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IBM's manufacturing and development facility in Rochester, Minnesota.Homeward Bound
US Companies are not only shipping jobs overseas, they're shipping away their employees too. Paul McDougall, senior editor at Information Week, talks about IBM's offer to relocate their employees overseas to cut down on costs. Plus, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn on the state of the city and a call-in on your worst date ever.
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State of the City
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, on how the city will weather the recession.
US housing policy
Bruce Katz, Brookings vice president and founding director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, on US housing policy and recommendations for the Obama Administration.
Open Phones: Tale of Two Cities
An open discussion comparing NYC and DC. Which city is more powerful right now? Which city is more to blame for our nation's troubles?
Comment below!No Vaccine Link to Autism
Shankar Vedantam, national reporter covering human behavior for the Washington Post, reviews yesterday's special court ruling that there is no link between the M.M.R. vaccine and autism.
Project Match
Paul McDougall, senior editor at Information Week, talks about IBM's offer to move employees to India and other countries where they have a presence. Sumukha Swaminathan Ravishankar, is a listener originally from India, now living in Short Hills, NJ. She tells us what's in store for Americans who make that transition.
What do you think? Would you take this deal? Have you worked overseas for an American company? Comment below!Valentine's Day Meets Friday the 13th
Tomorrow is Valentine's day, but today is the unluckiest date there is. We take your calls of dates gone wrong--plus hear from WNYC reporter Kathleen Horan, creator of the website Relationship Obit.com.
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Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary
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Live from the Greene Space: Michael Moore talks about his new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story and Brian celebrates the 20 year anniversary of the show with a 20 year news quiz.
Season's Eatings
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December guests Tamara Reynolds and Zora O'Neill will be answering your holiday hosting questions each week. Segments so far: Holiday Traditions | Gifting Food | Hosting on a Budget
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Climbing K2: Life and Death
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Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all fourteen eight-thousand meter mountains, and one of only six to do so without oxygen, discusses his new book K2: Life & Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain (Broadway, 2009).
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State University of New York chancellor Nancy Zimpher, discusses the pressures the system faces and the role it plays in the current economic climate.
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