Podcasts by CUNY TVs Brian Lehrer

CUNY TV's Brian Lehrer

Brian Lehrer, of WNYC Radio's Brian Lehrer Show, also hosts an hour-long weekly television show on CUNY-TV. In addition to highlighting new academic research with the power to transform society and policy in a regular segment called, "Public Intellectual," Brian interviews experts on a wide variety of topics including: the digital age and how it’s transforming our world; new social and political trends and current events in New York City and beyond; entrepreneurs of change; grassroots environmental efforts; and innovative inventions and apps.

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CUNY TV's Brian Lehrer
Special: Asylum and Immigration from 2015-06-24T19:30:29

The life of asylum seekers in NYC and the U.S.; inadequate translation services for parents at schools; a study finds cab drivers lack knowledge about Obamacare; and family consequences of sending ...

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Return to Sender: Ralph Nader's Letters to the White House from 2015-06-17T19:30:38

Ralph Nader discusses his unanswered letters to two presidents; robots enter their 'deep learning' phase; two Kickstarter projects take a part-two in a quest to enhance NYC; and research behind a n...

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Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver from 2015-06-10T19:30:42

The High Bridge and Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver; Politwoops exposed politicians' deleted tweets but is now deleted; Most people don't want to give away personal data but do anyway; 'out' in ...

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Broken Windows in 117 Pieces from 2015-06-03T19:30:58

The Burmese Rohingya refugee crisis; broken windows in 117 pieces (vignettes); gigantic Silicon Valley-area study on homelessness has solutions; hard questions finance academics could be asking

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Smart Guns&Scared Healthy from 2015-05-27T19:30:43

A campaign for safe guns, explained by a reverend and a rabbi; New York's experiment with medical marijuana; hard hitting public health ads are controversial but work; exploring the Greenwich Villa...

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Safety Culture from 2015-05-20T19:30:51

The consequences of poor "safety culture"; feminism in the Muslim World; a good deal for street vendors; and restoring the original Penn Station

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Transparency For Sale from 2015-05-13T19:30:26

Corporate data reveals the truth, and it's a business; Greg David on why Bill de Blasio is "lucky" mayor; Partisan voters see politics like sports and accept foul play; and restoring Central Park's...

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Baltimore Uprisings and Revisiting the Kerner Commission from 2015-05-06T19:30

Baltimore unrest and revisiting the Kerner Commission; progressive talk in the political season with Dan Cantor of Working Families Party; farmers turn to big data to meet demand; and the cultural ...

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Nepal Earthquake Relief; TPP debate from 2015-04-29T19:30:54

Nepalese New Yorkers respond to the earthquake back home; debating the pending "TPP" trade deal; targeted for rezoning, East New York seeks revitalization from within; corporations love the first a...

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Earth Day: Beyond Fringe from 2015-04-22T19:30:21

Forty five years after the first Earth Day, a look at how environmentally conscious decisions and innovations have pervaded throughout society.

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#BringBackOurGirls One Year Later from 2015-04-15T19:30:19

#BringBackOurGirls one year later and Nigeria's president-elect; Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres on legally changing police interactions; Frank Bruni says where you go to college is not everything;...

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Transportation Dreams from 2015-04-08T19:30:16

Transportation Dreams: getting the MTA back on track; a case for high-speed rail; a fix for improving bike crash data; a radical vision for LaGuardia Airport and the whole city; and high-tech, acce...

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Consulate General of Israel in New York from 2015-04-01T07:00:44

Brian Lehrer's extended interview with Ido Aharoni, Consul General of Israel in New York; Greg David on the new budget; and 'park equity' with New Yorkers for Parks' Tupper Thomas.

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The Rap Trap from 2015-03-25T07:00:22

Thousands of court 'rap sheets' have errors or should be sealed; the science on student loans and stress; Turkish cinema is taking over!; a panoroma of a changing Harlem landscape

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Under the Lens, Latin America from 2015-03-11T07:00:14

Employee surveillance is a booming business; a Bolivian evolution; why young people don't want to run for office; and an immigrant women film series

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London is Changing; White Privilege; CUNY; Cast in India from 2015-03-04T07:00:20

Affordability issues vented in London; 'White privilege' taught in high schools; how to help community college students graduate and speed the process; and a film shows how NYC manhole covers are m...

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Metadata in the Age of Terror from 2015-02-25T07:00:31

In a special CitizenFour episode, Brian interviews Laura Poitras and Ben Wizner; also, New Yorker writer Mattathias Schwartz on how to catch a terrorist; and Ryan Calo on privacy vs private drones.

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Yelp For Ex-Offenders from 2015-02-18T07:00:32

An an app that might help ex-offenders get into the work place; an alternative to controversial Roosevelt Ave BID; visions of a car-free 42nd Street; a macro study on micro-loans says outcomes are ...

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Modern Mobility&Cuba from 2015-02-11T07:00:52

The accelerating rise of electric cars; a study links quality transit to access to jobs; updating a stale vision of Cuba; and why community gardeners are fighting affordable housing plans.

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WNYC&APOLLO PRESENT DREAMS FOR NYC INSPIRED BY MLK from 2015-01-21T07:00:14

Brian and Melissa Harris-Perry host a Martin Luther Luther King Day Celebration at the Appollo Theater in Harlem. Congressman Charles Rangel and other guests including scholars and community leader...

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Civil Rights: Old School/New School from 2015-01-14T07:00:38

Defining the civil rights movements of today; global inequality shrinks but widens at home; photography brings us back to the historic 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery; and Times Square gets a h...

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Christmas in depth; de Blasio's first year from 2014-12-24T07:00:13

The Xmas of different cultures; a de Blasio 2014 in review; addressing implicit racial bias; newly unearthed law records from early New York.

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Modern Slavery; Suburban Inequality; CrowdMed; Infographics from 2014-12-17T07:00:55

Nearly 36 million in slavery; the new and unequal suburbs; crowdsourcing for diagnoses; and the best America infographics of 2014

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Bad Apple Theory; Beyond Bars from 2014-12-10T07:00:33

Does the NYPD have a few bad apples problem?; How to help prisoners with mental illness and addiction; a controversial ethnic studies program help kids graduate; and posting A-B-C letter grades on ...

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Drones, Guns, Race&Superheroins from 2014-12-03T07:00:01

The collateral damage of drones; Ferguson: the prelude; more guns more problems (says new research); and the successful webcomic, "Strong Female Protagonist."

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Vulnerable Children Worldwide from 2014-11-26T07:00:07

It's a particularly tough year for kids, especially in a wartorn Mid-East and Ebola-stricken Africa; gentrification issues are worked out on a Washington Heights stage; de Blasio has a Latino appoi...

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Pan Arab Tech Renaissance; Net Neutrality from 2014-11-19T07:00:15

The pan-Arab tech startup movement; the FCC and regulating the net; the risk factor in GMOs; and NYC history through sidewalk paintings

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Zero Tax Game from 2014-11-12T07:00:23

The small amount of money and people that serves 200,000 veterans; Governor Cuomo's Start-Up New York, does it work and is it fair?; Men having babies; the science of love, hate and compromise; and...

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Brian Lehrer's 25th Anniversary Celebration from 2014-11-05T07:00:05

Brian celebrates the 25th year anniversary of the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC at the Society for Ethical Culture. The event includes a news quiz and a panel talk with special guests.

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Rise of the Platishers from 2014-10-29T07:00:08

Provocative web posts call the integrity of the "platisher" trend into question; going undercover to investigate 'payday' loans; how Oysters are stacking to protect New York from the sea; and a tou...

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e-Pandering to Millennials from 2014-10-22T07:00:33

Emojis? Maybe not the best way to get Millennials to the Midterm polls; research confirms Ebola will get worse before it gets better; modernizing medical records may be crucial or just a distractio...

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Falling Firewall of China from 2014-10-15T07:00:27

The secret language of Hong Kong protestors; why government should learn to tweet; the true number of rats in NYC; Greg David on affordable housing; and Archtober (a month celebrating New York's ar...

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Dysfunction Deconstructed: NY Criminal Justice from 2014-10-08T07:00:23

Why a teen spent 33 months at a Rikers jail (solitary included) without trial; PetitioNYC and de Blasio's City Hall transparency; Women entrepreneurs are getting shortchanged on venture capital; lo...

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Soldier Debts; Bike Crash; Ashkenazi Genome; NY101 from 2014-10-01T07:00:24

A ProPublica investigation into military service members getting sued; the science on bike-pedestrian safety; the Ashkenazi Jewish genome; and New York in 101 objects

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The Climate Crisis: Which Way Out? from 2014-09-24T07:00:55

On the eve of the People's Climate March, Brian moderated a panel discussion with top thinkers in climate and social activism in the United States.

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Against a Sea of Trouble from 2014-09-17T07:00:11

The polar ice sheets are melting faster than previously expected; upbeat views on science have an ironic downside; he math to avoid futile MetroCard swipes and other gems with iQuantNY; post 5 Poin...

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What's Islam got to do with it? from 2014-09-10T07:00:06

Reza Aslan, author of "Zealot" puts "Islamic State" into Islamic context; a virtual Syria through 3D journalism; an archivist brings us the 1946 Brooklyn Digest Magazine; and new research explores ...

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Climate activism from 2014-07-02T07:00:01

Environmentalist Bill McKibben on global climate politics; big institutions are divesting from carbon; a new bi-partisan report on climate economics; New York looks to decentralize grid to up renew...

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Zephyr Teachout and digital democracy from 2014-06-25T07:00:51

Zephyr Teachout on her campaign to challenge Cuomo in September; new sites to boost democracy online; Syria's crisis of sexual violence against women; the secret to efficiency from a Mumbai deliver...

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From Snowden to Rangel: Privacy&Democracy from 2014-06-18T07:00:16

Edward Snowden, Rebecca Mackinnon and Clay Shirkey speak at the Personal Democracy Forum; the "right to be forgotten" (online); and the race for Charlie Rangel's seat is split across racial lines s...

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The importance of libraries from 2014-06-11T07:00:50

Prison rape legislation stalled; female integration into the military, it's coming but with issues; the importance of libraries (it's not just books); and, haunting photographs of the 'hidden Ellis...

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Crains Breakfast Forum with Richard Buery on Pre-K from 2014-06-04T07:00:33

Richard Buery, deputy mayor for strategic policy initiatives on universal pre-k and other de Blasio signature goals.

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Bike Neutrality from 2014-05-21T07:00:07

Are the Federal Communication Commission's new rules on net neutrality fair?; is NYC brewing with radioactive elements?; How can Citibike be improved after this one year ride?; and who are these yo...

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Shadows on Central Park and 50 years of court art from 2014-05-14T07:00:26

As super towers rise in Manhattan, shadows are cast over Central Park; Soccer is the fastest growing sport in the U.S. and it's not why you think, says study; affirmative action backfires on minori...

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Winds of Change from 2014-05-07T07:00:53

How the Supreme Court's 'Good Neighbor' ruling effects the city; a few perspectives on why street protests do or do not work; a new report shows college readiness rates are dismal; and a New York P...

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Cliff Hanger from 2014-04-30T07:00:08

The LG/Palisades issue: should the preserved tree-line be broken?; Hemp: it may be the new oil... and omelet; Spite: it has its own scale and a place in evolutionary theory now: and the updated sto...

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This land is your land, under an oligarchy from 2014-04-23T07:00:02

A cautious look at the big data craze; local group, 596 Acres finds the keys to the city's vacant public lots; examining the alleged "oligarchy" situation in America; and, a new study calls the gre...

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Race at Work, and On the Court from 2014-04-09T07:00:27

How investigators are using new tech to predict crimes; Talking (or not talking) race at work; Do teens need more sleep, later school?; and, a visual tour of the history of pre-NBA black basketball...

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Lots of Children Left Behind from 2014-04-02T07:00:29

World Health Organization says 7 million die from air pollution each year; "Manhattanization" according to a preservationist; Testing and classroom triage; and, Queensway (park) vs re-activated rai...

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PTSD in violent neighborhoods from 2014-03-26T07:00:53

Domestic violence: what it is and what to do; PTSD in violent neighborhoods comparable to as with vets; the skills gap problem in unemployment; and, Yellow Peril!, a new book on anti-Asian racism.

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Military Mystery and Mapping from 2014-03-19T07:00:02

Suicide in the military: it's bad, even without deployment; taking on the diabetes epidemic at church; mapping supply chains via social media and crowd sourcing; and, endless ways to map NYC.

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College Goes to Prison from 2014-03-12T07:00:50

College in prison: the research behind Cuomo's plan; the Gamification of healthcare and daily life; the science of gerrymandering and districting; and, preserving the iconic 1964 World's Fair Pavil...

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Dr. Wikipedia Gets a Booster Shot from 2014-03-05T07:00:30

Snow days: the impact of schools closures on grades; a future when cars talk to each other; a look at using iPads and tablets in preschool; and, Wikipedia goes to medical school.

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Getting to "Vision Zero" Traffic Fatalities in NYC from 2014-02-05T07:00:21

A Sochi Olympics primer; getting to "Vision Zero" traffic fatalities in NYC; passing over the long-term unemployed; and, is does wealth distribution follow the laws of physics?

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Big Data's Influence on Hiring Decisions from 2014-01-29T07:00:12

“Big Data” hiring: how digital breadcrumbs define who gets hired; more prescription drugs in our water than predicted; a tech startup tackling literacy; and, Brian's brother on the rise and fall of...

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Tracking Drug Abuse in the Twittersphere from 2014-01-22T07:00:49

The Trans-Pacific Partnership "Free-Trade" Agreement; diagnosing prescription drug abuse via Twitter; the growing wealth concentration in New York; and, new insights into autism.

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New York Puerto Ricans and "La Gran Migracion" from 2014-01-15T07:00:11

MLK DAY and Living Wages for Airport Employees; "La Gran Migracion" of Puerto Ricans in the U.S.; Political skepticism Begets Activism; And, Updating Modern Evolutionary Theory.

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How will Mayor Bill deBlasio narrow the gap? from 2014-01-08T07:00:26

How will Mayor Bill deBlasio narrow the gap between the city's rich and poor?; Modular apartments go up above the Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards; How baby girls can turn their parents toward the...

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Getting Closer at the Company Party from 2013-12-18T07:00:06

New power politics of animal rights putting an age-old business out to pasture; The legal battle over unpaid internships; How the holiday office party can reinforce, rather than heal, the racial di...

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Poverty's Tax on the Brain from 2013-12-11T07:00:19

Bill deBlasio’s lesser known weapon against inequality: after-school programs; Poverty's link to poor decision-making; Teen behavior and the future of the shopping mall; And, book publishers adapt ...

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"Successful Children, How We Get There." from 2013-12-04T07:00:50

First up, Mayor-Elect Bill deBlasio speaks to attendees of the "Summit on Children: Ensuring the Health, Education and Well-being of NYC's Children." Then, Brian moderates a panel: "Successful Chil...

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Housing Discrimination Thrives In New York City from 2013-11-20T07:00:17

Housing discrimination is a still a problem in present-day NYC; A
preview of a new film about 4 young struggling dads; Living a long and
healthy life; And, celebrating the 100th ann...

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For Quality Pre-K, Look to Top-Ranked New Jersey from 2013-11-13T07:00:36

What makes for quality pre-K in New Jersey; busting flu shot myths; helping vets find good jobs; avoiding food waste with better "sell by" labeling.

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Justice Reinvestment and Creating Constitutions from 2013-11-06T07:00:37

What next for de Blasio w/Ester Fuchs and Tom Robbins; constitution craft w/Google's Scout Brody, and UofT prof. Zach Elkins; Justice reform w/ Rutgers Criminal Justice dean Todd Clear; And, changi...

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Girl Talk: NYC Girls Self Esteem Campaign from 2013-10-30T07:00:10

Examining New York City's new girls' self-esteem campaign; A look at the growing Mexican community in NYC featuring presumptive 38th Dist. councilman Carlos Menchaca; And, new research challenges p...

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[LIVE] Analysis of Mayoral Debate from 2013-10-23T07:00:03

Live post-debate analysis of second mayoral debate with CUNY student audience

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A "Little Manila" Rises in New York City from 2013-10-09T07:00:02

For Filipino History Month, a look at NYC's Filipino community; The pursuit of even faster smartphones and laptops; Restoring a former Negro Leagues baseball cathedral in Paterson, NJ; Reading grea...

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After Superstorm Sandy: Designing for Disaster from 2013-10-02T07:00:05

How NYC's readying infrastructure and coastlines for the next superstorm Sandy; Hurricane preparedness for families; Pregnancy Do\'s and Donts--from an economist; See how smart cities like Boston a...

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NYC Mayoral Election Coverage w/Cand. Jack Hidary from 2013-09-25T19:30:26

Mayoral coverage continues w/Brooklyn-born techpreneur, Jack Hidary; Face recognition technology; Artist creates human faces from the DNA left on discarded trash; Place matters for upward mobility;...

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The Obamacare Rollout: Still Affordable? from 2013-09-18T19:30:30

A deeper look at healthcare premiums with a a leading Obamacare critic; are we reigning in the NSA; ProPublica investigates New York's support for indigent addicts; and, Big Apple art for the year ...

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NYC 2013 Primary - Feat. John Liu and Eric Adams from 2013-09-11T19:30:28

The NYC 2013 Primary episode with NYC Comptroller John Liu and Brooklyn Beep nominee Eric Adams; a primary results breakdown from Quinnipiac Poll's Maurice Carrol and Crain's Greg David; a look at ...

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Special: The City Resilient conference from 2013-06-26T19:30:10

Join Brian at PopTech.org's, The City Resilient conference at BAM's Harvey Theater. Guests include: Seth Pinsky, president of NYC’s Economic Development Corporation; Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken; ...

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Freedom Films: Human Rights Watch Festival from 2013-06-19T19:30:36

Brian previews 3 Human Rights Watch films about HIV/AIDS in the south, a man wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and child marriage in a Senegalese village. Also, making CitiBike grow. And, rea...

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Rebuilding After Sandy from 2013-06-12T19:30:32

Brian looks at New Jersey and New York City conflicts re: rebuilding after Sandy; how extending the Long Island Rail Road invigorates the metro region; and a new study challenging Gladwell's notion...

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Better Know a GOP Mayoral Candidate from 2013-06-05T19:30:19

Getting to know your NYC GOP mayoral candidates; Yahoo! buys local startup Tumblr; a Waterfront Greenway grows in Brooklyn; and, young-adult mobility and housing segregation.

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Iraq Uncensored: What Photojournalists Saw from 2013-05-22T19:30:56

Diagnosing the Syrian conflict and the chances for peace/ Recent ATM heist may herald a new era in global organized crime/ New research says home ownership may destroy jobs, not create them/ War ph...

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Racial Inequality Without Racism from 2013-05-15T19:30:18

Brian discusses a world of unlimited fossil fuel with Atlantic contributing editor Charles C. Mann; racial inequality without racism; the STEM labor shortage: fact or fiction; and, who's got your b...

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So Many Mayoral Forums: Are they Working? from 2013-05-08T19:30:29

With so many mayoral candidate forums, are they working?/ A look at whether consumers can improve worker conditions abroad/ Introducing the Digital Public Library of America, one of the 50 Best Web...

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NYCHA Residents Speak Out from 2013-05-01T19:30:18

NYCHA residents react to housing agency plans to lease open land/ New photo exhibit challenges stereotypes about public housing residents/ What's next in cable after Aereo?/ New research highlights...

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2013 NYC Mayoral Forum on Sustainability from 2013-04-24T19:30:33

Brian moderates NYLCV environmental policy forum featuring 2013 mayoral candidates.

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Mayoral Forum on Affordable Housing in NYC from 2013-04-17T19:30:11

Brian moderates mayoral forum on affordable housing at NYU.

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The Overblown 'Plan B' Debate from 2013-04-10T19:30:29

New study says young adolescent sexual activity is greatly exaggerated; Affordable housing for artists, despite gentrification; and, A preview of the Tribeca Film Festival

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100 Years of Flamenco in NYC from 2013-04-03T19:30:39

Brian explores why sick leave is finally becoming law in NYC, discusses who should pay for NYC museums, and celebrates "100 Years of Flamenco in New York City."

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Saving the Kimani Grays from 2013-03-20T19:30:58

Next steps for saving the next Kimani Gray / Women in NYC's tech community lean in / Public Intellectual: Stanford's Mark Jacobson has a plan to convert New York to 100% renewable energy by 2050 / ...

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The War on Federal Whistleblowers from 2013-03-13T19:30:38

The War on Federal Whistleblowers

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The Crime Numbers Debate from 2013-03-06T19:30:52

Evaluating the real health benefits, and media coverage, of the new Mediterranean Diet study/ New NYU research challenges NYC's current crime policies/ Giving second thoughts to nuclear power

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Climate Change: People Power vs The Power of Money from 2013-02-27T19:30:16

Climate change demonstrations draw 40,000 to the White House/ New evidence that the Chinese military hacks U.S. corporations/ Post-gentrification New York City from a sociologist's pov/ Oscar winne...

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If Mayors Ruled the World from 2013-02-20T19:30:18

Political theorist Benjamin Barber wants mayors to rule the world; Hopes for Pope Benedict XVI's succession; Winning designs of New York City's smallest-est apartments.

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Meals for Metrocards from 2013-02-13T19:30:08

More NYC families trading rent for meals/ How to make the Internet safer for kids/ Using online clues to stop suicide/ Netflix House of Cards series triggers lively debate/ Write a better love note...

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Obamacare Rollout from 2013-02-06T19:30:06

Update on the roll out of Obamacare in NY / New breast cancer study trumps lumpectomy over radical mastectomy / Opening access online to museum collections around the world

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U.S. on Path to Cyber-Warfare? from 2013-02-03T19:30:39

Cyber-warfare between states: could it happen and what will it mean for regular people in the real world? / Unpacking Governor Cuomo's budget / Tribute to Aaron Swartz / Previews of the Athena Film...

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Principals Protest Teacher Evaluation Deadline from 2013-01-23T19:30:37

Some Seattle teachers claim standardized tests don’t measure learning, waste time and are used to evaluate teachers. Is it happening here? Next, the gentrification of Brooklyn's Fulton Mall. And, f...

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Gun Control: Ignoring the Inner City? from 2013-01-16T19:30:41

Gun control reform: ignoring the inner city?/ New York's health system and emergency preparedness/ Chinese journalists protest government censorship/ Recovering 15 years of digital archives after H...

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Django Deconstructed from 2013-01-09T19:30:16

Hot-button issues likely to dominate this year's mayoral contest; FBI documents on the Occupy Movement; 'Django Unchained': does it help reduce racism?; and, the FTC crowdsources automated sales ca...

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Syria Endgame from 2012-12-19T19:30:17

Arab Spring update and the Syrian endgame; Latino children's books to reflect and expand your child's world; the best and worst digital gifts of 2012.

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Hi-Priced Cell Calls from 2012-12-12T19:30:41

Manufacturing returning to the U.S.; the Central Park Five documentary: could that injustice happen today?; $17 for 15 minutes: lowering the cost to receive calls from loved ones in prison; Pollock...

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Mental Illness: Lifting the Stigma from 2012-12-05T19:30:25

Madiha Tahir on the diversionary press coverage around drones; Mental illness - is the stigma is lifting?; Putting the ‘park’ back in Park Avenue with SHoP Architects; and, Teen paints trash dumpst...

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Black Friday Protest Update from 2012-11-28T19:30:34

Black Friday protests with Interfaith Workers Justice and Our-Walmart; The effects of wages and technology on workers and industry; Makerbot opens first 3D printer retail store; America Shoplifts w...

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Expanding the Image of African Art from 2012-11-21T19:30:54

Building a digital defense against disaster w/ Andrew Rasiej and OccupySandy; Rockaway football team gets to the big game; desegregation and the 1968 Fair Housing Act w/ Nikole Hannah-Jones; and Ex...

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Puerto Rico Vote, CCTV, Google Search, and NYCHA from 2012-11-14T19:30:56

Puerto Rico votes to become the 51st state; how the nature of Google search affects what we end up reading, thinking, voting; CCTV: the official organ of the Chinese Nationalist Party; and the New ...

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Political Winds from 2012-11-07T19:30:42

Why did Obama win? Greg David and Mark Winston Griffith weigh in. Next, weather expert Adam Sobel on what current weather means for future climates. Finally, political scientist Ester Fuchs and pre...

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Reproductive Rights and the Election from 2012-10-24T19:30:08

Reproductive rights and the election; gun control with expert Josh Horwitz; does the entrance exam for New York’s elite high schools weed out the best and brightest?; encrypted communications for t...

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Where's Gitmo? from 2012-10-17T19:30:38

Guantanamo Bay's absence from this year's presidential campaign; a cultural anthropologist's insight into the Taliban and the Afghan war; the Senate investigates “information brokers"; and celebrat...

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Iran in Crisis, Peace Through Skatebaords from 2012-10-10T19:30:10

Iran in crisis, skateboarding for peace in Afghanistan, federal power vs. grass roots organizing, and hi-tech help is on the way for the swamped patent office

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Poverty and the Ballot and Participatory Budgets from 2012-09-19T19:30:29

Poverty and politics, CUNY J-School dean Stephen Shepard, Participatory Budgeting, and The Newtown Creek Armada.

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Dear Abby for Politicos and Subway Spelunking from 2012-09-12T19:30:45

Environmental Working Group director of gov't affairs Jason Rano on toxic chemicals; recovering politician Jeffrey Smith's "Dear Abby" for politicos; Public Knowledge president Gigi Sohn; and subwa...

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The Supreme Court's Immigration Ruling from 2012-06-27T19:30:57

The Supreme Court's immigration ruling, Microsoft takes on the iPad, bringing transparency to pricing in health care, and wither New York's economy?

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An App to Keep Tabs on Stop and Frisk from 2012-06-20T19:30:26

An app to fight unjust stops by the NYPD, the coming explosion in domain names, a legal fight over a new kind of TV, underwater robots, and a look at ways to fix our broken electrical system.

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Opening Facebook Up to Kids from 2012-06-13T19:30:32

Facebook is developing ways to open up the site to kids. A comic book that helps immigrants avoid scams. Two new tools from the Sunlight Foundation promote political transparency. Emily Books, a su...

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Flame Wars from 2012-06-06T19:30:10

A cyberwarfare update. The battle over labeling foods containing genetically-modified ingredients. A look at a simple but effective new educational concept--the flipped classroom. And Activist New ...

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Stop and Frisk: Taking on the NYPD from 2012-05-23T19:30:07

A look at the lawsuit against the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy. Then, is the amount of student debt carried in the US a crisis? A look at the status of the controversial Indian Point nuclear power ...

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JP Morgan: Too Big to Regulate? from 2012-05-16T19:30:55

A look at JP Morgan's massive trading loss. IOBY, a web platform that raises funds for local green projects. Exalt Youth helps young people who've had trouble with the law get back on their feet. ...

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Are Newspapers Bouncing Back? from 2012-05-09T19:30:47

Circulation is up at newspapers across the country, and especially at the New York Times. We'll investigate. CUNY is making NYC a solar city. The coming explosion in internet gambling. And the work...

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Alone Together from 2012-05-02T19:30:50

Is texting destroying the art of conversation? Then, super-food quinoa and the people of Bolivia. The Vatican rebukes American nuns. And as the logo of the Brooklyn Nets is unveiled, a look at Broo...

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The Return of Occupy Wall Street from 2012-04-25T07:30:55

Will spring bring the return of Occupy Wall Street? How repressive governments will exploit the plummeting cost of data storage. Brian’s brother artist Warren Lehrer on his latest project. And the ...

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The E-Book Pricing Wars from 2012-04-18T19:30:16

The battle over ebook pricing; two innovative sensors brought to you by local inventors; domestic drones and privacy; and does a hot spring mean a hot summer?

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Competing Capitalisms from 2012-04-11T19:30:49

David Rothkopf, author of “Power Inc., The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government,” BlackGothamArchive.org, a site devoted to African-American NYC, Delancey Underground, a proposed park i...

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New York Public Library Renovation Plans from 2012-04-04T19:30:23

NY Public Library president Anthony Marx, bloggers and the Supreme Court, ProPublica investigates local tv political ad-spending, and a closer look at 3D printing with Shapeways.

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Primaries in the Empire State from 2012-03-28T19:30:38

The New York State primaries, fighting bribery in Kenya and around the world with the power of the web, Twitter used to prosecute Occupy Wall Street protesters, and rooftop farming with Brooklyn Gr...

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The Rutgers Verdict: Social Media and the Law from 2012-03-21T19:30:56

Should the way young people are using technology be taken into account in cases like that of the Rutgers student convicted of a hate crime? An undercover investigation of America’s food system, and...

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SlutWalks, Sandra Fluke and the New Feminism from 2012-03-14T19:30:33

The Limbaugh/Fluke dust-up and the rise of sex-positive feminism. Then, Massive Open Online Courses bring elite education to the masses. The copyright debate over access to scientific journals. Onl...

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Syria and Iran in New York from 2012-03-07T19:30:23

A look at the local perspective on developments in the Middle East. Then, hackNY, an annual fellowship program for young programmers looking to work in NYC. And Timehop and Memolane, two apps that ...

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Obama's Urban Policy from 2012-02-29T19:30:51

A look at President Obama's urban policy. Then, our Planet White House series continues with climate change in the presidential contest. Finally, Dungeons & Dragons in the age of online gaming.

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How To Be Black from 2012-02-08T19:30:50

The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston schools us on "How To Be Black." Then, our Planet White House series continues with a look at the environmental, economic, and political issues surrounding pipelines....

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The Food Stamp President? from 2012-02-01T19:30:29

A look at the politics and reality behind the accusation that Obama is "the food stamp president." Digital innovation at the New york Public Library. And a new NYC high school will train students t...

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What's Next in the Fight Against Online Piracy? from 2012-01-25T19:30:45

What happens next now that proposed anti-piracy legislation is dead? Plus, our Planet White House series continues with an examination of solar energy. And NYC’s shortage of teachers of English as ...

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New Law Changes Taxi Service in NYC from 2012-01-11T19:30:13

How a new law will change taxi service in NYC; the FDA backs away from a promise to regulate the use of antibiotics in farm animals; science and politics in the 2012 presidential race; and can New ...

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Looking Back at 2011 from 2011-12-21T19:30:55

A look back at 2011. We go deep on the Arab Spring, the official end of the Iraq War, and the struggling economy.

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'Tis the Season: Greed, Giving, Gadgets from 2011-12-14T19:30:56

A look at three seasonal themes: greed, with one of the Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength; giving, with Yancey Strickler of Kickstarter and others; finally, gadgets, with Peter Rojas, Co-F...

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Start-Up City: London Edition from 2011-11-16T19:30:23

London’s booming tech scene and Chattanooga’s surprising one. Do start-ups create jobs or destroy them? And a new technology that will transform surveillance video into a tool for business owners a...

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Hacking Occupy Wall Street from 2011-11-09T19:30:44

Hackers and Occupy Wall Street. The Groupon IPO: another tech bubble? Legislation that wages war on the web. Website accessibility for people with disabilities. And “This Space Available,” a docume...

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Designing Occupy Wall Street from 2011-11-02T19:30:11

Graphic designers on Occupy Wall Street. “Spent,” a game that helps players experience poverty. Start-Up City on DateMySchool.com. IndoorHoops.com finds pick-up basketball games. Curate NYC, an ann...

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How Social Media is Reinvigorating Unions from 2011-10-26T19:30:54

Social media and union organizing; a show at the Public looks at the dark side of Apple; Start-Up City; a Brooklyn tech firm starts a training program; and how outdated SEC rules are preventing sta...

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What Facebook is Telling Politicians About You from 2011-10-19T19:30:34

How political campaigns are using social media data. A law that lets the government access your email without your knowledge. Third-world think tanks solve first-world problems. And turning Apple l...

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Is Wall Street NYC's Main Street? from 2011-10-12T19:30:38

Occupy Wall Street analyzed from two angles--historical and economic. Start-Up City looks at Percolate.com. A writer and molecular biologist on why scientists should use social media. And Pubslush ...

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Social Media and the Wall Street Protests from 2011-10-05T19:30:17

A look at social media and Occupy Wall Street; Twitter and Mexico’s drug wars; NYC start-ups Voyurl and Bundle; MuckRock makes government data more transparent.

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Is Patent Reform Bad News for Tech Innovators? from 2011-09-28T19:30:13

The new patent reform law that tech entrepreneurs don’t like, an online game solves a scientific problem, WhatWasThere.com maps historical photos, taking aerial photos of the Gowanus Canal, and a g...

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Crowdsourcing Atrocities in Syria from 2011-09-21T19:30:25

A look at a project that uses crowdsourcing to document government violence in Syria. Plus: Hackers, for and against the Syrian regime. A mobile reading room cruises the streets of NYC, and Code fo...

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Is Technology in the Classroom Worth the Effort? from 2011-09-14T19:30:53

Schools spend billions on technology but as New York Times Tech Reporter Matthew Richtel explains, there’s no proof that it works. Anya Kamenetz on new routes to a college degree. And the MyBlockNY...

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An Evening with Tavis Smiley from 2011-07-13T19:30:02

Brian interviews public radio and TV host Tavis Smiley. They discuss Smiley’s latest book, "FAIL UP: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure" and Smiley’s career as a broadcaster, author, publi...

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Is Capitalism Moral? from 2011-07-06T19:30:03

A debate between the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein and BB&T Corp.’s John A. Allison on the question "Is Capitalism Moral?". The third debate in the First Principles series, sponsored by The Ayn Rand...

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Violent Video Games Are Protected Speech from 2011-06-29T19:30:45

The Supreme Court’s finding that violent video games are protected free speech. Then, our Start-Up City series continues with Artsicle. Plus: Privacy vs. cybersecurity, the Freedom Box, and the Mob...

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Student Free Speech on the Web from 2011-06-23T19:30:30

What two recent rulings mean for student free speech on the web. Plus: Twitter in the classroom, a web tool that promotes voting from home, and making online video more accessible. And as part of o...

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U.S. vs. Web Censorship from 2011-06-15T19:30:11

The US is undermining web censorship abroad. New America Foundation’s Josh King explains. Then the NY Times’ Vikas Bajaj on the case of India. Plus: NYC tech start-up Postling, and a tool that show...

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How Dirty is Your Data? from 2011-06-08T19:30:19

Greenpeace on the environmental impact of how companies power their servers. Buyosphere, a company that lets you control what online businesses know about you. Crowdsourcing design ideas with the I...

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LinkedIn's Boffo-Socko IPO from 2011-05-25T19:30

Business Insider's Henry Blodget on what LinkedIn's explosive first day on Wall Street means for social media. Then, David-Michel Davies on this year's Webbies, Ayesha Khanna on the Hybrid Age, and...

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Web Censorship in Africa from 2011-05-18T19:30

Countries like Ethiopia are censoring web content. Jillian York of the Electronic Frontier Foundation explains. Dan Lyons of Newsweek on Facebook’s clumsy smear of Google. And broadcastr, an app th...

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Using Game Theory to Recruit Jihadis from 2011-05-11T19:30

Alix Levine of Cronos Global on extremist websites. Then, Cyrus Farivar on his new book “The Internet of Elsewhere.” Also: Juan, of DreamActivist.org, looks at how social networking can be used to ...

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Freedom: For Whom and From What? from 2011-05-04T19:30

As part of the First Principles series presented by Demos, the Ayn Rand Center, and It'sAFreeCountry.Org, Brian Lehrer moderates a debate on the true meaning of freedom, and government's role in pr...

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Deputy Mayor on Bloomberg’s Last 1,000 Days from 2011-04-27T19:30

At a Crain’s forum Brian interviewed Deputy Mayor Robert Steel on the challenges facing the Bloomberg Administration. Among them: the stagnant construction industry, and providing affordable housing.

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Middle East Censors Use U.S.-Made Tools from 2011-04-20T19:30

OpenNet Initiative’s Jillian York on filtering technology, Jess Bravin of the Wall Street Journal on the .ly domain, the ACLU’s LGBT & AIDS Project asks teens to report on schools that censor gay s...

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The President’s Budget Speech from 2011-04-13T19:30

POLITICO’s Abby Phillip on Obama’s call for taxes and cuts. Then, a report on his administration’s transparency, the NYC BigApps competition, the NYPL’s real-life video game, and Ben Zimmer on tech...

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A Defeat for Google Books from 2011-04-06T19:30

New York Law School’s James Grimmelmann and Robert Darnton of the Harvard University Library look at the ruling against the tech company. Plus: When Apple boots apps, and our on-line personalities ...

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Government: What Is Its Proper Role? from 2011-03-30T19:30

Brian moderates a debate between Miles Rapoport, President of Demos and Yaron Brook, President of The Ayn Rand Institute, as part of the First Principles series.

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Mid-East Citizen Journalism from 2011-03-23T19:30

The International Center for Journalists’ Joyce Barnathan and Small World News’ Brian Conley on the role of non-professional journalists. Then, BBC correspondent Philippa Thomas, and Ben Popper on ...

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Tragedy in Japan from 2011-03-16T19:30

Atsuko Kawashima of Hunter College and David Ropeik, author of “How Risky Is It, Really?” on the earthquake. Plus: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and artist Jon Rafman on his project "The Ni...

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Preserving a Revolution from 2011-03-09T19:30

Jigar Mehta and Yasmin Elayat explain their project #18DaysinEgypt. Then, Deb Roy of the MIT Media Lab on how he studied his infant son’s language development. Plus: the National Broadband Map.

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Google vs. Spam from 2011-03-02T19:30

Vivek Wadhwa of UC Berkeley and Rich Skrenta, CEO of Blekko, a search engine designed to tackle spam, look at Google’s changing algorithm. Then: How social media is altering the way patients tackle...

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Clash in Madison from 2011-02-23T19:30

Mother Jones' Andrew Kroll, Politico's Jennifer Epstein, and Gotham Schools’ Anna Phillips on events in Wisconsin. Katrin Verclas of MobileActive on cell phones and the Mid-East Uprisings, and Step...

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The Googlization of Everything from 2011-02-16T19:30

In his new book “The Googlization of Everything” Siva Vaihyanathan takes a critical look at our uncritical embrace of the company. Plus: Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and the exploding wo...

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AOL Meet Huffpo from 2011-02-09T19:30

Henry Blodgett of The Business Insider and Alan Mutter of the Newsosaur blog with an online journalism update. Then, the New York Times’ John Markoff on the Stuxnet worm. Plus: Gabriella Coleman of...

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Happy Birthday Wikipedia! from 2011-02-02T19:30

Wikipedia, now 10 years old, with Joseph Reagle, author of “Good Faith Collaboration.” Also, an Egypt update, and our State of the Boroughs series continues with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

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State of the Union from 2011-01-26T19:30

President’s remarks with Greg David of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and Trudy Lieberman of the Center for Advancing Health. Plus: Evgeny Morozov, author of “The Net Delusion” and a look a...

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State of the Boroughs: Manhattan from 2011-01-19T19:30

Manhattan Beep Scott Stringer on economic inequality, jobs, and more. Then, a look at the revolution in Tunisia. Finally, Figment, a spot on the web dedicated to young people’s writing.

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State of the Boroughs: Brooklyn from 2011-01-05T19:30

Brooklyn Beep Marty Markowitz begins our look at the boroughs. Politico’s Ben Smith on the State of the State. Fast Company’s Andrew Penenberg on video game ubiquity. Geneticist Misha Angrist on th...

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Economy/Politics Preview from 2010-12-22T19:30

Greg David of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and David Drucker of Roll Call on what to expect in 2011. Then techPresident’s Nancy Scola on the net neutrality ruling, and Fast Company’s Anya...

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Wikileaks Conference from 2010-12-15T19:30

Personal Democracy Forum’s Andrew Raseij joins Brian to analyze PDF’s gathering of top thinkers taking on the many issues around the Wikileaks controversy. Then, Peter Rojas, founder of the gdgt bl...

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Wikileaks and Freedom of Speech from 2010-12-08T19:30

Jillian York of the OpenNet Initiative and Emily Bell of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia look at the Wikileaks story. Plus: How tech is changing charity, and NJ Gov Chris Christie...

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World AIDS Day from 2010-12-01T19:30

Robert M. Grant of the Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology, Susan Chambré, author of “Fighting for Our Lives: New York’s AIDS Community and the Politics of Disease," and Elaine Abrams of C...

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Social Media in Burma from 2010-11-17T19:30

Maureen Aung-Thwin of the Burma Project at the Open Society Institute and Aung Moe Win of Burma Global Action Network on the web and the dictatorship. Plus: gay couples facing deportation, and the...

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Digital Breadcrumbs from 2010-11-10T19:30

Can you “disappear” your internet presence? Frank Ahearn, author of “How to Disappear” and Michael Fertik of Reputation Defender take a look. Then, Twitter astroturfing with Fil Menczer of Indiana ...

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Battle on Staten Island from 2010-10-27T19:30

The Staten Island Advance's Tom Wrobleski reports on the Congressional race. Plus: Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick on how corporate privacy is expanding as personal privacy is shrinking, and crowdsourcing ...

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Do Political Ads Work? from 2010-10-20T19:30

Michael Maslansky on voters’ gut reactions to ads. Then, Karina Alexanyan and John Kelly of Morningside Analytics map the Russian blogosphere. Finally, Brian Tate and Danny Simmons on the emerging...

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Blog censorship in Iran from 2010-10-13T19:30

Roozbeh Mirebrahimi of NYU and Hadi Ghaemi of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Then, Philip Howard on “The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy,” and Ian Bogost on “New...

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The Death of Civility? from 2010-10-06T19:30

John Hopkins' P.M. Forni and Rutgers' John Pavlik discuss online behavior and its real-world impact. Plus: Political update from Ben Smith of Politico, and DIY daycare grows in Brooklyn.

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Upstate\Downstate Politics, Web Wiretaps, and Money and Schools. from 2010-09-29T19:30

Buffalo News' Bob McCarthy talks upstate politics. Columbia Professor Steven Bellovin and Cyber Defense Agency founder Sami Saydjari discuss web wiretaps, and Coalition for Educational Justice's Za...

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Tea Party Online, Craigslist and Free Speech, and Open Academia. from 2010-09-22T19:30

Politico's Ken Vogel, TechPresident's Nancy Scola, and author Michael Patrick Leahy talk Tea Party power online. Plus: Craiglist and free speech, and academic peer-review opens up to the web.

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Primary Debrief from 2010-09-15T19:30

Edward-Isaac Dovere of The Capitol and Ben Smith of Politico look at where we are the day after primaries in New York and elsewhere. Plus: Sweden’s Pirate Party, and how the Web is enabling consump...

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State of the Web 2010 from 2010-06-30T19:30

Four experts look back at the year’s web news: Andrew Rasiej of techPresident on politics, Siva Vaidhyanathan of The Googlization of Everything on culture, Susan Crawford of Cardozo on law, and Pet...

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NY D.A. Cy Vance, Adobe Youth Voices, and Better NYC Street Fairs from 2010-06-23T19:30

"District Attorney Cy Vance discusses the office, and Adobe helps Benjamin Banneker Academy educate kids in media. Plus, a roundtable discussion on improving NYC street fairs."

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Using the Web to Fight Back Against Street Harassment from 2010-06-16T19:30

Emily May of Hollaback and Amanda Hess of The Washington City Paper on outing harassers online. Plus Salman Kahn’s one man YouTube education empire, and OKTrends crunches the on-line dating numbers.

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Are we losing the open web? from 2010-06-09T19:30

The New York Times Magazine’s Virginia Heffernan on the death of the open web. Plus: Jane Jacobs vs. Robert Moses in today’s NYC. And Electric Literature, a multi-platform journal devoted to short ...

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Transparent Governance, DIY DNA, and Free Buses from 2010-06-02T19:30

Sunlight Foundation’s Jake Brewer shows us simple tools to illustrate the government’s effectiveness. Plus: publicly available DNA test kits, and new approaches to congestion pricing in Manhattan.

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Water, Farms and Summer from 2010-05-26T19:30

Urban Agriculture Pioneer John Ameroso talks about farming in the City, Riverkeeper President Alex Matthiessen discusses cleaning up water locally and in the Gulf, and what to do this summer no mat...

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Mapping Cancer in NY State from 2010-05-19T19:30

Assemblyman Richard Brodsky joined by Dr. Ken Spaeth of Mt. Sinai and Dave Momrow of the American Cancer Society to take a look at the new online cancer map. Plus: Summer jobs for young people and ...

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Saving the Library (and Lost Languages) from 2010-05-12T19:30

NYPL President and CEO Paul LeClerc on how looming city budget cuts threaten his institution. Plus: CUNY linguists on how dying languages live on in NYC, and crowdsourcing the oil spill.

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Rock and Roll Jihad from 2010-05-05T19:30

Queens College professor Salman Ahmad, a rock star in Pakistan, talks about his mission as a self-appointed ambassador for peace. Plus: Soap operas that teach immigrants about life in NYC, and the ...

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When Worlds Collide from 2010-04-28T19:30

Nonprofit Rhizome brought together artists and technologists for a day of collaboration. Executive director Lauren Cornell, plus artist Kristin Lucas and Tumblr founder David Karp, discuss the resu...

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Betting on a Loser from 2010-04-21T19:30

A look at how one hedge fund may have contributed to the housing bubble, with investigative reporting group ProPublica's Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein. Plus: the Library of Congress archives Tw...

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Mapping Hate Groups from 2010-04-14T19:30

Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center shows how his organization uses the web to keep tabs on intolerance. Plus: legal experts on the post-Stevens era on the Supreme Court, and social media...

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Yankee Stadium Parks from 2010-04-07T19:30

Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe and landscape architect Tom Balsley take a look at the four parks built to replace greenspace lost to the new Yankee Stadium. Plus: a ruling challenges net neutrali...

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High Tech Ed from 2010-03-31T19:30

Anya Kamenetz, author of "DIY U" looks at how technology is changing higher education. Plus: Videos that show great teachers at work, and is Wikileaks a boon to transparency, a threat to government...

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Museums and Social Media from 2010-03-24T19:30

The Brooklyn Museum's Director of Technology Shelley Bernstein on the innovative ways the museum is engaging the community. Plus: How will the new health care law impact NYC hospitals, and a critiq...

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Violence in Nigeria from 2010-03-17T19:30

Journalist Omoyele Sowore and Eliza Griswold, author of "The Tenth Parallel" explain the origins of clashes between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria. Plus: getting past the stereotypes on St. Patr...

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Shopping for Meaning from 2010-03-10T19:30

We look at what's behind "haul videos" where teens catalog their purchases. Plus: Slate's Julia Turner on signs that work and signs that don't, and a look at Gowanus now that it has been designated...

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Mapping the Hard to Count from 2010-03-03T19:30

An innovative new map is helping census workers find everyone in New York. Steven Romalewski of the CUNY Mapping Service explains. Plus: Political downfalls in New York, video art at the Whitney Bi...

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Returning to Haiti from 2010-02-24T19:30

New York Times videographers Brent and Craig Renaud were covering Haiti before the earthquake hit. Now they are investigating how the troubled nation is coping with the devastation. Plus: Labor and...

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The rights and wrongs of copyright from 2010-02-17T19:30

Filmmaker Nina Paley and Karl Fogel of QuestionCopyright.org look at how giving away work can benefit its creator. Plus: 20x200, an online gallery that makes art affordable.

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Previewing the State of the Union from 2010-01-27T19:30

A forecast of the President's speech with techPresident's Nancy Scola, POLITICO's Ben Smith, and consultant Hank Sheinkopf. Plus: What does Apple's new iPod mean for print, and Stacked Up TV peeks ...

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Will Google Stand Up to China? from 2010-01-20T19:30

Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of "The Googlization of Everything" and Guobin Yang, author of "The Power of the Internet in China" look at the search engine giant's policy in the PRC. Plus: TV and the ...

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Devastation in Haiti from 2010-01-13T19:30

A look at the consequences of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince and how it is touching the lives of Haitians in New York. Plus: How the way we view the universe changes as technology develops.

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Getting Out Iran's Stories from 2010-01-06T19:30

American journalist Kelly Niknejad on how her site Tehran Bureau aims to get around government censorship of protests in Iran. Plus: Silicon Alley reborn? What 2010 will bring in NYC tech start-ups.

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Digging deeper on unemployment from 2009-12-16T19:30

A detailed look at unemployment here at home and around the nation, including how the collapse of the Kingsbridge Armory project will affect jobs in the Bronx.  Plus: how to grow a vegetable garden...

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More transparency from the executive branch? from 2009-12-09T19:30

The Sunlight Foundation's John Wonderlich on the new Open Government Directive from the White House. Plus: a graphic guide to NYC housing costs, and two law professors decode recent contradictory r...

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Perspectives on the Afghanistan decision from 2009-12-02T19:30

Vet John McClelland, Rahul Chandran of NYU's Afghan Reconstruction Project and BBC journalist Nuala McGovern on President Obama’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan. Plus: stripping down T...

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Internet Censorship in China from 2009-11-18T19:30

Internet Censorship in China Madeline Earp of the Committee to Protect Journalists and Andrew Lih of the USC Annenberg School on restrictions on web use in China. Plus: can donations from individua...

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Cell Phones Save the World from 2009-11-11T19:30

Jacob Colker of The Extrordinaries and Katrin Verclas of MobileActive.org on the ways mobile phones bring positive change. Plus: documenting the Mexican drug war and Manhattan before there was a Ne...

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Election Debrief from 2009-11-04T19:30

Brian delves into the implications of the returns with former NYC Comptroller Liz Holzman and NY Post Editorial Board Member Robert George. Plus: The Big Money’’s Paul Smalera on the great art behi...

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A Party Rises to Prominence from 2009-10-21T19:30

Dan Cantor of the Working Families Party talks about the influence of his group on the election. Plus: City Limits Investigates editor Jarrett Murphy on Bushwick in the Bloomberg Years, and the deb...

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No Impact Man's Impact from 2009-10-14T19:30

Colin Beavan, better known as No Impact Man, talks about the year he spent forsaking creature comforts to save the environment. Plus: Using video to take down illegal gun sellers, and how the city'...

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Video and Health Care Reform How video shapes the health care debate. Plus: Open House New York's Scott Lauer talks about the bi-annual event that puts the city's hidden corners on display, and Slate's Dahlia Lithwick on her Facebook novel. from 2009-10-07T19:30

How video shapes the health care debate. Plus: Open House New York's Scott Lauer talks about the bi-annual event that puts the city's hidden corners on display, and Slate's Dahlia Lithwick on her F...

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Advice for the New Comptroller from 2009-09-30T19:30

City Comptroller Betsy Gotbaum with insights she'd like to pass along to her successor. Plus: Beth Fertig, author of "Why Cant U Teach Me 2 Read" and Amy Braunschweiger on her book "Taxi Confessions."

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Anatomy of a Takedown from 2009-09-23T19:30

Nancy Scola of techPresident looks at the citizen journalists who took on ACORN. Plus: The Food Bank for New York City's Áine Duggan on the alarming rate of hunger in NYC.

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Election Postmortem from 2009-09-16T19:30

Elinor Tatum of The Amersterdam News and Edward-Isaac Dovere of City Hall and The Capitol examine the results of the election. Plus: Ivan Oransky of Reuters Health and CUNY professor Philip Alcabes...

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Chaos in Albany! from 2009-06-10T19:30

This week: Albany is in revolt, and no one seems to know what’s going on.  We get an update on how the coup started, and who the power players are now.  Plus: preventing friendly fire, and Harlem t...

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A New York Summer Preview from 2009-06-03T19:30

"Norman Oder on Atlantic Yards oversight and Andrew Rasiej runs down this year's Personal Democracy Forum.  Plus: Summer '09 Event Smackdown with Celebrate Brooklyn, Rooftop Films and River to Rive...

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The real screening process from 2009-05-27T19:30

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will face scrutiny in front of the Senate, but also online.  Plus: wounded warriors -- vets with traumatic brain injury, and how to deal with Information Overl...

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Cyber Space in Outer Space from 2009-05-20T19:30

This week: NASA astronauts streamed their recent work live online, helping create a nationwide buzz about space exploration.  Plus, marriage and divorce in a depression, and the Asian American role...

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Learning to Share from 2009-05-13T19:30

This week: the economic down turn has forced many of us to channel our kindergarten class, sharing office space by the day and sharing cars by the hour.  Plus: with car sales crashing, we check in ...

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Hope Springs Eternal from 2009-04-29T19:30

This week: we look at Freelancers in the recession, and at how to protect this large and vulnerable part of the economy.  Plus: drinking water in Asia is the new environmental frontier, and spring ...

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Your Job and Your Democracy from 2009-04-22T19:30

This week: Business experts advise you on how to turn your pink slip to a new entrepreneurial business.  Plus, a close look at what the New York City Council actually does every day.

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Anniversaries: Rwanda and Stonewall from 2009-04-15T19:30

This week: The eve of Gov. Patterson's new gay marriage proposal is the perfect time to look at gay marriage nationwide and remember the Stonewall Riots.  Plus, Rwanda 15 years after the genocide, ...

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A Stressful Recession from 2009-04-01T19:30

This week: The city can be a stressful place.  Two experts on handling stress share some suggestions on how relax.  Plus: getting educated in a modern job marker and how President Obama is doing co...

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New York Stimulus from 2009-03-25T19:30

This week: Labor leader Randi Weingarten talks about stimulus spending on local education. Manhattan boro prez Scott Stringer brings us up to speed on the Albany's latest MTA plan. Plus: Crain's NY...

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Spring Training from 2009-03-18T19:30

This week: It's a new baseball season! We visit with Harlem RBI to hear about a baseball after school program and the charter school that grew out of it.  Plus: Author Judith Levine on a year witho...

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New York Focus from 2009-03-11T19:30

This week, we look to food policy in New York to answer some of our recession FAQs.  Plus, Broadway auditions as a pedestrian walkway and we say goodbye to the blogfather of Brooklyn: Robert Guskind.

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Paging Doctor Retail from 2009-03-04T19:30

This week: our new Recession FAQ checks the pulse of stores in these tough financial times with a Doctor of Retail.  Plus, the Rocky Mountain News has closed its doors after 150 years, and we exami...

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Do it yourself, at home and online from 2009-02-25T19:30

This week, the return of DIY, both to save money and to stick it to the man.  Plus, reporter Ben Smith on the non State of the Union and how New York can begin to plan for the effects of global war...

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"The Future of New York City" from 2009-02-18T19:30

This week, we bring you special coverage of the Crain's New York Business event: The Future of New York. Six economic movers and shakers sit down to hash out what went wrong with the economy... and...

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Legislating Love from 2009-02-11T19:30

This week: Just in time for Valentines day, a look at marriage equality legislation from New Jersey to California.   Plus, this week's recession F.A.Q: how to save on household expenses, and Obama'...

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Recession F.A.Q's from 2009-02-04T19:30

This week: We look to the web as a way to search for new jobs. Plus: a run down of the Davos economic forum, and our "surfing the sectors" segment focuses on Silicon Alley here in New York.

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A Culture of Extremes from 2009-01-28T19:30

This week, high debit, high culture and the high court. President Obama's first week in office was filled with new decisions, many of them setting a new legal precedent. Plus: advice on credit card...

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Obama Day 1 from 2009-01-21T19:30

This week: President Obama's first task is to get the economy back on track. A Brooklyn based expert on preventing foreclosure offers suggestions for those in danger of losing their homes. Plus: TA...

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Hope in Washington, Anxiety on Mainstreet. from 2009-01-14T19:30

This week: with MLK day and Obama's inauguration on the horizon, where does King's message meet that of the president elect? Plus: The particular effects of the recession on Black Americans and a T...

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Getting back up from 2009-01-07T19:30

Job hunting while still dizzy.  How to find a job after you just lost your job, with two experts from the employment field.  Plus, the Israeli Palestine conflict has moved online, and we look at wh...

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Economic Safe House from 2008-12-17T19:30

This week: As the recession rocks New York, two city experts answer your questions about how to manage your finances and deal with worst case scenarios. Plus, FDR's legacy... in the form of a park,...

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Law, Race, and Politics online from 2008-12-10T19:30

This week: The launch of a new African-American web browser raises questions online about the Internet and race. Plus: what MySpace Term-of-use contracts have to do with a tragic suicide story, an...

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Up from the ashes from 2008-12-03T19:30

This week: Seven days have passed the horrible violence in Mumbai. What did India learn, and can the rebuilding process begin? Plus, the economy: can all this red ink be turned into something green?

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A Healthy dose of the Web from 2008-11-19T19:30

This week, we examine the real costs of cutting health care and the other implications of the New York budget cuts. Plus, the web as public health doctor and more on politics as unusual online.

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Post Election Exhaustion from 2008-11-12T19:30

This week, organizing online got Obama elected. Can that same energy be redirected to help him govern? Plus, a look at rebuilding family life after jail time, and your calls on what to do first to ...

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Post Election Blowout! from 2008-11-05T19:30

This week, it's a post election blow out. Even though the polls predicted an Obama victory, the country is still in shock. How did it happen? What does the rest of the world think? And what does th...

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Election Week from 2008-10-29T19:30

This week, unpacking the issues of Hope and Fear. Two distinguished thinkers weigh in on the campaign climate. Plus, the mathematics of Voter Fraud and Voter Turnout, and Bloomberg version 3.0.

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Open Congress, Open with the Issues from 2008-10-08T19:30

This week, OpenCongress: a website that opens the doors of power and peers through some of that back-room cigar smoke. Plus, what the debates missed on the candidate's health care plans, and how co...

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Bailout version 2.0 from 2008-10-01T19:30

This week, with the Senate preparing to pass a new version of the Bailout plan, we examine the cheating culture that spawned the economic collapse. Plus, did the Olympics actually make China more f...

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Bail out! from 2008-09-24T19:30

This week, 700 Billion reasons for the end of capitalism as we know it. Economists weigh in on the Wall Street bailout. Plus, Good magazine and Streetfilms show off their issue oriented web video.

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Earthquakes on WallStreet from 2008-09-17T19:30

This week, the Dow Jones is in a free fall and the global financial system is in trouble. We examine the causes and check the effects on the local economy. Plus, the newest online campaign videos, ...

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Personal Democracy Forum from 2008-09-10T19:30

On this special episode of Brian Lehrer Live, we go behind the scenes of the two day Personal Democracy Forum at Jazz at Lincoln Center. It's two days of highlights from, and sit downs with, the be...

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Big Picture, Small Picture from 2008-06-18T19:30

This week, it's Ikea in Brooklyn: Assemble-it-yourself Bunk Beds versus a working waterfront. Plus, the Micro and Macro of skyrocketing oil prices and environmentalism, and a look back on the lives...

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Cultural Cross-Mixing from 2008-06-11T19:30

This week, artist and writer DJ Spooky talks about cultural sampling in the digital age. Plus, the difficult world of Muslim public relations, and a summer guide to New York's cultural hot spots.

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Clinton's Decisions from 2008-06-04T19:30

Show Description: Tonight, whats next after Obama officially has clinched the nomination? Plus, three social comedians: Lewis Black learns about income inequality and the Internets Celebrities talk...

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The real Sex and the City from 2008-05-28T19:30

Tonight, we explore the new feminism in New York after the release of the blockbuster Sex and the City. Then, its urban exploration of the forgotten parts of the city, and Video Games with a desire...

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New Beginnings from 2008-05-21T19:30

This week, we look at sea changes in life and politics. First, the Web is leading the charge as the political discussion shifts to the general election. Then, its commencement week, as the class of...

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Save the Farms! from 2008-05-14T19:30

This week, we look at Healthcare plans and how to talk about Healthcare in an election year. Plus, Brooklyn blogging grows up with the second annual Blogfest, and Greenmarkets fight to preserve far...

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Information saves lives! from 2008-05-07T19:30

This week, it’s on the media: we look at the gap between mainstream coverage and viewer interest. Plus, Burma's repressive government won’t even bend to a natural disaster and new research shows th...

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Watching (and planning) for change from 2008-04-30T19:30

This week, it's international movie night with Pangea Day, a moment to glimpse your world through the eyes of others. Plus, appreciating the design of central park, and trying to re-design and reth...

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The Democratic race continues... from 2008-04-23T19:30

This week, its the after affects of the Pennsylvania primary with web guru Jeff Jarvis. Also, we dip into a documentary on the citywide battle for New York's water front. It's called "City of Water"

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Digital Spring Cleaning from 2008-04-16T19:30

This week, it's E-Spring Cleaning.  We take a look at how to manage the information overload and clean out your in box with information mogul Steve Rubel, plus recycling your electronics responsibl...

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Food isn't free, but everything else is from 2008-04-09T19:30

This week, a look at the scope of the hunger emergency in Haiti and around the globe. Plus, Students who care: a compassionate alternative to spring break on the beach, and a look at the Internet b...

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Ronnie Bennett, Gabrielle Langholtz, Annaliese Griffin and Clay Shirky from 2008-04-02T19:30

This week, web democracy guru Clay Shirky talks organizing without organizations. Plus, we will discover the elder-blogging movement (grandma's not nodding off, she's logging on!) and check out th...

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Political cartoons and satire; subway gentrification from 2008-03-26T19:30

This week, it’s comedy both past and present. We look at the history of America as told by political cartoons, and unpack some of today's best political satire. Plus: gentrification on the go wit...

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Tibet; economic downturn; gadgets for the blind from 2008-03-19T19:30

This week, unrest in Tibet. It might not be the preview the Chinese government was hoping for. Plus, the economic downturn might be bigger than sub prime and New York's new Governor inspires a clo...

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Ben Smith, Kathryn Wylde, Walter McCaffrey and Mary Beth Kelly from 2008-03-12T19:30

This week, we take a close look at David Paterson, the new Governor-in-waiting. Plus, an early challenge for the new tenure in Albany: Congestion pricing. And we hear from a bike advocate who kno...

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Outside.in, Local Blogger, Politics Check in from 2008-03-05T19:30

This week, Building community Block by Blog with Outside.in. Also, Hillary and Barack going nowhere fast, and video nostalgia: We'll hit the "back" button on our browser and review the on-line ima...

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Digital Kenya; comic books in the classroom from 2008-02-27T19:30

It's a Digital look at Kenya, and how email and text messages have played a roll in the post election violence. Also this week, we'll meet a Hasidic comedian and hear about comic books that teache...

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John Negroponte, John McCain and George Carlin from 2008-02-20T19:30

Guest Host Marty Goldensohn reviews three interviews you might have missed: Two major newsmakers, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Arizona Senator and Presidential hopeful John McCain,...

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Super Duper Tuesday, Finale from 2008-02-06T19:30

In the final week of collaboration with TechPresident.com, we run down the successes and failures of the web campaigns through Super Tuesday. Plus: the youth movement in politics.

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Six Days till Super Tuesday from 2008-01-30T19:00

In week three of our four week partnership with TechPresident.com, we examine how to turn online support into real live votes. Plus: the next generation of voting machines and a debate on Class an...

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Super Duper Tuesday, Episode 2 from 2008-01-30T15:35:47

It's week two of our four week collaboration with TechPresident.com, and this week we look at fund raising and organization online.  Plus: Citizen Journalism and an in depth look at the candidates ...

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Super Duper Tuesday: Episode 1 from 2008-01-16T19:30

Back from the break, we kick off a four week partnership with the website Techpresident.com to explore the primaries on the web.  Plus, historical highlights of political ads and a close look at a ...

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CUNY School of Journalism from 2007-12-19T19:30

We go in depth with CUNY graduates who have spent months unpacking New York.  From immigrant entrepreneurs, to the Gawanus Canal redevelopment, to people trying to re-build their lives after prison...

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National (faith), State (history) and Local (parking) from 2007-12-12T19:30

This week, we look beyond Mitt Romney's "JFK moment" to examine faith in politics, check out a multi-media presentation on the Newark Riots 40 years ago, and examine the last piece of cheap real-es...

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“It’s the money, stupid!” $$ in national politics and in local development from 2007-12-05T19:30

This week’s Brian Lehrer, we try and follow the money. From Rudy and Hillary trading flubs on Politico.com to development battles in Brooklyn and Queens.

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Covering Thanksgiving from 2007-11-21T19:30

It's a Brian Lehrer Live Thanksgiving and we are covering the extremes of the season, from gluttony (and how to slice a turkey) to hunger (and how to help a food bank), its what Thanksgiving means ...

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Big Brother and Big Politics from 2007-11-14T19:30

This week, it's Big Brother and Big Politics. We look at your Internet profile... and we look at who else might be looking at your Internet profile. Then, your calls on the New York political duo...

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Technologies collide: who profits from new media; Pakistan's crackdown on electronic media; nuclear power debated. from 2007-11-07T19:30

This week, technologies collide. Who profits from new media on the internet (hint: it's not the striking writers). Also, Pakistan's state of emergency has the government cracking down on electroni...

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Ray Kelly; internet extremes from 2007-10-31T19:30

This week, we walk the extremes of the internet: From Web-based calls to Jihad to searching for love online. Plus, one-on-one with NYPD's own Ray Kelly, on the fifteen years since he was named Pol...

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What do we allow ourselves to see? from 2007-10-24T19:30

What do we allow ourselves to see? Disturbing images from Burma don't always stir reaction, and we see how others harness Google Earth to watch how the world is changing. Plus, artist Steve Mumfo...

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Presidential candidate John McCain; New York author/blogger Leon Wynter from 2007-10-17T19:30

Its the Grand Old Brian Lehrer Live, with five GOP web picks and a full half-hour sit down with Senator and presidential hopeful of John McCain.  Plus, Author and blogger Leon Wynter on the develop...

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Online Battles: Atlantic Yards, Apartment Hunting, and Net Neutrality from 2007-10-10T19:30

From the impossible housing market to the battle for the soul of Brooklyn, more New York from the ground up. And a look at how the laws that govern the internet might soon have an affect on New Yo...

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Bodegas in the Bronx and Bloggers in Queens, plus another edition of Election 2.0 from 2007-10-03T07:30

Liz Benjamin from the Daily News checks in with third quarter fund raising in Election 2.0. Also, Bodegas in the Bronx: Does "healthy bodega" need to be an Oxymoron? And a Blogger from Queens help...

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York; tasers debated; viral videos as advertising from 2007-09-26T19:30

Shiva Balaghi of the Kevorkian Center at NYU discusses Iran and the US. Tasers in law enforcement is discussed; plus the use of viral videos as a marketing tool, with Greg Smith of Neo@OgilvyOne.

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Sandeep Junnarkar and Hank Sheinkopf kick off Election 2.0, and New York from the ground up with a freelance farmer from 2007-09-19T19:30

Sandeep Junnarkar and Hank Sheinkopf kick off "Election 2.0", a new BLL series tracking the election campaign as it plays out online. Also debuting, "New York from the ground up" with a freelance ...

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Feet in Two Worlds: Same News, Different Views from 2007-06-27T19:30

Brian hosts a special event entitled "Feet in Two Worlds," on immigration, taped at The New School. The panel compares how the ethnic and mainstream media cover immigration and immigrant communities.

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Bloomberg, Education&New York to Pakistan from 2007-06-20T19:30

Michael Bloomberg, ex-Republican? "Earth to New York" continues with a look at Pakistan.

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Dominican Republic to New York; Construction “Boom-Doggle” from 2007-06-13T19:30

BLL's continuing series "Earth to New York" this week features the Dominican Republic. Also, building developers in NYC can self-certify their construction sites. We look at how this building cod...

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Trinidad to New York; Immigration and African Americans from 2007-06-06T19:30

Earth to New York continues with a look at Trinidad and Tobago and their local NYC community. Also, is immigration bad for African Americans? Plus this week's online video pix.

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The new immigration bill and New York; should the US establish a Department of Peace from 2007-05-23T19:30

Crain's New York's Greg David and SEIU Local 32BJ's Hector Figueroa discuss the national immigration debate, and Brian interviews the Peace Alliance's Marianne Perez on the campaign to form a feder...

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Earth to Albania from 2007-05-16T19:30

Watch's Brian's online video picks and catch the latest in our series, Earth to New York. This Week: Albania to New York. Plus: Mayor Bloomberg takes on Virigian over illegal guns.

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Presidential candidates from 2007-05-09T19:30

Joe Conason of Salon.com and Joel Mowbray, syndicated columnist, discuss presidential candidates and the first Democratic and Republican debates.

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“Critical Mass,” and Michael Dibenedetto and Zeyad Kasim from 2007-05-02T19:30

Barbara Ross and Judy Ross of Time's Up!, discussing the Critical Mass cycle rides. Michael Dibenedetto of Chat the Planet and Zeyad Kasim, Blogger and student of CUNY Graduate School of Journalism...

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Darfur and PlaNYC from 2007-04-25T19:30

Using an internet satellite camera to help fight the genocide in Darfur. Mayor Bloomberg's plan to make New York the first environmentally sustainable city. Plus this week's internet video picks.

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Imus and hip-hop ; France to New York from 2007-04-17T19:30

Hip Hop activist and journalist Rosa Clement and author Cora Daniels discuss free speech issues. "France to New York" with French reporter Albert Lecoanet and Pascal Richard from the US-based Franc...

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Should you wear your Religion on your sleeve?; Iran to New York from 2007-04-10T19:30

Religion issues discussed with Peter Steinfels from The Fordham Center, and Steve Bryant, writer & columnist of The Hollywood Reporter. "Iran to NY" with journalist Camelia Entekhabifard, and write...

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Ireland to New York; Bloomberg's plan to pay poor people to take care of themselves from 2007-04-04T19:30

"Ireland to New York" with Niall O'Dowd of The Irish Voice and Terence Mulligan from the Crack Irish Film and Music Festival. Bloomberg's plans discussed with Sindy Rivera and Yvonne Shields of Co...

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Anti-Hilary "1984" ad; Columbia University expansion; bicycle issues from 2007-03-29T13:55:47

Kerry Lauerman of Salon.com and Andrew Baron of Rocketboom on the anti-Hilary Clinton "1984" ad; historian Michael Henry Adams on Columbia University's West Harlem expansion plans. Plus bike issue...

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Fred Siegel; "Mali to New York" with Cheick Sidi Diarre and Bakary Tandia from 2007-03-21T19:30

"Mali to New York" with Cheick Sidi Diarre, Mali’s Ambassador at the UN and Bakary Tandia from the African Services Committee. Fred Siegel, professor at Cooper Union discusses his book "Prince of t...

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“Mexico to New York” with Ramon Xilotl&Robert C. Smith; Wayne Barrett on “Rudy!” from 2007-03-07T19:30

"Mexico to New York" with Mexican Consul General Ramon Xilotl and Baruch College professor Robert Smith. Village Voice Senior editor Wayne Barrett on his new book, "Rudy!: An Investigative Biograph...

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John Edwards, Earth to China&Margaret Chin from 2007-02-28T19:30

Excerpts from Lehrer's WNYC radio interview with democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. Also, our series "Earth to New York" continues by looking at China and Chinese New York. Plus this...

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Healthcare: Does the free market apply? from 2007-02-23T15:04:22

Live debate taped at the Harvard Club in midtown Manhattan, featuring Dr. David Gratzer, physician and senior fellow at The Manhattan Institute, and Dr. David Callahan, Co-Founder and current Direc...

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Iraq; Torture on TV from 2007-02-14T19:30

Zeyad Kasim, blogger and student at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, discusses Iraq. David Danzig, Director of Human Rights First's Prime-Time Torture Project, says TV dramas are inspiring ...

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"Haiti to New York" with Garry Pierre-Pierre; Levi Eichenstein and Vannessa Gruen on “Advertecture” from 2007-02-07T19:30

"Haiti to New York" with Haitian Times editor and publisher Garry Pierre-Pierre. Levi Eichenstein, OTR Media Senior Vice President and Vannessa Gruen, Municipal Arts Society Director of Special Pro...

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