Ledger Live is an Emmy award-winning video webcast of the Star-Ledger, with host Brian Donohue.
Ledger Live for January 12, 2012 - Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. With the New York Giants' NFL playoff game against the Green Bay Packers days away, visitors to the New Jersey Turnpike's Vince Lombardi Service Area stop to appreciate the irony of a monument to a great Packer so close to the Giants' home stadium. Or not.
Ledger Live for January 9, 2012 - Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. With New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie preparing to deliver his mid-term State of the State Address on January 10, 2012, the Star-Ledger's video webcast hits the streets to see how New Jerseyans feel the state is doing.
Ledger Live for Sunday, January 8, 2012 - Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. On today's show: animated characters Jersey Jersey and Jersey Gina return for an explanation of the recent New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway toll hikes.
Ledger Live for Wednesday, November 30th, 2011. Ledger Live with host Brian Donohue: In this third installment of "Hey New Jersey: What's that smell?", we investigate the not-so-mysterious scents of spices along the Turnpike, beer near the Budweiser Brewery, and cookies by the Nabisco plant.
Ledger Live for Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011. Ledger Live with host Brian Donohue: It drives people nuts. It is not even Thanksgiving yet and homes have Christmas lights and decorations already up. Host Brian Donohue talks to a few of these homeowners only to find out that Scrooge is alive and well in people who are too quick to judge.
Ledger Live for Thursday, November 17th, 2011. Ledger Live with host Brian Donohue: The recent merger of Princeton and Princeton Borough is proof that town consolidation in New Jersey is possible. And if you think that such a union will affect a town's individuality or even its "boroughness", just look to the communities of Ocean Grove and Short Hills - towns that people think exist, but aren't actually towns at all.
Ledger Live for Tuesday, November 15th, 2011. Ledger Live with host Brian Donohue: With a recent university probe questioning whether Rutgers’ long-standing food truck arrangement is legal or fair, host Brian Donohue takes to College Ave on a Friday night to talk to Rutgers students, current and alumni. Under a new proposal, officials of Rutgers University would require the "grease trucks" to leave campus overnight, put the coveted spaces in the lot up for public bid, raise the rent and requir...
Ledger Live for November 4th, 2011 - Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. With film crews currently shooting in Newark, N.J. this week for "The Dark Knight Rises", the third installment of director Christopher Nolan's gritty Batman series, an important question arises: Could the City of Gotham really be based on New Jersey and not New York City? Guest Jay Amabile of the blog, The Sexy Armpit, unmasks the proof.
Ledger Live for October 30, 2011- Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. A day after Formula 1 organizers announced they will begin running the Grand Prix of America in New Jersey in June 2013, Donohue busts out his own speed machine - his 1970's era Schwinn Varsity ten speed - to tour the route and give viewers a closer look at what the area has to offer, from the spectacular New York City views to the local characters.
Ledger Live for Oct. 24, 2011 - Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. On today's show Donohue visits the governor's outer office inside the New Jersey Statehouse where the painted portrait of former Gov. Jon Corzine has caused a bit of a stir since it was quietly unveiled this past summer. The painting features Corzine standing straight against a stark white background with blue trim, a dramatic departure stylistically from the dozens of other portraits of former governors that line the statehouse w...