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The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, October 31, 2006
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  • Tom Kean, Jr.
    Tom Kean, Jr.

    These Guns for Hire

    There’s one week to go before Election Day and we’ll keep interviewing the major candidates. Up next, Republican Thomas Kean, Jr. makes his case to be New Jersey’s next U.S. Senator. Also, NPR’s Margot Adler with a new edition of her book about modern-day pagans in America, Drawing Down the Moon and 30 Issues in 30 Days #27: Should the Military be Privatized?

Garden State Race

Tom Kean Jr. , New Jersey State Senator and Republican candidate for U.S Senate
- discusses why he would make a better senator than Robert Menendez

Garden State Variety

Kathy Barrett-Carter, editorial writer at the Newark Star-Ledger
-offers analysus of the Kean/Menendez Senate race in New Jersey

The Newark Star-Ledger

Wicca-nery

Margot Adler, NPR' s New York bureau chief, Wiccan and author, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers and Other Pagans in America (Penguin, 2006 revised & updated)
- offers a Halloween update of her history of neo-pagans in America

30 Issues in 30 Days: Should the Military be Privatized?

Doug Brooks, president of the International Peace Operations Association (an association of private security contractors)
and
Robert Young Pelton, author, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror (Crown, 2006)
- debate the use of private security firms by the U.S. military

Less Aging With Fewer Calories

Dr. Richard Weindruch, gerontologist at the University of Wisconsin, director of the Rhesus Monkey Study
-talks about the research on the rhesus monkeys that suggests a calorie restrictive diet prevents the effects of aging.

Article in the New York Times

30 issues in 30 days graphic

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.