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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Questions of Civility, and More
American public life has always had its rough edges. But lately, they seem rough all over: In town-hall flip-outs and the shout of "You lie!" from the floor of Congress. In Serena Williams's tennis tirade, Roger Federer's angry oath, Kanye West's limelight rudeness, go-back-to-Africa posters on Cap …
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J Street and US-Israel Relations
We talk with the founder of J Street, the upstart Jewish lobbying organization that wants to be the liberal answer to AIPAC.
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Unemployed America
Nearly one in ten Americans are out of work. How long can that last? And how can we live with it?
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E-Memory and Human Nature
Human memory is a famously tricky thing. We remember some things. We forget a lot more. And we shape and sculpt the memories we do have with a vengeance. But more and more, the actual events of our lives are being recorded electronically. In Facebook albums and Twitter posts and smartphone files, y …
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Wall St., A Year After the Meltdown
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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Amartya Sen on Justice
Nobel Prize-winning philosopher and economist Amartya Sen on a new theory of social justice.
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Obama's Health Care Speech
Barack Obama delivers the biggest speech of his presidency, and tries to reframe the health care reform debate. We'll ask if he can now get it done.
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Sam Tanenhaus on Conservatism
Conservatives might not like it, but Sam Tanenhaus says their movement is, fundamentally, dead. We'll hear his case and his critics.
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Nicholson Baker's 'The Anthologist'
Novelist Nicholson Baker's humorous take on poetry, rhyme, and the tortured lives of poets.
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Obama's Task on Health Care
The president prepares to address the nation at what many call a do-or-die moment for health care reform. We talk with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and more.
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Obama's Choice in Afghanistan
President Obama faces his biggest decision as commander in chief - on Afghanistan. We'll look at the policy debate in Washington.
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The Blind Boys of Alabama
Gospel greats the Blind Boys of Alabama on making music "Down in New Orleans." (Rebroadcast)
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Fall TV Preview
Glee club drama. Courteney Cox as a cougar. The entire human race blacks out. We'll get the scoop on TV's fall lineup.
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Elections, Money, and the Court
The Supreme Court convenes next week to hear the case against "Hillary: The Movie," and a constitutional challenge to campaign finance law. We'll unpack it.
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The Ancient City on the Mississippi
Anthropologist Tim Pauketat takes us back a thoussnd years to Cahokia, the ancient city on the banks of the Mississippi River.
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Why Women Drink
Mommy cocktail hours. Drinking in secret. Driving drunk. Sobering new facts about women and alcohol abuse.
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Investigating CIA Abuses
CIA vs. Justice department. We'll go deep with partisans on both sides, on the merits and demerits of Attorney General Holder's decision to name a special prosecutor.
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Iraq's Volatile Days Ahead
U.S. troops have left Iraqi cities, and the big withdrawal is in motion. But the security situation remains fragile. We'll check in with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill and top journalists.
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Tracy Kidder: Burundi and Back
A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder about his new book "Strength in What Remains."
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Food Critic Frank Bruni
New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni is leaving his restaurant beat. We'll ask about his new memoir, "Born Round," and about how people eat when they eat out.
On Point with Tom Ashbrook Podcast
