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Friday, February 28, 2003
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  • House of Cards

    At the height of the dotcom craze, the Industry Standard was the craziest of them all: a fledgling magazine that splurged $1million on an office it never used, sunk $8 million into software that didn't work, drank barrels of expensive champagne before folding in record time. Also on the show: pushing the limits of "applausability", and a Russian and and Aussie square off on Iraq.

Howard's End

John Dauth, Australian ambassador to the United Nations, on support for the US-British draft resolution

Putin On The Ritz

Alexander Pikayev, advisor for the Defense Committee of the Russian State Duma and a scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Center, on the Russian-Franco-German memorandum

The Laws of Applause

Peter Bull, senior lecturer in Psychology at Universityof York in the United Kingdom, on the conventions of clapping

Shelter Skelter

Bill de Blasio, member of City Council (D-39th), on Bloomberg's legal action to remove homeless individuals who violate shelter rules and the status of Council anti-war resolution

Open Phones

Listeners have their say on how Bloomie is doing.

Standard Issue?

Jim Ledbetter, author of Starving to Death on $200 Million: The Short, Absurd Life of The Industry Standard (Perseus, 2002) on the failure of The Industry Standard, a magazine on the Internet industry

30 days 30 issues

Step One: The Brainstorm

The Brian Lehrer Show

This fall, The Brian Lehrer Show will air our presidential election series “30 Issues In 30 Days.” With your help, we can produce great election coverage!

WNYC's Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein talk politics at lunch time.

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted 9/1
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

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Slideluck Potshow

The Brian Lehrer Show

Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!

ICANN, You Can…

Web Exclusive

Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.

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Mixed Up

The Brian Lehrer Show

We discuss the implications of our mixed-race future and how Barack Obama's candidacy has changed the discussion about mixed-race identity.

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