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The Brian Lehrer Show / September 26, 2008

The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, September 26, 2008
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    The Future of the Web

    You produced it. In the first Wiki installment of 30 Issues in Thirty Days, guests weigh in on net-neutrality and the future of the internet. Plus, President Carter’s national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, on the future of American foreign policy; and saying goodbye to Shea Stadium.

    Listeners helped produce today's segment using the 30 Issues Wiki. Collaborate with others on next Friday's segment here!

Bailout Update

Paul Krugman, columnist for the New York Times, and professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton, gives us his take on the latest bail out news.

Debating Foreign Policy

Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor under Carter and currently a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, talks about his book America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy, which he co-wrote with Brent Scowcroft, a foreign policy advisor to Republican presidents.

Debating Politics

WNYC's political director, Andrea Bernstein previews tonight's presidential nominee debate and introduces us to some voters who haven't made up their minds yet.

Open Phones: Saying Good-Bye to Shea Stadium

Listener memories of Shea Stadium as the final home game approaches. What's your top Shea memory? Comment below!

30 Issues: Internet and Broadcast Regulation

Today's segment is the first ever group-produced segment in our 30 Issues in 30 Days series! Check out the collaborative wiki page for this discussion here.

City Council member, Gale Brewer (D- District 6, Upper West Side), previews her city council hearing on white spaces.

Then, Rob Atkinson, founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, discusses the two presidential candidates' views on high tech issues.

Then, Frank Pasquale, professor of law at Seton Hall and Daniel Ballon, Policy Fellow in Technology at the Pacific Research Institute, take a look at the question of net neutrality.

Then, Philip Napoli, associate professor of Communications at Fordham University, reviews the history of broadcast deregulation.

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!

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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!

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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.