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The Brian Lehrer Show / August 18, 2005

The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, August 18, 2005
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  • Congressman Weiner announces money for New York City to process DNA evidence.
    Congressman Weiner announces money for New York City to process DNA evidence. (Anthony Weiner)

    All About Anthony

    Anthony Weiner is a fourth-term Congressman and a candidate for Mayor of New York. He’s making a 10% tax cut for New Yorkers making less than $150,000 a centerpiece of his campaign.

This Is Not A Drill

Bill Henderson, Associate Director of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA
- says the MTA needs a better emergency communication system

and

Robert ("Buzz") Passwell, former head of the Chicago Transportation System and director of the University Transportation Research Center at City College
- on where the MTA can improve.

» PCAC

A Salt and Battery

Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and author, Salt: The Forgotten Killer (released Feb. 24, 2005 by CSPI)
- on their study on the dangers of salt

» Center for Science in the Public Interest

Trouble in Mind

Paul Raeburn, former BusinessWeek editor, science writer and author, Acquainted with the Night: A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in His Children (Broadway Books, 2004)
- on the particular problems of dealing with childhood mental illness

» Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation

» The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)

All About Anthony

Anthony Weiner, U.S. Congressman (D-NY 9) and mayoral candidate
- on the mayoral campaign and what's new in New York
» Anthony Weiner's Congress website

» campaign website

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.

Cast your vote for our video contest semi-finalists.

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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.

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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!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

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!

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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.

Judge Sotomayor

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.