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(Getty Images)The Energy Drill
In a surprise move, Barack Obama changed course on his energy policy and now favors controlled offshore oil drilling. We’ll discuss the impact of his stance on his presidential campaign. Plus, find out who’s the most connected person in your office (hint: it’s probably not your boss).
New HIV/AIDS Numbers
The Center for Disease Control released a new report Saturday revealing a 40% higher HIV infection rate in the US than previously thought. Dr. Monica Sweeney, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention Control for the NYC Department of Health, and Marjorie Hill, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis, explain the new numbers and what it means for New York City.
Obama's Energy Policy
Senator Barack Obama's new energy plan supports limited offshore oil drilling. Dr. Joseph Romm, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and Ken Green, Resident Scholar at American Enterprise Institute, discuss the impact of his compromise on the presidential race.
Prostate Findings
Durado Brooks, Director of Prostate and Colo-Rectal Cancers for the American Cancer Society's National Home Office discusses new Prostate Cancer screening guidelines.
Social Synapses
The super connector of any social group has a lot of influence, but most likely is not the person sporting the biggest paycheck. WIRED magazine contributor Clive Thompson breaks down the good, the bad, and the intimate science of reality mining.
Bye Bye Brewery?
When Steve Hindy, co-founder of the Brooklyn Brewery began scouting the borough for locations to expand, he kept coming up short. The search begged the question, is there no future left for light manufacturing in Brooklyn? Also in conversation, Adam Friedman, executive director of the New York Industrial Retention Network.
Open Phones: Hillary's first order of business.
We take your phone calls on the following question: which issues do you think Senator Clinton should focus on now that the time-intensive primaries are over?
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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.- Comments [40]
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!- Comments [15]
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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