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The Brian Lehrer Show / February 21, 2006

The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, February 21, 2006
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  • Black Humor

    Colson Whitehead and W. E. B. Dubois are not usually thought of for their comedic writing, but they appear in a new anthology of African-American humor. Novelist Paul Beatty has compiled the funniest elements from fiction, theater, and political speeches, including the witticism of Rev. Al Sharpton.

Con-finement

Richard Hamill, clinical psychologist and president of the NYS Alliance of Sex Offender Service Providers,
and
Frank Padavan, Republican State Senator for District 11 (Queens)
and
Joe Mahoney, Albany Bureau Chief of the New York Daily News
- on how Albany proposes dealing with sex offenders

» "Spitzer secures one choice nod" by Joe Mahoney in the New York Daily News
» Senator Frank Padavan

Modern Moviemakers

Josh Horowitz writer, television producer, former Brian Lehrer Show intern and author, Mind Of The Modern Moviemaker (Plume, 2006)
and
Kerry Conran, director of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- discuss 20 directors on the leading edge of big-screen productions

» Mind of the Modern Moviemaker (Plume, 2006)

Black Humor

Paul Beatty, novelist, poet and editor of Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor,
- on funny African-American fiction, theater, folktales, movies, political speeches, rap lyrics and poetry

» Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor (Bloomsbury 2006)

Open Phones

Stevedores and Longshoremen share their thoughts on the takeover of some NY-NJ ports by a Dubai-based company

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.