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The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, April 26, 2006
  • 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

Step One: The Brainstorm

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This fall, The Brian Lehrer Show will air our presidential election series “30 Issues In 30 Days.” With your help, we can produce great election coverage!

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted 8/21
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

Slideluck Potshow

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Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!

ICANN, You Can…

Web Exclusive

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.