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The Brian Lehrer Show / December 21, 2005

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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
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  • An empty broadway in Lower Manhattan on the first afternoon of a transit strike. (Mattie Ross)

    The Darkest Day of the Year

    The beginning of winter finds New Yorkers walking and cycling long distances in the cold in order to get to work. With the transit strike entering its second day, business owners are counting their losses, and mayor Bloomberg is calling the strikers “irresponsible.”

Local 100 v. TWU International

Tom Robbins, staff writer for the Village Voice
and
Brian O'Dwyer, senior partner in the law firm of O’Dwyer & Bernstien, a medium sized litigation firm in New York City, concentrating in Labor Law, Employee Benefit Funds, Personal Injury, Government Representation, Civil Rights, and Immigration Rights
- on labor negotiations

» "Transit Union's Family Spat" by Tom Robbins in the Village Voice
» Brian O'Dwyer (O'Dwyer & Bernstein)

Open Phones

listeners share their tales of getting around New York

Roger That!

Dr. Nick Freudenberg, professor of public health at Hunter College and incoming president of the Public Health Association of New York City
and
Peter Noel, former investigative reporter for the Village Voice, currently writing a book on Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and talk show host of The Week in Review on Kiss FM
- on race and public health disparities and the transit union's contract negotiations and ongoing strike
and
Henry Stern, former New York commissioner of parks, head of New York Civic, a public interest organization, writes STARblog

» Nicholas Freudenberg (Hunter)
» New York Civic
» Starblog

Jarhead Loves Ancient Vases

Col. Mathew Bogdanos, assistant Manhattan DA, reserve marine colonel, led the task force to investigate the looting of antiquities during the invasion of Iraq, and author, Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine’s Passion for Ancient Civilizations and the Journey to Recover theWorld’s Greatest Stolen Treasures (Bloombsbury, 2005)
- says the illegal trade in Iraqi antiquities helps terrorists

» Matthew Bogdanos (Bloomsbury)

No Sale

Kathryn Wylde, President and C.E.O. of the Partnership for New York City,

and
Joanne Oplustil, executive director of The Church Avenue Merchants Block Association and the Church Avenue BID,

and
Daniel Biederman, president of the 34th Street Partnership and executive director of the Bryant Park Restoration Corporation,
and
Ed Watt, secretary and treasurer of the Transit Workers Union local 100
- on the downturn in business resulting from the strike

» The Partnership for New York
» The Church Avenue Merchants Block Association
» The 34th Street Partnership
» The Transport Workers Union Local 100
» The Church Avenue Merchants Block Association

All About Evo

Christian Parenti, correspondent for The Nation covering Iraq and Latin America, a visiting fellow at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture and Politics and author, The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq (New Press, 2004),
and
Michael Shifter, vice president for policy at the Inter-American Dialogue,
- on the recent election of Evo Morales as president of Bolivia

» Christian Parenti's articles in The Nation
» Inter-American Dialogue

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.

Season's Eatings

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December guests Tamara Reynolds and Zora O'Neill will be answering your holiday hosting questions each week. Segments so far: Holiday Traditions | Gifting Food | Hosting on a Budget

Also check out the live online chats with Tamara and Zora, where they answer all your hosting questions. Chat #1 | Chat #2

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariachily/3330743790/">mariachily</a>/flickr)

Climbing K2: Life and Death

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Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all fourteen eight-thousand meter mountains, and one of only six to do so without oxygen, discusses his new book K2: Life & Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain (Broadway, 2009).

SUNY Disposition

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State University of New York chancellor Nancy Zimpher, discusses the pressures the system faces and the role it plays in the current economic climate.

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.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.