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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
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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

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

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.

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.