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The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, October 05, 2006
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  • Here Today. Not Always Gone Tomorrow.

    It wasn’t just emails, but instant messaging, that got former Florida representative Mark Foley in trouble. We’ll be joined by a privacy advocate, and an employment lawyer, to see if innocent IM-ers also have cause for concern. Also: Issue 9 in our election series “30 Issues in 30 Days”: Should Your Town Crack Down on Illegal Immigrants? and a discussion about gay politicians and more listener calls on the black experience in the U.S.

The Gay Veil

Richard Goldstein, writer for The Nation magazine. Professor at Hunter College and NYU. Teaches a class on Queer Culture at Hunter College
and
Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, trains and supports openly gay and lesbian candidates for public office at all levels of government
and
Dan Gilgoff, Senior Editor for U.S. News & World Report
- Should gay public officials come out publicly and does it matter when closeted lawmakers shape legislation on gay issues?

IM on Display

Joel Reidenberg, professor of law and the founding director of the Center on Law and Information Policy
and
Gregg M. Lemley, employment lawyer
- discuss employer rights and privacy issues surrounding Instant Messaging

30 Issues in 30 Days: Immigration Reform

Steve Levy, Suffolk County executive
- on the new law in Suffolk County requiring government contractors to verify their employees’ immigration status
and
David Verduin, president of the Riverside, NJ Coalition of Business Owners and Landlords
and
Franco Ordonez member of the Riverside, NJ Coalition of Business Owners and Landlords, and owner of the King Chicken restaurant
- share their group’s opposition to the law in Riverside, NJ that would fine landlords or employers for renting to or employing undocumented immigrants

Is Racism Worse for the Next Generation?

Open Phones
- listeners discuss whether racism is worse for second generation Caribbean-Americans as they assimilate into American culture.

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.