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The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, November 07, 2006
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    Vote Sharing

    The informal, unofficial, thoroughly unscientific Brian Lehrer Show Exit Poll returns for Election Day. Kean, Jr. or Menendez? Farrell or Shays? And what to do about Alan Hevesi? Plus, Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice on the Election Protection coalition.

    Check out listener-submitted Election Day photos in our flickr project Snapshot of Democracy

Vote Protection

Michael Waldman, executive director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton
- on the Election Protection Coalition's work

more on the Election Protection coalition

Around the Region

with
Jason Horowitz, reporter for the New York Observer
- talks about the Peter King race on Long Island with
Brendan Scott, reporter for the Hudson Valley’s Times Herald-Record
- talks about the Sue Kelly race and the repeat robo-calls marring the end of the campaign

Breaking Down the Vote


Av Harris, political reporter with WNPR in Connecticut
- talks about the Congressional races in Connecticut
and
Brooke Gladstone, co-host & managing editor, On The Media
- on her mishap with a voting machine

What's going on in Hudson Co., NJ

Arun Venugopal, WNYC reporter,
- from the Hoboken Station, in Menendez's district, talking to voters

Make It Count

Miles Rapoport, president of the think tank Demos and former Connecticut Secretary of State
- on voter access issues around the country
and
Brenda Wright, managing attorney for Demos' partner organization National Voting Rights Institute (NVRI)
- on her work at voter problem call center in DC

Around the Nation

with
Michael Davis , political reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee
- discusses the heated Senate race between Harold Ford and Bob Corker. with
Beverly Amsler , Morning Edition Anchor for WVTF in Roanoke, Virginia
- talks about the Allen/Webb race and the early signs of high turnout. with
Tom Weber, reporter and morning news anchor at KWMU in St. Louis
- filling us in on yet another close Senate race, Talent/McCaskill in Missouri.

Political Games


Andrew Lee, senior at Claremont McKenna College in Southern California and founder of FantasyCongress.net
- how you can control your own congress (at least a fantasy version)

Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary

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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 show with a 20 year news quiz.

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.

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.