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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, May 23, 2003
  • Credit: graphic novelist Lance Tooks
    Graphic Novelist Lance Tooks

    Getting Graphic

    Eleven years after "Maus" won a Pulitzer Prize, the graphic novel industry is finally making good on its promise. Today a new generation of artist-scribes is taking on teen angst, race, and photo processing. Also on the show: why terrorism works, and a song contest that smoothes Europe's wrinkles.

Why Terror Works (And What We Can Do About It)

Richard Wolffe Senior Diplomatic Correspondent with Newsweek.

Music Is The Language Of Diplomacy

Tim Ochser arts and culture editor and editor of the Eurovision supplement at Baltic Times, an English language weekly newspaper published in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia explains the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Nuclear Fallout

Mark Thompson, national security correspondent for Time Magazine, on the defense spending bill.

Open Phones

Listeners calls on whether Rudy's personal life should influence his political reputation.

Graphic Novelists

Lance Tooks graphic novelist Narcissa (Doubleday, 2002)

Leela Corman illustrator and cartoonist
Subway Series: A Story About A Girl (Alternative Comics, 2002)

Jason Little Cartoonist
Shutterbug Follies (Doubleday, 2002)

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

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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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