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BrianLehrer.tv: The Food Stamp President?

463 views · Published 1 February 2012 · 57:56 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: CUNY TV · 2012 · News & Politics

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A look at the politics and reality behind the accusation that Obama is "the food stamp president" with Brooks Jackson, Director of FactCheck.org, and Margarette Purvis, President of the Food Bank for NYC. Then: two amazing new digital tools from the New York Public Library—maps that let you see your neighborhood's past with Geospacial Librarian Matt Knutzen, and artist Joshua Heineman of CursiveBuildings.com on The Stereograminator. The Academy for Software Engineering will open in the fall. Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, Mike Zamansky of Stuyvesant High School and Josh Thomases of the NYC Department of Education explain its mission and how it came to be.

Guest List:

Joshua Heineman Artist and writer, CursiveBuildings.com

Brooks Jackson Director, FactCheck.org

Matt Knutzen Geospatial Librarian, New York Public Library

Margarette Purvis President, Food Bank of New York City

Josh Thomases Deputy Chief Academic Officer, NYC Dept. of Education

Ben Vershbow Manager, NYPL Labs

Fred Wilson Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures

Mike Zamansky Teacher, Stuyvesant High School


Taped: 01-30-12

Brian Lehrer, the popular host of WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show, hosts an hour-long weekly television program on CUNY TV , where web video meets the issues. 


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