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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, November 30, 2007
  • December 1st is World AIDS Day (worldaidsday.org)
    December 1st is World AIDS Day (worldaidsday.org)

    World AIDS Day

    Established in 1988 by UNAIDS, World Aids Day promotes education and communication in an effort to end the AIDS epidemic. In honor of World Aids Day, The Brian Lehrer Show hosts an hour-long discussion about how AIDS affects us locally, the difficulty in creating a vaccine for this disease, and more. Also, how to navigate a romance in the workplace; and how the Giuliani expense story is playing in early primary states.

Rapid Fire Politics

Ben Smith, a writer for Politico.com, and Bob Hardt, the executive producer and political director of New York 1, return to the Politico story about accounting for then-Mayor Giuliani's expenses.

Then we check in with Josh Rogers, the statehouse correspondent for New Hampshire Public Radio, Leroy Chapman, the government and politics editor at The State, the largest newspaper in South Carolina and Jeneane Beck, a political reporter for Iowa Public Radio, to see how the story is playing in their states.

Spitzer: Fare Game?

Bob Hardt, the executive producer and political director of New York 1, and Gene Russianoff, staff attorney at the NYPIRG Straphangers campaign, look further at Gov. Spitzer's proposal on the MTA fare.

to: Office, re: Relationships

Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen, the authors of Office Mate: The Employee Handbook for Finding--and Managing--Romance on the Job (Adams Media, 2007), talk about finding and surviving that workplace relationship.

Office Mate: The Employee Handbook for Finding and Managing Romance on the Job is available for purchase at Amazon.com.

The Fight: Working on a Vaccine

Sarah J. Schlesinger, MD associate professor of Clinical Investigation, Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Immunology, The Rockefeller University and The Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, discusses her work on a vaccine that would prevent HIV/AIDS.

HIV Positive

Kathy Scantbury lives in Red Hook and has been HIV positive for eleven years and Luvenia Suber, director of Village Care’s Red Hook Community Center, talk about their lives and work at the Brooklyn center.

Open Phones: The Stigma Around HIV/AIDS

Listeners with HIV tell us if there is still a stigma around AIDS.

WNYC is creating a long-term project in honor of World AIDS Day and we need your help. Send us your stories. If you have AIDS or are HIV positive, if you know someone who is, if you’re a healthcare worker, if AIDS has touched your life in any way, and you’d like to share you story, send us your story at worldaidsday@wnyc.org. We are accepting stories throughout the month of December.

Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary

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Live from the Greene Space: Michael Moore talks about his new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story and Brian celebrates the 20 year anniversary of the show with a 20 year news quiz.

Happy 150th Birthday, Evolution!

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Richard Dawkins, biologist, professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and author of many books on science, most recently, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, talks about Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which was published on 24 November 1859.

What's Next for the Movement?

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In the aftermath of President Obama's campaign, Kevin Powell, Brooklyn-based community activist has written a new book, Open Letters to America: Essays by Kevin Powell, outlining his thoughts about political engagement, particularly among African-American youth.

No Logo: One Decade Later

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Journalist and activist Naomi Klein discusses the ten-year anniversary of the release of her landmark book NO LOGO: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies.

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.

Help us map abandoned lots, stalled construction and unsold condos.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.