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The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, November 10, 2003
  • To Be Young, Conservative, and Hip

    A new survey suggests that college kids are more likely to vote Republican than Democrat. Today’s Alex P. Keatons aren’t just more numerous, they are also more cynical—-and more savvy--than their 1980’s counterparts.

Campaign Tumult

Karen Tumulty Time Magazine National Political Correspondent on the firing of Kerry's campaign manager and Dean's by-passing public financing for the primaries

Hip To Be Square

Joseph Liska college senior, and student president of the Brown University College Hill Republicans on the growing conservatism on college campuses and Jeffrey Cook A second year law school student at New York University and Executive Director of the Log Cabin Republicans of New York

Up Against the Wal-Mart

Jared Bernstein Senior Economist at the Economic Policy Institute and co-author: The Benefits of Full Employment: When Markets Work for People (Economic Policy Institute, 2003) on the phenomenon that is Wal-Mart and its effect on American society and Ira Kalish economist for Deloitte Research explains Wal-Mart's success in the marketplace

Running Perfectly

Mike Pesca takes listeners' calls on the "perfect" Presidential candidate

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.

Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.