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WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
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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...
Selected Episode
February
13
2008
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe talks about her late husband, tennis great Arthur Ashe, and his legacy covering sports, civil rights and AIDs education.

Listen to Arthur Ashe's call to the show in 1993

If you can't see the video click here

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Past Episodes
February
18
2008
Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, author,
From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 Stops to Restoring America’s Greatness (Center Street, 2007)
, sat down with Brian last year to discuss his take on national issues and his own presidential aspirations....
February
18
2008
Alex Kabba, editor-in-chief of African Abroad, and Angela Ogbolu, publisher of Kitu Kizuri, a magazine for African women living in the United States, debate the pros and cons of going back home to find a spouse.

February
18
2008
John McCain, U.S. Senator (R-AZ), presidential candidate, and author of Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them (12 Books, 2008), explains why he'd be a good president for New York.

February
18
2008
Dwight Young, author of Dear Mr. President: Letters to the Oval Office from the Files of the National Archives, discusses the letters that people have sent to the White House over the years.

February
15
2008
What would happen if you threw a caucus and only the activists came? Kenneth Baer, a co-editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas and a former senior speech writer for Al Gore, looks at why we have caucuses and whether they are good for democracy.

February
15
2008
For the final installment in our week-long series on food, Dr. Colin Eady, senior scientist at the New Zealand Crop & Food Research Institute, discusses his research on the the first tear-free onion.

February
15
2008
You may talk about the environment but how much time do you actually spend in the great outdoors? Dr. Patricia Zaradic, conservation ecologist with the Environmental Leadership Program, joins us to speak about the decline in nature-based recreation, the rise...
February
15
2008
Elizabeth Little, author of Biting The Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic
(Melville House, 2008), returns to the show.

February
19
2008
Jamie Forrest, writer of the cheese blog curdnerds and contributor to serious eats, discusses the social setbacks of loving stinky cheese.

February
14
2008
Jack Rabin, associate director of Farm Programs at the Rutgers Agricultural Experiment Station, talks about the resuscitation of the "Ramapo Tomato" for this summer's growing season.

February
14
2008
Kwame Anthony Appiah , professor of philosophy at Princeton University and the author of Experiments in Ethics, talks about ethics and the evolving relationship between science and morality.

Experiments in Ethics is available for purchase at Amazon.com.

If...
February
14
2008
Bob Kerrey, president of the New School, former US Senator (D-NE), and member of the 9/11 Commission, reacts to Philip Shenon's book on the workings of the 9/11 commission.

February
14
2008
Howard Dodson, director of the
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, joins us on Thursdays in February to talk about African American history. This week: what’s missing from the way we teach about slavery.

February
13
2008
Amy Sutherland, the author of What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage (Random House, 2008), discusses her new book on what animal training taught her about husband training.

What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage is available...
February
13
2008
WNYC reporter Dan Blumberg reports on the testimonies of Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee.

February
13
2008
Michael Scheuer, CIA veteran, senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation and the author of Imperial Hubris and Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq (Free Press, 2008) says we’ve taken a wrong turn in combating terrorism since 9/11 and reacts to...
February
13
2008
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe talks about her late husband, tennis great Arthur Ashe, and his legacy covering sports, civil rights and AIDs education.

Listen to Arthur Ashe's call to the show in 1993

If you can't see the video click here

February
13
2008
Washington Post reporter Michael Shear,
discusses the results of the Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC primaries.

February
14
2008
Philip Shenon, investigative reporter at the New York Times, discusses his new book which details the shortcomings of the 9/11 commission.

The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation is available for purchase at Amazon.com

If...
February
13
2008
People used to shy away from baking their own bread. But not anymore, since Jim Lahey, owner of Sullivan Street Bakery "rediscovered" no-knead bread. He talks about why his kneading days are behind him--and returning bread making to the masses.

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