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The Brian Lehrer Show / March 06, 2007

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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
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  • Emergency Room, is a constantly evolving collaborative exhibition conceived and led by artist Thierry Geoffroy, a.k.a. Colonel.
    Emergency Room, is a constantly evolving collaborative exhibition conceived and led by artist Thierry Geoffroy, a.k.a. Colonel. (PS1 Art Center)

    Where Art and Journalism Collide

    News happens fast, but art usually takes longer. In P.S.1's "Emergency Room" 30 artists react to the news of each day. The organizer and two of the participants share their views on the artist's role in politics. Plus: Why U.S. attorneys are resigning prematurely.

Prosecutors Persecuted?

Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor for Slate, explains why US attorneys are prematurely stepping down.

Walter Reed: Not a New Problem

Mark Benjamin, national correspondent for Salon, reports that health care facilities for veterans are not just a problem at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center You can read his Salon article by clicking this LINK

Where Art and Journalism Collide

Thierry Geoffroy, artist leading the Emergency Room exhibition at P.S.1. He will be joined by two of the thirty artists taking part in the project, Steven Day and Mac Premo.

Here’s a video clip of a Reuters report about “Emergency Room”:

Feeding the Soul

Sara Miles, founder of the St. Gregory's Food Pantry and author of Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion (Ballantine Books, 2007), talks about how she--a lesbian left-wing journalist firmly ensconced in a Blue State--became a Christian.

Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion is available for purchase at Amazon.com

Living with AIDS

Nelson George, director and co-writer of Life Support, a film about an HIV-positive woman who sets up an AIDS outreach group

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

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.

Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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.

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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!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

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!

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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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