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Monday, March 23 2015

• Today's Takeaways: Samantha Power, Meaning in The Stars, & Tranquility in Taxes March 23, 2015

  The Takeaway talks with the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, a physicist stops by to explain his latest research, and we look at the legacy of David Foster Wallace. (episode)

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  • Samantha Power: Brutality of Assad Regime Cannot Survive March 23, 2015

    We joined Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, to observe a&nbsp;new art installation that captures the raw horror of the conflict in Syria. Hear her reaction.&nbsp;

  • Sen. Ted Cruz Announces Bid For President March 23, 2015

    The 2016 presidential election is heating up, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz has officially thrown his hat in the ring.

  • Searching for Meaning and Order in The Stars March 23, 2015

    Physicist John Learned was looking for life up in space and wound up discovering a new pattern of behavior among the stars.

  • The Ted Cruz/John Lennon Mashup You Never Knew You Wanted March 23, 2015

    Sen. Ted Cruz sounded a lot like John Lennon today when he announced that he would seek the 2016 Republican nomination for president. So we mashed&nbsp;his speech up with Lennon's "Imagine."&nbsp;

  • Decades After Kevorkian, U.S. Struggles With Right to Die March 23, 2015

    The man known as Dr. Death got the nation talking&nbsp;about doctor-assisted suicide. Now some states have laws allowing&nbsp;the practice.&nbsp;

  • How David Foster Wallace Found Tranquility in the Tax Code March 23, 2015

    When Wallace won a "genius grant" in 1997, he moved to Illinois, started taking tax accounting courses at a state college, and discovered the spiritual side of khakis and the IRS.