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The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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    Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 3

    Live coverage continues from the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi talks about why this election has all the makings of an epic gender showdown. Plus: Tonight Show correspondent Mo Rocca returns with more commentary on the convention.

    See WNYC's Flickr page for more images from the convention.

    What are Brian and the rest of the WNYC team doing and thinking at the convention? Check out Brian's Twitter feed.

DNC Coverage: Hour 1

WNYC Political Director, Andrea Bernstein, and Professor Sheryll Cashin of Georgetown University, author of The Agitator's Daughter, react to last night’s speeches, including one by Senator Hillary Clinton.

Listen to the full speeches

Then
New York Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-4) on her experience at the convention as part of the New York delegation.

Then
The View From the Ethnic Press: Pilar Marrero, reporter and columnist for the La Opinión, and a reporter with Feet in Two Worlds, a project of the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School, talks about covering the convention.

DNC Coverage: Hour 2

Susan Faludi, author of The Terror Dream: Myth and Misogyny in an Insecure America, talks about why she thinks Barack Obama versus John McCain has the makings of an epic American gender showdown.

Read Susan Faludi's New York Times op-ed piece, Second-Place Citizens.

Then
Meet the Delegates: Ohio's Gail Horwitz

Then
Humorist and blogger Mo Rocca talks about his experiences at the Democratic National Convention and shares his thoughts about Hillary's speech.

Then
Dr. Peniel Joseph, associate professor of African American Studies and History at Brandeis University and author of Waiting' Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America (Owl Books, 2007), talks about how Barack Obama fits into Black Power history.

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

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.

Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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.

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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.

What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

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!

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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.

Video Picks

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