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The Brian Lehrer Show / June 19, 2006

The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, June 19, 2006
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  • Personality test
    Personality test

    Cult of Personality

    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.

Monday Morning Politics

Jonathan Tucker, senior fellow at the Center for Non-Proliferation studies and author, War of Nerves, Chemical Warfare from WW1 to Al Qaeda, Pantheon (2006)
- offers an expert's view on the news that al Qaeda aborted plans for a subway chemical weapon attack
» Monterey Institute for International Studies

and
Byron York, White House correspondent for the National Review
- reviews the news of the week
» National Review Online

Magic Bullet for Cancer?

Rita Rubin, medical reporter, USA Today and author, What If I Have a C-Section (Rodale September 2004)
- on the introduction of a vaccine that eliminates the risk of cervical cancer

Cult of Personality

Robert Hogan, president of Hogan Assessments and editor, Personality Psychology in the Workplace (American Psychological Association (APA), 2001)
and
Ben Dattner, founding principal of Dattner Consulting and adjunct professor at New York University
- explains employers' uses of personality tests

Inside the (Community) Board Room

Erik Engquist, reporter who covers New York City politics and government for Crain's New York Business
-on the politics of community boards

» Crain’s website

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.

paper trail small

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!

happiness

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.