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Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 11:00 am

The unmentionable. How couples talk – and don’t talk – about old loves.

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Monday, September 8, 2008 at 11:00 am

Author Anne Roiphe lost her husband of 39 years. Now she tells the unsentimental story of life after love.

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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, February 13, 2008 at 11:00 am

Maybe we don’t want everything to boil down to science, but scientists keep chipping away at the mystery of everything we see and do. Now, they’re burrowing in on love.
You may think it’s moonlight and roses. They see evolutionary biology and neurotransmitters. Ninety-seven percent of mammals don’t pair up to raise their young. We humans [...]

 
Friday, November 30, 2007 at 11:00 am

They say love changes everything. But time changes love.
Just how much it can change became front page news last week, when the family of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor revealed that her husband had fallen in love with a fellow Alzheimer’s patient.
And she was happy for him.
What happens to the part of ourselves [...]

 
On Point Today
Hour 2
Robots Among Us
Thursday, July 9, 2009 image

Robots among us. iRobot CEO Colin Angle on the business and science of robotics now.

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Hour 1
Stimulus, Part Two?
Thursday, July 9, 2009 image

Debate mounts over a “Stimulus II.” But with talk of a “fiscal train wreck,” can America afford to spend more on stimulus? Top Obama advisor Christina Romer weighs in.

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Recent Shows
U.S. Nuns and the Vatican
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The Catholic Church in Rome moves to scrutinize — maybe rein in — American nuns. We’ll talk with sisters on the front lines.

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Trouble in Honduras
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 image

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya comes to Washington for help. We’ll ask what the coup against him means for Honduras, and for democracy in Latin America.

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On Point Blog
Christina Romer on the Stimulus

Christina Romer, chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, joined us in our first hour today to talk about the economy and the debate over whether a second round of stimulus is needed. Asked about Vice President Biden’s recent remarks, that the administration had “misread how bad the economy was,” she replied:  “It’s important to realize [...]

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Ten Minutes with Brzezinski

Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski joined Tom from Washington, D.C. this morning and shared his impressions of President Obama’s first face-to-face meetings with Russia’s leaders. 

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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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