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The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, October 08, 2008
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    Business Without Borders

    30 Issues in Thirty Days continues with a look at free trade and globalization with stories from the frontlines of global competition, and the candidates’ positions on the issue. Plus, did last night’s debate leave anyone undecided?

    This week's Wiki-produced 30 Issues in 30 Days segment is on Oil and Alternative Energy.
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Global Rate Cut

Greg Ip, U.S. economics editor for The Economist talks about the latest effort to boost confidence in the global economy.

Post-Debate Coverage: Undecided Voters

WNYC political director Andrea Bernstein gives post-debate analysis from Nashville. Plus, we get reactions from two undecided voters, Enrique Facundo and Kathy Nyberg.

Fear Itself

New York Times reporter Vikas Bajaj talks about how emotions are trumping logic when it comes to the markets and other financial news.

"Forget Logic; Fear Appears to Have Edge" NYT, 10/8/2008

Thirty Issues: Globalization

First, call in with your tales from the global economy: Did your job cross the border without you? Are your biggest customers overseas? Are you now supervising workers in Bangalore? Call in and comment below.

Then
Philip Levy, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and trade policy coordinator for the McCain campaign, and John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation, debate the issue and what the candidates say (and are likely to do do) on this issue.

Then
Bud Konheim, president and chief executive officer of Nicole Miller, explains the effects of globalization on New York's garment industry.

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.