On Point (Magazine)
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Judging Andrew Jackson
Fri, Nov 21
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President "Number 7," Andrew Jackson:who broke down the doors of Washington for the common man. Newsweek's Jon Meacham shares his new biography.
Week in the News
Fri, Nov 21
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All eyes on Obama's emerging cabinet. The Big Three go begging. Markets keep tumbling. Our news roundtable goes behind this week's headlines.
Unemployment Survival
Thu, Nov 20
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Unemployment rising fast, and America's social safety net isn't what it used to be. We'll talk about surviving the new economic reality.
Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers"
Thu, Nov 20
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The "Tipping Point" master Malcolm Gladwell talks about the ecology of success and where the super-successful get their edge.
Amitav Ghosh
Wed, Nov 19
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Novelist Amitav Ghosh on 19th century India and the Opium trade in his sweeping new epic, "Sea of Poppies."
Secretary of State Clinton?
Wed, Nov 19
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Should Hillary Clinton be Barack Obama's Secretary of State? Word out today that Eric Holder will be Attorney General, and much to come on that front. But it's the thought of Clinton at the helm of the State Department and U.S. foreign policy that has Washington abuzz. President-elect Obama appears strikingly open to a team of rivals around him — maybe. Hillary Clinton is clearly a powerhouse. But is the senator the right rival, the right powerhouse for this job? The global stakes are high....
Nebraska's "Safe Haven"
Tue, Nov 18
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Nebraska offered "safe haven" to children, expected babies, and got heartland parents abandoning teenagers. We ask why.
Niall Ferguson
Tue, Nov 18
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Historian of empire and finance Niall Ferguson on the economic crisis of our time, right now.
Terry Tempest Williams
Mon, Nov 17
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Terry Tempest Williams takes us from Byzantine Italy to post-genocide Rwanda in search of "Beauty in a Broken World."
Retirement in Crisis
Mon, Nov 17
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The economic crisis could change the face of American retirement in big ways. Is it the end of the golden years and the beginning of something more austere?
West Philly's X-Kids
Fri, Nov 14
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Who's going to design the car of the future? The one that's affordable, that plugs in, charges up, goes from zero to sixty in under five seconds and gets 100 miles per gallon? They're working on it in Detroit, but who knows if the U.S. auto industry will die before the roll out? So how about a plucky group of inner city kids from West Philadelphia led by a visionary teacher? They come from a world of crack houses and gang wars, but they're winning awards for cutting-edge green auto design....
Week in the News
Fri, Nov 14
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The economy goes from bad to worse as Washington rethinks the financial bailout, a global summit comes to town, and Obama's transition ramps up. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
A Bailout for Detroit?
Thu, Nov 13
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Should Washington bail out Detroit? We'll hear the arguments for and against pouring billions into America's collapsing auto industry.
American Muslims and Election '08
Wed, Nov 12
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We talk with American Muslims about the long presidential campaign, Colin Powell stepping up for their dignity, and the Obama presidency ahead.
Obama and the Liberal Moment
Wed, Nov 12
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The New Yorker's George Packer on what liberalism now means and does not mean in the Obama era.
William Least Heat-Moon
Tue, Nov 11
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William Least Heat-Moon, author "Blue Highways" and "River-Horse," reports in on America's backroads now.
American Women at War
Tue, Nov 11
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On Veterans' Day, we look at American women at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and what a new generation of women in uniform has seen at the battlefront.
Species at the Brink
Mon, Nov 10
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We talk with Dr. Stuart Pimm, a Duke University ecologist who has travelled the world studying exactly how species go extinct, and how to bring them back from the brink.
American Competitiveness
Mon, Nov 10
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Harvard business guru Michael Porter on economic crisis, American competitiveness, and the road ahead.
Remembering Michael Crichton
Fri, Nov 7
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We talk about Michael Crichton, from "The Andromeda Strain" to "Jurassic Park," "ER," and "State of Fear." We'll look at the blockbuster master's long reach.
Week in the News
Fri, Nov 7
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An historic election. Obama shapes a team. And America grapples with a whole new political map. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
Voters on the Road Ahead
Thu, Nov 6
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We check in with red, blue, and purple voters we've spoken with in the course of the '08 campaign, to hear their views on Tuesday's vote and the road ahead.
Republicans Survey the Ruins
Thu, Nov 6
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The Republican Party rethinks. We talk with conservative thinkers about the GOP's Election Day thrashing, and where the party goes from here.
The Next President
Wed, Nov 5
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The vote and the presidency. We'll have all the news, numbers, and analysis of an historic election day.
This American Moment
Wed, Nov 5
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American historians David Kennedy and Nell Irvin Painter discuss the weight of the 2008 election.
Novelist David Rhodes
Tue, Nov 4
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After 30 years' silence, David Rhodes is back with small-town life and a cougar in the hay mow in his new book, "Driftless."
Founding Choices
Tue, Nov 4
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On Election Day, we'll look back with historian Joseph Ellis on America's first tumultuous decades, and the triumphs and compromises of the Republic's creation.
The World According to Mike Leigh
Mon, Nov 3
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Acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh goes way upbeat in his latest film, "Happy-Go-Lucky." We'll ask him why.
The Change Election
Mon, Nov 3
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We've heard a lot about change in the presidential campaign. On the eve of the election, we'll ask big thinkers on American politics about the kind of change Barack Obama or John McCain might bring
A History of Witch-Hunts
Fri, Oct 31
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We talk with Yale historian John Demos about the 2,000-year history of witch-hunting in the Western world.
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