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Friday, March 03, 2006
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  • Detainees at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval base (AFP/US navy)
    Detainees at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval base (AFP/US navy)

    Detention Tension

    Detainees at Guantanamo Bay who went on hunger strike recently claim the tactics the Government used to keep them alive amounted to torture. Two lawyers for some of the detainees recently came back from the detention center and report on their conditions. Plus: the case for impeaching the president; stories from the StoryCorps mobile booth; and listener calls on experiences in the Peace Corps.

Indefinite Article

Michael Ratner, Vice President at the Center for Constitutional Rights, editor of Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush (Melville House, 2006)
- lays out articles to impeach the president

» Center for Constitutional Rights
» Garrison Keillor opinion piece "What to Do When the Emperor Has No Clothes" reprinted from the Chicago Tribune
» Barron's editorial about impeaching President Bush (via mydd.com)

What's the Story?

Dave Isay, public radio producer, founder of Storycorps
and
Sarah Kramer facilitator at Storycorps
- on the mobile booths around the country and the stories people are recording

» Story Corps

Detention Tension

Doug Cox
and
Sarah Havens, attorneys at Allen and Overy
- on their pro-bono work for detainees at Guantanamo Bay

» WNYC's Guantanamo Diaries series

Foot Soldiers

Lex Rieffel, visiting fellow, Global Economy and Development Center at the Brookings Institution
- on the history and politics of the Peace Corps
and
John Coyne, director of communications at the College of New Rochelle and Peace Corps alum, Ethiopia 1962-64
- on his experience in the peace corps

Governor Spitzer gets a briefing on the Second Avenue Subway at the groundbreaking ceremony from MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow and MTA Executive Director Elliot Sander

January Guest: Elliot Sander

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Elliot Sander, Executive Director of the MTA, is joining Brian Lehrer every Thursday for the month of January.

Got a question for Lee Sander? Ask it below!

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Coping with the Economy

Many New Yorkers have questions about the economy - I've been laid off, what now? How do I collect unemployment? Where should I look for a job? The Brian Lehrer Show helps New Yorkers find answers as they cope with the struggling economy.

yankee

Lost City

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Steve Zeitlin executive director of City Lore and co-author of Hidden New York: A Guide to Places That Matter, and Brooks of Sheffield, the pseudonym of the author of the Lost City blog, offer a postmortem of the local establishments lost in 2008.

Judge Kaye Retires

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New York State Chief Judge Judith Kaye is retiring at the end of this year. She reflects on her 25 years on the bench and what it was like becoming the first female judge in the state’s highest court.

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2008 News Quiz

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It's been a busy year. From the campaign trail that led to Barack Obama's historic election, to a grueling recession - and everything in between - we've kept you posted. Were you listening?

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.