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(veganwarrior/flickr)Pet Peeves
The Daily News has unearthed more details about Detective Michael Oliver, the main shooter in the Sean Bell case, including an alleged history of brutality. Find out the implications for the case. Plus: what you need to know about feeding your cats and dogs as the pet food recall continues to expand.
The Response
Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ 8), and Congressman Anthony Weiner, (D-NY 9), respond to the President's press conference and we take listeners' calls.
The Past in the Present
Kirsten Danis, Morning City Editor for the New York Daily News, talks about detective Mike Oliver, who was the main shooter in the Sean Bell case, and his past.
The Response, Part II
Congressman Dennis Kucinich,(D-OH 10), Democratic presidential candidate for 2008, reacts to President Bush's press conference.
Recall Freefall
The pet food recall is expanding day by day. What can pet owners do to protect their cats and dogs? Nina Munk, founder of Urbanhound: The City Dog's Ultimate Survival Guide, Tony Buffington, DVM, professor of veterinary nutrition at Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, and Catherine E. Langston, DVM, staff veterinarian and renal specialist at Manhattan’s Animal Medical Center, discuss the issues and offer their advice.
Winter's Tale
Winter Miller, has written a play “In Darfur" that will be performed this month at the Public Theater. She also works as a research assistant to New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. They both join us to talk about journalism, activism and theater.
In Darfur runs from April 13 – April 29.
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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.- Comments [41]
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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.
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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!- Comments [172]
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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