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The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, October 01, 2008
  • On Iraq

    Senator Clinton’s former communications director, Howard Wolfson, gives his take on each of the campaigns. And 30 Issues in Thirty Days continues with a look at the war in Iraq and what the next president should do for returning veterans. Plus, how will the credit crunch affect the City’s ability for basic upkeep?

    This Friday is our next 30 Issues Wiki: Immigration Policy. Collaborate with others to produce the segment here!

The Charm?

Mayor Bloomberg wants a third term. What do you think? Comment below!

Election 08

Howard Wolfson, former communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign, talks about the latest happenings in the presidential race.

How To Fill the Potholes on Wall Street?

New York Times reporter Vikas Bajaj talks about how the credit crunch affects municipalities' ability to operate.

30 Issues: Iraq

Andrés Martinez, director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program at the New America Foundation and writes the blog Stumped at the Washington Post, and Max Boot, the Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow for National Security Studies at The Council on Foreign Relations and the author of War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today (Gotham, 2006), discuss the Iraq War and how the two candidates’ views differ from each other and from those of the current administration.

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Eric Hilleman, deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Office for the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), and Paul Rieckhoff, founder and executive director of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, talks about the candidates' records on veterans issues and what's most important going forward.

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.

Cast your vote for our video contest semi-finalists.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.