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The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, August 08, 2006
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  • Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) laughs while campaigning on August 6, 2006
    Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) laughs while campaigning on August 6, 2006 (Photo by Bob Falcetti/Getty Images)

    Dis-Connecticut

    Senator Joe Lieberman meets challenger Ned Lamont in Connecticut’s Democratic primary -- an election that both parties are watching to gauge the effect of the Iraq War on the electorate. Connecticut Democrats have a chance to call in and register their votes in a Brian Lehrer Show informal, unofficial, thoroughly unscientific exit poll. Plus, What Have We Learned about memorials and memorializing since 9/11? and what do you wish you'd spent more time doing?

Dis-Connecticut

Michael Tomasky, executive editor of The American Prospect magazine
- discusses the Connecticut primary and whether Joe Lieberman can connect with the electorate

Gaging Joementum

Sue Haigh, Connecticut political reporter for the Associated Press
-assesses voter turnout in Norwich, Connecticut
and
Susan Bysiewicz, Connecticut Secretary of State.

Un Exit Poll

Connecticut Democrats call in for an unofficial, unscientific exit poll to say whom they voted for in today's primary: Senator Joe Lieberman of challenger Ned Lamont

What Have We Learned: Memorial

James E. Young, Ground Zero Memorial Jurist, Professor and Chair of the Department of Judaic & Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and author, At Memory's Edge: After-Images of the Holocaust in Contemporary Art and Architecture (Yale University Press, 2002)
and
Michael J. Lewis, teaches at Williams College, and author, American Art and Architecture(Thames & Hudson, 2006)
and
Paul Goldberger,Dean of Parsons School of Design and the architecture critic for the New Yorker and author, Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York(Random House, 2004)
-on the process of memorializing and the Ground Zero Memorial

I Wish I'd . . .

Listeners call in to answer the "deathbed" question: What do you wish you'd spent more time doing?

30 issues in 30 days graphic

30 Issues in 30 Days

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Once again, 30 Issues in 30 Days is taking on the election season by going beyond the horse race and examining the real issues that are at stake for the people of New York and New Jersey in the Mayoral and Gubernatorial contest. See the schedule and help craft the segments at the 30 Issues Wiki!

Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary

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Live from the Greene Space: Michael Moore talks about his new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story and Brian celebrates the 20 year anniversary of The Brian Lehrer 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.

Help us map abandoned lots, stalled construction and unsold condos.

Digesting Politics

Brian, Bob, and Andrea

WNYC's political team of Brian Lehrer, Bob Hennelly, and Andrea Bernstein talk politics and more over lunch each week. Hear the latest episode and subscribe to the podcast here!

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.