WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC, New York public radio, cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events. Recent topics and guests have included an interview with Queens City Councilman Tony Avella about abolishing horse-drawn carriages around Central Park; a talk with New York Times reporter Sewell Chan about webinars; a discussion with Christian Science Monitor correspondent Alenxandra Marks about the cap on flights out of JFK Airport; a chat with New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell and University of Virginia psychology professor Eric Turkheimer about the idea that race and IQ might be correlated.
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Superbowl Rewind (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 08 February 2010)
Published: 2010-02-08 17:29:00Superbowl ads are always provocative. Mary Elizabeth Williams, culture critic for The Takeaway and Salon.com, offers her perspective on the ads during yesterday's Superbowl. Dodge Charger Ad Focus on the Family's Controversial Ad ManCrunch.com's Rejected Ad
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Assessing Harlem Children's Zone (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 08 February 2010)
Published: 2010-02-08 10:27:00The Harlem Children's Zone is often cited as a model for successful urban education. Helen Zelon, writer for City Limits magazine, discusses her recent article, which questions just how effective the project has been and if it can be replicated. And Paul Tough, author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America who writes frequently for the New York Times Magazine about education, looks at what's working and what isn't.
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Volcker's Rules (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 08 February 2010)
Published: 2010-02-08 10:16:00Former Federal Reserve Chairman and current economic adviser Paul Volcker advocates breaking up the big banks. Felix Salmon, economics reporter for Reuters, talks about Volcker's ascendancy in the Obama administration and other economic news of the day.
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Tea Party Brewing? (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 08 February 2010)
Published: 2010-02-08 09:37:00The first Tea Party convention was held in Nashville this weekend. Glenn Reynolds professor of law at the University of Tennessee and the man behind Instapundit, was covering the event for PJTV. Plus, Lorraine Scanni, co-founder of the Staten Island Tea Party, discusses the movement's local efforts.
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Pooling Resources (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 05 February 2010)
Published: 2010-02-05 11:12:00Peter Bell, senior research fellow at Harvard University's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, and former president of CARE and Melinda Miles, co-founder of Konpay- Working Together for Haiti and spokeswoman for the newly-formed Haiti Response Coalition, which represents 25 smaller groups with on-the-ground operations, discuss the idea of pooling donations for NGOs during a natural disaster to assist with rescue and recovery.
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Settling (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 05 February 2010)
Published: 2010-02-05 10:52:00Author Lori Gottlieb says women should marry Mr. Good Enough in her new book, Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough. She says "settling" makes sense now more than ever -- and talks about why her book has caused such an uproar.
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(Too) Early Testing (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 05 February 2010)
Published: 2010-02-05 09:34:00Jennifer Senior, contributing editor to New York Magazine, disputes the value of intelligence testing for 4-year-olds in "The Myth of the Gifted Child." She's joined by Samuel J. Meisels, president of Chicago’s Erikson Institute.
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Toyota Recall Latest (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 05 February 2010)
Published: 2010-02-05 09:34:00Wall Street Journal reporter Kate Linebaugh talks about Toyota’s latest problems.
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Housing Project Abuse (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 05 February 2010)
Published: 2010-02-05 00:00:00The NAACP and Legal Aid are bringing a suit against the city over abusive policing practices in public housing. Christina Swarns, director of the Criminal Justice Project at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, discusses the case with John Johnson, who sits on the NYCHA task force looking into the allegations and is the regional head of the Bronx tenant associations.
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St. Vincent's (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 05 February 2010)
Published: 2010-02-05 00:00:00City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and New York Times reporter Anemona Hartocollis discuss the fate of St. Vincent's Hospital, given their dire finances and the withdrawal of Continuum Health Partners' takeover offer.
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