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The Brian Lehrer Show / August 31, 2004

The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, August 31, 2004
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  • RNC protests

    The New York State of Mind

    New York is seldom associated with innocence, but the city is in fact a Republican convention virgin. For the many protesters who are here, everything is at stake: the Patriot Act, the war on terror, the future of the world. For local merchants, it’s about just getting by…or hitting the jackpot

Last Night’s Performance

Dante Chinne, Political Columnist for the Christian Science Monitor and consultant to the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism, on Monday night's speeches
» Dante Chinni

Protest Central

Luke Burbank, WNYC Reporter, on the protests around the Convention and the treatment of those arrested

Street Theater Critic

Alisa Soloman, former staff writer at the Village Voice, professor in the English and Theater departments at CUNY Grad Center, professor of English teaching journalism at Baruch College, on the theatrical side of street protest Joyce Kozloff, a member of Artists Against the War
» Alisa Solomon and Meddle Bolger, activist with Green Bloc, Direct Action to Stop the War and Adopt-an-activist, shares his protest plans
» Adopt-an-Activist

Bidding for more

Miracle on 34th Street Daniel Biederman, President of the 34th Street Business Improvement District, on how small businesses are faring during the Republican Convention
» New York Business Improvement Districts and Fred Mogul, WNYC Reporter, on the convention's impact on local businesses and the NYC economy and Teddy Pappasof Skylight Diner and David Stern David Stern, Marketing Director of B & H Photo
» B & H Photo

Political Theater

Boris Kachkacontributing writer for New York Magazine, edits and writes for the Theater Section
» New York Magazine

Folly a Deux

Nora Yorksinger and Isaiah Sheffer host of Selected Shorts and director of "Thalia Follies" review
» Symphony Space

The Ting Is

Jan Ting
» Delaware delegateand Law Professor at Temple University on his experiences as a delegate and Fernando Mateo President, NYS Federation of Taxi Cab Drivers discusses being a delegate, speaking at the convention and the impact of the RNC on taxi drivers

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