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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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Monday, September 15, 2008 at 10:00 am

Bear Stearns was bailed out. Then Fannie and Freddie. Now Lehman Brothers has gone to the brink. More could follow. How much should the government step in?

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On Point Today
Hour 2
Chemicals in Our Bodies
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Scientists report that widely used chemicals — endocrine disruptors — are causing serious health problems in humans. We ask what the government is, and is not, doing about it.

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Hour 1
Sarah Palin’s Surprise
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Alaksa 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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Recent Shows
Crooked Still
Friday, July 3, 2009 image

Tunes from old Appalachia with a new bluegrass twist. The hit folk band “Crooked Still” plays for us in our studio.

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Week in the News
Friday, July 3, 2009 image

A U.S. offensive in Afghanistan. Al Franken heads to the Senate. Mark Sanford keeps talking. And unemployment keeps rising. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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On Point Blog
India, China and the Climate

The passage of the House climate bill – discussed in our first hour today – has been greeted with enthusiasm in many quarters. But in some ways, the real question is whether a global framework can be established in Copenhagen in December, when countries will negotiate a new international treaty to curb greenhouse gases.

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Michael, Ed, and Farrah

The week-in-the-news roundtable always involves tough choices on sound clips – what to include, what to leave out. Amid all the pressing hard news, we often give a nod to a notable person who’s passed away. But this week brought, well, a ridiculous range of choices.

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Planet Money, On Point — Your Questions!

On Wednesday night, June 24, On Point will tape a show before an audience in Boston with two stars of NPR’s “Planet Money,” Adam Davidson and David Kestenbaum. We need your online questions to put to them — about anything from the roots of the economic crisis to NPR’s coverage.

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