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The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, March 17, 2004
  • from the book Augusta, Gone

    If You Remember the 60’s...

    Memoirist Martha Tod Dudman was a kind of boomer Forrest Gump: she ran away to live in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district at age 17, did LSD in college, and campaigned for Eugene McCarthy in New Hampshire in 1968. Also, economists seek to interpret Alan Greenspan’s recent remarks, documentaries by the disabled, and undecided voters "out" themselves.

Tone Deficit

Gus Faucher Senior Economist, Economy.com covers fiscal policy, taxes and spending for economy.com on Greenspan's views on the deficit

ConnecTV

Diana Naftal Co-producer of "One Night Sit" about being gay and disabled on the ConnecTV program of documentaries from people with disabilities
and
Lei Chang ConnecTV segment producer of "More Than 2 Million" about people who become disabled later in life on the ConnecTV program of documentaries from people with disabilities
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Chris Arnold Director and Series Producer of ConnecTV on the ConnecTV program of documentaries from people with disabilities

Listener Calls

Undecided Voters

Flying High

Martha Tod Dudman Author (and professional fundraiser) Expecting to Fly: A Sixties Reckoning(Simon & Schuster, 2004)on her reflection of the sixties

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.