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Friday morning on the downtown number 4 train
New Yorkers have the highest average commute time than other Americans, but they also enjoy it more, according to an article in this week's New Yorker. Find out how traveling to work changes your life. Plus: Conservative author Christopher Buckley on his satirical novel about aging boomers and their kids. Also, we discuss New York's carbon rating, Bernie Kerik, the rent vs. buy debate and hear from playwright Edith I. Freni.
Carbon Rating
James F. Gennaro, New York City Council Member (D-24), chair of the Environmental Protection Committee, discusses New York's first carbon emissions inventory.
Skeletons In the Closet
Peter Baker, White House reporter for the Washington Post, talks about the investigation into Bernard Kerik and what the White House knew about him when he was nominated as Secretary for Homeland Security.
Baker's Washington Post article on Kerik and Giuliani
Baker's Washington Post article on Kerik and Giuliani
The Boom's Boom
Christopher Buckley, satirist, author of the novel, Boomsday (Warner Twelve, 2007), on the intergenerational warfare between aging boomers and their kids.
Boomsday is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Boomsday is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Does Not Commute
Nick Paumgarten, staff writer for the New Yorker, looks at the what happens when we spend so much of our lives traveling back and forth to work.
Nick Paumgarten's New Yorker article on communting
Nick Paumgarten's New Yorker article on communting
Time to Rent?
David Leonhardt, Economix columnist for the New York Times, and Dan Jester, economist at Moody's Economy.com, look at an analysis suggesting it has been better to rent than to buy.
B.O.B.: Queens
Playwright Edith I. Freni represents Queens in P.S.122's Best of the Boroughs (B.O.B.) Festival with "Momma" a dark comic take on American family life.
This week's other B.O.B. representatives on The Brian Lehrer Show:
Monday - Sara ...
This week's other B.O.B. representatives on The Brian Lehrer Show:
Monday - Sara ...
Will the Baby Boomers Ever Leave?
Christopher Buckley, humorist and author, visted The Brian Lehrer Show to discuss his new book, "Boomsday". April 11, 2007.
Rent or Buy?
Here's a link to an interactive graph that accompanies David Leonhardt's Economix column in today's New York Times.
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