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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, May 04, 2007
  • Red States

    Red Round Robin

    It’s the Republicans’ turn as guest host Mike Pesca plays excerpts from, and gets analysis of, the first Republican presidential debate. How did Giuliani, Romney, McCain and the seven others do in their first face-to-face? Also: the third IPCC report on climate change; and Gustavo Arellano, the author of Ask a Mexican! debunks myths and answer questions like "Is a burrito authentic?" and "If Mexicans keep sending money back to Mexico, why aren't circumstances there improving?"

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Red Round Robin

We analyze and excerpt the first Republican debate in the 2008 presidential campaign with Congressman Peter King (R-NY) in support of Rudolf Giuliani; Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI) for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney; and Nancy Pfotenhauer, former president and CEO of the Independent Women’s Forum and a surrogate for the John McCain campaign. Then Rich Lowry, editor of the National Review, looks at where the candidates stand.

Climate Control

Andrew Revkin, New York Times environment reporter and author, The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World (Kingfisher, 2006) and Richard Richels, economist at the Electric Power Research Institute and one of the lead authors of the third IPCC report on how to mitigate climate change, discuss what technology would be needed to reverse the effects of climate change and its possible cost.

Read the summary of the IPCC report (PDF)

Gustavo Arellano

Ask a Mexican....

Columnist Gustavo Arellano explains why Cinco de Mayo isn't a huge holiday in Mexico and answers your questions about our neighbor south of the border.

Ask a Mexican is available for purchase at Amazon.com

Your Fab Cab

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Who is in your fantasy Obama cabinet? Pick anyone!

Word from Abroad

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John Burns, London bureau chief for the New York Times, reflects on his work in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Iraq.

Chief of Technology

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Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, talks about the potential presidential cabinet position of Chief Technology Officer. Who's in your fantasy cabinet? Visit our Fab Cab page and let us know.

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

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Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

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