The Scrapbook

Preparedness expert John Soloman who writes 'In Case of Emergency, Read Blog,' spoke on the Brian Lehrer Showon 4/17/2008 as part of the month long series on how to deal with emergencies.

Posted by Seamus at 02:02 PM

Aaron Woolf, co-producer and director of King Corn, talked about his new documentary on the Brian Lehrer Show on 4/15/2008. He and co-producer, Curt Ellis, left behind their urban lives to move to Iowa, grow corn, and follow their product from seed to harvest to marketplace. King Corn airs on PBS tonight.

Posted by Seamus at 03:10 PM

Lee Siegel, author of Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob debates over the phone with Nicholson Baker, author of Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization, on the Brian Lehrer Show, 4/9/2008.

Posted by Seamus at 12:29 PM

Australian science writer Margaret Wertheim (center) began to crochet a coral reef to draw attention to the endangered Great Barrier Reef. She's joined on The Brian Lehrer Show on 4/8/2008 by local participants Barbara Van Elsen (right), founder of the NYC Crochet Guild, and Njoya Angrum (left), founder of the Harlem Knitting Circle, to talk about their work, showing in New York this month.

Posted by Seamus at 01:41 PM

I Was Told There'd Be Cake author Sloane Crosley on the Brian Lehrer Show, 4/07/08 talked about surviving a bridetatorship, working with butterflies, and being a vegetarian--yet craving sushi.

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Posted by Seamus at 01:13 PM

Helen Tworkov and Mark Kurlansky outside the WNYC studio after their interview about The Satya Graha Forum on the Brian Lehrer Show, 4/04/08

Posted by Seamus at 04:03 PM

Fred Dust discussed on the IDEO Eyes Open guide to New York City, which promotes "experiential" travel on the Brian Lehrer Show, 4/04/08

Posted by Seamus at 03:55 PM

John Solomon is writing a book about emergency preparedness, and in the process has trained and certified himself to be a member of New York City’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). He joins us every Thursday in April on The Brian Lehrer Show.

Posted by Seamus at 10:53 AM

Science writer David Berreby, author of Us and Them: Understanding Your Tribal Mind, discusses our changing understanding of conformity on the The Brian Lehrer Show, 4/2/2008.

Posted by Seamus at 02:01 PM

Lenore Skenazy, columnist for the New York Sun, talks about the reaction to her article Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone, on the The Brian Lehrer Show, 4/2/2008.

Posted by Seamus at 02:00 PM