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The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, April 21, 2005
  • Indiana Jones: The Adaptation by Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb (Brooklyn Underground Film Festival)

    Indy Indy

    Much talked about, but seldom seen, “Indiana Jones: the Adaptation” makes its New York debut as part of the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival this weekend. Filmmaker Chris Strompolos and his friends recreated, shot for shot, the blockbuster movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark” over the course of their adolescence and into adulthood. Also on the bill, New York Press film critic Matt Zoller Seitz’s made-in-Brooklyn independent feature “Home.”

Bulls and Bears and Computers

David Wells senior Wall Street correspondent, Financial Times

and
Andre Postelnicu assistant news editor and markets reporter for the Financial Times
- discusses the merger between the New York Stock Exchange and Archipelago and other market news

Indy Indy

Chris Strompolos, filmmaker, Brooklyn Underground Film Festival entrant,
- on the New York premiere of his labor of love "Indiana Jones: The Adaptation," a shot for shot recreation of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," done as an adolescent
» Indiana Jones: The Adaptation
and
Matt Zoller Seitz, film director, New York Press film critic and Star-Ledger television columnist,
- on his made-in-Brooklyn film, "Home," and the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival
» Brooklyn Underground Film Festival
» New York Press
» New York Press

Dragon Dance

Philp P. Pan Beijing Correspondent for the Washington Post
- discusses tensions between China and Japan
and
Michael Swaine Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace ,br /> - discusses tensions between China and Japan
» Carnegie Endowment

New York 51: District 6

Gale Brewer, City Councilperson (D - District 6, Upper West Side),
- on life and politics in her Upper West Side District
» District 6
» Gotham Gazette

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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