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The Brian Lehrer Show / April 26, 2006

The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, April 26, 2006
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  • Istanbul Project I, 2003
    Istanbul Project I, 2003 (Alexander and Bonin Publishing)

    Empirical Evidence

    With recent talk about regime change in Iran, it’s easy to forget America’s history with that country and with regime change in general. New York Times correspondent Stephen Kinzer says Americans would do well to remember. He’s the author of Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq. Also: an appreciation of the late Jane Jacobs, the golden game of Larry Silverstein, art that focuses on New York’s post-industrial interstitial spaces and listeners' calls on United 93.

A Tale of Two Cities

Paul Goldberger, dean of Parsons School of Design and architecture critic for the New Yorker
and
Martin Filler, architecture critic for House and Garden and the New York Review of Books
-on Jane Jacobs' life and death, Larry Silverstein's resurrection of the World Trade Center and two visions of city planning.

&raquo The New Yorker website
» New York Review of Books

The Space Between Us

Eva Diaz, art historian, critic and co-curator of the Mind the Gap exhibition at Smack Mellon Gallery in DUMBO
and
Damon Rich, cofounder and creative director of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit arts organization
and
Rosten Woo, director of projects, Center for Urban Pedagogy
- on public art that engages public issues and "forgotten" urban spaces

» Smack Mellon Gallery
» Center for Urban Pedagogy

Empirical Evidence

Stephen Kinzer, New York Times foreign correspondent and author, Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq (Times Books, 2006)
- on America's history of overthrowing foreign governments

» Overthrow website (Times Books, 2006)

Reactions to United 93

-listeners' calls on responses to the film United 93

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.