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The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, November 29, 2005
  • Sensitivity Training

    With more and more prospective parents adopting kids from abroad, it is no longer rare to spot children in the playground who do not look like their parents. But manners have not caught up with the times, and an innocent query from a confused observer can upset both parent and child.

Khyber Attack

Griff Witte, foreign reporter for the Washington Post
and
Ahmed Rashid, journalist based in Islamabad, Pakistan and author Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia (Penguin, 2003) and Taliban (Yale University Press)
- on the increased violence in Afghanistan

» "Afghans Confront Surge of Violence" (The Washington Post)
» Ahmed Rashid

Fire Side Chat

Christopher Breiseth, president and CEO of The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, NY
- on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's fire side chats to the country at the time of war

» The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute

Sensitivity Training

Dawn Davenport, researcher and writer specializing in adoption and author, The Complete Book on International Adoption: A Step By Step Guide to Finding Your Child (forthcoming from Random House Broadway in 2006),
- says curiosity, not malice, prompts insensitive questions to adoptive parents

We Should Be Moving Shortly...

Sewell Chan, reporter for The New York Times
- on labor negotiations between the transit union and the MTA
and
Ed Watt, secretary and treasurer of the transit workers union local 100
- on the transit workers' negotiations with the MTA

» "M.T.A. Seeks Flexibility on Job Rules" by Sewell Chan in the New York Times

Open Phones

Brian and callers remember Dillon Stewart, the New York City police officer who was shot and killed yesterday.

Step One: The Brainstorm

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This fall, The Brian Lehrer Show will air our presidential election series “30 Issues In 30 Days.” With your help, we can produce great election coverage!

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted 8/21
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.

Slideluck Potshow

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Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!

ICANN, You Can…

Web Exclusive

Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.

Mixed Up

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We discuss the implications of our mixed-race future and how Barack Obama's candidacy has changed the discussion about mixed-race identity.