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The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, August 08, 2005
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    City News Roundtable

    Al Sharpton takes on homophobia in the black community. Ferrer, Miller, Fields, and Weiner take on each other, in the fight to be Mayor Bloomberg’s general election opponent. Even in August, the news in New York City never slows down.

Drawdown

Dante Chinni political columnist for the Christian Science Monitor
- on new John Roberts video and getting out of Iraq
» Dante Chinni's columns (The Christian Science Monitor)

Does New York Need to Think More Creatively?

Richard Florida public policy professor at George Mason University and author, The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent (Collins, 2005)
- says current policies are putting New York's creative edge at risk
» The Richard Florida Creativity Group

Big Apple Roundup

Jamal E. Watson executive editor of the Amsterdam News

» The Amsterdam News
and
Chris Smith contributing editor at New York Magazine and City politcs columnist

» New York Magazine - on the Mayoral election and other city issues
» New York Magazine

Murder 500

Andrew Karmin professor of sociology at John Jay College and author, New York Murder Mystery: The True Story Behind the Crime Crash of the 1990s (NYU Press, 2000)
- on why New York's crime rate is going so low

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.

Cast your vote for our video contest semi-finalists.

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