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The Brian Lehrer Show / March 28, 2007

The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
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  • Storycorps
    Storycorps

    Another Story

    The StoryCorps project captures the nation’s history through individual stories. Hear excerpts from StoryCorps Griot, a new initiative gathering the stories of African Americans. Plus: New York's new budget agreement; the People's Hall of Fame; following up on the NYPD surveillance; and why is DirecTV upsetting out-of-town fans of Major League Baseball -- like Senator John Kerry?

What They Watched

Bob Hennelly, WNYC Reporter discusses the scope of the NYPD surveillance activities.

Baseball Confidential

Rich Thomaselli, reporter for Advertising Age magazine, tells us about the negotiations between Major League Baseball and DirecTV which would give DirecTV exclusive rights to air all baseball games.

Another Story

Dave Isay, public radio producer and founder of the StoryCorps oral history project, talks about their new project gathering the life stories of African American families across the country; along with Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture, which is collaborating on the project.

Deal Makers

Tom Duane, state senator (D-29th district-Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen, Upper West Side, Union Square, Stuyvesant) and E.J. McMahon, senior fellow for Tax and Budgetary Studies, at the Manhattan Institute, look at the budget deal struck in Albany.

Sub Prime Time

Juan Gonzalez, Daily News columnist and Mark Winston Griffith , Co-Director of NEDAP, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, on the impact in New York of default on sub prime mortgages.

People's Hall of Fame

Peter Sokolow, legendary klezmer pianist, will talk about how he feels about being inducted into City Lore's People's Hall of Fame.


Listen to the other Hall of Fame inductees we’ve interviewed this week:
Pete Benfaremo, the Lemon Ice King of Corona
Renee “Juice” Flowers
Nobuko Narita
Carrie Raiford

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

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariachily/3330743790/">mariachily</a>/flickr)

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.

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.

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.