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Economic crisis
 
 
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 10:00 am

We’ll look at Europe’s — and maybe the world’s — debt crisis, as Greece, Spain, and Portugal wobble and the E.U. is on the line.

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Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 11:00 am

Reinventing careers after losing a job. We’ll talk with the makers of the new documentary “Lemonade” about life after lay-offs.

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 11:00 am

Jim Wallis, progressive evangelical writer and activist, says the financial crisis is a moral crisis. We’ll hear his case for new values.

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Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 10:00 am

New millions of Americans — including many who never thought they’d see the day — are lining up for food stamps. We’ll look at who’s in line in hard, hungry times.

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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.

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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.

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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 [...]

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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.

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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.

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On Point Today
Ben Zimmer on Language
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Blogger and lexicographer Ben Zimmer takes over William Safire’s language column. We’ll catch the new wave of American language.

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Will the Dodd Bill Do the Job?
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Senator Chris Dodd finally unveils his bill to rewrite the nation’s Wall Street regulation. Is it tough enough to do the job?

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Recent Shows
T.C. Boyle and “The Women”
Monday, March 15, 2010

Novelist T.C. Boyle on his book “The Women,” and the tempestuous love life of Frank Lloyd Wright. (Rebroadcast)

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‘Millennials’ on America’s Future
Monday, March 15, 2010

Country’s in a crunch. We’ll sit down with young Americans — “millennials,” age 18 to 29 — to hear how they see the nation and their future.

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On Point Blog
IED’s in Afghanistan: Hard Numbers

The Department of Defense provided On Point with some statistics about IED attacks in Afghanistan, where there has been an increase in the use of such weapons over the past 14 months. It’s striking to see the spike in numbers — from 2,677 IED incidents in 2007 to 8,159 last year.

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Christopher Hill: U.S. Troop Withdrawal ‘On Schedule’

U.S. Ambassaor to Iraq Christopher Hill spoke with On Point live from Baghdad today as early voting gets underway, part of the run-up to Sunday’s elections. “So far so good,” Hill said, despite scattered violence. Hill said that the plan to withdraw U.S. combat troops by Sept. 1, and to leave only a residual advisory force of 50,000 or fewer, remains “very much on schedule.” Observers worry that a spike in violence could derail that timeline.

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The Supreme Court’s Radio Silence

For radio listeners, a key element of our conversation about the Supreme Court gun-rights case was conspicuously absent: the audio recording of the oral arguments. Here’s why.

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