We open up the phone lines and hear from listeners on the historic bailout failure, the financial crisis, and what should happen now.

We’ve heard from Congress and the White House on financial meltdown. But what is Wall Street itself thinking? We’ll get the word on the Street.

Five weeks to Election Day. We’ll look at the Obama and McCain campaigns and strategies, in the midst of crisis.

Washington brinksmanship and the fate of the U.S. economy. We’ll look at bailout plans, the political drama, and the hard road ahead.

Jewish leader Edgar Bronfman calls for an era of “hope, not fear” for Jewish culture in North America.

Washington in crisis mode, and a week of everything on the line — economy, election, debates. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

The wisdom of the world and ages, in a new collection of proverbs from Zanzibar, from ancient days, and from the corner store.

Brent Scowcroft, national security advisor to Bush I — and a sober critic of Bush II on foreign policy. He joins us for a look abroad now.

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1 God did not create hurry
Finland
2 Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank Him for not having given it wings
Ethiopia
3 The face came before the photograph
USA
4 Heroism consists in hanging on one minute longer
Norway
5 Everything comes to those who wait
England
6 There’s a time and a place for everything
England
7 The existence [...]

The big bailout goes to Congress, and the pressure for action is intense. We’ll go to the Hill, and beyond, for a hard look at Washington’s options.

Economy in crisis — and 46 million Americans without health insurance. We ask advisers to Obama and McCain how each would tackle the health-care crisis now.

So, dear web souls, long time no see… Yes, our “presence” in this space has been somewhat lacking of late. All I can say is, we’ve been plenty busy producing a radio show.

Philosopher Susan Neiman gets back to basics in her new book “Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists.”

Financial crisis in the USA, and the whole world is watching. We’ll reach out to London, Moscow, Shanghai and more to ask what they see in the rubble on Wall Street.

Buy? Sell? Hold or panic? We ask top financial advisers what they advise now in a scrambled market.

We’ll look at the historic Federal bailout of America’s financial system — and what it will, and should, mean for Wall Street and the rest of the country.

Frontline dispatches from where the fighting never ends. New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins on Iraq, Afghanistan, and “The Forever War.”

Financial crisis sweeps Wall Street, the world, and the presidential campaign. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

50 years ago Leonard Bernstein took the helm of the New York Philharmonic — and changed American music. We’ll celebrate the irrepressible maestro.

Former Bush Treasury official John Taylor, now advising McCain, and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, now advising Obama, on the way out of this financial crisis.