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The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, November 22, 2006
  • Road Rage

    Road Rage

    For the biggest travel weekend of the year: adventures in road rage. Have you heard about the electronic signs you can mount on the back of your car and flash choice phrases to the driver behind you? We’ll discuss the psychology of venting. Also, family therapist Esther Perel on her book “Mating in Captivity”; listeners call-in with their likely turkey day conversations.

Road Rage

Leon James, Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii and co-author of Road Rage and Aggressive Driving: Steering Clear of Highway Warfare (Prometheus Books, 2000)
and
Mark Buckman, co-founder, platewire.com
-on how to stay calm behind the wheel during the holiday season

Road Rage and Agressive Driving available for purchase at Amazon.com

Fat of the Land

Mike Jacobson, Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest and author, Six Arguments for a Greener Diet
and
Louis Nunez, President, Latino Restaurant Association
-on the proposed changes in the city's plan to ban trans fat in restaurants

Six Arguments for a Greener Diet available for purchase at Amazon.com

Mating In Captivity

Esther Perel, marriage and family therapist and author, Mating In Captivity (Harper Collins 2006)
-talks about sustaining a relationship within a marriage

Mating In Captivity available for purchase at Amazon.com

Talking Turkey

-Our listeners call-in and discuss their likely Thanksgiving Day conversations

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