Breathing Room

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2010
We’ve all seen the black smoke pouring out of chimneys all around the city. But just what’s behind that pollution, and what is the city doing to help clean up the air? Also today: Comptroller John Liu; Paul Farmer, UN deputy special envoy to Haiti; and Louis Menand on the state of higher education in America.

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