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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, October 10, 2003
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  • Statue of Liberty

    Give Me Liberty

    Last month Brian moderated a Harper’s Magazine Forum to debate ideas in the new book by Village Voice Columnist Nat Hentoff, The War on the Bill of Rights. We’ll play excerpts featuring Hentoff, plus authors Kurt Vonnegut and Steven Brill, Harper’s Editor Lewis Lapham, ACLU Executive Director Nadine Strossen and New York Sun Editor Ira Stoll.

Whither the Bill of Rights

Taped excerpts from a September 15th panel Brian moderated at The New School University called, "Is the Bill of Rights in Peril?" with Ira Stoll, Vice President and Managing Editor of the New York Sun, Nadine Strossen, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, Lewis Lapham, Editor of Harper's, Stephen Brill, author, After: The Rebuilding And Defending Of America In The September 12 Era (Simon and Schuster, 2003), Kurt Vonnegut, writer, and Nat Hentoff, Village Voice columnist, and author, The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering Resistance (Seven Stories, 2003)

Open Phones

Your thoughts on the Bill of Rights.

Shirin Joy

Geneive Abdo, religion correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and co-author, Answering Only to God: The Struggle Between Religion and Democracy in Post-Revolutionary Iran (Henry Holt & Co., 2003), introduces Shirin Ebadi, this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner. And Louise Sherby, Associate Dean and Chief Librarian at Hunter College Library, and author, The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners 1901-2000 (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001), explains Shirin Ebadi's place in Nobel history.

How Great Was The Debate?

George Watson, Political Science professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, reveals what Arizonans really think of the dems. And Rick Stengel, managing editor at Time magazine, tries to detect a winner in last night's nine-way frenzy. Lastly, we open the phones with your thoughts on the debate.

30 issues in 30 days graphic

30 Issues in 30 Days

The Brian Lehrer Show

Once again, 30 Issues in 30 Days is taking on the election season by going beyond the horse race and examining the real issues that are at stake for the people of New York and New Jersey in the Mayoral and Gubernatorial contest. See the schedule and help craft the segments at the 30 Issues Wiki!

Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary

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Live from the Greene Space: Michael Moore talks about his new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story and Brian celebrates the 20 year anniversary of The Brian Lehrer Show.

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.

Help us map abandoned lots, stalled construction and unsold condos.

Digesting Politics

Brian, Bob, and Andrea

WNYC's political team of Brian Lehrer, Bob Hennelly, and Andrea Bernstein talk politics and more over lunch each week. Hear the latest episode and subscribe to the podcast here!

Video Picks

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