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The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Personal Expense

Ben Smith, who writes for Politico.com, talks about Politico's story about claims Rudy Giuliani charged the city for personal expenses.

Republican Debate Scorecard

WNYC's political director Andrea Bernstein and Micah Sifry, co-founder of Personal Democracy Forum and the editor of Techpresident.com play excerpts and discuss last night's CNN/YouTube Republican Debate. Michael Weitz, one of the YouTube questioners drops in. What did you think?

--Who won the debate and why?
--Who made you think about an issue in a new way?
--What was the most memorable response?
--How well did CNN handle YouTube questions?

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So South Carolina Goes....

Leroy Chapman, government and politics editor at The State, the largest newspaper in South Carolina, checks in each week in November to discuss issues in the presidential primary race.

An Economy without Mexicans

David Dyssegaard Kallick, a Senior Fellow at the Fiscal Policy Institute and the author of a study titled Working for a Better Life: A Profile of Immigrants in the New York State Economy and Steven A. Camarota, the Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies and author of Immigrants in the United States, 2007: A Profile of America’s Foreign-Born Population, analyze the economic impact of the Illegal Immigrant population in the state of New York.

FDNY Test Results

Shayana Kadidal, senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Michael Aronson, member of the editorial board of the New York Daily News, discuss whether the firefighter qualifying exam still discriminates against Black and Latino applicants.

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.

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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.

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!

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!

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.

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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