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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, October 10, 2008
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    The End of Oil?

    Is energy policy an environmental or a national security issue? Is there a difference? 30 Issues in 30 Days continues with a look at Barack Obama and John McCain’s alternative energy plans. Plus, the race for New Jersey’s 5th District.

New York Impact

Sam Chandan, chief economist and senior vice president for economic research for Reis, talks about how New Yorkers are feeling the impact of the fiscal crisis. Also in the discussion, Marisa Di Natale, senior economist covering New York at Moody’s Economy.com.

Going Global

Special: live coverage of President Bush's speech on the financial crisis.

Then, Carl Weinberg, chief economist for High Frequency Economics, react to the remarks and discusses the possible outcomes of today's G7 meeting and the implications for the global economy. Also in the conversation, Jeremy Stein, professor of economics at Harvard University

Shulman for Congress

Dennis Shulman, a blind rabbi, clinical psychologist and Democratic Party nominee for the United States Congress in New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District, discusses his campaign.

30 Issues (Wiki): Drill Baby Drill? Oil vs. Alternative Energy

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John Raymond Takacs and Greg Melville kick off the discussion with tales from their "on the street" visions of energy independence. John Takacs is the author of The Take-Us, a novel about the inventor of a self-powered car and Greg Melville's new non-fiction book is Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future (Algonquin Books, 2008).

Then
Antonia Juhasz, fellow with Oil Change International and the Institute for Policy Studies and the author of The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry--and What We Must Do to Stop It (William Morrow, 2008) and David Kreutzer, Ph.D., senior policy analyst in energy economics and climate change at the Heritage Foundation, debate how to achieve energy independence and review where the candidates stand.

Then
Klaus Lackner, director of the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy at the Earth Institute of Columbia University, looks at the role of nuclear power in achieving energy independence and freedom from carbon-based fuels.

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.

Cast your vote for our video contest semi-finalists.

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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