After three and a half years, 2,700 U.S. casualties, spending of $379 billion, and no end in sight, a forum at Town Hall took on the question: Should the U.S. get out of Iraq? Congressman Jack Murtha and former Senator George McGovern grappled with the question along with others. We’ll play excerpts of the taped debate and make available the full audio online. Plus: Eliot Spitzer takes questions on what he’d do if he gets elected governor and a new play that encompasses the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn, roller coaster rides, 9/11, and Starbucks.
Stuy-Town Sold
Daniel Garodnick, New York City Councilmember, District 4
- discuses the sale of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
- discuses the sale of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
On the Road
Eliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General and candidate for Governor (D)
- talks about his campaign
- talks about his campaign
Open Phones
-Listeners call in about the Stuy-Town sale
The Old Ball Game
Heather Woodbury, playwright and performer, winner of the inaugural Spalding Gray Award
- on her first multi-actor ensemble work, A Tale of 2Cities: An American Joyride on Multiple Tracks, that takes as its starting point the move of the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles ...
- on her first multi-actor ensemble work, A Tale of 2Cities: An American Joyride on Multiple Tracks, that takes as its starting point the move of the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles ...
Should the U.S. Get Out of Iraq?
Congressman John Murtha, D-12 (PA), ranking member, and former chairman, of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee; Vietnam combat veteran and retired Marine Corps colonel
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George McGovern, former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate; co-author of Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
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George McGovern, former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate; co-author of Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
Heather Woodbury
Heather Woodbury, playwright and performer, reads an excerpt from her new play "Tale of 2Cities: An American Joyride on Multiple Tracks". October 18, ...
Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General and democratic candidate for Governor, discusses some of his campaign positions on The Brian Lehrer Show. ...
Required Reading: October 18, 2006
Bush Signs Terrorism Measure (Washington Post)
Iraq Removes Leaders of Special Police (NY Times)
Some Seek 'Pink Purge' in the GOP (LA Times)
The Secret Life Of Labor King (NY Daily News)
In Postman’s Death, a Mystery of Mail Left Behind (NY Times)
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