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Murder by Numbers
The Justice Department says that violent crime is beginning to go up, after years of decline nationwide. But is it also true in the New York area? We’ll crunch numbers and take your calls. Also: We talk with the creators behind the new graphic adaptation of the 9/11 Report, discuss legislation that would fine bike riders who shun helmets, and meet the creator of presidential hopeful Mark Warner's avatar.
Murder by Numbers
Al Blumstein, professor of Criminology and Operations research at the Heinz School of Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon
and
Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter
-discuss the cause and effect behind the recent crime statistics released by the Justice Department
Redrawing Disaster
Sid Jacobson
former editor-in-chief of Harvey Comics
and
Ernie Colon
comic artist at Harvey, Marvel, and DC Comics
co-creators of The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
(Hill and Wang 2006)
- discuss the challenges of putting images to the words of the 9/11 Report.
» The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation at Slate
» The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation is available for purchase at
Amazon.com
Wheeling and Dealing
Noah Budnick, programs director of transportation alternatives
- on alternative means of transport in New York
and
Iris Weinshall , New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner
- on the city's effort to make biking in New York safe
» NYC Department of Transportation website
» Transportation Alternatives website
Virtual Politicking
Reuben Steiger, CEO/Founder of the company Millions of US, who produced
the Mark Warner avatar
-explains how politics is moving into virtual reality
» Second Life website
» New World Notes about the Warner Second Life appearance
» Millions of US youtube video about Warner Second Life appearance
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
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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!- Comments [15]
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!- Comments [172]
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.
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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.
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