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Thursday, July 20, 2006
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    Breaking Point?

    Is common ground possible on the question of whether to shut down the Indian Point nuclear power plant? The Garrison Institute’s Hudson River Project is hosting a public discussion on the question of Indian Point. A representative from Entergy, the plant’s owner, and from the environmental group Riverkeeper will be joined by conflict resolution experts and other interested participants. Plus, the next installment of The Border: How do other countries handle illegal immigration and guest workers? And swimming across the Hudson, and your calls on in-vitro fertilization.

Breaking Point?

Rev. Patti Ackerman, Episcopal priest and director of the Hudson River Project at the Garrison Institute
and
Andrea Bartoli, founding director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University,
and
James Steets, manager of external communications for Entergy Nuclear Northeast
and
Lisa Rainwater, Riverkeeper's Indian Point campaign director
- attempt to find common ground over the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County

» The Hudson River Project
» Andrea Bartoli’s bio
» Entergy's Indian Point webpage
» Riverkeeper

Different Strokes

Karen Frillmann, board member of the River Pool at Beacon and WNYC news editor
and
Morty Berger, executive director for the Manhattan Island Foundation, which encourages swimming around the New York City area
- where and why you can swim in New York's natural waters

» The River Pool at Beacon
» Manhattan Island Foundation

The Border: How the Rest of the World Deals with Immigration

Hania Zlotnik, director of the United Nations Population Division
- how guest worker programs work in other countries

» The Border main page and Flickr photo project
» UN Population Division

Open Phones

Listeners call in on in vitro fertilization and embryonic stem cell research

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.

Cast your vote for our video contest semi-finalists.

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.

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