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The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, October 17, 2006
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  • Lease on Life

    At a time when New York’s rent stabilization laws are slowly disappearing, housing is more expensive than ever. Issue 17 of our 30 Issue in 30 Days series looks at whether New York needs a new generation of rent laws. Plus: the pros and cons of sharing a bed.

300 Million and 1

Sam Roberts, reporter, columnist and editor for The New York Times, and author, Who We Are Now: The Changing Face of American in the Twenty-first Century (Times Books 2004)
and

Marcelo Suarez Orozco, founder of the Harvard Immigration Project and the Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education, New York University and author, Moving Stories: Academic Lives of Immigrant Children (Harvard University Press)
- on the 300-millionth American

Look Back to See Ahead

Daniel Beaty, actor, singer, writer, composer and spoken-word poet, creator and performer of Emergence-See!
and
Kenny Leon, director of "Emergence-See!" at the Public Theater, as well as recent Broadway productions of August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean and the revival of Raisin in the Sun
- on the Public Theater's production of Emergence-See! premised on the appearance of a slave ship in New York Harbor in 2006

WNYC is co-hosting a performance of Emergence-See! at the Public Theater tonight. Discount tickets are available.

30 Issues in 30 Days: Affordable Housing

Steven Spinola, president, Real Estate Board of New York
and
Bernie Carr, executive director of the New York State Association for Affordable Housing
and
Brad Lander, director of Pratt Institutes Center for Community Development (PICCED), at the Pratt Insitute

Two's Company

Paul Rosenblatt, professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota and author, Two in a Bed: The Social system of Couple Bed Sharing (State University of New York Press, 2006)

Prof. Rosenblatt’s essay in The New York Times

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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

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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.

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.