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The Brian Lehrer Show / 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.
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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
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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

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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.

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Happy 150th Birthday, Evolution!

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Richard Dawkins, biologist, professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and author of many books on science, most recently, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, talks about Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which was published on 24 November 1859.

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What's Next for the Movement?

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In the aftermath of President Obama's campaign, Kevin Powell, Brooklyn-based community activist has written a new book, Open Letters to America: Essays by Kevin Powell, outlining his thoughts about political engagement, particularly among African-American youth.