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The Brian Lehrer Show / May 04, 2004

The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, May 04, 2004
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  • President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (US DOS)

    War Cloud

    As our country focuses in on the war on terror, Helen Caldicott and Robert McNamara contend our most serious threats is still nuclear. Not a bomb in a suitcase but thousands of Russian warheads, remnants of the cold war, still targeting our cities.

Women in Uniform

Melissa Sheridan Embser-Herbert Ph.D , associate professor of Sociology at Hamline University and author, Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat: Gender, Sexuality, and Women in the Military (NYU Press, 1998 and A Modest Proposal: Privacy as a Flawed Rationale for the Exclusion of Gays and Lesbians from the U.S. Military (International Security, 2002) discusses women in the military and the participation of women in the abuses at Abu Gharaib
and Colonel Sam Gardiner Retired Air Force Colonel who teaches military operations at The War Colleges

Eat the Rich, Fight with the Church, Save the Woods

Bob Hennelly WNYC New Jersey correspondent and a contributing editor for New Jersey Monthly on McGreevey's eighth inning maneuverings

Yongbyon Silver

David Kang associate professor of government and adjunct associate professor at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies (Columbia University Press, 2003)
and Victor Cha D.S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and associate professor of government in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and co-author, Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies (Columbia University Press, 2003

da Bomb

Helen Caldicott pediatrician and president of the Nuclear Policy Research, Institute and author, The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex (New Press 2004) on nuclear nonproliferation
and Robert McNamara former secretary of defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, former president of the World Bank on nuclear non proliferation

Open Phones

Listeners' reactions to Robert McNamara, and Vietnam veterans.

30 issues in 30 days graphic

30 Issues in 30 Days

The Brian Lehrer Show

Once again, 30 Issues in 30 Days is taking on the election season by going beyond the horse race and examining the real issues that are at stake for the people of New York and New Jersey in the Mayoral and Gubernatorial contest. See the schedule and help craft the segments at the 30 Issues Wiki!

Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary

The Brian Lehrer Show

Live from the Greene Space: Michael Moore talks about his new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story and Brian celebrates the 20 year anniversary of The Brian Lehrer Show.

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

Uncommon Indicators

The Brian Lehrer Show

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.

Help us map abandoned lots, stalled construction and unsold condos.

Digesting Politics

Brian, Bob, and Andrea

WNYC's political team of Brian Lehrer, Bob Hennelly, and Andrea Bernstein talk politics and more over lunch each week. Hear the latest episode and subscribe to the podcast here!

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.