Dave Eggers and the subject of his new book, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, joined us on Friday and vividly described how Zeitoun was arrested in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Urban farmer Novella Carpenter joined us yesterday to talk about growing food in the inner city. Here are her follow-up thoughts – on hygiene, hydroponics, and growing year-round.

In his new book, Dave Eggers tells one man’s story in the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and takes on post-9/11 America. He’ll join us.

Health care maneuvers in Washington. Diplomacy in the Middle East. And a White House beer summit. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

On moonless nights the men and boys of Jableh, a dusty fishing town on the coast of Syria, would gather their lanterns and set out in their quiet est boats. Five or six small craft, two or three fishermen in each. A mile out, they would arrange the boats in a circle on the black [...]

We’ll talk with two green thumbs with grand visions for growing food in cities.

NFL quarterback Michael Vick served time for dog fighting. Now he’s been conditionally reinstated by the league. Should he be allowed to play? And what does it say about the big business of pro sports?

Award-winning journalist Paul McGeough on how the failed assassination of one Hamas leader changed the course of Mideast politics.

Hospitals, uninsured illegal immigrants, and the law. We’ll look at a jury’s controversial verdict in Florida and the precedent it sets.

Alabama’s Winston Groom, author of “Forrest Gump,” takes on the Battle of Vicksburg.

Iran, nuclear weapons, and the Middle East. Is it never going to happen? Or is the US ready to accept, and put up what Hillary Clinton calls a “defense umbrella”?

Michael Medved, the nationally syndicated talk-radio host, joined On Point this morning for our show on the “birthers” and had strong words for his fellow conservatives who aren’t speaking out against “this incredible stupidity.”

Sandra Tsing Loh and Caitlin Flanagan — two old friends — argue two very different views of American marriage.

More than six months after Barack Obama took the oath of office, angry holdouts are loudly claiming that he is not American. What’s going on here? We’ll look at the fury of the “birthers” and what it means.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Harvard professor who has been much in the news this week – and was a big topic in our news roundtable  today – had a thought-provoking conversation with Tom in 2006.

Forget summer heat. We’re talking glaciers, igloos, blizzards, and adventures in the world’s coldest places.

Health care politics in high gear. Clinton talks tough in Asia. And a professor’s arrest stirs debate on race. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Patrick Radden Keefe talked today about “snakeheads” in New York’s Chinatown. Here, Tom Ashbrook recalls his days as a rookie reporter covering snakeheads in Hong Kong for the South China Morning Post.

A true story of gangs, human smuggling, and the American dream in New York’s Chinatown. We’ll talk with the author of “The Snakehead.”

The health care debate gets hotter and hotter as the president pulls out the stops. We’ll look at the fight in Washington and what’s coming for American health care.