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The militants in Northwest Pakistan (episode)
What is the future of Iraq? And what is America’s role in it? As part of The Takeaway's ongoing conversation, John and Adaora talk with Paul Hughes, Senior Program Officer at the United States Institute for Peace.
Pixar's latest movie, WALL-E, is an environmental fable about a lonely robot who is left to clean up the rusty debris of a vacant Earth. Two real-life Wallys review the film for The Takeaway.
An article in Atlantic Monthly magazine has kicked off a firestorm of controversy. Author Hanna Rosin ties the demolition of public housing projects to a rise in crime in the city of ...
D.C. gun ban overturned by Supreme Court (episode)
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is following through with a runoff election despite mounting international appeals to call it off. The Takeaway asks veteran journalist Andrew Meldr...
The Screen Actors Guild's contract with the studios expires Monday and there are reasons to fear a repeat of the crippling 14-week writers strike that ended in February. Some observer...
Once-quarrelsome Democrats meet to forge a common path (episode)
With a Supreme Court ruling expected Thursday on whether a Washington, D.C., handgun ban violates Second Amendment rights, The Takeaway looks at what this session's rulings illustrate about the John Roberts court.
A decision expected later today could radically expand the number of top-level domain names available on the Web. Many governments anticipate a more global World Wide Web experience s...
In Iraq there have been two wars. The focus of the first was was to capture or kill the enemy, The focus of the current one is to pick up the pieces of the invasion. The Takeaway talk...
Friday marks the fifth anniversary of a law responsible for recovering some peace and quiet in your life: The National Do Not Call Registry. The Takeaway listens to what we've been missing.
Terence Wrong is the producer and executive producer of the ABC News documentary series "Hopkins," which gives viewers an intimate look at life and death and work inside Baltimore's J...
New York, NY — It's a matter of timing, politics and, in some cases, luck. President George W. Bush won two and lost two. Richard Nixon got four of his six picks through. Ronald Re... (article)
Watching inflation, the Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise interest rates (episode)
United is the latest airline to announce cutbacks, joining Northwest, Delta and Continental. United says, beginning this summer, it will eliminate 950 pilots from its roster after alr...
Dark matter, one of cosmology’s most curious mysteries, has yet to be seen. But theorists have good reason to believe that it exists, and that galaxies, stars, and planets could never...
Senate debates a foreclosure rescue bill as White House threatens veto (episode)
"Freakonomics" author Stephen Dubner covers the dubious nature of self-reported data. Why do people lie and, moreover, why do people lie when it conflicts with their own self-interest...
Political instability has put a spotlight on Nigeria, home to Africa's largest oil industry. Militants have recently sabotaged crude exports with series of attacks on drills and suppl...
Today marks the 60-year anniversary of the Cold War’s first major crisis: The Blockade of Berlin. Angered by an allied plan to reform Germany’s worthless Reichsmark into the Deutschem...
Last week, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a World War II-style GI Bill for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. The Senate is expected to vote on it this week. Now that the ...
Tsvangirai is out. For Zimbabwe, now what? (episode)
Zimbabwe’s campaign of violence, torture and intimidation of opposition supporters appears to have worked. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has dropped out of Zimbabwe’s hotly con...
World leaders met in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, this weekend to find a solution to spiraling oil prices. Instead, the meeting sharpened differences on what the underlying causes are. Oil c...
The California Public Health Department has halted the work of 13 genetic testing companies, barring them from selling tests without a doctor’s orders. Today the companies must detai...
The times they are a-changin'. It’s a quick-hit, fast-paced world and getting information isn’t what it used to be. For a professor in Atlanta, this historic election cycle has been ...
Nearly two months have passed since an outbreak of salmonella in tomatoes, leaving consumers uneasy and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration scrambling to find the source of the cont...
Every Monday, The Takeaway plays your comments about new movies. This week, some not so fuzzy feelings for The Love Guru and Get Smart. Send your comments about next week's releases...
Government wiretapping overhaul includes immunity for phone companies (episode)
Federal authorities have charged the first executives in the aftermath of the subprime mortgage collapse. The Takeaway talks with a reporter with a first-hand account of the arrest and the case, WNYC's Bob Hennelly.
Wrestling is often thought of as a homogeneous sport. But this year’s U.S. Olympics team has men and women from many different backgrounds. The Takeaway talks to Coach Lee Camp, a fo...
Dutch researchers published a study that suggests our genes may determine our parenting behavior. They found a correlation between nurturing behaviors and particular genetic variation...
Don't know what movie to see this weekend? The Takeaway is here to help. It's the Mother of All Trailers. This week: Get Smart, The Love Guru, Brick Lane and Kit Kittredge.
Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Edwards and Judy Giuliani — each has been subjected to relentless scrutiny in today's world of the nonstop news-cycle and 'gotcha!' media moments spread onli...
Five sneakered human feet have washed up on the shores of British Columbia over the past year. They could be victims of a plane crash or the 2005 Asian tsunami, but Canadian officials...
Who says it doesn't matter whom a presidential candidate picks as a running mate? Swing states have never been swingier and a smart VP choice could fill electoral holes for McCain or ... (article)
Western oil companies near deal with Iraq (episode)
A new study says cancer patients nearing the end of life want the truth. But it's not all that simple. Everyday, and with every patient, Dr. John Marshall has to reexamine what it means to tell this truth.
What does democracy sound like? That depends on where you are. The Takeaway compares U.K. Question Time and the U.S. House of Representatives to hear the difference in the way lawmakers serve you.
As floods reach record levels in the Midwest, thousands of people have been displaced. Homes, businesses and crops have been destroyed. Are humans partly to blame for this increased r...