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Andrea Bernstein, WNYC Reporter, on if Democratic mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer's recent comments on the Diallo shooting represent a change of heart
» WNYC News
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Jamal E. Watson, Executive Editor of the Amsterdam News
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Maggie Haberman, ...

Dr. Jay Olshansky, Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago and Research Associate at the Center on Aging at the University of Chicago, on his report predicting a decline in American life expectancy rates and the role of obesity in the trend
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Uzi Landau, Member of the Israeli Knesset and opposition leader in the Likud Party, on divisions within the Likud Party and why Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan is premature
» Uzi Landau's website

Listeners call in with their "weapons of everyday survival" and describe how they get back at the world for the little annoyances of everyday life.
» New York Times article on coping with annoyance

Tony Avella, New York City Council Member (D) representing the 19th District (Bayside, College Point, Auburndale, Beechhurst, Whitestone, Bay Terrace, Robinwood; parts of Flushing, Douglaston, Little Neck)and Chair of Zoning & Franchises Committee, on life and politics in his district
» District 19

We followed through on our threat to help Ian Urbina of the New York Times document the myriad means of retaliating against life’s little annoyances. Today’s open phones ended up being more about anti-telemarketing tactics, but we got some ideas nonetheless. Here's a sampling of the email below, but based on this morning's call-in, our listeners certainly demonstrated their darker, more sadistic side.

Meanwhile, today’s New York 51 guest, Councilmember Tony Avella, claimed to be one of the coiners of the word "McMansion." We thought it worth pointing to the word’s true etymology.