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The Brian Lehrer Show / December 05, 2005

The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, December 05, 2005
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  • Paper, Plastic-- Frying Pans?

    There’s nothing new about recycling paper and plastic, but what about computers, cell phones and frying pans? Find out how to get creative with recycling thanks to a few specialized companies. And we’ll solicit recycling ideas from listeners.

Color Me Politics

Joe Klein, senior writer at Time Magazine
- discusses the war in Iraq, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito and healthcare

» "The Republican Who Thinks Big on Health Care" by Joe Klein in Time Magazine

Paper, Plastic, Frying Pans

David Beschen, founder of GreenDisk, a company that helps people and companies recycle "technotrash"
and
Christina Salvi, coordinator of Freecycle New York City
- with creative ways to repurpose trash

» GreenDisk
» Freecycle

Taxes Split the Republican Party

Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan group advocating fiscal responsibility,
- says moderation and fiscal common sense are the answer

Daniel Mitchell, senior fellow in political economy at the Heritage Foundation

» The Concord Coalition
» Daniel Mitchell's bio at Heritage

Open Phones

- on the opening of bear hunting season in New Jersey and Mayor Bloomberg's plea to smokers not to smoke at home to spare their pets with health problems.

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.

Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!

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.