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Newest Episode: Fri February 03, 2012. 06:27 AM
Enlighten yourself as host Brian Lehrer puts you directly in touch with news makers and gives them a chance to exchange opinions and ideas with call-in listeners. A seasoned moderator, Lehrer directs a "sane alternative" in talk radio. Whether the topic is New York City's education or housing policy, the changing face of welfare, or the expanding Chinese economy, Brian Lehrer puts a human face -- and maybe even your neighbor's voice -- on the issues shaping your life.
By the way, who performs our theme song? Here you go.
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Fri February 03, 2012. 06:27 AM
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Fri February 03, 2012. 05:49 AM
New York and Boston play on Sunday - and the Constitution State has mixed allegiances. We discuss the Giants/Pats Sox/Yanks divide with Jeff Jacobs, sports columnist for the Hartford Courant.
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Fri February 03, 2012. 05:19 AM
Michael Grabell, who covers transportation for ProPublica and is the author of Money Well Spent?: The Truth Behind the Trillion-Dollar Stimulus, the Biggest Economic Recovery Plan in History follows up on his ShovelWatch reporting with a book about the stimulus plan and what it accomplished.
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Fri February 03, 2012. 05:01 AM
Mitt Romney says if the safety net for the very poor needs repair, he'll fix it. Melissa Boteach, poverty expert and manager of the Half in Ten Campaign at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, offers suggestions on where to start.
What holes in the safety net need repair? Finish the letter, "Dear Mitt Romney..."
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Fri February 03, 2012. 04:43 AM
Howard Wolfson, NYC deputy mayor for Government Affairs and Communications and former communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, discusses Mayor Bloomberg's budget and his challenge grant to Planned Parenthood.
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Fri February 03, 2012. 04:34 AM
Jim McGreevey, the former governor of New Jersey and current spiritual counselor of Integrity House at New Jersey's Hudson County Correctional Center, discusses his support for Governor Christie's proposal to require drug treatment services for low-level drug offenders and what he's learned since leaving office.
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Fri February 03, 2012. 04:23 AM
Executive director of the Middle East & North Africa Division for Human Rights Watch, Sarah Leah Whitson discusses the humanitarian crisis within Syria and the international response.
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Thu February 02, 2012. 07:00 PM
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has said that if the safety net for America’s poor needs repair, he’ll fix it. Melissa Boteach of the Center for American Progress details where the net needs mending. Then, former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey on why he supports a proposal from Governor Chris Christie on mandatory drug rehab; and the latest on the uprising in Syria. Plus: Michael Grabell of ProPublica is now author of “Money Well Spent?: The Truth Behind the Trillion-Dollar Stimulus, the Biggest Economic Recovery Plan in History.”
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Thu February 02, 2012. 11:55 AM
Mei-Ling Hopgood, author of How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania and everywhere in between), joins us weekly in February to talk about the "best practices" of parenting around the world. This week: when it comes to basics like sleeping and feeding, where does "nature" end and "culture" begin?
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Thu February 02, 2012. 10:39 AM
Jonathan Zimmerman, professor and department chair of History and Education at NYU, takes your calls on whether and how to teach controversial aspects of history to students.
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Thu February 02, 2012. 09:56 AM
William Shawcross, journalist and author of, Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, talks about his new book.
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Thu February 02, 2012. 04:54 AM
A markup hearing is scheduled today for the House Republicans' transportation bill. Andy Clarke, president of the League of American Bicyclists, Robert Sinclair Jr., manager of media relations at AAA New York, and Sean McNally, vice president of communications and press secretary for the American Trucking Associations, explain how the bill would affect pedestrians, cyclists, drivers, and truckers.
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Thu February 02, 2012. 04:41 AM
Dan Gallagher, tech editor for MarketWatch, talks about what we can know about Facebook from the company's filing for an Initial Public Offering, and what it means for users of the site.
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Thu February 02, 2012. 04:12 AM
Rafer Guzman, Newsday critic and Takeaway contributor, and Jada Yuan, contributing editor for New York Magazine, NYMag.com, and Vulture.com, talk about independent films in the theaters, coming soon, and at Sundance.
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Wed February 01, 2012. 07:00 PM
The League of American Bicyclists (LAB) is sounding the alarm over what the House transportation bill would change for cyclists and pedestrians. LAB president Andy Clarke talks about the proposals and their impact on New York and New Jersey. Author Mei-Ling Hopgood starts a February series on the "best practices" of parenting around the world. Journalist William Shawcross talks about his new book Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and democratic values in times of war. Plus, what the Facebook IPO means for your data, a discussion of indie movies and the Sundance Film Festival, and we take your calls on teaching controversial history topics to students.
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Wed February 01, 2012. 05:31 AM
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure says it will stop funding Planned Parenthood centers -- leaving women and health advocates divided. Rebecca Traister, contributor to the New York Times Magazine and Salon.com and the author of Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women, comments.
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Wed February 01, 2012. 04:42 AM
Co-founder of Jack & Jill Politics, and director of digital at The Onion, Baratunde Thurston, talks about the complexities of contemporary racial politics in his new book, How To Be Black.
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Wed February 01, 2012. 04:31 AM
Rebecca MacKinnon, senior fellow at the New America Foundation, co-founder of Global Voices and author of Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom, wants to advance the discussion from whether the Internet can be a force for democracy or repression to exactly how that battle is being waged.
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Wed February 01, 2012. 04:28 AM
Four months ago, protesters first entered Zuccotti Park. Allison Kilkenny, contributing reporter for In These Times, The Nation, and co-host of Citizen Radio discusses where the Occupy Wall Street movement is now and where it's headed.
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Wed February 01, 2012. 04:01 AM
Patchwork Nation director, Dante Chinni, analyzes how the Florida primary vote broke down by demographics. We're also joined by Jennifer Rubin, "Right Turn" blogger for the Washington Post, to discuss the state of the Republican party now that Mitt Romney has been declared the victor in the Florida primary.
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