The Brian Lehrer Show

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Monday, October 08, 2007

George Steinbrenner is a rookie in this league, and Michael Bloomberg is a veteran: learn all about the super-rich with the authors of the new book, All the Money in the World: How the Forbes 400 Make--and Spend--Their Fortunes. Did you know about Bill Gates’s underground guest house?
Also, political analysis of the campaign trail with Donna Brazile. We take a look at accusations that the Bloomberg LP discriminated against women, and ask listeners to call in about sexual harassment and gender discrimination in their workplace. And finally, why is a tobacco company pulling its funding from New York arts groups?

NOTE: We have postponed the results of our crowdsourcing project, "Are You Being Gouged?" to give us a bit more time to analyze the data.

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Campaign 2007?

Donna Brazile, senior Democratic strategist and former campaign manager for Al Gore, looks at whether recent polls mean anything this far away from election day, and how some candidates are carving out more nuanced positions on Iraq.

Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination

Jill Gardiner, reporter for the New York Sun, on accusations that Bloomberg LP discriminated women.

Then, since a jury found Knicks coach and president Isaiah Thomas liable for sexual harassment, listeners tell us what the climate in their workplace is like in terms of sexual harassment and gender discrimination.

Money Makes the World Go Round

Peter W. Bernstein, journalist and coauthor with Annalyn Swan of All the Money in the World: How the Forbes 400 Make--and Spend--Their Fortunes (Random House 2007), talk about the lifestyles of America's rich and famous.

All the Money in the World: How the Forbes 400 Make--and Spend--Their Fortunes can be found on Amazon.com

Arts Orgs Fuming at Philip Morris

Karen Brooks Hopkins, president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Andrew Martin, business reporter for the New York Times talk about why the tobacco company is pulling its money from New York arts groups.