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The Brian Lehrer Show / June 02, 2006

The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, June 02, 2006
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  • Life of the Party

    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.

In Security Complex

J. Michael Barrett, the Harbinger/Icx Technologies Fellow in Homeland Security at the Manhattan Institute's Center for Policing Terrorism, former analyst with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense
and
Clark Kent Ervin, former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and currently is the director of the Homeland Security Initiative at the Aspen Institute, CNN analyst and author Open Target: Where America is Vulnerable to Attack (Palgrave Macmillan; 2006)
and
Bob Hennelly WNYC reporter
- on the cut in homeland security funding for New York City

» J. Michael Barrett’s bio

Puzzle Me This

Will Shortz, crossword editor for the New York Times, puzzle master for NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and subject of the documentary Wordplay
- on the life and times of a puzzle master

» Will Shortz on NPR

» NYT Sunday with the Magazine event

Life of the Party

Fred Dicker, State Editor for the New York Post
-on conservative John Faso's upset majority over moderate William Weld at the NYS Republican Convention

» the New York Post

Out With the Comics

Nick Purpora, store manager for Jim Hanley's Universe, a comic book store in New York City
and
Gene Kannenberg, Jr., director Comic Book Research.org
and
Emily Remm, managing editor of Bust Magazine a women's magazine that focuses on pop culture
- on Batwoman coming out of the bat closet

» Jim Hanley’s Universe

» Comic Book Research

» Bust Magazine

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.

Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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.

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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!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

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!

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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.

Judge Sotomayor

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.