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The New Wave

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 19, 2011

Bob Turner has been sworn in to Congress to represent New York’s 9th district. He’ll discuss what his agenda is in Washington and reflect on his election victory. Plus: Philip Howard, founder and chair of Common Good, talks about his latest book, The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America; a look at how oil’s influence changes the U.S. and the Middle East; and Brooklyn Academy of Music President Karen Brooks Hopkins and archivist Sharon Lehner talk about how BAM’s 150 history in Brooklyn. 

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