The Brian Lehrer Show

Blogosfear

Monday, April 02, 2007

Is the blogosphere sexist and uncivil? Writer and game developer Kathy Sierra got death threats after some of her posts, starting a huge conversation among bloggers. We’ll bring the online debate on air. Also, is a constitutional crisis inevitable over the Iraq war?

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Westchester County Blues

Assemblyman Richard Brodsky (D-86th) from Westchester County and State Senator Dean Skelos (R- 9th) from Nassau County on Long Island discuss the new state budget and education funding for their areas.

Congress and the White House at War

Wall Street Journal senior special writer Jackie Calmes discusses the looming constitutional crisis between the executive branch and Congress over the war in Iraq.

Success with an Accent

Steven Weinberger, a professor of Linguistics at George Mason University where he runs a web database called the Speech Accent Archive, talks about why how you speak affects how well you do in life.

Acting Out

Clive Thompson, blogger and contributing writer for Wired, says video games allow people to act politically incorrect.

Blogosfear

Andy Carvin, blogger for PBS and Internet Strategist for NPR, talks about the threats against fellow blogger Kathy Sierra and his work to end "cyberbullying," and Tristan Louis, who manages the TNL.net website, thinks that reaction towards the harassment of Kathy Sierra has gone too far.