wbur.org
support wbur today!
Economic crisis
 
 
image
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 10:00 am

We’ll look at America’s banker — China — and what Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is bringing home from Beijing.

Comments [13]
 
image
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 11:00 am

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

Comments [10]
 
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 2:35 pm

Elie Wiesel spoke on a broad range of subjects in his interview with Tom today. Here’s what he had to say about one topic that’s very much in the news right now: Bernard Madoff.
Professor Wiesel was one of Mr. Madoff’s high-profile victims. Both his personal assets and his charitable foundation were practically wiped out.  At a [...]

Comments [3]
 
image
Monday, February 23, 2009 at 10:00 am

From the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt, Manhattan to the Mississippi, urban theorist Richard Florida explains how the economic crisis will reshape America.

Comments [34]
 
image
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 10:00 am

Obama moves on executive pay, the Senate faces the stimulus, Iran launches a satellite. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Comments [49]
 
Recent Shows
Poker: America’s Game
Thursday, November 19, 2009 image

Poker and American history. How the game of presidents, cowboys, gangsters, and online gamblers helped shape America.

Comments [10]
 
Google vs. Murdoch
Thursday, November 19, 2009 image

Rupert Murdoch wants to block the search giant from scooping free content from his newspapers. We’ll look at the staredown.

Comments [132]
On Point Blog
Michael Wolff and Jeff Jarvis on Murdoch v. Google

We had a rousing discussion about Google vs. Murdoch, and what it says about the whole future of news, with Michael Wolff, Jeff Jarvis, and Steven Brill. Here’s what Wolff and Jarvis had to say about the delusions of both Murdoch and Google.

More » | Comments [18]
 
Video: Google CEO Eric Schmidt

Last week, host Tom Ashbrook was on stage with Google CEO Eric Schmidt, asking him about some of the biggest technology and business issues of our time.

More » | Comments [4]
 
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 [...]

More » | Comments [10]