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The Brian Lehrer Show / October 27, 2006

The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, October 27, 2006
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  • Pizza from Two Boots
    Pizza from Two Boots

    What to Eat

    65 percent of Americans are overweight and they get that way because they don't know how much, or what, they are eating. That's according to nutritional science and marketing professor, Brian Wansink. Find out why he wants people to connect what's in their head to what goes in their stomach. Plus: 30 Issues in 30 Days: How to Afford a College Education.

30 Issues in 30 Days: The Cost of Higher Education

Jeff Selingo, editor at the Chronicle of Higher Education
and
Sandi Baum, senior policy analyst for the College Board and professor of Economics at Skidmore College
- analyze how either party would work on the cost of higher education

What to Eat

Prof. Brian Wansink, director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab and author,
- the psychology of why we eat what we eat

10 Questions That Count

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Every 10 years the country "counts heads" and uses those numbers to determine everything from election districts to funding levels. But the story of our neighborhoods, cities, and states is much deeper than what's in the numbers. Visit the 10 Questions That Count website to find out more about our ongoing 2010 Census project and how you can participate.

Help Wanted: A New Online Community

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Follow our five authors' stories about looking for work in this ongoing recession. Then share your tips, offer support, ask your own questions & add ideas for others.

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.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.

Season's Eatings

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December guests Tamara Reynolds and Zora O'Neill will be answering your holiday hosting questions each week. Segments so far: Holiday Traditions | Gifting Food | Hosting on a Budget

Also check out the live online chats with Tamara and Zora, where they answer all your hosting questions. Chat #1 | Chat #2

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariachily/3330743790/">mariachily</a>/flickr)

Climbing K2: Life and Death

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Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all fourteen eight-thousand meter mountains, and one of only six to do so without oxygen, discusses his new book K2: Life & Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain (Broadway, 2009).

SUNY Disposition

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State University of New York chancellor Nancy Zimpher, discusses the pressures the system faces and the role it plays in the current economic climate.