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Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:00 am

Horror at Fort Hood. Election signals. And an imminent vote on health care. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:00 am

Tim Geithner and Barney Frank say they’ll rein in banks that are “Too Big To Fail.” Critics say their plan won’t fix Wall Street. We’ll hear the debate.

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Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:00 am

The U.S. economy grows. Bombs from Baghdad to Pakistan. And a vaccine shortage all over. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, October 23, 2009 at 10:00 am

Pay cuts for bailout executives. Afghanistan schedules a runoff vote as Pakistan and the Taliban go at it. And the “public option” is back. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 2:19 pm

In today’s first hour, Whole Earth guru Stewart Brand and energy expert Amory Lovins debated whether the U.S. should build more nuclear power plants in the effort to reduce carbon emissions.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 10:00 am

Home prices, housing, and the U.S. economy. American homes are still the wild card in recovery.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 11:00 am

With American inequality at historic levels, Yale’s Bruce Judson asks if a revolution could happen here. He says yes. We’ll hear his case.

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Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10:00 am

President Obama’s Nobel Prize. War council in Washington. Gold soars, and the dollar slides. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 10:00 am

We’ve got a jobless recovery. For the unemployed, that’s not OK. Robert Reich and Elizabeth Warren talk about how to jumpstart the return of jobs.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 10:00 am

Small-town and rural America is changing. It’s hollowing out. We’ll look at our “rural brain drain” and the American heartland.

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Friday, September 25, 2009 at 10:00 am

World leaders on stage in New York and Pittsburgh. Terror arrests in Denver. New hope for an AIDS vaccine. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 10:00 am

Is the global economic crisis derailing globalization? Should it? As the G-20 sits down in Pittsburgh, we’ll talk tires, chickens, and trade.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 10:00 am

We’ll talk with writer Barbara Ehrenreich about how the working poor are getting by — and not — in these extra-hard times.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 10:00 am

Nearly one in ten Americans are out of work. How long can that last? And how can we live with it?

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Monday, September 14, 2009 at 10:00 am

One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, we’ll look at whether Wall Street is vulnerable to yet another crisis.

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Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 11:00 am

Paying thousands of dollars to land an unpaid internship — and what the trend means for the growing gulf between America’s haves and have-nots.

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Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:00 am

Ray LaHood, Barack Obama’s Republican Transportation Secretary, weighs in on “Cash for Clunkers,” high-speed rail, texting while driving, and where the stimulus is going.

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Friday, August 7, 2009 at 10:00 am

Cash for clunkers. Hope for the economy. And a dramatic homecoming for two freed American journalists. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 10:00 am

Some see encouraging signs for the economy. But with jobs scarce, we’ll ask what kind of a recovery, if any, America has in store.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 10:00 am

The Wall Street banks are back, with Goldman Sachs out front. But after all the bailouts, can we really stomach the mega bonuses and “too big to fail,” again?

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Recent Shows
The Future of Aging
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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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