that our brains have a special system for making language, which follows certain rules to be efficient. This system helps us understand and produce language easily. The book talks about how our brains use different levels to process language, like how we say words and how we understand their meaning. Chomsky's ideas have had a big impact on how we study language and how we think about how our brains work.