The Brian Lehrer Show Archive
June 2006
Homes for the Homeless
Friday, June 30, 2006
A pilot plan in major US cities is offering free apartments to the homeless with no strings attached. Guest host Mike Pesca will talk to the new homeless services commissioner about the plan. Also: with the release of the new Devil Wears Prada movie, we’ll look at what happens when assistants retaliate against their bosses.
Hard Day's Work
Thursday, June 29, 2006
"The Border" immigration series continues with a look at the conflict between local residents and the immigrant day laborers with whom they share their neighborhoods. Plus, a Newsweek correspondent reports live from Jerusalem, a Slate editor explains the Supreme Court's Guantanamo decision, two experts go head-to-head on welfare and we take your phone calls on the finding your own personal Eden.
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Culinary Industrial Complex
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Bacon and eggs may not seem like the healthiest foods to eat, but the former head of the New York City Greenmarkets says they’re better than "industrial" food. Nina Planck makes the case and talks about her book, Real Food: What to Eat and Why. Plus: the Supreme Court’s end-of-term rulings promise controversy at least as heated as those of FIFA's World Cup referees and WNYC's Bob Hennelly gives the scoop on the private security company watching over the City's buldings.
Truth-telling
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Part 7 of "The Border" immigration series looks at the experience of being illegal with The Record's Elizabeth Llorente. Plus: Can Iraq handle the truth as it contemplates a national reconciliation process? women fight back against subway harassment with cell phones and listener picks for vacation reading.
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Manners of Speaking
Monday, June 26, 2006
Readers Digest recently sponsored a survey of "politeness" in major cities around the world. They found that, of the 35 cities tested, New York ranked first while Mumbai came in last. Brooklyn-based writer Suketu Mehta, the author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found has lived and worked in both cities and offers his assessment of the test. Also: Monday Morning Politics with legendary White House correspondent Helen Thomas; how brainstorming can hurt good ideas; and a discussion of the Corzine budget impasse, the Senate race debate and what it means for New Jersey.
Kalikow On A Hot Tin Roof
Friday, June 23, 2006
Now in his last months of office, Governor Pataki is busy appointing people to positions that will far outlast his own term. But Eliot Spitzer wants to put the brakes on one of the governor’s more controversial choices: Peter Kalikow as head of the MTA for another six years. Also: ethnicity and casting at the Public Theater, a look at whether President Bush is overreaching his Constitutional role while keeping oversight at arm's lengths and a domestic terror plot to bomb the Sears Tower.
It’s Only Fair
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Mexico patrols its southern border in the same way it objects to when the U.S. patrols its own. In this installment of “The Border” summer immigration series, we ask, "What does the U.S. owe Mexico and what does Mexico owe the U.S. in dealing with immigration?" Also, New York magazine authors weigh in on NYC etiquette and the quandaries it presents (A pregnant woman, a senior citizen and a handicapped passenger walk onto a full bus...); three resolutions on Iraq and still nothing's resolved and StoryCorps' David Isay drops by with new stories from Brooklyn.
Have a photo that tells an immigration story? Join our flickr group The Border.
The Empire State Strikes Back
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security cut New York’s funding by 40 percent, and now Congress is holding hearings to find out why. We’ll bring you analysis and live coverage of Mayor Bloomberg’s testimony.
They Say It's Your Birthday
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Performance artist Sheryl Oring is traveling the country collecting birthday greetings for President Bush who turns 60 on July 6th. She started in Brooklyn and as she spells B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y with the cities she visits, she'll call in between Houston and Des Moines. Also, George Packer on the situation in Iraq, the next installment in "The Border" immigration series: is the immigration debate really about race? and differing views on Governor Corzine's proposed sales tax hike
Cult of Personality
Monday, June 19, 2006
Recent graduates may find that more companies are requiring personality tests, not just skills tests, before deciding whom to hire. A psychologist and a test developer explain the popularity of the tests and what types of people employers want to weed out. Also, more on the new cervical cancer vaccine, listeners call in about community boards and Monday Morning Politics.
The Ups and Downs of New York Living
Friday, June 16, 2006
New York City: Better on crime but worse on inflation? We’ll be looking at statistics, out this week, that show gangs are leaving the city because our cops are so effective – and moving to smaller neighboring towns. Meanwhile, the cost of living in New York is rising faster than in the nation as a whole. We find out why. Plus: The status of the strife in Somalia; an author who looks at the lost art of loafing; and your advice for new graduates.
Hearts & Minds in New Jersey
Thursday, June 15, 2006
In his new novel, The Terrorist, John Updike imagines a homegrown Islamic terror plot brewing in northern New Jersey. Plus: Democratic Senator Bob Menendez talks about the non-fiction battle for control of Congress being waged in New Jersey right now; the latest installment of “The Border” our ongoing series on immigration tackles whether migration is a human right and two documentary filmmakers take us on the odyssey not only of immigration reform but their attempt at making a movie about it.
Bogles the Mind
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Vanguard Group founder John C. Bogle has become a hero to investors and a bug in the ointment for financial managers. In his book, The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism, he takes on the failures of the American financial system and corporate scandals. Plus: live coverage of the news conference with President Bush; why upstate New York is experiencing a brain drain; and Calvin Trillin rhymes Alberto Gonzales with loyal uber alles in his new book, A Heckuva Job.
Today's guest host Andrea Bernstein
Prisoners' Dilemma
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Another act of democracy may come this summer for the Palestinians—a referendum on whether to recognize Israel. What are the Israeli and Palestinian views of the "prisoners' peace plan"? Also, thousands of Dominicans were deported from New York in the 1990's and hardly anyone else knew about it; a project to turn "Generation Me" into "Generation We"; and how you calculate World Cup team preferences. Send us your immigration photos: The Border
Whether Bellwether
Monday, June 12, 2006
We talk Monday Morning Politics with Steve Clemons who writes the political blog The Washington Note, including what the Republican win in the special election in California last week means for the national campaign to control Congress.
Confronting Confinement
Friday, June 09, 2006
A new report says an increase in prison populations is responsible for rising violence behind bars. A former New York City corrections commissioner and the current commissioner compare notes on the report and how it relates to the city’s prison inmates. Plus, where to watch the World Cup.
Guest Host: Andrea Bernstein, Sr. Reporter, WNYC News
Northcom by Northwest
Thursday, June 08, 2006
John Burns, Fawaz Gerges and Nir Rosen on the assasination of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi with commentary from Admiral Timothy Keating, commander of NORAD and Northcom, who is in charge of homeland defense and helping the Department of Homeland Security in other crises. Keating will also address how the military’s role has changed since the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina. Plus, Part 2 of The Border series on immigration – why the 1986 immigration act failed and your calls.
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Our Taxes, Ourselves
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Two women, one the head of a feminist advocacy group, the other on the Wall Street Journal editorial board, compare notes on how tax and labor laws penalize working women – can they find common ground? Also, the racial economic divide, William Weld drops out of the race for Governor as Tom Kean, Jr. drops in and how the CIA protected Nazi war criminals.
Break for the Border
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
The 1965 immigration act had a profound impact on who could come to the US. As part of a summer series on immigration and the immigrant experience, we’ll look at the history, issues and politics behind the current debate. Plus, Beth Fertig on her series, Disabling Diplomas: How NYC is Failing Its Special Education Students and racism in the world cup.
Monday Morning Politics
Monday, June 05, 2006
As Democrats try to settle on a unified agenda in the wake of low Republican poll numbers, there’s still dispute over the how they should handle foreign policy. In a new book, former editor of The New Republic, Peter Beinart, says liberals should rally around a call to battle Islamic totalitarianism. He’ll explain why as he talks Monday Morning Politics. Plus: why there’s an outbreak of twins in New York and what next for Afghanistan?
Life of the Party
Friday, June 02, 2006
John Faso, not William Weld, got the majority of delegates at the New York State Republican Convention, but they’ll both be on the ballot for the September primary. We continue coverage of the state conventions with Fred Dicker and take calls from Republicans on their choice to face Democrat Eliot Spitzer in November. Plus, more on the cut in Homeland Security funding; Puzzle Master Will Shortz; and the new "Lipstick Lesbian" Batwoman.
Truths Laid Baer
Thursday, June 01, 2006
You may know him as Bob Barnes, the fictional CIA agent played by George Clooney in the movie, Syriana. The real-life person is Robert Baer, a 20-year veteran of the agency and author of a new novel about an alternative history of the events leading up to 9/11. He’ll also weigh in on US relations with Iran and the new director of the CIA. Plus: Analysis of the state political conventions and Hillary Clinton’s proto-presidential speech, retailers who want to be your "third place," and Jerry Abramson, the Mayor of Louisville, goes to bat for his town's Homeland Security funding. Michael Daly,a New York Daily News columnist, respectfully disagrees.
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