Soccer is the world’s most popular sport, played by little children on dusty pitches, and pros like David Beckham in large stadiums. But as Franklin Foer discovered while writing his book, How Soccer Explains the World, soccer has become much more than a game: it’s an expression of life, politics and religion. Also, a rail link between Long Island and lower Manhattan, Nassau County introduces a new prescription drug card, the Fed mulls an interest rate hike, and James Fallows analyzes Bush’s and Kerry’s rhetorical styles.
Last Stop
Andrea Bernstein Senior Reporter, WNYC explains the rail link for downtown and Pataki's role in the convention
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Howard Weitzman Nassau County Comptroller discusses Nassau County's prescription cards called NassauRx.
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Bruce Lambert Long Island Correspondent, New York Times discusses prescription drug cards and Suozzi
Feigning Interest
Charles Gasparino Senior writer for Newsweek magazine and author of Blood on The Street (Simon & Schuster, forthcoming) discusses the increase in interest rates
You Say Po-tate-oh
James Fallows National Correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly discusses his research into the differing debating styles of Bush an Kerrey
Flat Back Four
Franklin Foer staff writer at the New Republic, contributor to Slate.com How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization (Harper Collins 2004) discusses the world wide appeal of soccer
One-seat ride
Today’s show took us out to Long Island. We talked with WNYC’s own Andrea Bernstein, as well as Bruce Lambert, Long Island correspondent of The New York Times, discussing Governor Pataki’s formal request to President Bush to re-allocate several billion dollars in
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