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A special rebroadcast of the full 10 a.m. hour the morning after election day with special guests Jon Meacham, Sheryll Cashin, Andrea Bernstein, Jonathan Capehart, and Mark Blumenthal. Plus, saying goodbye to Yankee and Shea Stadiums, the year in scandals, and the Brian Lehrer Show producers' favorite listener calls.
The Morning After
A special rebroadcast of our full 10am hour, unedited, from November 5th, 2008
Sheryll Cashin, professor of law at Georgetown University and the author of The Agitator's Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family (PublicAffairs, 2008) and Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek and the author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Random House, 2008) take the long view on election day’s results. Then WNYC’s political director Andrea Bernstein reviews the returns with Jonathan Capehart, editorial writer for the Washington Post and Mark Blumenthal, editor and publisher of Pollster.com.Scandals 2008
Robert George, columnist for the New York Post and blogger at Ragged Thots talks about the year in scandals.
Goodbye Yankee Stadium
Listeners called in with their favorite memories as of Yankee Stadium as it hosted its final home series. Have any stadium stories? What's your favorite memory of the House that Ruth Built? Comment below!
Goodbye Shea Stadium
Hear listener memories of Shea Stadium as the final home game approached. What's your top Shea memory? Comment below!
Rename Citi Field
The taxpayers bailed out financial giant Citigroup, so is a renaming in order for Citi Field, the new Mets ballpark? Taxpayer Field? The People's Stadium? Post your nominations below.
Favorite Things 2008
The WNYC Culture Blog asked the Brian Lehrer Show team to share some of their favorite things from 2008 - here's a look at three of our favorite callers.
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