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Thursday, May 25, 2006
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    Tavis Talks

    Tavis Smiley’s book, Covenant with Black America, has been a bestseller for 10 weeks. On the next Brian Lehrer Show, find out what he thinks the black community can do about criminal justice and healthcare. Plus: the only formal nominee for NY governor -- former Republican assemblyman John Faso, "He Says, She Says" on wedding planning, and a listener poll of 2008 candidates

Life in the Faso Lane

John Faso Republican candidate for Governor and former Assemblyman (R-NY-12th District-Albany, Columbia, Greene, and Schoharie Counties)
- on his candidacy for the post of governor of New York

» John Faso for Governor

Wedding Jitters

Vicki Howard, professor of history at Hartwick College and author, Brides Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition (University of Pennsylvania Press 2006)
- on the $70 billion business of weddings
and
Doug Gordon, successful groom and author The Engaged Groom (Collins 2006)
- on how men can be more useful in planning a wedding

Community Covenant

Tavis Smiley, host of the on PRI and Tavis Talks on PBS
- on his plan to have a community covenant

» Covenant with Black America

Gore Wins

An unofficial, thoroughly unscientific, call-in poll of listeners' choices for presidential candidates in 2008

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!

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.