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WNYC's Coverage of the Democratic National Convention
Live performances in Soundcheck's studios
Studio 360: How Animals Communicate with Each Other
Selected Shorts featuring "The Trouble of Marcie Flint," by John Cheever
Radio Rookies: Brooklyn Broadcast Workshop
On the Media: Challenging Convention
Street Shots Challenge
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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
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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
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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.
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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…
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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.
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention (08/25/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 2 (08/26/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 3 (08/27/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 4 (08/28/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Business Connections (08/22/2008)
- The Leonard Lopate Show: 1-2-3 (08/26/2008)
- The Leonard Lopate Show: Layered Look (08/27/2008)