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My Own Private Mortgage Crisis
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 11:00 am

Ed Andrews, economics reporter for The New York Times, tells us his personal home foreclosure story.

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George Packer: ‘The Ponzi State’
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 11:00 am

The New Yorker’s George Packer takes us into the heart of Florida’s housing collapse.

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Rescuing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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Monday, July 14, 2008 at 10:00 am

The U.S .Treasury and Federal Reserve jump in to rescue the pillars of the US mortgage system: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

 
Subprime Mortgage Meltdown
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 10:00 am

When President Bush unveiled his administration’s plan last week to help Americans — more than a million of them — struggling to pay subprime mortgages, critics immediately called it “too little, too late.”
In communities all across the country — from the inner city to well-heeled suburbs — foreclosures are rampant. And the worst of the [...]

 
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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