The Brian Lehrer Show

McCain in NYC

Andrea Bernstein, WNYC's political director, and Brooklyn Paper reporter Ben Muessig talk about John McCain's visit to NYC.

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Where the Foreclosures Are

Dwayne Jones, director of lending at the Parodneck Foundation, a nonprofit that does foreclosure default and intervention counseling, and Eileen Markey, freelance journalist, talk about the neighborhoods that are hit the hardest by the subprime mortage crisis.

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FUF: Dead Bloggers, the Olympics, Jaywalkers...

We follow up on a few burning questions that came up this week. Timothy Noah, senior writer at Slate, looks into the dying bloggers.. We take a look at just what the precedent is for US Presidents at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. A primer on jaywalking from Peter Norton, assistant professor in Science and Technology at the University of Virginia and author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City. And we finally put our nap strategies segment to bed by offering our napping tips.

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Going it Alone

Writer Trey Ellis, assistant professor of film at Columbia University's School of the Arts and author of Bedtime Stories: Adventures in the Land of Single Fatherhood, talks about navigating the dating scene while trying to raise his kids.

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Taken to the Cleaners

Ian Murphy, editor of American Drycleaner, a Crain's publication, gets to the bottom of the price hike in wire hangers. Bob Kantor, C.E.O. of EcoHangers, based in Long Island City, says his product now makes more sense economically and ecologically.

Wire hangers may become scarcer as prices rise, but 3.5 billion still end up in landfills every year. Rabbit-ear antennae may be on the way out, but what other use for them have you found (Mommie Dearest aside)? Tell us below.

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Immigrant Heritage Week

Immigrant Heritage Week kicks off this weekend. Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Guillermo Linares previews the events, and also discusses the services New York offers immigrants and the issues they face.

Immigrant Heritage Week Calendar of Events

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