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Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:00 am

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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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 10:00 am

Sarah Palin back in the spotlight. We’ll look at the Palin odyssey, the Palin memoir, and Sarah Palin’s political future.

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Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:00 am

Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will face trial in a federal courtroom in New York City. We’ll look at the case — and the choice to bring the trial to New York.

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Friday, November 13, 2009 at 10:00 am

Fort Hood questions. Afghanistan options and healthcare reform meets abortion politics. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:00 am

President Obama makes his first trip to Asia. We’ll look at his agenda, and the rising power of the East.

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Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:00 am

Horror at Fort Hood. Election signals. And an imminent vote on health care. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:00 am

Tim Geithner and Barney Frank say they’ll rein in banks that are “Too Big To Fail.” Critics say their plan won’t fix Wall Street. We’ll hear the debate.

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Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:00 am

The U.S. economy grows. Bombs from Baghdad to Pakistan. And a vaccine shortage all over. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, October 23, 2009 at 10:00 am

Pay cuts for bailout executives. Afghanistan schedules a runoff vote as Pakistan and the Taliban go at it. And the “public option” is back. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 11:00 am

With American inequality at historic levels, Yale’s Bruce Judson asks if a revolution could happen here. He says yes. We’ll hear his case.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 10:00 am

Nine months into the Obama administration, critics on the left and right say the president isn’t delivering. Arianna Huffington, Byron York, and Jack Beatty weigh in.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 10:00 am

We talk to reporters who have been on the front lines in Afghanistan, and discuss how President Obama’s decision on troops might play out on the ground.

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Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10:00 am

President Obama’s Nobel Prize. War council in Washington. Gold soars, and the dollar slides. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, October 2, 2009 at 10:00 am

Talks open with Iran. Saturn bites the dust. Earthquake in Sumatra and tsunami in Samoa. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 11:00 am

President Obama flies to Copenhagen to support Chicago’s bid for 2016. We’ll hear the case for Chicago, and its top rival, Rio de Janeiro.

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Monday, September 28, 2009 at 11:00 am

Mideast scholar and Obama adviser Vali Nasr says a new middle class is finally changing the Muslim world — and the U.S. needs to catch up.

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Friday, September 25, 2009 at 10:00 am

World leaders on stage in New York and Pittsburgh. Terror arrests in Denver. New hope for an AIDS vaccine. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 10:00 am

Is the global economic crisis derailing globalization? Should it? As the G-20 sits down in Pittsburgh, we’ll talk tires, chickens, and trade.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 11:00 am

President Obama addresses the United Nations — and Iran looms large. We’ll hear perspectives on the nuclear threat and Ahmadinejad from top Iran watchers around the world.

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Friday, September 18, 2009 at 10:00 am

Max Baucus rolls out a healthcare plan. Missile defense. Murder at Yale. Jimmy Carter talks race. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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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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