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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, January 02, 2004
  • Health Hazards

    Has money tainted the ethics of medical researchers? Author Daniel Callahan says questionable funding sources and the high cost of prescription drugs have weakened medicine’s moral imperative.

City Spin

Wayne Barrett Senior Editor at the Village Voice, and Author Rudy: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani (Basic Books, 2001)
And
Errol Louis Associate Editor of the New York Sun
And
EJ McMahon senior fellow for Tax and Budgetary Studies, at the Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute.
Debate the Bloomberg administration midway through his term as Mayor of New York City.

Hazardous Research

Daniel Callahan Director of the International Program at the Hastings Center, Senior Fellow at Harvard Medical School and author, What Price Better Health? (University of California Press, 2003) on the pitfalls of unfettered medical research

Loss, Recovery and Poetry

Jane Yolen Poet and Writer, Radiation Sonnets (Algonquin 2003)
on her book of poetry

Step One: The Brainstorm

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This fall, The Brian Lehrer Show will air our presidential election series “30 Issues In 30 Days.” With your help, we can produce great election coverage!

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted 9/1
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.

Slideluck Potshow

The Brian Lehrer Show

Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!

ICANN, You Can…

Web Exclusive

Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.

Mixed Up

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We discuss the implications of our mixed-race future and how Barack Obama's candidacy has changed the discussion about mixed-race identity.