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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, July 16, 2004
  • "Dirty Laundry"

    Bill Cosby sparked controversy recently when he told black parents "your dirty laundry gets out of school at 2:30 every day, it's cursing and calling each other [the N-word] as they're walking up and down the street. They think they're hip. They can't read. They can't write. They're laughing and giggling, and they're going nowhere." Also, Martha— martyr or martinet? Should political advertising include references to Hitler? And your calls on wacky weddings.

Mad About Martha

Elaine Lafferty Editor in Chief, Ms. Magazine discusses the sentencing of Martha Stewart

Feel the Camp-Pain

Meredith McGehee President of the Alliance for Better Campaigns, a non-profit promoting "useful information" in elections says the Hitler-themed political ads on the left and the right represents a new low in negative campaigning

The Cosby Show

Debra Dickerson journalist and author, The End of Blackness (Pantheon Books, 2004) An American Story (Pantheon Books 2000) agrees with Bill Cosby's controversial comments and Christopher John Farley Senior Editor, Time Magazine disagrees with Cosby's remarks

Open Phones

listeners call in with their campy or theatrical wedding stories

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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