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Monday, July 6, 2009 at 10:00 am

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s out-of-the-blue resignation. We ask what it means for her future — and for the GOP.

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Friday, October 3, 2008 at 10:00 am

Bailout maneuvers, market swings. Palin versus Biden. And Obama inches up in the polls. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 10:00 am

Sarah Palin prepares for Joe Biden and her first national debate. It’s been one month since she stepped onto the national stage. We take stock.

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Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:00 am

John McCain’s moment. Sarah Palin’s national debut. The GOP’s message. Who’s got momentum now? Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Our live coverage continues from the GOP Convention. We’ll be there as McCain prepares to step up for his big speech to the nation.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Sarah Palin speaks. We’ll look closely at the VP pick that has the whole country talking.

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Recent Shows
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
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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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