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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 [...]

 
On Point Today
Hour 2
Robots Among Us
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Robots among us. iRobot CEO Colin Angle on the business and science of robotics now.

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Hour 1
Stimulus, Part Two?
Thursday, July 9, 2009 image

Debate mounts over a “Stimulus II.” But with talk of a “fiscal train wreck,” can America afford to spend more on stimulus? Top Obama advisor Christina Romer weighs in.

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Recent Shows
U.S. Nuns and the Vatican
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 image

The Catholic Church in Rome moves to scrutinize — maybe rein in — American nuns. We’ll talk with sisters on the front lines.

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Trouble in Honduras
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 image

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya comes to Washington for help. We’ll ask what the coup against him means for Honduras, and for democracy in Latin America.

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On Point Blog
Christina Romer on the Stimulus

Christina Romer, chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, joined us in our first hour today to talk about the economy and the debate over whether a second round of stimulus is needed. Asked about Vice President Biden’s recent remarks, that the administration had “misread how bad the economy was,” she replied:  “It’s important to realize [...]

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Ten Minutes with Brzezinski

Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski joined Tom from Washington, D.C. this morning and shared his impressions of President Obama’s first face-to-face meetings with Russia’s leaders. 

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India, China and the Climate

The passage of the House climate bill – discussed in our first hour today – has been greeted with enthusiasm in many quarters. But in some ways, the real question is whether a global framework can be established in Copenhagen in December, when countries will negotiate a new international treaty to curb greenhouse gases.

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