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On Point (Magazine)

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  • Host: Tom Ashbrook
  • 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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The Future of Aging

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
A surge of new strategies to "manage" aging — from diets to testosterone. We get the story.

Climate, Congress and Copenhagen

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
The Copenhagen climate conference is one month away. US climate action is making little headway in Congress. We look at the global implications of America's domestic climate politics.

Claude Levi-Strauss

Wed, Nov 4 Listen
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.

'09 Elections, the GOP, and Obama

Wed, Nov 4 Listen
A shot-across-the-bow election day for Republicans and Democrats. We'll look at the results as both parties look ahead to 2010.

A New Map of the World

Tue, Nov 3 Listen
The story of the 1507 map that gave America its name, and its role in changing our understanding of the universe.

Til Death Do They Pay?

Tue, Nov 3 Listen
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?

Maya Lin's "What Is Missing?"

Tue, Nov 3 Listen
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.

Fixing "Too Big To Fail"

Tue, Nov 3 Listen
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.

Week in the News

Fri, Oct 30 Listen
The U.S. economy grows. Bombs from Baghdad to Pakistan. And a vaccine shortage all over. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Monsters and Our Worst Fears

Fri, Oct 30 Listen
For Halloween, from the minotaur to Frankenstein to Godzilla - a history of monsters from the dawn of time.

Asia, America and Higher Ed

Fri, Oct 30 Listen
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.

John Irving

Fri, Oct 30 Listen
Novelist John Irving — "Garp," "Cider House Rules" — is at it again. He talks with us about his latest tale, "Last Night in Twisted River."

Smartphones and Mobile Computing

Wed, Oct 28 Listen
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.

Religion, Morality and Youth

Wed, Oct 28 Listen
The moral and spiritual lives of young Americans. We'll ask where they're turning now for meaning.

Medical Marijuana and the Law

Tue, Oct 27 Listen
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.

"This Old House" at 30

Mon, Oct 26 Listen
"This Old House" turns 30. Up close with the beloved PBS series.

Assessing the Taliban

Mon, Oct 26 Listen
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.

Week in the News

Fri, Oct 23 Listen
Pay cuts for bailout executives. Afghanistan schedules a runoff vote as Pakistan and the Taliban go at it. And the "public option" is back. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Cornel West Tells His Story

Fri, Oct 23 Listen
Cornel West - philosopher, teacher, intellectual, and lightning rod - riffs on his new memoir of "living and loving out loud."

The Chamber and U.S. Business

Fri, Oct 23 Listen
The tempest in Washington over the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — and who speaks for American business.

Saad Eskander on Iraq's Future

Fri, Oct 23 Listen
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.

The Amelia Earhart Story

Wed, Oct 21 Listen
Amelia Earhart, vanished aviator, is back - in the movies, played by Hilary Swank. We'll resurrect the Amelia Earhart story.

Stewart Brand's "Ecopragmatism"

Wed, Oct 21 Listen
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.

Overweight America

Tue, Oct 20 Listen
Is it OK now to be fat — a la TV's "More to Love"? Or is it a threat to our health — and health

The Housing Wild Card

Tue, Oct 20 Listen
Home prices, housing, and the U.S. economy. American homes are still the wild card in recovery.

Jobs and the Class of '09

Mon, Oct 19 Listen
College grads from the Class of 2009 about their valiant struggle to launch careers in a down job market.

A Global View of Human Rights

Mon, Oct 19 Listen
Irene Khan, the first woman and Muslim to head Amnesty International, and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, on the global state of human rights.

The RZA's Wu-Tang Way

Fri, Oct 16 Listen
Hip-hop legend and Wu Tang Clan founder The RZA on life lessons and The Tao of Wu. *Note: This podcast version of the show has been shortened slightly to conform with our guidelines on podcasting music.

Week in the News

Fri, Oct 16 Listen
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.

How the Wall Really Fell

Thu, Oct 15 Listen
Twenty years ago this fall, the Berlin Wall was headed down. We'll talk with a Newsweek reporter who saw it

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