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The Brian Lehrer Show / March 29, 2007

The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, March 29, 2007
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  • U.S. Army Cpl. Joseph Casiano during a combined cordon and search in Baghdad, Feb. 14, 2007
    U.S. Army Cpl. Joseph Casiano during a combined cordon and search in Baghdad, Feb. 14, 2007 ( U.S. Army photo)

    Pushing and Pulling

    Even as Congress sets deadlines for troop withdrawals from Iraq, the new surge is on. We will look at how to measure success in the new military push. Also, the design and psychology of contemporary lighting; a “sound map” of New York; the Jazz producer, Nobuko Narita; and are we becoming a Ghetto Nation?

Pushing and Pulling

John F. Burns, Baghdad bureau chief and chief foreign correspondent for the New York Times talks about how to measure the success of the new military push in Iraq, as Congress votes to pull troops out.

Let There Be Light

Marianne Maloney, lighting designer and founder of Filament 33 and Dr. Joan Roberts, professor of Chemistry and chair of the Department of Natural Sciences, Fordham University at Lincoln Center talk about the importance of light

Street Wise

Cora Daniels, journalist and author Ghetto Nation: A Journey into the Land of Bling and the Home of the Shameless(Doubleday 2007) says "ghetto," is no longer a state of class or race.

Ghetto Nation is available for purchase at amazon.com

New York's Audio Ecology

Edmund Mooney, co-founder of the New York Society for Acoustic Ecology, collaborated with Andrea Polli, associate professor of Integrated Media Arts at Hunter College, to create the New York Sound Map, a collaborative audio map of New York's audio environment.

People's Hall of Fame

Nobuko Narita, a jazz producer who runs "Cobi's Place", talks about her induction 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
Pete Sokolow
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.