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Do or Die
If the State Legislature approves congestion pricing by midnight tonight, the city will be eligible for $350 million in federal assistance. We’ll go live to Albany for the latest. Plus: Talking Points Memo blogger Josh Marshall on how he--and his readers—uncovered the politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys, and I Was Told There’d Be Cake author Sloane Crosley.
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Congestion Pricing: Gridlocked
If the state legislature approves the congestion pricing bill by midnight tonight, the city will be eligible for $350 million in federal assistance. Deborah Glick, New York State Assemblymember, discusses the latest in the Albany debate.
Speaking of Slush Funds
WNYC's Bob Hennelly takes a look at the scandal erupting over City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's practice of budgeting funds for non-existent non-profit groups.
Paging Dorothy Parker
I Was Told There'd Be Cake author Sloane Crosley on surviving a bridetatorship, working with butterflies, and being a vegetarian--yet craving sushi.
Sloane Crosley will be reading at 7pm tonight at the Tribeca Barnes & Noble, 97 Warren Street.
A Reporter of Many
Blogger (and George Polk Award winner) Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo, was honored for his readers' uncovering the U.S. Attorneys firings. He talks politics and crowd-sourcing.
Heavy Thinking
More and more college students are choosing Philosophy as their major. David Schrader, Executive Director of the American Philosophical Association, offers his thoughts on why and what they do with their degrees after graduation.
And, we want to hear from you. Did you major in Philosophy? Was it worth it? Why? Comment below!
NYT: In a New Generation of College Students, Many Opt for the Life Examined
Share and Share Alike?
Steven Greenhouse, labor and workplace columnist for the New York Times and author of The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker, talks about the lawsuits that baristas are bringing against Starbucks over that company's tipping policy.
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
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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.
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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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