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The Brian Lehrer Show / May 15, 2003

The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, May 15, 2003
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  • What's MTA Minus 50 Cents?

    A State Supremem Court Judge has given the MTA two weeks to roll back the 50-cent fare increase. But what about an appeal? Join Brian and a group of reporters for more on the MTA, the Lemrick Nelson verdict and Governor Pataki's vetos.

The MTA Must Try Again

State Senator David Paterson of the 29th District (part of northern Manhattan) and Democratic Senate leader, on the Straphangers' victory

Fair Rejection

Frank Padavan, Republican state senator for the 11th District (part of Queens), on the Senate plans to override the guv's veto and the MTA ruling

Black Humor

Damali Ayo, artist and creator of rent-a-negro.com, rents herself out to the black-deprived

Queen of the Desert

Queen Noor of Jordan, on her book, Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life (Hyperion, 2003)

Shipping Peace

David Shipler, former reporter with the New York Times and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book, Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land (Penguin, 2002), on the roadmap for establishing peace in Israel and Palestine

Fielding Questions

Paul O'Neill, former right-fielder for the New York Yankees, on his book, Me and My Dad (William Morrow, 2003)

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

Uncommon Indicators

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The Brian Lehrer Show wants to hear how the economy is affecting the little things in your daily life. Share your stories and photos of the downturn.

Cast your vote for our video contest semi-finalists.

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The Rocky Road Ahead

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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.

Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.

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Tweet If You Use Twitter

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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.

What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

Don't Say That, Literally

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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")

What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!

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From Denmark with Love

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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.

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Squatting, Then and Now

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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.