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The McCain Agenda (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 03 July 2008)

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3 Jul 2008

The McCain Agenda (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 03 July 2008) 

A discussion on politics and policy with Douglas Holtz-Eakin , senior policy adviser to John McCain's presidential campaign and former director of the Congressional Budget Office.

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[11:55]..." and he gets it from both sides The Wall Street Journal editorial page says this is going to be the end of capitalism as we know it. You know Al Gore says "...

[12:39]..." you've gotta you've got to be sensitive to the growth part The Wall Street Journal overstates the threat. With the thinking cap is higher in other words just allowing more carbon emissions than they Obama -- "...

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1 Jul 2008

Wall Street Worries (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 01 July 2008)  

It's been a topsy-turvy year on Wall Street with drama fueled by the credit crunch, foreclosure crisis and resulting implosion of Merrill Lynch. Michael Santoli , associate editor at Barron's Weekly argues this is bigger than usual Wall Street fluctuations. This time the financial sector needs to reinvent itself.

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[0:35]..." Show us the second financial quarter and in the third begins today Wall Street is taking a short breath. And looking back at what can only be described as an incredibly rocky year so we will do the same just how bad was this past quarter and this year. And where are we headed what's the big picture we never like to get bogged down in the powered hour week to week numbers on Wall Street -- much too much focus on that. But let's look at the big picture there doesn't seem to be much like. At "...

[1:32]..." Bottom line is to get there -- Wall Street continues to grapple with past couple of years. You know up excesses the these banks are struggling to have to be so "...

[2:29]..." a particular industry and yes it impacted some banking firms and and Wall Street firms but not in a very fundamental way. This essentially has. In -- the entire and banking unit and brokerage industry because "...

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Back to the Drawing Board (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 01 July 2008)

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1 Jul 2008

Back to the Drawing Board (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 01 July 2008) 

Christopher Ward , executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey , talks about why the rebuilding efforts at the World Trade Center site have taken so long and cost so much--and when he'll set a new timeline for completion.

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[12:54]..." begins today it has been a devastating quarter. The second quarter on Wall Street. And we'll take stock stay tuned. Thanks for listening to WNYC on demand please check out our other programs at wnyc.org or "...

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New City Budget (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 27 June 2008)

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27 Jun 2008

New City Budget (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 27 June 2008) 

WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly was up all night analyzing the details of the city budget. He lets us know what he discovered.

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[3:58]..." 50% speculation premium tax in that. At the same time decline in Wall Street that we haven't seen. In quite a long time you know that's kind of thing where near city is 20% to 20% of the revenue comes from Wall Street. So clearly as diversified as -- Michael -- tried to make the economy. That's really the underlying circumstance that's a landscape nobody "...

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Jim's Word (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 26 June 2008)

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26 Jun 2008

Jim's Word (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 26 June 2008) 

Author, radio host and itinerant muckraker Jim Hightower shares his thoughts on the presidential campaign, the role of grassroots organizing, and all things politics.

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[27:00]..." bad not -- notified betrayed by George will -- identified by The Wall Street Journal as its interest but now Jason Berman who has praised the Wal-Mart business model. Who is in favor of the prop "...

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Water, Water, Everywhere (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 25 June 2008)

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25 Jun 2008

Water, Water, Everywhere (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 25 June 2008) 

Tomorrow, water will flow from the East River like an urban Niagara Falls. Artist Olafur Eliasson's public art project, Waterfalls is expected to draw countless visitors to the city. Wall Street Journal contributor Matthew Gurewitsch discusses the allure.

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[1:17]..." the project is Matthew Graham Vick who writes about it in today's Wall Street Journal welcome to WNY say good morning nice to be with you miss you. But is this about it. "...

[2:08]..." good map that -- might like to look at either the Wall Street Journal web site W as straight dot com or. WW WNYC waterfalls dot org but I can tell you. That it's all "...

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A Nation Divided (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 25 June 2008)

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25 Jun 2008

A Nation Divided (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 25 June 2008) 

Barbara Ehrenreich says that the U.S. is being scarred by a deepening divide between the rich and poor. When she traveled throughout the U.S. to get a feel for how Americans are doing, she found that the last few years have been the worst in recent memory, and the wealth gap is growing wide every day. Her new book is This Land is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation . Event : Barbara Ehrenreich will be speaking and signing books Wednesday, June 25 at 7 pm Barnes & Noble Union Square 33 East 17th Street

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[1:41]..." gross bomb. You know economic measures is basically that investment and and Wall Street. And that been separated. -- the fact that they're not -- that the we have to talk that way is very strange. "...

[22:07]..." policies a relatively high wages good health benefits and so on. Infuriate Wall Street. You know they don't like that they don't want to see people workers being pampered even if cost -- making money think about that. You've actually read statements from people on Wall Street that say that and what's your argument. That is just it just creates yet anchor yeah eight you don't want workers' expectations "...

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Driving Renewable Energy (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 24 June 2008)

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24 Jun 2008

Driving Renewable Energy (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 24 June 2008) 

Bob Walsh , president of LS9 , talks about their new renewable energy technology that involves bugs producing crude oil. Beyond bugs, Joseph White , senior editor at the Wall Street Journal , and Joseph Romm , senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and former director of the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the 1990's, discuss alternatives to oil and the future of renewables.

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[7:00]..." is out there joining me now Joseph White senior editor at The Wall Street Journal writes the eyes on the road column for the online journal. And Joseph -- senior fellow with the center for American "...

[14:53]..." me thirty seconds from the guy behind the -- of your Wall Street Journal lies on the road column. Is Detroit freaking out over this or why they innovating. "...

[15:21]..." to come on this topic just a -- senior editor at The Wall Street Journal writes the eyes on the road column for the online journal. And Joseph -- senior fellow at the center for American "...

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Bear Market (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 23 June 2008)

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23 Jun 2008

Bear Market (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 23 June 2008) 

WNYC senior reporter Bob Hennelly talks about the latest in the Bear Stearns indictments, and the expatriation of American corporate wealth to offshore banks. He also discusses the increasing role of NJ Governor Corzine in Barack Obama's call to close the "Enron loophole".

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[11:14]..." Now there's another related -- story today in The Wall Street Journal -- exclusively so far which is that Citigroup. Is expected to lay off 6500 people that's 10% of its investment banking "...

[11:46]..." 25% of the revenue for the local and state government -- from Wall Street some only New Jersey has has similar kind of echo act so this means again. Perhaps we going back to the revenue "...

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Garcia Lorca in NYC, 1929 (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 23 June 2008)

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23 Jun 2008

Garcia Lorca in NYC, 1929 (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 23 June 2008) 

When Federico Garcia Lorca attended Columbia University for one difficult year in 1929, he wrote some remarkable, strange, and beautiful poems. They’ve now been published in a new bilingual edition called Poet in New York ; Pablo Medina and Mark Statman are the translators.

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[7:44]..." Korea -- to factory goes. He goes up and he goes to Wall Street he witnesses suicide he witnesses who have -- C's stock brokers jumping out of windows at a certain point. But that he "...

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