The Brian Lehrer Show: Bird Brain

The Brian Lehrer Show

Bird Brain

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Five cardinals at "the Oven" in the Ramble in Central Park. ((Phoebe Epstein))

Remember Pale Male, the red-tailed hawk who nearly lost his nest atop of a swanky Fifth Avenue apartment building? Hawks are just one of the scores of bird species that call Central Park home. The biggest patch of green for miles around, the park is considered one of the premier bird-watching sites on the East Coast. Also: Andy Card resigns, Karen Armstrong on world religions, and a proposal for a new Yankee Stadium.

Playing the Cards Right

John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress and former Chief of Staff for President Clinton
-on the resignation of White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card

» The Center for American Progress

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Shuffling Cards

Ted Alden, Washington Bureau Chief for The Financial Times
-on the resignation on White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card

» "Bush announces resignation of chief of staff" by Ted Alden in the FT

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Out of the Park

Adolfo Carrion, Jr., Bronx Borough President (D)
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Geneva Causey, spokesperson for Save Our Parks, an advocacy group opposing the plan for the new Yankee Stadium
- on the pros and cons of the new Yankee Stadium

» Bronx Borough President Adolfo ...

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When the Buddha Met Ezekiel

Karen Armstrong, author, The Great Transformation (Knopf, 2006)
-on the foundation of the major world religious traditions

» The Great Transformation (Knopf)

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Blackbird Fly

Bob Levy, author, Club George: The Diary of a Central Park Bird-Watcher (Thomas Dunne Books, 2006)
- on birding in New York and his "friend" George, a red-wing blackbird

» Club George (St. Martin's)

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Thomas and Terje's Excellent Adventure

We had a visit today from Thomas (l.) and Terje (r.), two Swedish radio producers working for a public broadcaster just outside Stockholm.

Vi älska den här!

They told us their employer actually pays for them to ...

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Photos: Armstrong, Levy

Armstrong: it's the pols, not the prophets who are the problem

Levy: loves the birds

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Feedback: Karen Armstrong

Subject: sounds like my mom
My mother, a devout Catholic, taught us very much what your guest has just said: all religions are the same, because there is only one God. I don't know what the Pope would have replied, but her daughters, whose conception of "god" is basically a secular one, learned from her that faith was about spirit, not dogma.
-RT

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