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The Brian Lehrer Show / December 20, 2005

The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, December 20, 2005
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    Strike!

    New York City transit workers are on strike this morning, and buses and subways are at a standstill. All around town, New Yorkers are dusting off their maps, pulling on their hiking boots, and devising creative new ways to get to work.

Impasse!

Beth Fertig, WNYC Reporter
and
Andrea Bernstein, WNYC Reporter
and
Richard Hake, WNYC Reporter
and
Rob Snyder, director of the journalism and media studies program at Rutgers University-Newark, and author of Transit Talk: New York's Bus and Subway Workers Tell Their Stories(Rutgers, 1998)
and
Noah Budnick, programs director of transportation alternatives
and
Andrew Jacobs, New York Times reporter,
and
Wilma Consul, WNYC Reporter

» Transportation Alternatives
» "Proselytizer for Pedaling Acts on His Words" by Andrew Jacobs in The New York Times (subscription)

About That Subway Alert...

Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter covering City Hall and security issues,
and
E. J. McMahon, senior fellow for tax and budgetary studies at the Manhattan Institute,
and
James Parrott, chief economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute,
and
Gene Russianoff, staff attorney for the Straphangers Campaign,
and
Ron Shechtman, attorney at the firm Pryor, Cashman, teaches public sector labor law at New York University Law School,
and
Marian Swerdlow, high school social studies teacher in New York City, former subway conductor, and author, Underground Woman:My Four Years as a New York City Subway Conducto (Temple University Press, 1998)

» E. J. McMahon (The Manhattan Institute)
» The Fiscal Policy Institute
» The Straphangers Campaign
» Ron Shechtman (Pryor Cashman)
» Underground Woman:My Four Years as a New York City Subway Conducto (Temple University Press, 1998)

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 show with a 20 year news quiz.

fish lizzard

Happy 150th Birthday, Evolution!

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Richard Dawkins, biologist, professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and author of many books on science, most recently, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, talks about Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which was published on 24 November 1859.

What's Next for the Movement?

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In the aftermath of President Obama's campaign, Kevin Powell, Brooklyn-based community activist has written a new book, Open Letters to America: Essays by Kevin Powell, outlining his thoughts about political engagement, particularly among African-American youth.

No Logo

No Logo: One Decade Later

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Journalist and activist Naomi Klein discusses the ten-year anniversary of the release of her landmark book NO LOGO: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies.

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.

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