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The Brian Lehrer Show / December 06, 2005

The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, December 06, 2005
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  • Bombs Away

    Yesterday the head of the world agency that monitors nuclear programs said that Iran is just months away from being able to make an atomic bomb. After years of on-again, off-again talks with Europe, the theocracy appears to be steps away from its goal of making nuclear weapons.

You Give Me Feaver

Christopher Gelpi, associate professor of Political Science at Duke University and author, Choosing Your Battles: American Civil-Military Relations and the Use of Force (Princeton University Press, 2004).
and
James Bamford, contributing editor at Rolling Stone, former Washington investigative producer for ABC's "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings", and author, A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies (Doubleday, 2004)
- on Peter Feaver, John Rendon, and explaining the Iraq war to the American people

Christopher Gelpi (Duke)
A Pretext for War (Doubleday)

Missing Marjorie

Tim Noah, senior writer at Slate and editor, The Woman at the Washington Zoo by Marjorie Williams (PublicAffairs, 2005)
- on the life and death of his wife, Majorie Williams

» The Woman at the Washington Zoo (PublicAffairs)
» Marjorie Williams's columns on Slate
» Tim Noah's columns on Slate

Iran: Known Unknowns, and Unknown Unknowns

Paul Leventhal, founding president and senior advisor at the Nuclear Control Institute a research and advocacy center for preventing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism.
and
Joseph Cirincione, senior associate and director for Non-Proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- on Mohammed AlBaradei's recent statements on Iran's nuclear program

» The Nuclear Control Institute
» Joseph Ciricione (The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Changing Minds

Farhad Manjoo, writer for Salon.com
- on Dalton Conley's very controversial op-ed in the Times last week, and how Farhad changed his mind over the last few weeks

» Farhad Manjoo writing on Salon's blog, Broadsheet (subscription or watch an ad)

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!

happiness

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.