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Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:00 am

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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Friday, November 13, 2009 at 10:00 am

Fort Hood questions. Afghanistan options and healthcare reform meets abortion politics. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:00 am

Record profits on Wall Street. A Republican votes for health care reform. And insurgent attacks rock Pakistan. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, September 25, 2009 at 10:00 am

World leaders on stage in New York and Pittsburgh. Terror arrests in Denver. New hope for an AIDS vaccine. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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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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Friday, September 11, 2009 at 10:00 am

A huge pitch for health care. Hubble brings home deep space. And the Supreme Court takes up “Hillary: The Movie.” Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, September 4, 2009 at 10:00 am

Dick Cheney defends CIA interrogations. California wildfires threaten thousands. And Afghanistan on the edge. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, August 28, 2009 at 10:00 am

The nation mourns Ted Kennedy. The health care debate rages on. And the attorney general names a prosecutor on torture. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, August 21, 2009 at 10:00 am

Election in Afghanistan. Democrats push back on health care. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, August 14, 2009 at 10:00 am

The president stumps for health care, and the town halls stay hot. The Fed sees hope. Hillary Clinton tours Africa. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, August 7, 2009 at 10:00 am

Cash for clunkers. Hope for the economy. And a dramatic homecoming for two freed American journalists. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, July 31, 2009 at 10:00 am

Health care maneuvers in Washington. Diplomacy in the Middle East. And a White House beer summit. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, July 24, 2009 at 10:00 am

Health care politics in high gear. Clinton talks tough in Asia. And a professor’s arrest stirs debate on race. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, July 10, 2009 at 10:00 am

The president in Moscow and Rome. Street battles in China. Fireworks in Washington over health care and jobs. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, July 3, 2009 at 10:00 am

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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Friday, June 26, 2009 at 10:00 am

Iranian crackdown. Health care politics in high gear. And the South Carolina governor’s Argentine affair. Our weekly news roundtable unpacks the headlines.

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Friday, June 12, 2009 at 10:00 am

Big banks bolt TARP. CEOs get a pay czar. Iran goes to the polls. And a deadly shooting in Washington. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, June 5, 2009 at 10:00 am

Obama in Egypt. GM in bankruptcy. And a French airliner goes down. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, May 22, 2009 at 10:00 am

Democrats defy Obama on Guantanamo. The president speaks. Detroit emissions get a haircut. Iran tests a missile. It’s the weekly news roundtable.

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Friday, May 15, 2009 at 10:00 am

Obama puts the brakes on photos of abuse. Health care and Wall Street get wake-up calls. An Afghan commander gets the boot. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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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.

Comments [44]

Recent Shows
Poker: America’s Game
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Poker and American history. How the game of presidents, cowboys, gangsters, and online gamblers helped shape America.

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Google vs. Murdoch
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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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