Jody Avirgan

It's a snow day, it's cold outside, and it's time to listen to some good winter music. We want your ideas for your favorite snow or winter songs - tracks that are good for curling up ...

Connecticut's state flag

The 2010 Senatorial race in Connecticut to replace Chris Dodd's seat is one we'll be watching closely. Already we've interviewed all four major candidates. Listen here and judge for yourself.

 

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Attorney ...

In early March we'll officially launch our '10 Questions that Count' census project, but for now we're getting ready, blogging about some of the preparations and doing a few on-air segments. Here are the census-related conversations that have already aired.

+Series: Five Census Myths Each day during the first week ...

The Brian Lehrer Show team is plugging away behind the scenes to get the 10 Questions that Count census project up and running. We've done some programming already, the website will be launched in the next few weeks, and the project begins in earnest in mid-March, around the time that ...

As you may know, we here at the Brian Lehrer Show are planning to cover the 2010 census as only we can – with a crowdsourcing, interactive project. We call it “10 Questions that Count,” and we'll soon roll out a new website for your stories: about being counted, ...

In his new book, After Photography, Fred Ritchin, former New York Times Magazine photo editor; photography and imaging professor at NYU and director of PixelPress.org; discusses how affordable technology and digital manipulation have changed the world of photojournalism. Here are some sample images discussed on the BL Show 2/17/10. (Images 2-7 appear in After Photography.)

Yesterday, February 3rd, our Senior Producer Megan Ryan gave birth to a baby girl - Measie Ryan Strauss! We couldn't find that many songs about Maesies (or Maisies, or Mayzies, or Maisys), at least any good ones.

The Theme to The Cartoon Maisy Mouse

On The Brian Lehrer Show we've been looking back at the 2000s, which some are calling one of the worst decades ever. But there's also plenty of silver linings, and BL Show producer Jody Avirgan makes his case for why Bruce Springsteen is the most encouraging story of ...

Some of the BL Show's favorite songs about grandmothers, in honor of our segment on grandma's wisdom.

Listen to Lyle Lovett's "Hello Grandma" on Rhapsody

Bill Withers: Grandma's Hands

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On the show we've been doing semi-regular reviews of the 2000s, segments looking back at the last decade. During the segments, we've also played montages of some notable clips from throughout the decade. ...

The live chat is now over, but you can click on “replay” below to read the transcript and gleam some ideas!Read the transcript for last week's chat here.

Our guests for the month ...

The text of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, delivered Thursday in Oslo, Norway, as provided by the White House:

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens ...

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Our guests for the month of December are Tamara Reynolds and Zora O'Neill, ...

President Obama on his recent visit to Dover air force base (courtesy of whitehouse flickr stream)

Tonight at 8pm, President Obama will give ...

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7pm Tuesday: During the final Mayoral debate between Mike Bloomberg and Bill Thompson on Tuesday, October 27th, join Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein for a live chat. You can watch ...

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Tuesday night, the 13th, is the first debate between Bill Thompson and Michael Bloomberg in the 2009 Mayor's contest. Brian Lehrer is on the moderating panel, ...

This fall, the 30 Issues in 30 Days Series will be honing in on the New York Mayoral race and the NJ Gubernatorial contest. And, as with last Fall's series, we are crowdsourcing the project. We asked for you to ...

Note: The Nominating Process is Over. We're on to stage two: Voting!

Once again, we're asking you to help produce our election series 30 Issues in 30 Days, this time focusing on the New York Mayoral race and the ...

Nick Corcodilos is the man behind "Ask the Headhunter" and also our guest every Thursday for the month of July. Each week, there have been lots and lots of questions for Nick that we haven't been able to get to on the air. So, he's agreed to stick around and ...

President Obama gives his fourth prime-time news conference tonight. He's expected to keep making the case for significant health care reform, ideally before the August Congressional recess. Join Brian as he shares his thoughts and answers your questions, all in real time!

Chat will go live just before 8pm Wednesday. ...