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Friday, May 05, 2006
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  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali

    Cage Door

    Dutch Parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali wrote the screenplay for Theo van Gogh’s film, Submission, about the abuse of Muslim women. Van Gogh was murdered by extremists who objected to the film and Hirsi Ali has lived under the threat of death since. In her new book, The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam, she calls for an Islamic Enlightenment. Also: Poets gather to craft a "New New York City Epic."

Not Submitting

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, member of Parliament in the Netherlands and author, The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam (Free Press, 2006)
- calls for change in Islam

» Ayaan Hirsi Ali's weblog English language version

Last Exit

George Packer, writer for the New Yorker and author, The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005)
- ponders an exit strategy for the US in Iraq

» George Packer's articles in the New Yorker

Song of My City

Steve Zeitlin, founding director of CityLore and one of the founding organizers of the Peoples Poetry Gathering
and
Bob Holman, poet, curator for the biennial People’s Poetry Gathering, owner of the Bowery Poetry Club, and co-author, Chuck Close: A Couple of Ways of Doing Something (Aperture, forthcoming)
and
Bushra Rehman, poet and co-editor, Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism (Seal Press (WA), July 2002)
and
Toni Blackman, freestyle rapper and author, Inner-course: A Plea for Real Love (Villard, 2003)

» People's Poetry Gathering
» CityLore
» Bob Holman's website
» Bushra Rehman's PEN bio

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30 Issues in 30 Days

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Once again, 30 Issues in 30 Days is taking on the election season by going beyond the horse race and examining the real issues that are at stake for the people of New York and New Jersey in the Mayoral and Gubernatorial contest. See the schedule and help craft the segments at the 30 Issues Wiki!

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 Brian Lehrer Show.

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.

Digesting Politics

Brian, Bob, and Andrea

WNYC's political team of Brian Lehrer, Bob Hennelly, and Andrea Bernstein talk politics and more over lunch each week. Hear the latest episode and subscribe to the podcast here!

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