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The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, May 24, 2007
  • Former US National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski
    Former US National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski (Getty Images)

    Zbig Picture

    Former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski talks about our last three presidents and the post cold-war world. He critiques the foreign policy of the current president as well as former Presidents Bush and Clinton. He also looks at the challenge ahead for the current presidential hopefuls. Plus: muslims in America; Columbia President Lee Bollinger, NAACP's Ted Shaw, and civil rights scholar Lani Guinier on the future of affirmative action; the view from Baghdad; and post-1965 immigrants.

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Muslims in America

Dr. Zahid H. Bukhari, professor at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, and director of Muslims in American Public Square Project (MAPS), and Lena Alhusseini, executive director of the Arab American Family Support Center and David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, respond to the recent Pew study regarding Muslims in America.

Pew Research Center Report "Muslim Americans."

In the Affirmative: Education and Affirmative Action

Ted Shaw, director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Lani Guinier, civil rights scholar, Bennet Boskey professor of law at Harvard University Law School and author of the forthcoming, Meritocracy Inc.: How Wealth Became Merit, Class Became Race, and College Education Became a Gift from the Poor to the Rich and Lee Bollinger, president of Columbia University discuss the future of affirmative action in educaton.

Event:
Our guests will discuss The Future of Diversity tonight at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (515 Malcolm X Blvd.) at 7PM. For reservations, call 212 870 2549.

Lani Guinier’s bio at Harvard Law School

Zbig Picture with Zbigniew Brzezinski

Former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski assesses the last three American presidents in their role as global leader in his new book Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower (Basic Books, 2007).

Second Chance is available for purchase at Amazon.com

Baghdad: View from the Ground

Bobby Ghosh, Baghdad bureau chief for Time magazine, fills us in on the latest from Iraq as part of a month-long series.

Open Phones: Post-1965 Immigrants

The proposed immigration reform plan would undo the 1965 reform that made it easier for immigrants to bring their families into the U.S. Listeners call in with how the 1965 law affected them personally.

Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary

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Live from the Greene Space: Michael Moore talks about his new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story and Brian celebrates the 20 year anniversary of the show with a 20 year news quiz.

Season's Eatings

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December guests Tamara Reynolds and Zora O'Neill will be answering your holiday hosting questions each week. Segments so far: Holiday Traditions | Gifting Food | Hosting on a Budget

Also check out the live online chats with Tamara and Zora, where they answer all your hosting questions. Chat #1 | Chat #2

Climbing K2: Life and Death

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Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all fourteen eight-thousand meter mountains, and one of only six to do so without oxygen, discusses his new book K2: Life & Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain (Broadway, 2009).

SUNY Disposition

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State University of New York chancellor Nancy Zimpher, discusses the pressures the system faces and the role it plays in the current economic climate.

Uncommon Indicators

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The Brian Lehrer Show wants to hear how the economy is affecting the little things in your daily life. Share your stories and photos of the downturn.

Help us map abandoned lots, stalled construction and unsold condos.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.