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Nutzy the squirel (superterrific/flickr)A Greener New York?
Today we're joined by guest host Mario Murillo. New York Magazine this week says New York is way behind Chicago and other cities at preventing global warming. Writer Chris Smith will challenge Mayor Bloomberg to do better. Also, writer David Valdes Greenwood, author of Homo Domesticus: Notes from a Same-Sex Marriage.
I Sing the Ballot Electric
Larry Norden, counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University's School of Law, and project director for the Brennan Center’s Voting Technology Assesment Project, Teresa Hommel, founder of wheresthepaper.org and chairwoman of the task force on election integrity of The Community Church of New York, Adam Cohen, an attorney and member of the New York Times's editorial board, and Douglas Kellner, co-chair of the New York State Board of Elections, offer analysis on the future of voting in New York State.
The Brennan Center
Making Votes Count in the New York Times
Where's The Paper
New York State Board of Elections
A Greener New York?
Chris Smith, contributing editor at New York Magazine, discusses New York’s efforts to counter global warming.
Domestic Arts
David Valdes Greenwood, journalist, playwright and author of Homo Domesticus: Notes from a Same-Sex Marriage (Da Capo Press, 2007) offers his insights gleaned from his ten-year marriage.
Homo Domesticus is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Shattering the NFL's Glass Ceiling
Shaun Powell, sports columnist at Newsday, weighs in on the upcoming Superbowl and the two black coaches who head the teams.
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The Rocky Road Ahead
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.- Comments [40]
Tweet If You Use Twitter
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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.
What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!- Comments [15]
Don't Say That, Literally
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!- Comments [172]
From Denmark with Love
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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.
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Squatting, Then and Now
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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.
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