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Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:00 am

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

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Friday, August 22, 2008 at 11:00 am

Anne of Green Gables turns 100, and looks surprisingly spry. We pay her a visit.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 11:00 am

Bedtime stories are booming. Even in our hi-tech, hi-speed times, children’s books are the most profitable segment of the publishing world.
And perhaps it’s no surprise: Across cultures and centuries, we?ve always had literature for kids. From Aesop’s Fables to medieval “primers” to tales of Robin Hood and Robinson Crusoe, Mother Goose and Harry Potter.
These stories [...]

 
Recent Shows
The Future of Aging
Thursday, November 5, 2009 image

A surge of new strategies to “manage” aging — from diets to testosterone. We’ll get the story.

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Climate, Congress & Copenhagen
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The Copenhagen climate conference is one month away. US climate action is going nowhere in Congress. We’ll look at the global implications of America’s domestic climate politics.

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On Point Blog
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 [...]

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For Love of Science – or Money?

A new study supports the idea that U.S. dominance in engineering and science is threatened — but not for lack of training and education. It has more to do with a lack of social and economic incentives.

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Matthew Hoh’s Resignation Letter

Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain, became the first foreign service official to publicly resign in protest over the war in Afghanistan. The move has generated a lot of reaction. You can read Hoh’s resignation letter, posted by The Washington Post, which reported on it here.

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