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The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, February 13, 2006
  • Empty Nest

    The future of Forrest City Ratner’s proposed development in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, is still uncertain, but several blocks of the neighborhood have already been cleared to make way. In the empty row houses and brownstones of Dean Street, reporter Andrea Bernstein found potent lessons about economic development.

Libby's Liabilities

Steve Clemons, executive vice president of the New America Foundation, writes The Washington Note blog
- shares his running tally of the Washington scandal sheet

» The Washington Note
» Steve Clemons (The New America Foundation)

Empty Nest

Andrea Bernstein, WNYC reporter
- on the life and death of a small arts community in Brooklyn

» "In Ratner's Shadow" by Andrea Bernstein (WNYC News)

Extra Legal

Hon. Alex Calabrese, presiding judge, Red Hook Community Justice Center
and
Greg Berman, director of the Center for Court Innovation and co-author with John Feinblatt of Good Courts: The Case for Problem-Solving Justice (The New Press, 2005)
-on community justice centers
» Center for Court Innovation

Open Phones

Listeners weigh in on Haiti's disputed election

Your Fab Cab

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Who is in your fantasy Obama cabinet? Pick anyone!

Word from Abroad

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John Burns, London bureau chief for the New York Times, reflects on his work in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Iraq.

Chief of Technology

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Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, talks about the potential presidential cabinet position of Chief Technology Officer. Who's in your fantasy cabinet? Visit our Fab Cab page and let us know.

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted November 13
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.

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