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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:00 am

As swine flu spreads, we’ll look at diseases that jump from animals to humans. How does it happen, what makes them dangerous, and what’s next?

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Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:00 am

A surge of new strategies to “manage” aging — from diets to testosterone. We’ll get the story.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 11:00 am

Is it OK now to be fat — a la TV’s “More to Love”? Or is it a threat to our health — and health care system?

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Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10:00 am

The Swine Flu vaccine rolls out. We’ll look at vaccination questions and where the flu is now.

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 11:00 am

Mommy cocktail hours. Drinking in secret. Driving drunk. Sobering new facts about women and alcohol abuse.

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Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 10:00 am

Swine flu, H1N1, is surprisingly resilient, and could be back with a vengeance this fall. We’ll look at preparedness, from Washington to our local schools.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 11:00 am

Tans and tattoos. Tanning beds. Spray-on tans. We’ll look at our skin and how we color it.

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Monday, July 6, 2009 at 11:00 am

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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Friday, May 1, 2009 at 10:00 am

Pandemic fever. Arlen Specter joins the Democrats. Chrysler in bankruptcy. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 10:00 am

The swine flu began in Mexico, flew to New Zealand, landed in New York, Kansas, California. Now the world’s defenses are up. We’ll get the latest.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 10:00 am

The federal government is pushing to transition our health records online. We’ll look at the benefits and challenges of such a move.

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Monday, April 20, 2009 at 11:00 am

Tiny babies. Big challenges. We’ll go inside the world of neonatal medicine where miracles and tragedies happen every day.

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Monday, March 23, 2009 at 11:00 am

Does the test designed to detect prostate cancer save lives? Two new studies raise big questions.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 11:00 am

Washington, D.C. now has an HIV infection rate that rivals rates in Africa. We look at AIDS in America.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 11:00 am

Pharmaceutical companies – and some scientists – are pushing to make drugs like Adderall and Ritalin mainstream performance enhancers.

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Monday, February 2, 2009 at 11:00 am

Pass on the chicken Caesar salad, save the planet. New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman on how to change the world with your diet.

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Friday, December 19, 2008 at 11:00 am

NFL wives speak out. Are their husbands suffering brain damage from playing in the National Football League?

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 11:00 am

We’ll talk with the field biologist who tracks new threats, to jungle and stream, before they become pandemic.

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 11:00 am

We’ll look at the evidence on popular treatments, from acupuncture to aromatherapy, and whether they’re effective.

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Monday, June 16, 2008 at 11:00 am

Dr. Thomas Graboys talks about his own Parkinson’s disease.

 
On Point Today
The Pandora Effect
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We’ll talk with the founder of Pandora, the online music service that claims it knows what you’ll want to hear.

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Week in the News
Friday, November 20, 2009 image

Obama in China. Healthcare crunch time in the Senate. And the mammogram controversy rages on. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Recent Shows
Poker: America’s Game
Thursday, November 19, 2009 image

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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