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The Brian Lehrer Show / April 11, 2005

The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, April 11, 2005
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  • In My Backyard

    "Desperate Housewives" is just the latest to offer up a depiction of the "seamy" side of suburban life. Writer D.J. Waldie takes issue with that view in his memoir of the California working class tract development where he grew up, and lives to this day.

Filibusting

Glenn Reynolds, Writes the blog, Instapundit and is a law professor at the University of Tennessee
- on the continuing senate fight over judicial nominations, progress in Iraq
» Instapundit
and
Dante Chinni, Political Columnist for the Christian Science Monitor and senior associate at the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism, on the continuing senate fight over judicial nominations, progress in Iraq
» More on Dante Chinni

Open Phones

call in for Catholic listeners

In My Backyard

D. J. Waldie, writer, Public Information Officer of the city of Lakewood since 1978 and author of the soon-to-be reissued, Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir (W.W.Norton, April 18, 2005)
- on his memoir of his working class suburb
» More on D.J. Waldie
and
Rosalyn Baxandall Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair of American Studies at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury and co-author with Elizabeth Ewen, Picture Windows: How the Suburbs Happened (Basic Books, 2001)
- on Long Island suburban development
and
Robert Beuka, Assistant professor of English at Bronx Community College, City University of New York and author, SuburbiaNation : Reading Suburban Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Fiction and Film (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004)
» More on SuburbiaNation
and
Tom Suozzi Nassau County Executive (D)
- on his vision for a "new suburbia"
» Tom Suozzi

Housing Crunch

Julia Vitullo-Martin Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Director of the Center for Rethinking Development at the Manhattan Insitute
- on budget cuts to HUD that will decrease day-to day operations of urban housing authorities
» Julia Vitullo-Martin
and
Alyssa Katz Editor of City Limits
- on budget cuts to HUD which will decrease day-to-day operations of urban housing authorities
» City Limits

Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary

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Live from the Greene Space: Michael Moore talks about his new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story and Brian celebrates the 20 year anniversary of the show with a 20 year news quiz.

Season's Eatings

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December guests Tamara Reynolds and Zora O'Neill will be answering your holiday hosting questions each week. Segments so far: Holiday Traditions | Gifting Food | Hosting on a Budget

Also check out the live online chats with Tamara and Zora, where they answer all your hosting questions. Chat #1 | Chat #2

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariachily/3330743790/">mariachily</a>/flickr)

Climbing K2: Life and Death

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Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all fourteen eight-thousand meter mountains, and one of only six to do so without oxygen, discusses his new book K2: Life & Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain (Broadway, 2009).

SUNY Disposition

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State University of New York chancellor Nancy Zimpher, discusses the pressures the system faces and the role it plays in the current economic climate.

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

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.

Help us map abandoned lots, stalled construction and unsold condos.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.