One of the great pleasures of pulling together today’s show on Frank Baum’s Oz was uncovering the ways “The Wizard of Oz” has been interpreted. What we couldn’t convey on radio were W.W. Denslow’s gorgeous illustrations.

We’ll dive into a new biography of L. Frank Baum, who wrote “The Wizard of Oz.”

Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, imprisoned in Iran, and, her parents say, on hunger strike. We take up her case and the intrigue around it.

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, who was in the studio again today, has been a stalwart commentator for On Point. It was her fifth appearance on the show. Goodwin’s take today on President Obama’s first 100 days?

Former LA Times reporter William Lobdell tells of his own journey into and out of born-again religious faith.

Obama at a hundred days. We’ll take stock and go deep with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and conservative thinker Pat Buchanan.

Former ACLU board member Wendy Kaminer has gone to war with the ACLU. Says it’s lost track of civil liberties. We’ll hear her case.

The swine flu began in Mexico, flew to New Zealand, landed in New York, Kansas, California. Now the world’s defenses are up. We’ll get the latest.

Novelist Arthur Phillips on music, muses, mixtapes and his new novel, “The Song Is You.”

GM and Chrysler prepare for bankruptcy, with a push from Washington. We’ll look at the government’s hand in Detroit’s future, and what it means for the industry.

Shai Agassi sees the world kicking its dependence on oil with electric cars. On our show today, he named the year 2020 as the tipping point.

Veteran presidential advisor David Gergen said today on the show that he had “serious, deep reservations” about the Obama administration launching any prosecutorial effort against officials who authored the so-called “torture memos.”

We’ll talk with tech visionary Shai Agassi about his plan to make the world electric-car friendly — and get the entire planet off oil.

The torture debate grows red hot. The Taliban advance in Pakistan. Craigslist under fire. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Napoleon Bonaparte’s favorite sister was shocking, beautiful and worthy of an empire all her own. We talk with biographer Flora Fraser.

We asked former Senator Bob Graham about the heated debate over torture now raging in Washington.

Former Senator Bob Graham says democracy has become a spectator sport, and he’s on a crusade to get young Americans back into the game.

Meet the Girls from Ames and hear their remarkable story of a forty-year friendship through thick and thin.

The federal government is pushing to transition our health records online. We’ll look at the benefits and challenges of such a move.

The new era of retro-thrift: we’ll look at how the recession has reshaped the spending and saving of Americans.