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Cost to Whom?
The insurance company UnitedHealthcare wants to start rating New York doctors according to quality and cost, but New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and others think it’s really a scheme to steer us to the doctors who make them money, not inform us about the best. We’ll take a closer look. Also, Eboo Patel on his generation’s struggle to be both Muslim and American; Gothamist.com's Jen Chung returns to talk New York news; and more on the National Intelligence Estimate.
Infrastructure Breakdown
What caused the steam pipe near Grand Central to blow, and do we need to worry that it will happen again? Kate Ascher, executive vice president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation and author of The Works: Anatomy of a City gives her diagnosis.
Pakistan and The War on Terror
US intelligence agencies released the National Intelligence Estimate this week, and it revealed the central place of Pakistan in the War on Terror. Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at The Council on Foreign Relations and Carlos Pascual, Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, analyze the details.
July with Jen
Jen Chung, editor of Gothamist.com, answers your questions about what's going on around Gotham each week in July.
Watch a video from a bystander of the steam pipe explosion
The Price of Health Care
Insurance company UnitedHealthcare wanted to implement a system that ranks New York doctors by quality of care and cost of service. The State Attorney General's Office asked them not to. Mary Jo Feldstein, health care reporter for the St. Louis Post- Dispatch, talks about what happened when the insurer tried to introduce a similar ranking system in Missouri. And Debra Draper, associate director of the Center for Studying Health System Change, talks about what insurance companies want to do with these rankings--and how they might impact consumers.
Faith in Moderation, and Vice Versa
Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core and author of Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation (Beacon, 2007), looks at how young people can help tame religious radicalism.
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation is available for purchase at Amazon.com
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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