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Monday, January 08, 2007
  • NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 28:  The exterior of Club Kalua club  where Sean Bell was shot and killed on his wedding day is seen November 28, 2006 in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. Sean Bell was killed and two friends wounded when New York City police fired 50 shots at them outside a strip club after Bell's bachelor party.  (Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)
    The exterior of Club Kalua where Sean Bell had his bachelor party before being shot and killed a block away (Getty Images)

    Police Practices

    The NYPD has hired the RAND Corporation to look at the phenomenon of “contagious shooting”. in light of the death of Sean Bell. We’ll look at the phenomenon and how it may have contributed to his death. Also: Monday morning politics with NY Times guest columnist, Thomas Edsall.
    More coverage of the Sean Bell case from the Brian Lehrer Show

Monday Morning Politics

Tom Edsall, full-time professor at the Columbia School of Journalism following 25 years at The Washington Post; correspondent for The New Republic and The National Journal, recent guest op-ed columnist at the New York Times and author, Building Red America: The New Conservative Coalition and the Drive For Permanent Power (Basic Books, 2006)
- looks at the week's news as the clock is about to start on the first 100 hours of the 110th Congress

Mayoral Press Conference

We cut to Mayor Bloomberg talking about the possible natural gas leak in Manhattan

Contagious Behavior

Edward Mamet, president, ECJM Consultants Inc., and retired police officer
and
Bernard Rostker, Rand Senior Fellow
- talks about police practices and the problem of contagious shooting

More coverage of the Sean Bell case

In The Black

Keith Alexander, reporter for The Washington Post
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Michael Woodard, president of Woodard and Associates, a Human Resource consulting firm based in Washington, D.C.
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Antwayne Ford, President of Enlightenment, Inc., a technology consulting company based in Washington, D.C.
- on the experience of being a black entrepreneur, as depicted in the Washington Post series, "Being a Black Man".

Brute Market Force

Douglas Rushkoff documentarian, teacher, blogger and author, Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out (Collins Business, 2005)
- question his gentrified Brooklyn living situation after getting mugged while taking out the trash

Step One: The Brainstorm

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Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted 9/1
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

Slideluck Potshow

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Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!

ICANN, You Can…

Web Exclusive

Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.

Mixed Up

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We discuss the implications of our mixed-race future and how Barack Obama's candidacy has changed the discussion about mixed-race identity.