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The Brian Lehrer Show / February 24, 2009

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Solving Politics

Puzzle master Will Shortz discusses crosswords, sudoku and ken-ken, the latest puzzle craze. Plus, Newsweek's Jonathan Alter and Gwen Ifill of the PBS Newshour talk politics. And, psychologist Stephen Pinker.

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At The Alter

Jonathan Alter, senior editor and columnist for Newsweek magazine, and the author of The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, talks politics and Obama's big week.

Gwen Ifill, managing editor and moderator for Washington Week, senior correspondent for The NewsHour, and author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama talks about Barack Obama's first few weeks in office.

Between Your Ears

Steven Pinker, psychology professor at Harvard University and the author of The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature discusses language, genomes, and all things brain.

Yes, We KenKen

Will Shortz, crossword editor for the New York Times and puzzlemaster for NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, explains KenKen, the new numbers-based puzzle in the Times, and looks ahead to the weekend's crossword puzzle championship in Brooklyn.

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Crowdsourcing: Lunch

Zora O'Neill blogs about travel and food at Roving Gastronome and runs the Queens dining club "Sunday Night Dinner" with Tamara Reynolds. She looks at the BLS lunch project and offers a few ideas of her own for tasty packable lunches.

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