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The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, January 10, 2005
  • A Historic Moment for Arab Media

    Yesterday Palestinians chose Mahmoud Abbas to be their new leader. Later this month, Iraqis go to the polls. In a part of the world with few democratic regimes, newsrooms in the Arab world have the rare challenge of covering two free elections.

New Year Resolution

Dante Chinni Political Columnist for the Christian Science Monitor and senior associate at the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism speaks about social security, the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General and the certification of the Presidential election
» Christian Science Monitor

Teacher's Prayer

Diane Ravitch Research Professor of Education at New York University and author The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (Knopf, 2003) says parochial school teachers make low salaries which will cause windfall to public school system
» Diane Ravitch

A Historic Moment for Arab Media

Nadia Bilbassy, senior correspondent for Al Arabiya in Washington, shares the view from Al Arabiya in Washington
» Al Arabiya
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Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and senior non-resident scholar at the Saban Center at Brookings Institution and author, Reflections of Hearts and Minds: Media, Opinion and Identity in the Arab World (Brookings Institution Press, forthcoming in 2005), and The Stakes: America in the Middle Eas (Westview Press, 2004)
» Shibley Telhami

Wasting No Time

David Blum adjunct professor at Columbia School of Journalism, television critic for the New York Sun and author, TICK…TICK…TICK…The Long Life and Turbulent Times of 60 Minutes (Harper Collins, 2004)on various media stories including Rupert Murdoch consolidating power and the CBS 60 minutes report

Step One: The Brainstorm

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This fall, The Brian Lehrer Show will air our presidential election series “30 Issues In 30 Days.” With your help, we can produce great election coverage!

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted 9/1
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

Slideluck Potshow

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Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!

ICANN, You Can…

Web Exclusive

Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.

Mixed Up

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We discuss the implications of our mixed-race future and how Barack Obama's candidacy has changed the discussion about mixed-race identity.