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WNYC's Coverage of the Republican National Convention
Live performances in Soundcheck's studios
Studio 360: Patti LuPone on playing Mama Rose
Selected Shorts featuring "The Trouble of Marcie Flint," by John Cheever
Radio Rookies: Brooklyn Broadcast Workshop
On the Media: Surviving Convention Coverage
Street Shots Challenge
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Characterizing the Court
NPR legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg, looks at the role of precedent in Supreme Court decisions and how Chief Justice Roberts is making his mark. And how many experts does it take to screw in a compact fluorescent lightbulb? We'll look at how to make the switch from incandescent to CFL. Plus: therapist Michael Gurian on supporting your child's unique personality, and No Impact Man on the joys of walking.
Characterizing the Court
Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio, sizes up the third Supreme Court session under Chief Justice Roberts and looks at the role of precedent today.
Green Light
Jennifer Bogo, senior science editor at
Popular Mechanics magazine, and architectural lighting designer Gary Gordon, on why and how people can use compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs).
Popular Mechanics tested a number of CFLs, and you can read their findings here.
For more about how and where to recycle CFLs, go to lamprecycle.org. For information about recycling CFLs in New York City, go here.
For a previous Brian Lehrer Show segment on lighting, see "Let There Be Light" here.
Albania, New York
Stacy Sullivan, journalist and author, Be Not Afraid, for You Have Sons in America: How a Brooklyn Roofer Helped Lure the U.S. into the Kosovo War (2004, St. Martin's Press) tells us about the Albanian community in the region and the reaction to the arrest of the Duka brothers for plotting to attack Fort Dix.
Nature Nurtured
Michael Gurian, family therapist, founder of the Gurian Institute, an educational training organization, and author of Nurture the Nature: Understanding and Supporting Your Child's Unique Core Personality (Wiley 2007), talks about child rearing and development.
Nurture the Nature is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Foot Power
In our series on non-car transporation, Colin Beavan, who has vowed to have zero impact on the environment for one year, looks at what it's like to walk from A to B.
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Digesting Politics
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New Episode Posted 9/1
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.
Slideluck Potshow
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Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!
ICANN, You Can…
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Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.
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- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 4 (09/04/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 2 (09/02/2008)
- The Leonard Lopate Show: Young'Uns (09/03/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 3 (09/03/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 1 (09/01/2008)
- The Leonard Lopate Show: Big Storm (09/04/2008)