The Brian Lehrer Show

Are Writers Being Wronged?

Rene Balcer, executive producer and head writer for Law & Order and creator of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Adam Brooks screenwriter for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and member of the Writers Guild East Council, explain why writers are putting down their pencils to strike.

Read about Rene Balcer's library charity

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Open Phones: Is the Upper West Side Dirty?

Alec Baldwin called in yesterday to tell us he thinks the Upper West Side is dirty. Listeners tell us whether they think that's true.

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Proust Got There First

In his new book Proust Was a Neuroscientist (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) Jonah Lehrer writes about how novelists and other artists intuited knowledge about the brain that scientists are only now figuring out.

Proust Was a Neuroscientist is available for purchase at Amazon.com.

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Open Phones: Sexism And Religion

Former Congresswoman and previous candidate for Vice-President Geraldine Ferraro stated that sexism reared it's head in last week's Democrat debate, is that the case? And Pat Robertson endorses Rudolph Giuliani, Charles Dunn, dean of Regent University's Robertson School of Government , analyzes the decision.

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The Other "F" Word

Feminists young and old gather at Hunter College this weekend for "Freedom on Our Terms: From Houston 1977 - New York 2007" commemorating the 30th anniversary of the first National Women’s Conference. Liz Abzug, president and co-founder of the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute and Jerin Alam, president of the Hunter Women's Rights Coalition (HWRC) talk about trying to "pass the torch" from one generation of feminists to another.

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School Report Cards

Jennifer Medina, education reporter for the New York Times, explains the new School Report Card system and reflects on parents' reactions.

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