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Everybody's All American
Last night’s Democratic presidential candidates’ debate focused on domestic issues and was notable for having a panel of questioners comprised of journalists of color. We’ll hear excerpts from, and get listeners’ reactions to, the debate along with analysis from two of the questioners, columnist Ruben Navarrette, Jr. and NPR’s Michel Martin. Also, a call-in for parents on the role of teachers in the schools; and everything you wanted to know about New York City recycling.
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Everybody's All American
Eddie Glaude, Jr., associate professor at Princeton University, a regular contributor to The Tavis Smiley Show and the author of In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, then Ruben Navarrette, Jr., syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Group, then Michel Martin, host of NPR's Tell Me More, analyze how the Presidential candidates handled their questions at the All-American Presidential Forum on PBS.
You Produce: Plastics 101
David Hurd, director of the new Office for Recycling Outreach and Education, explains what plastic products you can recycle, what you cannot and why. Then, Debra Keneally, project manager for frog, a global design consultancy firm, talks about the two week project she has embarked on, where she has to carry around her trash, including her recycling.
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Following Up:
Listeners call in to talk about Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's comments on the roles of parents and teachers in the schools.
Listen to Chancellor Klein's interview on the Brian Lehrer show, 6/28/07
London Terror Threat
Emily Vencat, London Correspondent for Newsweek Magazine, gives an update on the investigation in London following the disarming of a potential car bomb in Picadilly Circus.
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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 [41]
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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