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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, May 06, 2005
  • Night view of the proposed Freedom Tower, LMDC
    Night view of the proposed Freedom Tower, LMDC

    Too Close to the Sun?

    Plans for Ground Zero redevelopment are in flux: The Freedom Tower might lose the twists and the spire that were to be its defining features; Goldman Sachs may not build its new headquarters there and the cultural center is on the back burner. Also, does pop culture make us smarter? Technology writer Steven Johnson says it does.

Too Close to the Sun?

Andrea Bernstein, WNYC Reporter
» WNYC News page
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Martin Filler, Architecture critic for House and Garden and the New Republic magazines and contributor to the New York Review of Books
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Greg David, Editor of Crains New York Business
- on the revision of design the plans for the Freedom Tower
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TV Thinkers

Steven Johnson, Contributing editor for Wired Magazine and author
- on the intellectual benefits of being a couch potato
» Steven Johnson's blog

Journalism 101

Michael Winerip, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times and author, Adam Canfield of the Slash (Candlewick Press, 2005),
- on his new novel for young journalists

Your Fab Cab

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Who is in your fantasy Obama cabinet? Pick anyone!

Word from Abroad

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John Burns, London bureau chief for the New York Times, reflects on his work in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Iraq.

Chief of Technology

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Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, talks about the potential presidential cabinet position of Chief Technology Officer. Who's in your fantasy cabinet? Visit our Fab Cab page and let us know.

Digesting Politics

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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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