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As the baseball season gets underway, former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent discusses the good old days of the pre-steroids and pre-free-agency era, and what can be done to restore our ... (episode)
City-wide wireless internet connections promised to bridge the digital divide, but were the plans overly ambitious? Plus, updates on the Sean Bell trial and the Tibet uprising. And a... (episode)
Douglas Rushkoff Originally uploaded by wnyc The series of conversations with media thinker Douglas Rushkoff, author of Get Back in the Box, wrapped up on the Brian Lehrer Show... (article)
Douglas Rushkoff Originally uploaded by wnyc The series of conversations with media thinker Douglas Rushkoff, author of Get Back in the Box, wrapped up on the Brian Lehrer Show... (article)
In November of last year an emotionally ill 18-year-old was shot by police officers who thought he was holding a gun. It turned out to be a hairbrush. A mental health advocate, a poli... (episode)
An Alternative Plan to Congestion Pricing From Councilman Lew Fidler, Assistant Majority Leader The 9 Carat Stone Plan A 9 Point Plan to Clean our Air, Reduce All Traffic, and Suppor... (article)
The latest research shows it’s not just chimps and dolphins that exhibit extraordinary intelligence. Virginia Morell is the author of this month’s National Geographic cover story on t... (episode)
Michael O'Loughlin Originally uploaded by wnyc Michael O'Loughlin, director of the Campaign for New York's Future, makes the case for congestion pricing on The Brian Lehrer Sho... (article)
Scott Douglas Originally uploaded by wnyc Scott Douglas, librarian at the Anaheim Public Library, McSweeney's contributor and the author of Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Pub... (article)
If the printing press gave voice to the individual, and the telephone gave rise to two-way communication, then the ever-expanding tools of the internet are amplifying group communicat... (episode)