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The Brian Lehrer Show / October 15, 2008

The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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    The Brian Lehrer Show Goes to College: Hofstra Debate '08

    The Brian Lehrer Show is Live from Hofstra University, site of tonight’s presidential debate! First, an update of the latest from the campaign train and a preview of the last debate. Then, 30 Issues in 30 Days continues with a look at the important Higher Education issues.

    Check out photos from the event here!

Hour 1: Presidential Politics and Debate Preview

Two Hofstra University seniors join us to discuss tonight's debates: Sidhartha "Sid" Nathan is a member of debate club on campus, a founder of POISE free-speech society, and is a supporter of Barack Obama. Drew Bennett is a political science major, current president of POISE free-speech group, technically an independent, he has been a McCain supporter in the past.

Then, Lawrence Levy, Executive Director of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra and a former columnist for Newsday

Aswini Anburajan, reporter for Feet in Two Worlds and a former MSNBC campaign reporter

Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone political correspondent and author of The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire

Hour 2: 30 Issues - Higher Ed

Students in the room discuss the pressures they feel as they look towards graduation.

Then, discussing the cost of college, as well as Obama and McCain's platforms on college affordability and student loans, are

Michael Dannenberg, Senior Fellow in Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation and editor of their Higher Ed Watch blog

Anya Kamenentz, staff writer for Fast Company, and author of Generation Debt as well as the Generation Debt column at Yahoo Finance

Herman A. Berliner, provost of Hofstra Univeristy, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Lawrence Herbert Distinguished Professor of Economics

Plus, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), whose district includes Hofstra University, stops by to discuss her work on college affordability and her thoughts about tonight's debate.

Matthew Kresling's Song About Student Loans

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.

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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.

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