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A baby girl rests in her bed at the international adoption agency in Madagascar. (Getty Images)Opening Transnational Adoptions
“Open” adoptions are becoming more common for children adopted within the U.S., but that’s not yet the case for transnational adoptions. Guest host Marty Goldensohn talks to two adoptive mothers about how much they should know about where their children came from. Also, is it in us? Testing our bodies for toxic chemicals found in everyday products. What do first names say about gender? And, tips for navigating New York's public transit system.
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Broadway Strike?
David Cote, theater critic for Time Out New York and Robert Viagas, host of Playbill Radio and editor of The Playbill Broadway Yearbook, discuss the possible Broadway stagehand strike.
Bio-monitoring Toxins
Judy Robinson, works for the Environmental Health Fund, and conducted a study to monitor people around the country for various toxins. Heather Loukmas was a participant in the study.
Don’t Call Me Shirley
Alleen Nilsen, professor of English at Arizona State University and co-president of the American Name Society, talks about gender and names.
Opening Transnational Adoptions
How "open" should international adoptions be? Two mothers of daughters adopted in Guatemala talk about the issue. Elizabeth Larsen wrote "Did I Steal My Daughter? The Tribulations of Global Adoption" in the November/December issue of Mother Jones magazine and Maggie Jones wrote ""Looking for Their Children’s Birth Mothers" in the October 28th issue of the New York Times Magazine.
What's the Best Way to Get Around New York?
Michael Freidson, deputy editor of Time Out New York, helps us get around New York City's very large public transportation system.
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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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