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What President-elect Barack Obama needs to know about the military (episode)
We're continuing our series "America's Briefing Book" with a focus on what President-elect Obama needs to know about the military. As he transitions to Commander-in-Chief, Barack Obam...
Mumbai: sifting facts from rumors (episode)
It would be very, very different if it were in fact traced back to the Pakistani government as opposed to being traced back to Pakistani soil. Both of them are grave situations, b...
"If we walked away, it's very likely the Taliban would take control of the country again." —Noah Feldman on Afghanistan
A Thai government spokesman says the prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat, will stay in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai indefinitely because of tensions with the military. The prime...
For insight into how the Indian-American community here at home is reacting to the events in Mumbai, we spoke with Amy Paul, the Development Director at the Northern Manhattan Coaliti...
For some people, the best thing about Thanksgiving dinner is the leftovers. But it isn’t just turkey and potatoes that qualify as leftovers. When it comes to music, methodical compo...
As India still reels from a series of terrorist attacks that led to standoffs in Mumbai, both authorities and the public are looking for where to point the blame. The former Pakistani...
Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and op-ed writer ("Dying of Consumption" (New York Times) joins The Takeaway to talk about why Americans might be better off if we reine...
New York Times food writer Melissa Clark joins the Takeaway with creative hints for using (and re-using) your Thanksgiving leftovers. "Don't put your pies in the fridge. They'...
As Americans get ready to hit the mall on Black Friday, we talk to Consumer Reports' "Tightwad Tod" who says the sales this year are unlike any he’s seen in 20 years of covering retai...
"Even if there's a shred of evidence that links these attacks to Pakistan, I'm afraid Indo-Pakistani relations will take a deep plunge in the foreseeable future." —Sumit Ganguly on ...
The Takeaway speaks with New York Times correspondent Keith Bradsher ("Eyewitness Updates: Nariman House") who's been filing via his phone from the streets of Mumbai, as well as Sumit...
Viva la Huelga! (No, not a placekicker for the Houston Texans) The NFL has reached an uncomfortable point in its struggle to stay on the vanguard of socialism, i.e., to have... (article)
Attacks in India and Afghanistan target western tourists (episode)
There may be measurable, scientific benefits to the American tradition of giving thanks. Jeffrey Froh, Assistant Psychology Professor at Hofstra University, talks with us about the m...
"The organization that claimed responsibility for these attacks did not exist before yesterday when these attacks happened..They are a red herring." —Zubair Ahmed on the attacks in ...
European Pilgrims and Native Americans breaking bread together is an easy image to conjure up on Thanksgiving, but it belies the struggle and marginalization that American Indians con...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Cuba today after a trip through Latin America that included visits to Venezuela and Brazil. The Takeaway talks to the BBC's correspondent ...
"It's a huge city. It has a population of nearly 20 million. How do you ensure security for these people?" —Nazes Afros on the attack in India
Last night, gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons attacked several popular tourist hotels in the Indian city of Mumbai: the Taj Mahal Palace, the Oberoi Hotel and other hig...
Holiday foods you won't touch (article)
Expanded bailout plan aims to help out little guys (episode)
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has announced a new $800 billion rescue plan that includes a commitment of $200 billion to increase the availability of student loans, auto loans and ...
"There was a sigh of relief when he was appointed to take over from Donald Rumsfeld two years ago and he's made a lot of friends." —Robert Watson on Gates staying on at Defense
"Over 40% of the people polled said that climate change was a more pressing issue than the global financial crisis." —Richard Black, discussing a global poll on climate change
There are now over 800,000 veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Of those, roughly 300,000 have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but only half of these veterans have been professionally t...
While President-elect Obama does not plan to officially unveil his national security team until after Thanksgiving, one thing seems pretty clear among Washington insiders: Defense Sec...
"The maximum people they have to managed to take to the streets is 10,000. With that amount of people they have managed to shut down the government, take the airport, and, as you sa...
As President-elect Obama focuses on the economic crisis during his transition period, he'll soon have to consider US-China relations. With a fast-growing economy and population, Chin...
The busiest travel day of the year has come again. Whether you're paying $125 to check your bag, or traveling in the high speed family lane, according to Scott McCartney, this year yo...
If you’ve watched Tiger Woods play in a golf tournament in the past 8 years, chances are good you’ve noticed the Buick logo branded on his golf bag. That was before General Motors...
In 1978 Harvey Milk made history as the first openly gay man elected to office in San Francisco. Months later, disgruntled former city employee Dan White made history when he assassin...
Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson said yesterday he would do whatever it takes to lift the economy, including giving his approval to a plan to disburse $800 billion in two new lending p...
Bailout and stimulus plans in U.S. and U.K. (episode)
Faced with the same economic crisis currently gripping the rest of the globe, Britain has unveiled an economic stimulus plan of its own, with some striking similarities and difference...
Taking on an issue like gun regulation in the US can mean political suicide for even the savviest of politicians. Nate Persily, law professor and political scientist at Columbia, joi...
At this moment in time, we’re going to interface with someone who will hopefully tell us why words adversely impact so many people. Are we annoying you yet? Jeremy Butterfield might k...
In another sign the English language is evolving, you can add a new word to your vocabulary: "cyberchondria." It's the term for what happens when you go looking up your health symptom...
Ten years ago, Hugo Chavez became the president of Venezuela, and he's been working to increase his influence and profile ever since. The Venezuelan leader is the subject of a new PB...
Monday was a study in competing press conferences. One very popular president-elect stood surrounded by top minds as he unveiled his economic team, while one very embattled lame-duck ...
The White House announced last night that President Bush would grant 14 pardons and commute 2 sentences before leaving office in January. The pardons did not include any of the high-...
Now that it's possible to program unmanned combat vehicles to make decisions about where (and who) to strike in war situations, new questions of ethics have risen: In which situations...
As President-elect Obama prepares to take office, our neighbors to the south have a few suggestions for the incoming president. A new report from the Brookings Institution documents s...
"We don't know if whether it's an insurgency on its last legs and those carrying out these bombings can be brought into a political process or whether everybody is just simmerin...
The man at the center of the current U.S. financial crisis is Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. The Takeaway talks to New Yorker Staff writer John Cassidy, who profiled Bernanke for his late...
Despite glum financial forecasts, many families are taking the challenge head on — making sacrifices and implementing cost-saving strategies. Melissa Tarun, mother of two from Helot... (article)
A Citigroup rescue: $20 billion and insurance for $306 billion in risky assets (episode)
"The credit card business is not that attractive to potential buyers. So Citigroup would be stuck with the rubbish, as it were, and all the good stuff is sold off." --Mela...
Call the office door etchers — President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is starting to take shape. Actions of Democratic officials continue to suggest that presidential nomination riva...
When Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Governor Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, ran for the top offices in the country, the White House's glass ceiling looked like it might be shattered. Bu...
Why do so many otherwise rational individuals make irrational decisions when it comes to money? Why do shoppers overspend when using credit cards, but manage to stay in a budget when ...
Henny Sender of the Financial Times and Peter Morici of the University of Maryland provide two takes on the U.S. government's plan to inject $20-billion into Citigroup. "This i...
With rumors that Senator Hillary Clinton will accept the key position of secretary of state in President-elect Obama’s Cabinet, the nation is starting envision what American diplomacy will look like after President Bush.
"Whether it's true or not, there's a belief in the the Obama camp that Tim Geithner was for bailing out Lehman Brothers and just was overruled." --Jackie Calmes on Robert Ru...
"Johnson was never a match for the man from Camelot, but Lyndon Johnson had to make that most abrupt of transitions during Thanksgiving, 1963." --John Hockenberry on Thanksg...
With the election behind us, the Republican Party is a little worse for wear. From prominent conservatives, such as Colin Powell and Christopher Buckley, wandering off the reservation...
"If Citigroup went down we would be looking at problems in financial sectors just about everywhere." --Andrew Walker speaking about the future of Citigroup
<p>Financial educator and author <a href="http://www.thetakeaway.org/contributors/alvin-hall/">Alvin Hall</a> took your questions on personal finance and debt on Friday, November 21, 2008.</p> (article)