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The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, December 04, 2002
  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle: Chechen-Russian History, Part I

    The breakaway Russian province of Chechnya has made headlines in the United States since the early 1990s, but few Americans know that the roots of the Chechen-Russian conflict stretch back at least to the 18th century, or that Stalin deported the entire population of Chechnya to Central Asia in 1944. The Chechens returned from their exile after Stalin's death, and began seriously pursuing independence when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Also on the show, Bob Kerrey gets controversial, and when TiVo goes crazy.

MTA=Make Transit Accountable

President of Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union www.twu.com Roger Toussaint on the Transport Workers Union proposal for closing the MTA's budget gap and avoiding a fare hike

Life after Debt

Ira Stoll, managing editor of the New York Sun on his paper’s suggestions on how to close the city government’s $6 billion budget hole

My TiVO Thinks I'm Pregnant!

Virginia Heffernan, television critic for Slate magazine www.slate.com, on why your TiVO keeps tabs on what you watch

The Caucasian Chalk Circle: Chechen-Russian History, Part I

Miriam Lanskoy, PhD candidate at Boston University and researcher at the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy, on the beginnings of the conflict between Russia and Chechnya.

What Would Hannah Arendt Do?

Louisa Solomon, an undergraduate at Eugene Lang College at the New School University www.newschool.edu and a member of Free NSU, on why she wants the school’s president, former senator Bob Kerrey, to step down

Open Phones

Listeners’ comments on Bill Clinton's speech at New York University on revitalizing the Democratic party and dealing with terrorism

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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