On Demand
The Brian Lehrer Show
-
Food for Thought
Mayor Bloomberg proposed to reform the juvenile justice system in his State of the City address. Today, thousands of non-violent juvenile delinquents from the city are being housed in detention facilities upstate. We’ll discuss what’s wrong with the system—and how to change it. Also, the latest from Washington on Monday Morning Politics, and writer Michael Pollan explains how science has ruined the way we eat.
Candidate Tancredo
Tom Tancredo , US Representative (R-CO), discusses politics and his run for the presidency in 2008
Monday Morning Politics
Jonathan Martin, staff writer for The Politico, talks about the political news of the week and presidential hopefuls on the road in New Hampshire
Food for Thought
Michael Pollan, writer for the New York Times Magazine and the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Penguin Press, 2006), explains how science has ruined the way we eat
Flunking Out
Mishi Faruqee, director of the Juvenile Justice Project with the Correctional Association of New York, Bob Hennelly, WNYC Reporter, and Juanita Crawford, member of the Youth Leadership Program, which is part of the Juvenile Justice Project at the Correctional Association of New York; spent two years in an upstate NY juvenile correctional facility, talk about the problems faced by juveniles in the justice system
Rally Forth
Leslie Cagan, co-chair of United for Peace and Justice, on yesterday's march on Washington calling for an end to the war in Iraq
- About the Brian Lehrer Show »
- Staff Bios »
- Contact Us »
- Tapes and Transcripts »
- Latest Episode »
- Show Archive »
Features & Series
Podcast
Stay up to date.
Subscribe to the Podcast
YOU PRODUCE The Brian Lehrer Show
Be a listener-producer with facts, questions and people you'd like to hear on the air.
More
The Brian Lehrer Show Scrapbook
Visit the scrapbook for daily photos and miscellany from The Brian Lehrer Show.
More
Shop at Amazon!
The Brian Lehrer Show picks
Start your Amazon shopping on WNYC.org and a portion of your total purchase goes to WNYC.
More
Uncommon Indicators
The Brian Lehrer Show
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.
Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!
The Rocky Road Ahead
The Brian Lehrer Show
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
The Brian Lehrer Show
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
The Brian Lehrer Show
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
The Brian Lehrer Show
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.
- Comments [22]
Squatting, Then and Now
The Brian Lehrer Show
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.
- Comments [44]
Video Picks
The Brian Lehrer Show
Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.
