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The Brian Lehrer Show / February 17, 2004

The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, February 17, 2004
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  • Our Cheatin’ Hearts

    In his recent State of the Union Address, President Bush slammed the use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports. From steroids to Tyco’s cooked books to Jason Blair’s poached newspaper stories, it sometimes seems cheating has infected public life in America.

    "If it was so great and so wonderful, why go in the closet in the first place?"
    --Walter, a caller, on homosexuality

Off Shore Outsourcing…A Good Thing?

Ronil Hira Assistant Professor, Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology
on off shore outsourcing of white collar jobs

Bad to the Bone

Marc Joseph photographer, American Pitbull(Steidl Publishers, 2004)
on the much-maligned dog, the pit bull, and his new collection of photographs of the dogs and their owners and Assemblyman Ruben Diaz, Jr. New York State Assembly, 85th District
on anti-pit bull legislation

The Cheat Is On

David Callahan co-founder and director of research at Demos, a public policy center, and author, The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead (Harcourt , 2004)
says professional ethics have gone down the drain in America

I Now Pronounce You Man And Precedent

Listener Call Ins on gay marriages taking place in San Francisco.

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a 'Change We Need' rally in support of Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) September 27, 2008 in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Clinton lost the Democratic nomination to Obama but has recently stepped up efforts to swing her supporters behind her former rival. : U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a 'Change We Need' rally in support of Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) September 27, 2008 in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Clinton lost the Democratic nomination to Obama but has recently stepped up efforts to swing her supporters behind her former rival.

Junior Senator

The Brian Lehrer Show

Glenn Thrush, senior Congressional correspondent for Politico.com, talks about potential replacements for Hillary Clinton in the Senate, once she's confirmed as Secretary of State.

Jewish toddler Moshe, 2, who lost his parents when militants staged an assault on a Jewish centre in Mumbai.

Mumbai Monday

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The Mumbai terrorist attacks have caused shockwaves that reach communities here in New York. How are south Asian immigrants coping with the crisis? Plus, on January 20th, Barack Obama will become the first black president, but he’s already the most prominent black father in America. Is he setting a new standard for African-American parenthood?

Baby's Mouth

Baby Blues

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Alex Kuczynski, New York Times style writer and the author of Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession with Cosmetic Surgery (Doubleday, 2006), talks about her recent NYT Magazine article "Her Body, My Baby" and her experience having a child through a surrogate.

Maya Angelou

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Poet-activist Maya Angelou, author of Letter to My Daughter (Random House, 2008), on the significance of the Obama presidency and more.

WNYC's Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein talk politics at lunch time.

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted November 13
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.

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