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High Flying Olympic Bids
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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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China, the Olympics, and Us
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 12:08 pm

Listening to our first hour this morning, I was struck by several comments about the glossy postcard image of China as presented on TV.

 
Scoring the Olympics
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 10:00 am

From the athletes, to media coverage, to China’s image, we’ll take stock of what we’ve seen in Beijing.

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Whatever Happened to the ‘Genocide Olympics’?
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Monday, July 28, 2008 at 10:00 am

The Beijing Olympics are about to open. Whatever happened to all the campaigns to leverage China on Darfur, Tibet, and more, with the Games?

 
China’s Week in the News
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Friday, April 18, 2008 at 10:00 am

Go to On Point in Shanghai: China’s Week in the News
Every week we hit the news on Friday. This week we do it from China. Things look different when you’re sitting in Shanghai. The pope’s visit to America? Invisible. The Dalai Lama in the U.S.? Big. CNN’s Jack Cafferty and his offhand taunt toward China? [...]

 
Recent Shows
The Future of Aging
Thursday, November 5, 2009 image

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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