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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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Friday, September 11, 2009 at 10:00 am

A huge pitch for health care. Hubble brings home deep space. And the Supreme Court takes up “Hillary: The Movie.” Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 10:00 am

Barack Obama delivers the biggest speech of his presidency, and tries to reframe the health care reform debate. We’ll ask if he can now get it done.

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 10:00 am

The president prepares to address the nation at what many call a do-or-die moment for health care reform. We’ll talk with Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and more.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 4:17 pm

Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin said in our first hour today that President Obama’s strategy for the war in Afghanistan is “unwise” and that the administration should not increase the U.S. military commitment there.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 10:00 am

President Obama faces his biggest decision as commander in chief — on Afghanistan. We’ll look at the policy debate in Washington.

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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
Thursday, November 5, 2009 image

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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