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The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, January 06, 2004
  • Survival of the Prettiest

    On New Years many of us have made resolutions to take better care of our bodies, eat healthier and exercise. Why bother when we can simply go under the knife? In this day and age more of us are buying the bodies we desire, when did plastic surgery become standard practice? How far will people go to achieve their transformations? Did the Kurds capture Saddam Hussein? Is there life on Mars? Whither the United Nations? And New York business top ten lists!

Kurds and Way

Vance Serchuk Researcher for the American Enterprise Institute says the Kurds didn't capture Saddam Hussein before US fighters and David Pratt foreign editor of the Sunday Herald of Glasgow, Scotland on the theory that Kurdish intelligence led to the capture of Saddam Hussein and Giora Shamiz Chief Editor and CEO of the Debka File, a website based in Jerusalem about terrorism, security and politics.
says the Kurds captured Saddam Hussein before US forces

Life On Mars?

Ken Crosswell astronomer and author,Magnificent Mars (the Free Press, 2003)
explains what the roving robot is doing on the red planet

Lists, Lists and More Lists!

Alair Townsend Publisher of Crain's New York Business
on the Crain's New York Book of Lists

Miracle on 42nd Street

Linda Fasulo UN correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, frequent contributor to NPR News, and author, An Insider's Guide To The UN (Yale University Press, 2004)
explains the global body

Under the Knife

Virginia Blum author Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery (University of California Press September 2003) examines the culture of plastic surgery

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.