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Thursday, November 03, 2005
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    Still photograph from "Jarhead"

    War on Film

    In Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola expected to turn people off armed combat by showing the horrors of the Vietnam War. But as the new film "Jarhead" depicts, Marines often watch war movies to get psyched up before battle. Walter Murch edited both films and talks about their use as military porn.

Ferrer's Fight

Fernando Ferrer, democratic candidate for Mayor
- makes his case for election in the final week of the campaign

» Ferrer for Mayor

30 Issues: The Arts in New York

Randall Bourscheidt, president of the Alliance for the Arts
- on which candidate for Mayor would be better for the arts in New York

» Alliance for the Arts

Secret Sites

Demetri Sevastopulo, reporter for the Financial Times
and
Josh White, Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post
- on the CIA's secret detention centers in Eastern Europe

» "Evidence CIA has secret jails in Europe" (The Financial Times)
» "European Commission to Investigate Reports of Secret CIA Jails" (The Washington Post)
» "CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons" (The Washington Post)

Shooting with a Gun, Shooting with a Camera

Walter Murch, editor of many films including "Jarhead" and "Apocalypse Now"
and
Lawrence Weschler, director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU, contributed "Valkyries Over Iraq" to Harper's Magazine
- on the uses and abuses of war movies

» Walter Murch (Internet Movie Database)
» Harper's
» New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU

At Home in Kabul

Hyder Akbar, college student, codirector and founder of the NGO Wadan Afghanistan, "This American Life" contributor, and author Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story (Bloomsbury, 2005)
- shares his experiences as a translator for military interrogators in Afghanistan

» Come Back to Afghanistan (Bloomsbury, 2005)
» Hyder Akbar on This American Life

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30 Issues in 30 Days

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Once again, 30 Issues in 30 Days is taking on the election season by going beyond the horse race and examining the real issues that are at stake for the people of New York and New Jersey in the Mayoral and Gubernatorial contest. See the schedule and help craft the segments at the 30 Issues Wiki!

Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary

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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 Brian Lehrer Show.

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.

Help us map abandoned lots, stalled construction and unsold condos.

Digesting Politics

Brian, Bob, and Andrea

WNYC's political team of Brian Lehrer, Bob Hennelly, and Andrea Bernstein talk politics and more over lunch each week. Hear the latest episode and subscribe to the podcast here!

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