The 19th-century botanical journeys of the great John Muir, and how those trails and plants look today.

Former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson says the U.S. is still a prisoner of the financial industry, and needs to make a break.

We listen to the President’s big speech on the U.S. auto industry and ask what it means for Detroit.

A new plan for Afghanistan. Pakistan, too. We’ll look at the Obama strategy and what it’s up against.

We talk with the Blind Boys of Alabama about their new album, and making music, “Down in New Orleans.”

The President spells out his Afghan plan. Geithner rolls out new regs. Wrangling over the budget. Hillary Clinton talks drugs in Mexico. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt is one active volcano. And other volcanoes are roaring or rumbling. We’ll ask vulcanologists what’s going on.

Home sales ticking up. Is it time to bid, to buy, to rent, or still to run? We dig in.

Iconic feminist Germaine Greer joins us with her re-imagined life of Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway.

Living “Plan B.” We’ll hear from a roundtable of Americans about setbacks — new jobs, maybe whole new careers — and how they’re faring.

Hoop dreams, pushing ever-younger, and the story of one 13-year-old now groomed for basketball stardom.

Yes, at last, we’re on Twitter: @OnPointRadio. We’re off an running as of this morning. You’ll see we need followers!
I’m doing the “tweeting” right now, and I’ll have help along the way from other On Point staffers.  If you’re on Twitter yourself (as I know many of you must be), tell us what you want to see [...]

We’ll look at Michelle Obama in the White House, and the message — from garden to glamour to soup line — of the new first lady.

Does the test designed to detect prostate cancer save lives? Two new studies raise big questions.

The president applies a full-court press. We ask three experts to grade the administration on banks, bailouts, and its “new deal” so far.

Bestselling Irish author Maeve Binchy on her latest novel and a lifetime writing about relationships and romance.

Bonus fever. The Fed prints a trillion dollars. The pope disses condoms in Africa. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

I loved hearing Monica Guzman in today’s hour on the future of news, especially local news. She’s a young reporter at SeattlePI.com, and was the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s first online reporter. She’s now one of the 20 remaining staffers who will define what the online-only reincarnation of that newspaper will be. A lot is riding on [...]

More newspapers bite the dust. Will a million bloggers save, maybe even improve, the news? Or not?

In a global economy in trouble, we’ll get the big view from India, with super-entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani.