wbur.org
support wbur today!
Past Shows — October, 2008
 
 
Friday, October 31, 2008 at 11:07 am

Sure, there’s a Halloween sound to our second hour today — a conversation with historian John Demos about his new book, “The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World.”

 
image
Friday, October 31, 2008 at 11:00 am

A scary Halloween story. We’ll talk with Yale historian John Demos about the 2,000-year history of witch-hunting in the Western world.

Comments [25]
 
Friday, October 31, 2008 at 10:12 am

An excerpt from “THE ENEMY WITHIN: 2,000 Years of Witch-hunting in the Western World” by John Demos

 
image
Friday, October 31, 2008 at 10:00 am

Countdown to Election Day. Obama buys prime time. McCain is running out of time. Our weekly roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Comments [42]
 
image
Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 11:00 am

Novelist Margaret Atwood turns her discerning eye to debt, to what we owe each other, and what makes us human.

Comments [12]
 
image
Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 10:00 am

It’s a fight to the finish for campaign ‘08. We’ll touch down in key battleground states where everything’s on the line for John McCain and Barack Obama.

Comments [19]
 
image
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 11:00 am

We’ll ask The Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan, The New Yorker’s Nicholas Lemann, and Daily Beast chief Tina Brown.

Comments [61]
 
image
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 10:00 am

Top Wall Street insider Henry Kaufman on what our economy — and society — are up against in the current downturn.

Comments [29]
 
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 8:29 pm

It’s not a law firm. It’s our guest lineup for Wednesday’s second hour. The Atlantic’s superblogger Andrew Sullivan — he of The Daily Dish — will join us.

Comments [1]
 
image
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 11:00 am

We’ll talk with the field biologist who tracks new threats, to jungle and stream, before they become pandemic.

Comments [6]
 
image
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 10:00 am

The last big issue: America’s wars. With one week to election day, we’ll look at McCain and Obama on Iraq and Afghanistan.

Comments [14]
 
image
Monday, October 27, 2008 at 11:00 am

Filmmaker Wayne Wang, director of “The Joy Luck Club,” on Chinese- American life now and his new film, “The Princess of Nebraska.”

Comments [3]
 
image
Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10:00 am

The right attacks ACORN and its voter registration drives. Now Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the real issue is widespread vote suppression. We’ll hear the debate.

Comments [57]
 
Friday, October 24, 2008 at 5:04 pm

On Monday, a week and a day before the election, we’re going to look at the still swirling controversy over the integrity of the vote, from the right and the left. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will join us.

Comments [4]
 
Friday, October 24, 2008 at 11:08 am

ROASTED CARROT GINGER SOUP
SERVES 10
There is nothing like roasting to make the ordinary extraordinary. The humble carrot and parsnip become stars when popped in the oven, where the flavors caramelize beautifully.
1½ pounds carrots, peeled and halved lengthwise
1 pound parsnips, peeled and quartered lengthwise
1 large onion, sliced
1 piece (3 inches) fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
6 tablespoons [...]

 
Friday, October 24, 2008 at 11:06 am

Buffalo Shrimp
with Blue Cheese Sauce
Serves 6 as an appetizer
Taking some liberty with the classic buffalo chicken wing, I’ve substituted shrimp and served it along with crisp veggies and a super blue cheese sauce for a hot new appetizer. It’s as good as it gets! Don’t miss this one for the Super Bowl!
8 tablespoons (1 stick) [...]

 
image
Friday, October 24, 2008 at 11:00 am

A conversation with “Silver Palate” chef and cookbook star Sheila Lukins on what we eat now.

Comments [25]
 
image
Friday, October 24, 2008 at 10:00 am

Alan Greenspan faces history. Obama flies to an ailing grandmother. McCain fights on. Markets shudder. Our weekly roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Comments [45]
 
image
Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 11:00 am

The unmentionable. How couples talk – and don’t talk – about old loves.

Comments [24]
 
image
Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 10:00 am

Fear and trembling in the retail world. If the lights go out in economic crisis, what happens to all those stores?

Comments [32]
 
On Point Today
The Pandora Effect
Friday, November 20, 2009 image

We’ll talk with the founder of Pandora, the online music service that claims it knows what you’ll want to hear.

Comments [53]
 
Week in the News
Friday, November 20, 2009 image

Obama in China. Healthcare crunch time in the Senate. And the mammogram controversy rages on. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Comments [44]

Recent Shows
Poker: America’s Game
Thursday, November 19, 2009 image

Poker and American history. How the game of presidents, cowboys, gangsters, and online gamblers helped shape America.

Comments [9]
 
Google vs. Murdoch
Thursday, November 19, 2009 image

Rupert Murdoch wants to block the search giant from scooping free content from his newspapers. We’ll look at the staredown.

Comments [130]
On Point Blog
Michael Wolff and Jeff Jarvis on Murdoch v. Google

We had a rousing discussion about Google vs. Murdoch, and what it says about the whole future of news, with Michael Wolff, Jeff Jarvis, and Steven Brill. Here’s what Wolff and Jarvis had to say about the delusions of both Murdoch and Google.

More » | Comments [18]
 
Video: Google CEO Eric Schmidt

Last week, host Tom Ashbrook was on stage with Google CEO Eric Schmidt, asking him about some of the biggest technology and business issues of our time.

More » | Comments [4]
 
California, here we come! And we need your questions!

On Point is headed west!
No, no. Not for good. Only for one show. But it’s a very special show!  The NPR station in Thousand Oaks, California – KCLU – is celebrating their 15th anniversary. We’re lucky to have been on their airwaves for nearly seven years, and they invited us out west to host a live [...]

More » | Comments [10]