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New York City Public Advocate is one of this yeara TMs hottest election races. So why do some people want the office eliminated? Current Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum talks to guest host Mike Pesca about why she thinks the city needs a watchdoga 'and what she thinks is behind the 40% budget cut to her office.

Can high prices at the pump be a good thing? Christopher Steiner , senior staff reporter at Forbes Magazine , finds the silver lining in his new book $20 PER GALLON: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better .

Two bands will be playing the Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert in Prospect Park on the afternoon of July 11, two bands that have the same name and the same members.

SCOTT MCCAUGHEY IS a much less well-known name than it deserves to be. The Seattle-based guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist is the mastermind behind '80s college-radio favorites the Young Fresh Fellows and '90s indie rockers The Minus 5 , as well as a collaborator with R.E.M. on some of its later albums.

Although one could make the case that all their albums consist of children's music, I'd simply suggest that John Flansburgh and John Linnell 's first real kids album, 2002's No! , is the best tunes for tots to come down the pike since the glory days of Jim Copp and Ed Brown .

Is technology changing human beings on a fundamental level? Brian moderates a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival on being human in a digital age.

The Brian Lehrer Show heads to Colorado for a series of special broadcasts from the Aspen Ideas Festival.

End of life care accounts for 80 percent of all health care spending. President Obama says that necessitates a a oevery difficult democratic conversationa .

The Obama administration is busy selling its healthcare plan to Congress and an American public hungry for reform but fearful of change.

You probably think the New York State legislature is as dysfunctional as it gets, but Californians argue that their leadership is no better.

The National Security Administration is being accused of intercepting private telephone calls and e-mail messages.

And finally, here's the PLAYLIST ... LET'S GET MOVIN' Eartha Kitt - C'mon a my House! Morphine - Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer - The Night Gnarls Barkley - Goen Daddy Gone Ivan Hrvatska - Party All Year Long Prince - 1999 - 1999 Iggy Pop - Eggs on Plate - Party TRANSGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR Carbon Leaf - Another Man's Woman Squeeze - Tempted John R. Butler - ...

More working poor are crowding in with family and friends to avoid homelessness.

Finally finished my outfit for the MermaId Parade tomorrow! For those that don't know, Saturday, June 21, is the 26th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade , the nation's largest art parade and the my absolutely favorite part of summer in New York City.

Television appearances include Jimmy Kimmel Live, Total Request Live, and the 24-hour Human Giant marathon on MTV.

Small specialized high schools have bloomed across the city in the past several years.

This week, President Obama addressed the American Medical Association and proposed a health care overhaul.

New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate is back in the Democratic fold. Hear why he decided to re-defect back to the Democratic caucus.

They Might Be Giants is John Flansburgh and John Linnell, a long-running New York City band that has interspersed its usual silly-clever rock albums with well-received kiddie collections.

Should there be a time limit for suing over child sex abuse? Many of New Yorka s religious leaders say yes, and New York Times reporter Paul Vitello talks about why theya re lining up against a bill in Albany that would make such suits easier.