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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, October 27, 2006
  • 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

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.

Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.