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Friday, September 08, 2006
  • Screenshot from a video of Nick Kristof's phone call to essay winner  Casey Parks
    Screenshot from a video of Nick Kristof's phone call to essay winner Casey Parks (nytimes.com)

    Into Africa

    New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof sponsored an essay contest with a very unusual prize: an all-expenses paid trip to see some of the worst poverty in the world. On our next program, Nicholas Kristof and his contest winner, 23-year-old Casey Parks of Jackson, Mississippi, talk about what she’s won. Also: how the media’s portrayal of terrorist threats affects society, and a call-in on being a 9/11 family member or survivor.

Chief Concern

William Bratton Los Angeles Chief of Police, former New York City Police Commissioner
- where local policing and counter-terrorism intersect

» Policing Terrorism by George L. Kelling and William J. Bratton

Media Matters

Brigitte Nacos adjunct professor of political science, Columbia University
-how the administration's terror alerts increased political poll numbers and the effects on society of the media's portrayal of the threats

» Mass-Mediated Terror Threats Intimidate the Public (from Brigitte Nacos's blog)
» Reflective Pundit

Into Africa

Nicholas KristofNew York Times columnist
and
Casey Parks winner of the "Win A Trip With Nick Kristof" essay contest
- how poverty at home compares to poverty around the world and what they plan to see on their trip to Africa

» Win A Trip With Nick Kristof
» Casey Park's winning essay

What Have We Learned: Family Members and Survivors

Dr. Elaine Valdov president of the International Institute for a Culture of Peace and director at Finding New Hope, an organization that offers counseling to survivors of the 9/11 attacks
and
Christopher Baumann, first responding NYPD officer, injured in the attacks
-stories from family members of 9/11 victims and what they've learnt in the last five years

» Dr. Elaine Valdov

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.