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Hour 1
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is interviewed after speaking at the University of Arkansas Clinton School for Public Service in Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 14, 2009. (AP)

Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee talks GOP politics, Obama, and his own political future.

Hour 2

Retired Army colonel and big thinker Andrew Bacevich on why it’s time to throw out the playbook on American military policy.

 
Recent Shows
The Ethicist: NYTimes’ Randy Cohen
Columnist Randy Cohen (NYTimes.com)

Randy Cohen, writer of the ethicist column at the New York Times Magazine, tackles the nation’s moral challenges and yours, too.

(Tuesday, August 10, 2010)
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Online Tracking: Creepy Commerce?
A screen shot from myads.com (Credit: myads.com/myspace)

Spying on American consumers is big business on the Internet. How companies slice, dice and sell your personal identity online.

(Tuesday, August 10, 2010)
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The Toll Of Losing Your Job
In this June 23, 2010 photo, Frank Wallace, who has been unemployed since May of 2009, is seen during a rally organized by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

We take a closer look at the emotional and physical toll of losing your job.

(Monday, August 9, 2010)
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Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
Maria Ramirez, Joseline Saragoza, 9, and Marcela Saragoza. all of Phoenix, cry as they celebrate at the Arizona capitol Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Phoenix, shortly after portions of Arizona's new immigration law were blocked by a federal judge. (AP)

The birthright citizenship controversy and the burning question of whether children of illegal immigrants should be given citizenship if they are born in the United States.

(Monday, August 9, 2010)
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The Golden Gate’s Long History
The Golden Gate Bridge (AP)

The facinating stories around the Golden Gate Bridge. We explore the span of its colorful history.

(Friday, August 6, 2010)
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Week in the News
A drilling platform and vessel involved in the “static kill” operation at the site of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico, Aug. 3, 2010. (AP)

Gay marriage in California. Troop withdrawal out of Iraq. Cement plugs BP’s well. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

(Friday, August 6, 2010)
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Producer's Picks
Elizabeth Gilbert on “Eat, Pray, Love”

Elizabeth Gilbert hit the big road in a desperate search for redemption and herself. We talk with her about soul seeking, resetting her compass, and her book “Eat, Pray, Love.”

(Monday, March 6, 2006)
 
E.O. Wilson on Darwin and Evolution

E.O. Wilson is as big a biologist as the world has to offer, arguably the planet’s most honored scholar of life. He’s written on Charles Darwin and the still-burning challenge of evolution. We hear his thoughts.

(Tuesday, November 29, 2005)
 
Saxophonist Joshua Redman
(AP)

Joshua Redman’s got the world swaying to his saxophone. The New York Times has called him one of the most visible jazz musicians today. We talk with Redman about changing the shape of jazz music.

(Friday, June 24, 2005)
 
Will Shakespeare in the World

In his book “Will in the World,” Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt has set out to show how religious, political and social movements of the 16th century gave Shakespeare the inspiration to write his timeless works.

(Monday, November 29, 2004)
 
Yo-Yo Ma and the “Belle Epoch”

Legendeary cellist Yo-Yo Ma was born in Paris. His first musical memories, and music lessons, were Parisian. We relive the music of that city’s great “Belle Epoch” and more with Yo-Yo Ma.

(Friday, May 9, 2003)
 
Cassandra Wilson’s Music

Lauded by many as one of the greatest female vocalists of our generation, Cassandra Wilson’s music and style are incomparable. We speak with her about her artistry and listen to her album “Belly of the Sun” — recorded in an old Mississippi train depot.

(Friday, April 26, 2002)
On Point Blog
NYTimes’ Ethicist on a Dining Hall Dilemma: “Sneak” Is Your Answer

Our guest Randy Cohen, who writes “The Ethicist” column for the New York Times, took some questions from listeners about their moral quandaries. Cohen helped Tommy, from Washington D.C., puzzle out the ethics of a college meal plan.

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A Room for the Jobless at the Rabbit Hill Inn? Write In…

Leslie Mulcahy, owner of the Rabbit Hill Inn in Vermont and a guest in our second hour today, is accepting new requests from those who have lost jobs to stay at her inn for free.

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Video: Are Phones and Computers the New “Blood Diamonds”?

See the viral video that has brought this issue into the public square. It’s by the Enough Project. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has even weighed in on the debate. We re-post his note here, too.

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Vet Caller: Just Trying to Get Each Other Home

During our Iraq show Tuesday, we received a poignant call-in from a self-identified Iraq War veteran named “Mike,” from Nashville, TN. “We were really just over there trying to get each other home,” he said. Listen to the call.

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Cheating in Social Games? – MIT’s Mia Consalvo on “Virtual” Ethics

Our recent segment about the social games craze got one of our guests, Mia Consalvo, of MIT, thinking more about the concept of cheating in social games. She wrote a blog post for On Point. Have you “cheated” in social games?

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