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Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)Young Mr. Obama
In his new biography of Barack Obama, former Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendell “deconstructs” the Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential candidate, writing that his rise has been long-planned by Obama and his close aides. Also, we follow up on the continuing fallout over the Deutsche Bank fire, and look at why Governor Spitzer is suing the Bush administration over federally subsidized child health care. And would you take money to post advertising on your car? What about on your shirt? Plus your calls on fun ways to excersize.
More Deutsche Bank Fire Fallout
The mayor disciplines commanding fire officers in the wake of the blaze at the Deutsche Bank building. We look at who is to blame, and who is not being punished with WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly.
Bush to Spitzer: No Child Health Care Waiver
New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines and Judy Arnold, director of coverage and enrollment in the NY State Department of Health, explain why the Spitzer administration is suing the Bush administration over federally subsidized child health care.
Citizen Billboard
Drew Livingston, president and co-founder of FreeCar Media, has established a new form of advertising. He pays people to wrap their cars in cloth with product placement.
Young Mr. Obama
Former Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendell talks about his years covering Barack Obama's career and his new biography of the Illinois Senator and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate, Obama: From Promise to Power (Amistad, 2007).
Obama: From Promise to Power is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Can You Work Out for Fun?
Excercise doesn't have to be all about pain. We want to know ways of working out in New York that you actually enjoy. Examples include, kayaking, surfing, salsa, pole dancing, rock climbing...
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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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