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The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, October 04, 2006
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  • Tony Kushner
    Tony Kushner

    Playwright and Left

    Playwright Tony Kushner, the creator of Angels in America and other important works, is now the subject of a documentary called Wrestling with Angels. We’ll play selections from the film and talk to Tony Kushner himself. Also, why Caribbeans succeed in New York and Issue 8 in our election series “30 Issues in 30 Days”: Educational Equity in New York State. And author Shelley Lewis talks about Republican scandals and the upcoming elections.

Pride of the Caribbean

Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Little Brown & Company 2005)
and
Felicia Persaud, editor at Caribbean World News Network
and
Yvette Clarke, District 40 City Councilmember (D-40), and presumed future Congresswoman

-discuss whether Caribbean-Americans have enjoyed more economic success than native born African-Americans.

Playwright and Left

Playwright and Left Tony Kushner, award-winning playwright and subject of the new documentary Wrestling with Angels
- on his art and politics

The Nation Magazine has published several pieces by Tony Kushner.

30 Issues in 30 Days: Campaign For Fiscal Equity

Robert Jackson, City Council Member (D-7) representing West Harlem; parts of Washington Heights, Inwood, Central Harlem and Morningside Heights, chair of the education committee
- talks about his work for the Campaign for Fiscal Equity and being a father of three public school graduates
and
Michael A. Rebell, co-counsel of the Campaign for Fiscal and executive director of the Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College
and
Joel M. Miller, New York State Assemblyman (R-Poughkeepsie)
and
Lisa Tyson, director for the Long Island Progressive Coalition
- talk about the fight for Campaign Fiscal Equity and how it will be handled by either a Faso or Spitzer administration

Fall Foley-age

Shelley Lewis, co-creator of Air America and author of Naked Republicans: A Full Frontal Exposure of Right-wing Hypocrisy and Greed, talks about the Mark Foley scandal and the upcoming elections.

Naked Republicans is available for purchase at Amazon.com

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.

Cast your vote for our video contest semi-finalists.

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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.

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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!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

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!

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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.

Judge Sotomayor

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.