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The Brian Lehrer Show

Planning Ahead

Monday, April 23, 2007

Mayor Bloomberg’s Earth Day proposals: Are we ready to do traffic and housing and more in new ways? Hear from Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, the architect of so many Bloomberg development plans. Also, a critique of Putin’s Russia; USA Today’s Susan Page on the week’s news; and scientist Richard Dawkins on being the world’s most prominent atheist.


Planning Ahead

Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff explains PLANYC the Bloomberg Administration's proposal for a sustainable New York City.

WNYC reporter Beth Fertig analyzes the plan.

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Poison Pen

Yuri Felshtinsky is co-author with the late Alexander Litvinenko of Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror. He explains their contention that successors to the KGB helped propel President Putin to power.

Blowing Up Russia is available for purchase at Amazon.com.


Politics this Week

Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief of USA Today, looks at upcoming political news.


"Darwin's Rottweiler"

Oxford University biologist and bestselling author Richard Dawkins discusses why he thinks religion fuels war, encourages bigotry, and quashes children's intellectual development.

The God Delusion is available for purchase at Amazon.com



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