On Point with Tom Ashbrook Podcast
From NPR and WBUR, On Point is public radio's live morning news program - covering each day's important news developments and conducting conversations with newsmakers and thinkers from all around the world.
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Claude Levi-Strauss
Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, who profoundly challenged the understanding of human cultures, has died at the age of 100. We look back at his work and its meaning.
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'09 Elections, the GOP, and Obama
A shot-across-the-bow election day for Republicans and Democrats. We'll look at the results as both parties look ahead to 2010.
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A New Map of the World
The story of the 1507 map that gave America its name, and its role in changing our understanding of the universe.
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Til Death Do They Pay?
Rethinking alimony. With the old model of breadwinning father and stay-at-home mother mostly gone, does a lifelong obligation to an ex still make sense?
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Maya Lin's "What Is Missing?"
Maya Lin's Vietnam memorial changed how we remember war. We talk with her about her latest and, she says, last public memorial — a monument to vanishing species.
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Fixing "Too Big To Fail"
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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Monsters and Our Worst Fears
For Halloween, from the minotaur to Frankenstein to Godzilla - a history of monsters from the dawn of time.
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Asia, America and Higher Ed
Asian countries pour money and resources into higher education, while American universities go begging. We'll ask former MIT president Charles Vest, and more, where this goes.
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John Irving
Novelist John Irving — "Garp," "Cider House Rules" — is at it again. He talks with us about his latest tale, "Last Night in Twisted River."
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Smartphones and Mobile Computing
Google, Apple and a whole tech universe are vying for the next great prize: mobile computing. We ask how life changes with a smartphone in everyone's pocket.
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Religion, Morality and Youth
The moral and spiritual lives of young Americans. We'll ask where they're turning now for meaning.
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Medical Marijuana and the Law
Marijuana, medical marijuana, and the law. The Justice Department says it won't go after legal users. Now the country must decide how to live with legalized pot.
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"This Old House" at 30
"This Old House" turns 30. Up close with the beloved PBS series.
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Assessing the Taliban
Taliban rising and fighting. We'll ask who and what the Taliban really is today. With Michael Semple, former deputy head of the EU mission to Afghanistan, and journalist Peter Bergen of the New America Foundation.
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Cornel West Tells His Story
Cornel West - philosopher, teacher, intellectual, and lightning rod - riffs on his new memoir of "living and loving out loud."
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The Chamber and U.S. Business
The tempest in Washington over the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — and who speaks for American business.
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Saad Eskander on Iraq's Future
Saad Eskander has faced down looters and gunfire as director of Iraq's National Library and Archives. He joins us to look at Iraq's future as US combat troops prepare to leave.
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The Amelia Earhart Story
Amelia Earhart, vanished aviator, is back - in the movies, played by Hilary Swank. We'll resurrect the Amelia Earhart story.
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Stewart Brand's "Ecopragmatism"
Whole Earth Catalog guru Stewart Brand now says we need nuclear energy and genetically modified food. We'll ask him if he's selling out, or getting real.
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Overweight America
Is it OK now to be fat — a la TV's "More to Love"? Or is it a threat to our health — and health
On Point with Tom Ashbrook Podcast
