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The Brian Lehrer Show / June 11, 2004

The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, June 11, 2004
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  • While You Were Sleeping…

    The UN recently put out a list of the top 10 underreported stories. It includes bad news, like the growing number of AIDS orphans in Africa and overfishing in our seas, but also some good news, like development of civil society in Tajikistan.

Arts Downtown

Etta Sanders reporter and contributor at the community newspaper Tribeca Trib discusses community reaction to the Freedom Center and Robin Pogrebin Cultural Reporter for the New York Times on the final selections for the cultural center on the formal World Trade Center site

Arts Downtown

Tom Bernstein Co-Founder and President of Chelsea Piers, and Originator of idea for Freedom Center with filmmaker Peter W. Kunhardt on his work planning the Freedom Center at the World Trade Center site

Rhyming Pundit

Calvin Trillin New Yorker staff writer, Nation Magazine "deadline poet" and author, Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme (Random House, 2004) on his new collection of political poems

While You Were Sleepin

Shashi Tharoor Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information at the United Nations gives the update on the world's top ten underreported news stories

Labor's Losses

Rob Hugh-Jones senior reporter in The World's London bureau

Deadline

Katey Chevigny Co-Producer/Co-Director of Deadline, a documentary to be screened this weekend (works with Big Mouth Productions)on her documentary about former Illinois Governor George Ryan giving clemency to all death row inmates on his departure and Larry Marshall Professor at Northwestern University and Director of the Center on Wrongful Conviction discusses the documentary "The Deadline"

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

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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

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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.

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.