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The Brian Lehrer Show / June 04, 2007

The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, June 04, 2007
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    The Dems Debate

    Last night The Democratic presidential hopefuls debated for the second time this year. On the next Brian Lehrer Show, find out how they did and what it means for the 2008 election. Also, pose a question for a New York City DA: Brooklyn’s Charles Hynes.

JFK Plot

Rickford Burke, the president of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy and Jessica Stern, academic director of the Terrorism and the Law program at Harvard Law School and the author of Terror in the Name of God (HarperCollins, 2003), discuss the foiled JFK terror plot.

Dems Debate

Matt Bai, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine covering the presidential campaign and Ruben Navarrette, Jr., syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Group, both assess how the Democratics did in their second debate this year.

Download the debate MP3

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Ask the DA

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes takes questions from listeners and talks about big cases in Kings County.

Double Duty

WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly previews tomorrow’s New Jersey primany and updates the story about the arrests of 32 Bushwick teenagers on their way to a friend’s wake.

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.

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Happy 150th Birthday, Evolution!

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Richard Dawkins, biologist, professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and author of many books on science, most recently, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, talks about Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which was published on 24 November 1859.

What's Next for the Movement?

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In the aftermath of President Obama's campaign, Kevin Powell, Brooklyn-based community activist has written a new book, Open Letters to America: Essays by Kevin Powell, outlining his thoughts about political engagement, particularly among African-American youth.

No Logo

No Logo: One Decade Later

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Journalist and activist Naomi Klein discusses the ten-year anniversary of the release of her landmark book NO LOGO: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies.

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

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.