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The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, August 14, 2006
  • The "Tribute in Light" memorial to the World Trade Center (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

    V-WOT Day

    In “Declaring Victory” in the new issue of the Atlantic Monthly, James Fallows makes the case that, in the five years since 9/11, we’ve learned that it’s time to declare victory in the War on Terror and move on to a more effective counter-terrorism strategy. Plus, Monday Morning Politics with ABC News political director Mark Halperin, AOL release of users' search records and a call in on the eve of the 16th World AIDS Conference. With Guest-host Andrea Bernstein.

Monday Morning Politics

Mark Halperin, political director for ABC News and editor of the political newsletter
- on the news and politics from Washington and abroad

Search as Social Science

Paul Boutin, technology columnist for Slate magazine.
- why AOL released its users' search records and what it says about the people searching
» You Are What You Search, by Paul Boutin in Slate

What Have We Learned? The Costs of the War on Terror

James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly
- argues we should declare victory in the War on Terror

» Read the follow-ups to "Declaring Victory" from The Atlantic Monthly

Open Phones

The World AIDS Conference starts this week in Toronto. Listeners call in on how the HIV treatment "cocktail" has changed their lives in the 10 years since its been available.

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!

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.

Video Picks

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