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The Brian Lehrer Show / July 28, 2006

The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, July 28, 2006
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    A Good Man is Easy to Train

    “What Shamu Taught Me about a Happy Marriage” is the New York Times most emailed story of the summer. Author Amy Sutherland learned a few behavior modification tricks while writing a book on training wild animals that she successfully tried out on her husband. Also, recent developments at the World Trade Center site, Ned Lamont on his race against Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut Democratic primary and listeners call in with suggestions for our next Flickr project.

No Love for Lieberman

Ned Lamont, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Connecticut's U.S. Senate seat
- why he's trying to unseat Joseph Lieberman

» Ned Lamont's website

Trading Spaces

Matthew Schuerman, commerical real estate and economic development reporter for the New York Observer
- is following developments at Ground Zero

» The New York Observer

Church and State

Jerome O'Connor , Irish-American advocate for St. Brigid's church
and
Edwin Torres, senior usher for St. Brigid's church in the East Village
- describe last-ditch efforts to stop the demolition of St. Brigid's church in the East Village

A Good Man Is Easy To Train

Amy Sutherland, author of "What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage" in The New York Times 6/25/06 and author, Kicked, Bitten and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers (Viking, 2006),
-explains how learning to train camels and killer whales can help you get your spouse to behave

» "What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage" by Amy Sutherland in The New York Times

Open Phones

listener, calls on what our next Brooklyites photo project mentioned on the show

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.

Cast your vote for our video contest semi-finalists.

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!

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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.