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July 2008

Oh, Baby

Monday, July 07, 2008

Is Obama moving to the middle? Is McCain cleaning house? Newsweek's Richard Wolffe brings us the latest news from the campaign trail. Plus: if you're a parent, you're probably no stranger to getting suckered by your kids. But, according to author Pamela Paul, the billion-dollar baby industry also has your number.

Past and Future

Friday, July 04, 2008

We continue our coverage from the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival with a special Fourth of July panel. What can our next president learn from previous ones - most notably maverick and war hero Theodore Roosevelt? Author and Supreme Court clerk Joshua Hawley, Stanford University historian David Kennedy, Congresswoman Jane Harman, (D-CA), and former Clinton chief of staff and president and CEO of the Center for American Progress John Podesta weigh in.

See photos from the Aspen Ideas Festival on our Flickr page

The Brian Lehrer Show at the Aspen Ideas Festival is a joint production of WNYC and the Aspen Institute.

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Big Ideas

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Live, from Aspen, Colorado, coverage of the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival -- a celebration of intellect, vision, and big ideas (or, in the words of some, a wonkapalooza). Tune in to hear Brian discuss the 21st century workforce with Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, Wendy Kopp of Teach For America and philanthropist Eli Broad. Plus: interviews with media guru Walter Isaacson, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, McCain advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Brian Lehrer Show at the Aspen Ideas Festival is a joint production of WNYC and the Aspen Institute.

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Highlights

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

As the Brian Lehrer Show staff heads west for the Aspen Ideas Festival, we bring you some highlights from recent shows, including an interview with the late great George Carlin and a new interview looking at preparations for this fall's political conventions.

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Fried

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

President Bush just signed a new and expanded G.I. Bill into law. We talk with Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, about the bill – which aims to give hundreds of thousands of military veterans a free college education at state universities. Also: it’s Day One for New York’s new trans fat regulation. How are restaurants coping? And, more importantly, will your fried chicken still be flaky and crispy?