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John Perkins was a chief economist for an international consulting company, but claims his real job was as an “economic hit man” – convincing developing countries to accept billions of dollars in loans for infrastructure projects, with most of the money going to US companies like Halliburton and Bechtel. Also: a panel discussion on end of life issues; NYC Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden; and WNYC's own Leonard Lopate
Last Rights
Diane Coleman, lawyer and president of Not Dead Yet, a disabilities rights group opposed to the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia
- on their call for a moratorium on feeding tube removals for people in "persistent vegetative state"
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Sylvia Law,
Professor of Law, Medicine and Psychiatry at NYU, Board Member of Compassion in Dying, a group that seeks legislative support for physician-assisted suicide,
- on the use of advance directives and the Oregon assisted-suicide law
» Compassion in Dying
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Jayd Henricks,
Director of Congressional Relations for the Family Research Council, a conservative pro-family organization,
- offers a religious view against removal of life support
» Family Research Council
Health and the City
Dr. Thomas Frieden,
New York City Commissioner in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,
- on the latest report on Women's Health in New York City
» Dept. of Health
Open Phones
listeners call in to discuss whether doctors work for profit or for the benefit of their patients.
20 Minutes Early
Leonard Lopate, Host of the Leonard Lopate Show
- reflects on 20 years as a WNYC host
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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.- Comments [40]
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!- Comments [15]
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!- Comments [172]
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.
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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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