Susan Douglas, co-author of the “The Mommy Myth,” has been tempted to lock her daughter in a dog crate in the basement. Most days she doesn’t experience the “festival of lights” that the media, she says, make motherhood out to be. And just because women would rather read a novel once in a while [...]

The Democrats have their man in John Kerry but who will he pick as his running mate? A lot is on the line for John Kerry and he is taking his time making the decision.
Is John Edwards still a contender? Can Bob Graham deliver Florida? Does Florida’s other senator, former astronaut Bill Nelson, have the [...]

Millions of Americans are hooked on the rapture. The end of the world scenario they find in the Book of Revelations. Our guest, ordained minister Barbara Rossing says it’s a fraud and she’ll be here to debunk the rapture.
Guests:
Jana Riess, religious book editor, Publishers Weekly
Barbara Rossing, ordained minister and author, “The Rapture Exposed: The Message [...]

The White House says Condoleezza Rice will testify under oath to the 9-11 Commission. We look at how Rice became such a political lightning rod and what her role and influence in the Bush White House really is.
Guests:
TBA.

Colleges and universities are sending high school seniors fat and thin envelopes this week. Now parents must figure out how they are going to pay for their children’s education. Adding up tuition, books, and room and board, for the 2003-2004 year the average private college cost $29,500. For many schools, this number [...]

After news outlets revealed the name of a controversial juror in the Tyco trial, the defense is calling for a mistrial.
At the center of the conflict between the juror know as “the holdout granny” and the other jurors is whether or not the accused company executives had “criminal intent” in their excessive use of company [...]

Blues veterans the Holmes Brothers take an interpretive turn, reinventing classic Bob Marley, Hank Williams and Jimmy Reed tunes on their new album “Simple Truths”.
Guests:
Wendell Holmes, guitarist-vocalist
Sherman Holmes, bassist-vocalist
Popsy Dixon, drummer-vocalist.

With an estimated billion dollars in annual revenues, Google is at the head of the pack in search. In addition to being the number one search engine on the web, Google also has the distinction of being one of the few companies to have its name used as a verb. The Google Search tool [...]

A new type of counseling called philosophical counseling is gaining steam. NPR now has a show “Philosophy Talk,” and there are bestselling books on the topic. But can traditional philosophical approaches to the age-old questions of life actually help people get out of their ruts? Some want to make philosophical counseling a [...]

Kobe’s lawyers are bringing ex-boyfriends and ex-roommates in to testify in a private, pre-trial hearing. If the judge decides what they say about her sexual past is relevant, they’ll get to repeat it in front of a jury. Critics argue this is the sort of invasive questioning that rape-shield laws were meant to stop. We [...]

The Supreme Court takes up the Pledge of Allegiance and those two words: “Under God”. We’ll hear the fresh debate.
Guests:
Erwin Chemerinsky, professor at the University of Southern California Law Center and chief advisor to Michael Newdow
Jim Henderson, senior attorney for the American Center for Law and Justice, a Christian legal agency
William Van Alstyne, Constitutional [...]

Former White House counter-terrorism coordinator Richard Clarke testified today before the 9/11 commission in Washington, following appearances by CIA Director George Tenet and Clinton’s National Security Advisor Sandy Berger.
Clarke’s testimony was the most anticipated and controversial in two days of public hearings by the bipartisan, 10-member national commission on terrorist attacks upon the United States. [...]

The Sierra Club doesn’t have a position on immigration, but now a group of board candidates says that’s not acceptable. They argue that a sustainable environment requires strict immigration limits, and that it’s the Sierra Club’s duty to say so.
Guests:
Miguel Bustillo, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times
Robert Cox, professor of Rhetorical Studies at [...]

The 9/11 Commission holds public hearings as a former counterterrorism chief rips President Bush. Could more have been done to prevent the 9/11 attacks? Tonight and tomorrow, On Point: in depth analysis of the 9/11 hearing.
Guests:
Tim Burger, Washington correspondent, TIME Magazine
P.J. Crowley, senior fellow and director of national defense and homeland security, Center [...]

American companies not only can save money by moving whole departments abroad, they can also get top-flight talent overseas. Trade experts say unless America bolsters its schools, it will lose its position as the world’s innovator. The education gap and America’s role in the global economy.
Guests:
John Harwood, reporter, Wall Street Journal
Catherine Mann, senior [...]

David Kay, Former United Nations Chief Weapons Inspector reacts to the recent flurry of criticism aimed at the Bush administration concerning the war in Iraq
Guests:
David Kay, Former United Nations Chief Weapons Inspector

Palestinians jammed the streets of Gaza City for the funeral procession of Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Palestinian militants warned of swift and bloody retaliation.
Yassin was killed in a missile strike by Israeli helicopters as he left a mosque in Gaza City. Sixteen others were injured in the attack.
Guests:
Harvey Morris, [...]

Politicians here and there have had their say. But what are Iraqis feeling one year after invasion? We’ll hear from a roundtable of Iraqi citizens in Iraq.
Guests:
Hassan Fattah, editor, Iraq Today
Raja Khuzai, member of the Iraqi Governing Council and founder of The Women’s Health Center in Baghdad
Adil Kanany, 40-year-old Iraqi engineer who lives [...]

One year after Bush declared war in Iraq, 100,000 U.S. troops are still stationed in the country. The larger goal of the invasion, to bring democracy to Iraq and the Middle East, has not yet been achieved. How feasible is it, and is it worth the cost in human lives and taxpayer dollars?
Guests:
Stephen [...]

A conversation with the last empress of Iran. Farah Pahlavi on Iran, exile, and her marriage to the Shah.
Guests:
Her Majesty Farah Pahlavi, exiled from Iran in 1979.