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The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, December 13, 2004
  • Pro Choice, Pro-Fetus

    Frances Kissling, President of Catholics for Free Choice, recently urged her group’s members to place more value on the lives of unborn children. Some abortion rights advocates think she’s sold out, but Kissling says it’s time to reevaluate what the movement is all about.

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Peter Grier Washington Editor, Christian Science Monitor on the news out of Washington
» Christian Science Monitor
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Wayne Barrett Senior Editor at the Village Voice, and Author, Rudy: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani (Basic Books, 2001)says power was an aphrodisiac for Sharpton and Kerik
» Village Voice

New Amsterdam turns 95

Jamal E. Watson, executive editor to the Amsterdam News on the 95th anniversary of the Amsterdam news and taking over as editor
» Amsterdam News

The Cardinal of Choice

Frances Kissling, president and chief executive officer of Catholics for a Free Choice on being a pro choice Catholic
» Catholics for Choice

Nanny 911

Kathleen Webb President of Home/Work solutions, a company which provides payroll and tax services to families who employ domestic employees, founded in 1993 after the Zoe Baird confirmation process says there are real consequences to not paying taxes for your nanny
» Nanny Network

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.

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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.

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