The Brian Lehrer Show

We open the phones for Egyptian listeners to discuss the latest protests against President Morsi. What kind of reflections do you have on his election now? How do you feel about having this elected president hand over power to the military? Call 212-433-WNYC, or leave a comment below.

The NYPD has an English-only policy for conversations among cops, and the National Latino Officers Association says it's unfair. Last month, Whole Foods announced a change to their English-only policy after two employees were suspended for speaking Spanish and critics threatened a boycott. So what are your guidelines (both professionally and personally) for when it's appropriate to speak a language other than English, and are you concerned about excluding others - or being excluded? How do you handle it? Bilingual listeners, English-only listeners: How do you handle language divides? Call 212-433-WNYC or leave your comment below.

Your calls on Mayor Bloomberg's comments about the intersection of race and "stop and frisk." Plus Graham Rayman, staff writer for the Village Voice and author of the forthcoming The NYPD Tapes: A Shocking Story of Cops, Cover-ups, and Courage (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), discusses Mayor Bloomberg's recent comments about the proportion of stops as related to crime. → Bloomberg's Full Remarks: "There is this business, there's one newspaper and one news service, they just keep saying, 'Oh it's a disproportionate percentage of a particular ethnic group. That may be, but it's not a disproportionate percentage of those who witnesses and victims describe as committing the murder. In that case, incidentally, I think we disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little." Listen: Full Bloomberg Remarks on Stop, Frisk, and Race

John Campbell, Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses President Obama's trip to Africa and how U.S. policy toward the continent has changed since the Bush Administration--and the kinds of investments the President is advocating for there.

A new documentary revisits theories that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by a man-made explosive, not mechanical failure. Kristina Borjesson, investigative journalist, director of the new film "TWA Flight 800", former CBS and CNN producer and editor of the book Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press (Prometheus Books, 2002), discusses her controversial new documentary about the cause of, and investigation into, the July 17, 1996 crash of the flight just after take-off from JFK.

Sally Satel, psychiatrist, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine, as well as Scott O. Lilienfeld, clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at Emory University, warn that brain scans are not necessarily the best way to understand psychology. Both are authors of the book Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience (Basic Books, 2013).

A call in for "the new de Tocquevilles" -- recent immigrants, tourists, other visitors: What do you notice first about life in the US? Customs, physical features, interesting behavior, tell us what you notice that may seem normal to natives. Call 212-433-9692 or post below!

Nineteen elite forest firefighters died yesterday battling the Yarnell Hill blaze in Central Arizona. Dick Mangan, retired from the U.S. Forest Service as the Fire Program Leader at the Missoula Technology Development Center at Missoula, discusses what life is like on the front lines of a forest fire. Plus: We take calls from local firefighters to share their thoughts on the day's news.

Laroi Lawton, librarian and assistant professor at Bronx Community College and Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies, talks about the job of librarian in the 21st century. Librarians, how has your profession changed since you started working?  Do you have words of wisdom for library science students?  Call us at 212-433-9692. → Fill out the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards online nomination form here! (Survey Guidelines)

In a ceremony early this morning, Steven Fulop was sworn in as the newest mayor of Jersey City. He discusses his platform and the issues facing his community.

President Obama's trip to Africa continues this week, with a stop today in Tanzania, but the politics of DC continue to dominate much of the headlines. Susan Page of USA Today discusses the president's trip, the latest on the extradition of NSA leaker Edward Snowden, prospects for immigration reform in House and more.

Alysia Abbott, author of the new book Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, talks about her new memoir and growing up with a gay single father in the context of the early days of the AIDS epidemic and the gay rights movement. Listeners: Any kids of a gay parents, call us up and talk about how you reacted to last week's Supreme Court rulings--and tell us what it's been like growing up with gay parents. 212-433-9692 or comment here.

The investigative organization ProPublica is trying to learn as much as they can about the current intern landscape. Blair Hickman, ProPublica community editor, discusses their project and we open the phones for calls about what the intern life is like in 2013.

There are 50,000 fast food workers in New York City, and the new Fast Food Forward coalition is petitioning for higher and more stable wages. Joseph Barrera, who works at KFC, testified before the City Council yesterday -- he discusses his life behind the counter.

This week the Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case of Fisher vs. UT-Austin that throws the future of affirmative action policies into question. William Darity Jr., Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University and Co-Director of the Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality, discusses the origins of affirmative action in America and where it stands today. Then Peter Schmidt, senior writer covering affirmative action at The Chronicle of Higher Education and author of Color and Money: How Rich White Kids Are Winning the War over College Affirmative Action, talks about the methods public and private colleges and universities are using to increase diversity on campus. Plus: Your calls on how your life story intersects with affirmative action policies.