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Have you ever applied to buy a co-op and been rejected? Have you ever been told why? City Council member Hiram Montserrate is sponsoring a hotly contested bill that would require co-op boards state their reasons when they turn you away. Also: the science and politics of the world's most deadly diseases, Jesus in Judaism, and what our listners will be looking for when the Democrats debate.
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They're Just Not That Into You
Hiram Monserrate, New York City Council Member (D-District 21), wants co-op boards to disclose their reasons for rejecting a candidate, then Jonathan Butler, who runs the blogs Brownstoner.com and BrooklynRecord.com, reacts to this proposal and looks at the impact of New York's continuing low ...
Jews and Jesus
The relationship of Jews to Jesus still looms large for both Jews and Christians. Joining us to discuss this complicated history is Jonathan Rosen, editorial director of NextBook, a organization that focuses on Jewish literature and culture, and Stephen Prothero, the chair of the religion department ...
From the Brink
Celia Dugger, New York Times foreign correspondent, and Donald McNeil, New York Times science reporter, discuss their series "Diseases on the Brink", about diseases in the developing world for which they'll recieve a 2007 Overseas Press Club Award winner.
Open Phones: The Dems Debate
Listeners tell us what they'll be looking for from the democratic presidential candidates as they engage in their first debate.
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Jews and Jesus
Jonathan Rosen, editorial director of NextBook, a "locus for Jewish literature, culture, and ideas", stops by The Brian Lehrer Show to talk ...
Mr. Brownstoner weighs in on Co-Op Boards
Jonathan Butler, blogger for Brownstoner.com, gets away form his computer to discuss co-op boards on the The Brian ...