The Brian Lehrer Show

Ms. Moneybags

Friday, February 17, 2006

Women’s clothing usually doesn’t have pockets, and maybe that’s one reason many women feel uncomfortable talking about how much money they make. In her new book, Money: a Memoir, Liz Perle shares the story of how a divorce and the ensuing financial shakeup forced her to confront the size of her paycheck. Also: the trouble with "boot camp", Tom Suozzi's face-off with Eliot Spitzer, and the Radio Rookies.

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Capital News

Liz Benjamin, political reporter for the Albany Times-Union and blogger
and
Jim Rutenberg, reporter for the New York Times
- summarize the news out of Albany and New York City Hall

» Times-Union Blog
» "City Proposes Tougher Limits on Lobbyists" by Jim Rutenberg and Winnie Hu in the The New York Times

Cash Complex

Liz Perle, editor in chief of Common Sense Media and author, Money, A Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash (Henry Holt and Company, 2006)
- on women's complicated relationship to money

» Money, A Memoir (Henry Holt and Company)

Teenage Wasteland

Maia Szalavitz, senior fellow at stats.org, a media watchdog group, and author, Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Costs Parents and Hurts Kids (Riverhead, 2006),
- on the downside of "tough love" boot camps for young adults

» Help at Any Cost (Riverhead)

Radio Rookies

Kaari Pitkin, senior producer, WNYC's Radio Rookies
and
Edward Llanos, high school student
and
Amina Tariq, high school student
- on life in Elmhurst

» WNYC Radio Rookies