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The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, April 05, 2006
  • William Weld
    William Weld

    As The Weld Turns

    In all of history, only one man has ever managed to be elected governor of two US states (Sam Houston - Tennessee and Texas). Now ex-Bay Stater William Weld wants to be the governor of New York, and he’s promising a big tax cut for low and middle-income New Yorkers. Also, Tamar Jacoby talks immigrants, Moikgantsi Kgama finds a homeland for the films of the African Diaspora, healthcare experts discuss the small state with a big plan and two entertainment journalists navigate the turbulence caused by a 9/11 trailer.

As The Weld Turns

William Weld, Republican candidate for Governor of New York and former Massachusetts Governor
-on his gubernatorial ambitions.

» Weld for Governor

Stirring the Pot

Tamar Jacoby, senior fellow, Manhattan Institute and author, Reinventing The Melting Pot: The New Immigrants And What It Means To Be An American (Perseus Books Group, 2004)
- on the immigration bill.

» Reinventing The Melting Pot (Perseus Books Group, 2004) by Tamar Jacoby

The Life and Times of...

Moikgansti Kgama, founder of Imagenation, a Harlem-based nonprofit working with African diaspora cinema and director of communications and developement for Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement,
-on the films of the African diaspora.

» Imagenation website

Mass Healthcare

Regina Herzlinger, Manhattan Institute senior fellow
and
Alice Burton, vice president of Academy Health a health care research organization and director of the State Coverage Initiative
and
Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler, associate professor of Medicine at Harvard and co-director of the Harvard Medical School General Internal Medicine Fellowship program
and
Michael Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation
-discuss the pros and cons to the Massachusetts Healthcare Bill.

» Regina Herzlinger's website at the Manhattan Institute
» Alice Burton's website at Academy Health
»
Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler's website
»Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation website

Trailer of Tears

Owen Gleiberman, film critic for Entertainment Weekly
and
Sharon Waxman, Hollywood correspondent for the New York Times
-on the recently pulled trailer of United 93, a dramatic recreation of a hijacked 9/11 flight.

» "Universal Will Not Pull 'United 93' Trailer Despite Criticism" by Sharon Waxman in The New York Times
» Universal's United 93 trailer

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Slideluck Potshow

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ICANN, You Can…

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Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.

Mixed Up

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We discuss the implications of our mixed-race future and how Barack Obama's candidacy has changed the discussion about mixed-race identity.