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News and Nuance
The Virginia massacre and the Supreme Court abortion ruling both put some politicians in an awkward position and may help shape public opinion. Slate's Jacob Weisberg and Gallup's Frank Newport discuss the nuances of public attitudes toward abortion and guns and how they may now change. Also, writers and PEN World Voices participants Pico Iyer and Suketu Mehta on living and writing at home and away; a roundtable on the mayor's plans for NYC in 2030; a call-in on Russell Simmons' call to clean up rap; and the 40th district council election redux.
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The Green Apple
A look at the Mayor's plan for a sustainable New York City with Andy Darrell, director of the Living Cities program at Environmental Defense, Elizabeth Yeampierre, chair of the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, Julia Vitullo-Martin, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Leticia Theodore-Greene, spokesperson for the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and Tom Suozzi, Nassau County executive (D).
"Glocal" Writing
The PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature opens today and two participants, Suketu Mehta and Pico Iyer, stop by to talk about writing globally and living locally – or is it the other way around?
News and Nuance
Jacob Weisberg, editor of Slate Magazine , and Frank Newport, editor and chief of the Gallup Poll discuss polling on guns and abortion in light of the Virgina massacre and the recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion.
Jacob Weisberg’s recent column on guns and abortion.
Open Phones: Is Simmons Doing the Right Thing?
Listeners repond to Russel Simmons' call for rappers to stop using offensive words.
Special Election
Azi Paybarah, staff writer at the New York Observer, previews the race in the 40th district for the Brooklyn City Council.
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The Rocky Road Ahead
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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 [40]
Tweet If You Use Twitter
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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.
What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!- Comments [15]
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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