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The Brian Lehrer Show / October 26, 2007

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Friday, October 26, 2007
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  • Annisa's Chef Anita Lo with co-owner Jennifer Scism
    Annisa's Chef Anita Lo with co-owner Jennifer Scism

    Sex and the Social Security Payments

    What does Sex and the City have to do with underfunded pensions? City Journal writer Kay Hymowitz tells guest host Mario Murillo why Carrie Bradshaw might be to blame. Plus, three of New York’s top female chefs; is Merril Lynch moving?; setting bail fairly; no-email Fridays and Hillary turns 60.

    Help us dig into the Clinton and Giuliani finance filings in our crowdsourcing project, Hillary, Rudy, Money

    Watch Brian's Online Video Picks and other WNYC videos.

Merrill Lynch to Leave Downtown

Charles Bagli, New York Times reporter, discusses the expected move by Merrill Lynch out of downtown Manhattan and looks into what this will do to development in the area.

Bail: How Much is Too Much?

Jarrett Murphy, investigations editor at City Limits, examines how setting bail can result in injustice to the poor in his article “How Bail Punishes The Poor.”

She-Chefs

Is there gender bias in New York’s restaurant kitchens? Rebecca Charles, chef/owner of Pearl Oyster Bar, Anita Lo, chef/co-owner of Annisa, and April Bloomfield, chef/co-owner of the Spotted Pig, talk about why there are so few women chefs in New York.

Read “A Woman’s Place?” in this week’s New York Magazine

First She Takes Manhattan

Kay Hymowitz, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor of City Journal, says young single women like the Sex and the City character Carrie Bradshaw represent a worldwide "New Girl Order."

Read “The New Girl Order” in City Journal

Open Phones: Happy Birthday Hillary!

Listeners who are over 60 call in and give advice to Hillary Clinton, who is celebrating her sixtieth birthday.

No-Email Friday

Sue Shellenbarger, who writes the "Work and Family" column for the Wall Street Journal, on why some companies are going without emails on Fridays.

30 days 30 issues

Step Three: The Wiki

The Brian Lehrer Show

This fall, The Brian Lehrer Show will air our presidential election series “30 Issues In 30 Days.” With your help, we can produce great election coverage!

WNYC's Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein talk politics at lunch time.

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted 10/03
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

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Slideluck Potshow

The Brian Lehrer Show

Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!

ICANN, You Can…

Web Exclusive

Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.

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Mixed Up

The Brian Lehrer Show

We discuss the implications of our mixed-race future and how Barack Obama's candidacy has changed the discussion about mixed-race identity.

  1. The Brian Lehrer Show: Business Without Borders (10/08/2008)
  2. The Brian Lehrer Show: What’s The Damage? (10/06/2008)
  3. The Brian Lehrer Show: Security Blanket (10/07/2008)
  4. The Leonard Lopate Show: The Price of Style (10/08/2008)
  5. The Brian Lehrer Show: The End of Oil? (10/10/2008)
  6. The Leonard Lopate Show: Beyond Chicken Nuggets (10/07/2008)
  7. The Leonard Lopate Show: North of the Border (10/09/2008)