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Friday, July 3, 2009 at 10:00 am

A U.S. offensive in Afghanistan. Al Franken heads to the Senate. Mark Sanford keeps talking. And unemployment keeps rising. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 11:00 am

On Point and Planet Money, together at last! We talk with NPR’s Adam Davidson and David Kestenbaum about what they’ve learned covering the economic crisis, and where it’s going.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 11:00 am

Globalization backlash. A new critique out of the third world and black America.

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Monday, June 22, 2009 at 10:00 am

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, top economic and policy advisor to the 2008 McCain campaign, on Obama’s agenda — and the future of the GOP.

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Friday, June 19, 2009 at 1:08 pm

On Wednesday night, June 24, On Point will tape a show before an audience in Boston with two stars of NPR’s “Planet Money,” Adam Davidson and David Kestenbaum. We need your online questions to put to them — about anything from the roots of the economic crisis to NPR’s coverage.

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Friday, June 19, 2009 at 10:00 am

Protests rock Iran. New regs for Wall Street. And new gay rights for federal employees. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 10:00 am

President Obama rolls out the biggest financial market regulation revamp since the Great Depression. Is it enough? Too much? We’ll dig in.

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Friday, June 12, 2009 at 10:00 am

Big banks bolt TARP. CEOs get a pay czar. Iran goes to the polls. And a deadly shooting in Washington. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Monday, June 1, 2009 at 10:00 am

General Motors or Government Motors? GM is staring at bankruptcy — and Uncle Sam may soon own 70 percent. Is this a new era of state capitalism?

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Friday, May 22, 2009 at 10:00 am

Democrats defy Obama on Guantanamo. The president speaks. Detroit emissions get a haircut. Iran tests a missile. It’s the weekly news roundtable.

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Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 11:00 am

High-flying British historians Simon Schama and Niall Ferguson join us to debate the American future.

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Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 10:00 am

California votes down a tax hike and looks for a federal bailout. We’ll ask where this story ends.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 11:00 am

Ed Andrews, economics reporter for The New York Times, tells us his personal home foreclosure story.

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Friday, May 15, 2009 at 10:00 am

Obama puts the brakes on photos of abuse. Health care and Wall Street get wake-up calls. An Afghan commander gets the boot. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 10:00 am

We’ll look at a nation moving from instant gratification to an age of thrift, and the psychology of self-control.

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Monday, May 11, 2009 at 10:00 am

We’ll go deep on one man’s tough quest to harness the wind for American power.

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Friday, May 8, 2009 at 10:00 am

The New York Times’ David Leonhardt on the economy. The Washington Post’s Perry Bacon on politics. And Jack Beatty on it all.

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Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 10:00 am

When free market champion Richard Posner says capitalism has failed, you sit up and listen. And we will.

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 10:00 am

Credit card reform is hot on Capitol Hill. Consumers stand to get protections. But banks say it’s the wrong reform, at the wrong time. We’ll hear the debate.

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Monday, April 27, 2009 at 10:00 am

GM and Chrysler prepare for bankruptcy, with a push from Washington. We’ll look at the government’s hand in Detroit’s future, and what it means for the industry.

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On Point Today
Hour 2
Chemicals in Our Bodies
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Scientists report that widely used chemicals — endocrine disruptors — are causing serious health problems in humans. We ask what the government is, and is not, doing about it.

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Hour 1
Sarah Palin’s Surprise
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Alaksa Governor Sarah Palin’s out-of-the-blue resignation. We ask what it means for her future — and for the GOP.

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Recent Shows
Crooked Still
Friday, July 3, 2009 image

Tunes from old Appalachia with a new bluegrass twist. The hit folk band “Crooked Still” plays for us in our studio.

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Week in the News
Friday, July 3, 2009 image

A U.S. offensive in Afghanistan. Al Franken heads to the Senate. Mark Sanford keeps talking. And unemployment keeps rising. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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On Point Blog
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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Michael, Ed, and Farrah

The week-in-the-news roundtable always involves tough choices on sound clips – what to include, what to leave out. Amid all the pressing hard news, we often give a nod to a notable person who’s passed away. But this week brought, well, a ridiculous range of choices.

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Planet Money, On Point — Your Questions!

On Wednesday night, June 24, On Point will tape a show before an audience in Boston with two stars of NPR’s “Planet Money,” Adam Davidson and David Kestenbaum. We need your online questions to put to them — about anything from the roots of the economic crisis to NPR’s coverage.

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