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Friday, September 25, 2009 at 5:41 pm

“Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner talks about the Emmy-winning show’s new season: “I have a theme for the season. I always have an idea of what I’m trying to express…. Season Three to me is about chaos.”

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Friday, September 18, 2009 at 11:00 am

Actress, filmmaker, and model Isabella Rossellini on her new sex-in-nature project, “Green Porno,” and a life in front of the camera.

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Friday, September 4, 2009 at 11:00 am

Glee club drama. Courteney Cox as a cougar. The entire human race blacks out. We’ll get the scoop on TV’s fall lineup.

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Friday, July 10, 2009 at 11:00 am

It’s summertime, and vacations aren’t easy. We’ll look at restorative getaways on the cheap — and creative “staycations” — in the tough economy of summer ‘09.

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Friday, January 16, 2009 at 11:00 am

Surprise hit “Slumdog Millionaire” swept the Golden Globes — and it’s a top Oscar contender. Now critics and moviegoers, from Cleveland to Mumbai, are talking about it.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 11:00 am

We’ll talk with razor-tongued comedienne Joan Rivers about her long life in the spotlight and what she’s thinking now.

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Friday, December 12, 2008 at 11:00 am

We’re going with the critics to the holiday movies — “Australia,” “Revolutionary Road,” “Valkyrie,” “Cadillac Records,” and many more.

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Recent Shows
Poker: America’s Game
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Poker and American history. How the game of presidents, cowboys, gangsters, and online gamblers helped shape America.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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