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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10:00 am

Insider trading on Wall Street. We’ll draw back the curtain on the Galleon case, the role of hedge funds, and what it all means for the rest of us.

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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 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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Monday, September 28, 2009 at 10:00 am

Wall Street bonuses helped create the global financial crisis. Now new rules are on the table. We’ll ask if Washington is ready to take on Wall Street pay.

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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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Monday, September 14, 2009 at 10:00 am

One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, we’ll look at whether Wall Street is vulnerable to yet another crisis.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 10:00 am

The Wall Street banks are back, with Goldman Sachs out front. But after all the bailouts, can we really stomach the mega bonuses and “too big to fail,” again?

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 10:00 am

President Obama rolls out the biggest financial market regulation revamp since the Great Depression. Is it enough? Too much? We’ll dig in.

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Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 10:00 am

When free market champion Richard Posner says capitalism has failed, you sit up and listen. And we will.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 10:00 am

Is there a criminal case against Wall Street greed and AIG bonuses? We’ll look at who’s investigating — and the case for prosecution.

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Monday, December 22, 2008 at 10:00 am

Multi-million dollar bonuses for Wall Street executives — even now. We ask what mega-bonuses have meant, and mean, for the US economy.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 10:00 am

Move over Mr. Ponzi, Bernard Madoff is here. We’ll look at the scam that’s rocking rich Americans, and a whole lot more.

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Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 11:00 am

We look back on money, greed, and the bubble with a hedge-fund poet.

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Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 10:00 am

Unemployment is rising fast, and America’s social safety net isn’t what it used to be. We talk about surviving the new economic reality.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 10:00 am

Top Wall Street insider Henry Kaufman on what our economy — and society — are up against in the current downturn.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 11:00 am

Investigative reporter Danny Schechter names names, in what he calls the “plunder” of the U.S. economy.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 10:00 am

At the root of the financial crisis — problems with American bank regulation and the American housing market. We’ll look at both.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 11:00 am

We open up the phone lines and hear from listeners on the historic bailout failure, the financial crisis, and what should happen now.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 10:00 am

We’ve heard from Congress and the White House on financial meltdown. But what is Wall Street itself thinking? We’ll get the word on the Street.

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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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