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The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, November 09, 2004
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  • As The Ancestor Told His Tale....

    The search for a common ancestor to all life forms—or "concestor" —is the idea animating Richard Dawkins’ latest book. The Oxford biologist took Chaucer as his inspiration, and gave chapter titles like "the Cauliflower’s Tale" and "the Rhizobium’s Tale".

Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

Bob Hennelly WNYC New Jersey correspondent on NJ Governor Jim McGreevey's farewell address

70 Is the New 68

Timothy Smeeding, Director of theCenter for Policy Research at the Syracuse University Maxwell School, gives his thoughts on the potential and perils of raising the retirement age
» Timothy Smeeding

"From Plato to NATO"

Richard Dawkins, Biologist, "Professor of the Public Understanding of Science" at Oxford University author of many books on science, most recently, The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution (Houghton Mifflin,October 2004), gives a history of evolution in the form of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Gift from the Gods

Lewis Fidler, New York City Councilmember, (D-District 46, Brooklyn), says city schools need to allot more spaces for gifted children
» Fidler

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a 'Change We Need' rally in support of Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) September 27, 2008 in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Clinton lost the Democratic nomination to Obama but has recently stepped up efforts to swing her supporters behind her former rival. : U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a 'Change We Need' rally in support of Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) September 27, 2008 in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Clinton lost the Democratic nomination to Obama but has recently stepped up efforts to swing her supporters behind her former rival.

Junior Senator

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Glenn Thrush, senior Congressional correspondent for Politico.com, talks about potential replacements for Hillary Clinton in the Senate, once she's confirmed as Secretary of State.

Jewish toddler Moshe, 2, who lost his parents when militants staged an assault on a Jewish centre in Mumbai.

Mumbai Monday

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The Mumbai terrorist attacks have caused shockwaves that reach communities here in New York. How are south Asian immigrants coping with the crisis? Plus, on January 20th, Barack Obama will become the first black president, but he’s already the most prominent black father in America. Is he setting a new standard for African-American parenthood?

Baby's Mouth

Baby Blues

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Alex Kuczynski, New York Times style writer and the author of Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession with Cosmetic Surgery (Doubleday, 2006), talks about her recent NYT Magazine article "Her Body, My Baby" and her experience having a child through a surrogate.

Maya Angelou

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Poet-activist Maya Angelou, author of Letter to My Daughter (Random House, 2008), on the significance of the Obama presidency and more.

WNYC's Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein talk politics at lunch time.

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted November 13
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

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