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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama delivers a speech about terrorism on Aug 1st. (Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images)Obama’s Case for New York
Barack Obama is campaigning in New York right now to make his case for president. Find out why he thinks he’d be a better president than the hometown candidates. Also, how much freedom of expression do you have in the workplace, and CNN commentator Jack Cafferty. Plus, we hear from Columbia University president Lee Bollinger the morning after Ahmedinejad's speech, get an analysis of his statements on nuclear proliferation, and get reactions from Columbia students who attended the event. And the MTA is planning to raise fares again; WNYC reporter Beth Fertig explains the details.
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Playing Host to Controversy
Lee Bollinger, president of Columbia University, explains the comments he made when he introduced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday.
Open Phones: Students and Ahmedinejad
We open the phones to students who want to react to the Iranian President's speech at Columbia University yesterday.
The Nuclear Question
Jacqueline Shire, senior analyst at the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), analyzes Ahmadinejad's comments about nuclear proliferation.
Your cubicle has eyes!
Some workers know to keep their personal emails out of the office server, but what do you do if you are punished professionally for a blog you write at home, or for a political bumper sticker on your car? Bruce Barry, professor of management and sociology at Vanderbilt University and author of the new book Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace, looks at how companies curb free speech at the work place.
Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Obama to New York
Barack Obama, United States Senator (D-IL) and presidential candidate, discusses his presidential campaign and Thursday's rally in Washington Square Park.
Cafferty Files
Jack Cafferty, host and commentator on CNN, former New York local news anchor, and the author of It's Getting Ugly Out There: The Frauds, Bunglers, Liars, and Losers Who Are Hurting America (Wiley, 2007), gives his take on national and international politics.
It's Getting Ugly Out There is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
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The Rocky Road Ahead
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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 [40]
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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