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Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 11:00 am

Best-selling author Michael Lewis, father of three, talks about life as a dad when a dad’s role is up for grabs.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 10:00 am

How the rough economy is hitting American kids. Their hopes, their dreams, their fears for mom and dad.

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Monday, January 19, 2009 at 11:00 am

A mother-in-law in the White House. We’ll look at how parents around the country lean on their parents for support at home.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 11:00 am

An American girl journeys back to her homeland to find a husband. We talk with Anita Jain, author of “Marrying Anita: A Quest for Love in the New India.”

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 11:00 am

The Paskowitz family was maybe literally like no other.
Nine kids plus mom and dad living in a 24-foot camper. Never going to school. Raised on the beaches of California, Mexico, and Hawaii with surfing as their be all and end all, and the sea as their teacher.
If you’ve ever dreamed of taking your family, your [...]

 
Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 11:00 am

Daniel Mendelsohn’s grandfather told him stories, in his rich Yiddish accent, about all kinds of things — life in the old country, life in America, stories of rabbis and high holidays and Jewish tradition.
The one thing Mendelsohn’s grandfather never told stories about was his brother Shmiel, Shmiel’s wife and their four beautiful daughters, and how [...]

 
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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