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The show's director Vince Fairchild mixed up our show this morning with Blur, Mercury Program, Death Cab for Cutie, with an appearance by the Phenomenal Handclap Band. Check out the c... (article)
Olympic athletes protest social media restrictions | Sink or swim: Stories of everyday Americans trying to learn this Olympic sport | All calculators and no brains: The pros and cons... (episode)
The International Olympics Committee’s "Rule 40" prevents athletes from promoting brands other than the official Olympic sponsors during the days before and during the Games. But some...
In his recent editorial for our partner the New York Times, professor Andrew Hacker asks “is Algebra necessary?” The millions of high school students and college freshmen taking manda...
As the U.S. swim team continues to bring home Olympic medals, we’ve been looking at the more realistic side of swimming in America. After we spoke to Dr. Carol Irwin, author of a stud...
Syrian troops and rebels are fighting a fierce battle for control of Aleppo, Syria's largest city with nearly 3 million residents. As hundreds of thousands stream out of Aleppo, the S...
It’s been 30 years since the Individual Retirement Account model, or the 401(k), became the standard way for Americans to save for retirement. And it has failed — or so says Teresa Gh...
The fact that Holmes was seeing a psychiatrist prior to the theatre shooting in Aurora, Colorado, is a fact that has emerged in the past few days. Should his psychiatrist be required ...
While the detonation of the atomic bomb in 1945 brought about death and destruction, the labs that created this bomb remain quiet and peaceful, albeit largely unseen. A bill in Congre...
<p>The education system costs way more than it should, and doesn’t work nearly as well as it should, says a new report by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.</p>
While President Obama has officially ended the War on Iraq and is in the process of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, for many veterans the war is far from over. An estimated 350,0...
Today's playlist was crafted with love for you today by our trusty broadcast engineer and director Vince Fairchild. (article)
Romney voices his support for Israel to defend itself against Iran | The Takeaway's musical road trip continues to Detroit with Mary Wilson of the Supremes | The Agenda: Romney's for... (episode)
Mitt Romney has said he'd support an Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear program, but will it win him any votes in America? Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian Studies lecturer in Israel, t...
Do you live in the greatest music city in America? Detroiters seem to think so. In their honor, we've made Motor City the next stop on our cross-country musical road trip. Our tour gu...
<p>On our Agenda for the week: Mitt Romney's international tour, the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank meet, and the monthly unemployment report is released.</p>
For the many millions in London this summer, today is perhaps the first real test for the Olympic organizers. How do you move millions around an already busy, old and crowded city on ...
Angy Rivera came to the U.S. when she was three years old as an undocumented immigrant. Angy’s 21 now and writes the first and only undocumented immigrant advice column, "Ask Angy," w...
The fighting in Syria has flared up in the quiet city Aleppo, where scores of civilians are beginning to flee the constant shelling. Government forces have launched an offensive there...
<p>With the Syrian Army closing in on the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, a Syrian-American who's family lives in the city tries to understand what the fighting means for the local population, and what will happen next.</p>
Two centuries ago, Russia and Britain fought a war of influence over a region that rarely makes headlines: Central Asia. Today, a new game of influence is taking place in that same re...
According to the Red Cross, 37 percent of Americans say they’re not good swimmers, and 13 percent say they can’t swim at all. While those numbers are bad, they're even worse in minori...
This week: Kristen cheats on Robert Pattinson at the Summer Games while the neighborhood watches. No, that can't be right. Rafer is an expert on Olympic events. No, that's certainly n... (article)
<p>We asked you: What should the Olympic theme song be for your favorite event?</p> (article)
What it takes to change your mind about guns | One billion to watch tonight's Opening Ceremonies | Carrying the Olympic torch on a prosthetic blade | Follow Friday: Aurora, Romney in ... (episode)
<p>In the aftermath of the Colorado massacre, the debate about gun control is once again taking the forefront in national politics. How are our perceptions about guns actually shaped by our individual experiences?</p>
<p>The London Olympics Opening Ceremonies is called 'Isles of Wonder' and draws inspiration from Shakespeare's The Tempest and is expected to be watched by a global audience of one billion.</p>
<p>The summer Olympics are often characterized as a celebration of unity. But what happens when fierce rivals must work together to advance national team interests?</p>
Oscar Pistorius, the lightning-fast South African sprinter, isn't the only blade runner in the Olympics. Journalist and torch bearer Stuart Hughes, who lost his right leg, carried the...
For this week's Follow Friday, we look back on this week's news and cultural stories, including the response to the theater shooting in Aurora, Mitt Romney's foreign policy, President...
<p>The U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. Louis Susman talks about the mood in London, if the Games are a worthwhile investment, and the arrival of the First Lady and Mitt Romney in the city.</p>
<p>In the global television era, the Olympics opening ceremonies have evolved into a genre like no other: Part opera, part Disney, part Superbowl halftime show, part air show, and part fashion show.</p>
It’s been a week since last Friday’s mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. In that time, the state of Colorado, the public, and the national media have grappled with the best way to resp...
<p>In the week since last Friday’s tragic shooting in Colorado, we’ve seen politicians, gun control advocates, and ordinary citizens react. But the film industry has reacted as well.</p>
Even though Facebook met its second quarter projections yesterday, Forbes pronounced that the earnings of Facebook represented the end of the internet bubble. Just how oversized are e...
<p>A holy man? A god? A danger to society? These words are sometimes used to describe cult leaders or false prophets. But they're also used when referring to the artist Ai Weiwei.</p>
<p>John discusses preparations in London, the building excitement, reactions to Mitt Romney's "gaffe," Boris Johnson and more with <strong>Paddy O'Connell</strong>, host of BBC's Broadcasting House.</p>
Former president of the Federal Reserve Timothy Geithner testifies before Congress | A Senator hopes that new evidence of unconstitutional surveillance will reignite the debate betwee... (episode)
<p>In 2008, then president of the New York Federal Reserve Timothy Geithner noticed something might be wrong with Libor. So he took the strongest possible action he could think of: He sent a memo.</p>
In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, Congress passed the Patriot Act, a law that expanded the government's powers of surveillance and intelligence-gathering. ...
<p><strong>Anna Sale</strong>, politics reporter for It's A Free Country, continues her swing state road trip with a stop in Ohio. It's the state you have to win if you want to become President. </p>
It's no secret that voter turnout in America is low, hovering around 50 percent. But Norman Ornstein is trying to change that. He's a columnist for Roll Call and wrote “The U.S. shoul...
<p>Following recent reports that Al Qaeda has infiltrated the Syrian opposition this week, maybe it's time to ask: Is there a case for President Bashar al-Assad staying in power?</p>
Have you ever wondered why there’s a trampoline competition in the Summer Olympics, but no mixed martial arts? Do you ever wish the International Olympic Committee would bring back cr...
<p>In the days since the shooting in Aurora, Colorado, the National Rifle Association hasn’t engaged with the debates about gun control. But the organization has been busy elsewhere: At the United Nations.</p>
<p>The Olympic Games has always meant more than just athletic battles of the world's greatest and strongest. The Games often become a forum for political protest, for social change. Is that too much to ask of the Games?</p>
Kyle McDonald wanted to capture a vast array of facial expressions for a project, so he installed software on Apple store computers to capture customers' looks through Photoshop. Then...
A political war is coming over the Bush tax cuts, and the first real battle was fought in the Senate on Wednesday. Todd Zwillich, Washington correspondent for The Takeaway, discusses ...
Three million Americans will find themselves uninsured after health care decision | Women's Olympic uniforms: athleticism or sex appeal? | Why the name of the Aurora shooter should be... (episode)
<p>The Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act seems like a win for the uninsured, but according to the Congressional Budget Office, over three million people could wind up uninsured because of the ruling.</p>
When it comes to the Olympic games, it’s hard not to be captivated by the human body and what it can accomplish. But looking at uniform changes over the years, it's clear that some pe...
When President Obama traveled to Aurora earlier this week, he agreed to not use the name of the shooter in any of his public speeches. John Cassidy, staff writer for The New Yorker, ...
Few Americans have ever heard of Rodriguez, a protest rock musician who, after making two albums in the early '70s, quit the music business. Rodriguez returned to his native Detroit a...
Romney has been quick to criticize the Obama regime’s handling of Iran, but now the former governor of Massachusetts is coming under pressure to define his own international doctrine....
<p>Violence is intensifying in Syria, with reports of fighter jets bombing the city of Aleppo. If these reports are confirmed, the use of jets could mark a turning point in the 17-month-long uprising. </p>
The Reverend Tony Lee, the pastor of a predominantly African-American church, is doing something unique to combat the AIDS. Four times a year, on the pulpit, he has himself tested for...
<p>Actor Sherman Hemsley, who was famous for playing George Jefferson in the 1970s sitcom "The Jeffersons," died in El Paso Texas yesterday at the age of 74. Celeste Headlee remembers Hemsley in this audio essay.</p>
When Sally Ride took off for the stars in 1983, everyone thought we were entering the Age of the Female Scientist, but 25 years after her first mission women comprised only 20 percent...
Although the fact that the surface of Greenland's massive ice sheet is melting is not news, the size and speed of the melt is. NASA scientists says a melt has taken place over a large...
Before the constant buzzing of the 24-hour news cycle, many students' main source of news was found in the form of the classroom magazine Weekly Reader. On Monday, Scholastic announce...
Who is James Holmes? Details are slow to emerge after alleged shooter's first day in court | Audio Essay: Inverse proportions of an Olympic legacy | A full bailout for Spain could be ... (episode)
Yesterday, Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes made his first appearance in district court following the Dark Knight Rises midnight movie shooting this past Friday in Colorado. A Den...
Bob Costas won’t tell you, but watching the Olympics on NBC this year cost the network more than a billion dollars, a price tag that nearly covers the security bill for the 2012 Games...
<p>Over the past few months, the Spanish economy has been in critical condition. Now, a full bailout could be closer than expected. </p>
<p>A multi-million dollar search to find the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane has come up empty.</p>
Neil Barofsky, the man put in charge of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), thought the Bush and Obama Administrations wanted a tough regulator. As Barofsky tells it, he couldn'...
Do the penalties put upon the Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal amount to a “death penalty”? That’s what many are reporting one day after NCAA pres...
<p>We already know the impact that recent NCAA penalties will have on the Penn State football program, but how will they affect the Penn State community?</p>
For nearly 30 years, Oprah Winfrey has been one of the most influential voices in American culture, overseeing a multi-billion dollar empire that includes publishing, radio, motion pi...
<p>A look back at Sally Ride: Her legacy, first space mission, and her work to bring science to the youth of America.</p>