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The Brian Lehrer Show / January 27, 2006

The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, January 27, 2006
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  • The Great Fire Wall of China

    Google garnered praise among net enthusiasts for its “Don’t Be Evil” motto even as it became a multi-billion-dollar public company. That’s one reason why its plan to restrict sites in China has caused such a furor in the US. But Google isn’t the only American internet company complying with Chinese censorship demands. Plus: What the Mayor outlined in his State of the City address and why writers and actors are protesting product placement.

Google Under Fire

David Vise financial reporter and author, The Google Story (Delacorte Press, 2005),
- on Google's problems at home and in China
and
Mila Rosenthal Business and Human Rights Program Director at Amnesty International
- says US companies are part of the problem in terms of international human rights
» Amnesty International

Paid to Place

Jeff Greenfield product placement consultant, executive Vice President of 1st Approach,
- supports product placement in films and television shows
» Jeff Greenfield's website
and
Patric M. Verrone president of the Writers Guild of America, West,
- talks about protesting product placement in TV and film scripts

State of the City

Ester Fuchs Director of the Center for Urban Research and Policy, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Barnard College and former advisor to Mayor Bloomberg,
- on Bloomberg's state of the city address: guns, poverty, development
and
Yvette Clarke NY City Council Member and chair of the contracts committee
and
Steve Malanga contributing editor at the Manhattan Institute's City Journal and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute,
- on the issues in Bloomberg's State of the City
» Ester Fuchs
» Yvette Clark, District 40
» Steven Malanga

Open Phones

Listeners call in on the subject of women "marrying down" so they can focus on their careers

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.