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The Brian Lehrer Show / August 23, 2006

The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, August 23, 2006
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    Trivial Knowledge

    A new poll says Americans know more about pop culture than they do about news. Test your knowledge of both with guest host Mike Pesca and humorist Andy Borowitz in a combined news/trivia quiz. Do you know more about Judge Judy than Judge Roberts? Also, five years after the 9/11 attacks, “What Have We Learned about Osama Bin Laden?” with terrorism expert Peter Bergen and Juan Williams says “Enough”!; and Marines are facing involuntary recall to active duty.

Deja Vu

Larry Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration and retired naval reserve captain
and
Julian Barnes, Washington correspondent for the Los Angeles Times
-on the involuntary recall to active duty of the Marines

» articles by Larry Korb
» ”Marines Who Served Will Be Ordered Back” by Julian Barnes

Trivial Knowledge

Bob Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television and professor of Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University and author, Television in the Antenna Age (Blackwell, 2005)
- talks about a new Zogby Poll that shows that Americans know much more about pop culture than news
and
Andy Borowitz humorist, columnist for the New Yorker magazine and author,
The Republican Playbook (Hyperion, October 2006)
- is our quizmaster and tests whether or not our listeners have a better knowledge of those things trivial and those things newsy

» Bob Thompson's bio
» The Borowitz Report
» Zogby Poll on the American public's knowledge of pop culture

What Have We Learned About Osama bin Laden?

Peter Bergen, CNN's terrorism analyst and author, The Osama bin Laden I Know: an Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader (Free Press,2006)
- discusses what we have learned about Osama bin Laden in the last five years

» Peter Bergen's website

Enough is Enough

Juan Williams, senior correspondent for National Public Radio and author, Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America -- and What We Can Do About It (Crown, 2006).
- why he thinks Black America has lost its way

» Juan Williams at NPR.org

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30 Issues in 30 Days

The Brian Lehrer Show

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

The Brian Lehrer Show

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

The Brian Lehrer Show

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.