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(massdistraction/flickr)Delivery Costs
A new film explores the hidden world of Chinese take-out by telling the story of an illegal immigrant working as a New York City deliveryman. Also, a look back at Hillary Clinton: presidential candidate. Plus: How much exactly does your Vespa pollute?
Clinton Retrospective
WNYC political director Andrea Bernstein looks back at Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House and where it went wrong.
The Price of Delivery
Shih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker, co-directors of Take Out, talk about their film which chronicles a day in the life of an illegal immigrant struggling to pay off his smuggling debt.
Follow Up Friday: Your Word or Your Wallet
Mary Boyle, director of communications for Common Cause, and Michael Luo, New York Times political reporter covering the presidential campaign money beat, analyze the changing landscape of presidential campaign financing this election season and examines Obama and McCain's stance on reform.
Follow Up Friday: Just How Green Is That Scooter?
Julia Bovey, media director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, follows up on scooters, and how green any motor vehicle is.
"Trading Down" 5/28/2008
2-Stroke vs. 4-Stroke Video Mentioned on the Air
Open Phones: Should the U.S. Execute Khalid Shaikh Mohammed?
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who says he planned the 9/11 attacks, was arraigned yesterday in a military courtroom in Guantanamo. He has said he wants to be "martyred." Listeners, what do you think? Should he be put to death? Comment below.
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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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