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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, October 15, 2004
  • 30 Issues: Taxes

    One of George W. Bush’s first major achievements as President was a tax cut worth about $1.7 trillion. Columnist Paul Krugman says the cut has contributed to nearly every ill America is experiencing, while the Club for Growth’s Stephen Moore says it’s saved us from economic stagnation.

30 Issues in 30 Days: Taxes

Stephen Moore President, The Club for Growth on Bush's tax plan
» Club for Growth
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Paul KrugmanNew York Times Columnist, professor of economics at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations and author,The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century( WW Norton, Sept. 2003) on his recent columns, the election and the economy
» Paul Krugman

Let the Good Times Roll

Aldore CollierWest, Coast Editor, Ebony Magazine on the life of Ray Charles and the new movie about his life starring Jamie Foxx

The Green Island at the Mouth of the Hudson

David Owen, staff writer at the New Yorker, says it's a big GREEN apple.
» newyorker.com

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.