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The Brian Lehrer Show / November 05, 2007

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Monday, November 05, 2007
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  • George Orwell
    George Orwell (Branch of the National Union of Journalists)

    What Would George Orwell Do?

    Financier George Soros and an all-star cast of contributors to a new book about George Orwell’s theories of political doublespeak talk about the particular relevance of Orwell’s theories today. Also, a preview of the New Jersey election – will Gov. Corzine lose the Senate to the GOP?

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Did you watch the NYC Marathon?

We take listener comments from people who went to watch the New York City Marathon about what inspired them to do so.

NJ Elections Preview

WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly talks about what's at stake in the New Jersey statewide, county, and municipal elections on Tuesday.

Seeing Eye to Eye

Avoub Tutunji, an 18 year old Israeli Arab who identifies as Palestinian, and Avital Djemal, an 18 year old Israeli Orthodox Jew, are participants in the Face to Face/Faith to Faith program, a year-long program for interfaith exchange and conflict resolution. They are joined by Rabbi Justus Baird, the Director of the Center for Multifaith Education at the Auburn Theological Seminary, which operates the Face to Face program.

Face to Face program at the Auburn Theological Seminary

What Would Orwell Think ?

Global financier and philanthropist George Soros joins Patricia Williams, professor of law at Columbia University, and Farnaz Fassihi, senior Middle East correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, to discuss what George Orwell would think about the state of political discourse in 2007.

What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics is available for purchase at Amazon.com.

Thanks to Atlantic.com for finding this 1996 Rudy Giuliani and George Soros link.

New York Public Library Event on George Orwell

State of Emergency in Pakistan

Kiran Khalid, Pakistani-American freelance TV reporter who is currently working on a documentary about electronic media censorship in Pakistan, and Sabahat Ashraf, a writer/blogger, on President Musharraf's enforcement of a state of emergency in Pakistan.

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

Uncommon Indicators

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The Brian Lehrer Show wants to hear how the economy is affecting the little things in your daily life. Share your stories and photos of the downturn.

Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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.

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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!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

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!

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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.

Judge Sotomayor

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.

Video Picks

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