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Comments [1]The Social Security Administration released today its top 1,000 baby name list for 2011.
How about going to Harvard for free? Or MIT? A joint Harvard-MIT venture announced today may soon make free online classes from those schools available worldwide through a new non-profit.
Comments [4]On Point reaches listeners in countries across the globe. We received this note today from an American ex-pat living a long way from home
Comments [8]The 2012 Pulitzer Prizes are out and we’re pleased to see several of our past guests commended for their exemplary work.
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Congratulations to NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro and CBS News’ Clarissa Ward, who both won Peabody Awards for their coverage of the Arab Spring.
Comments [3]The stats are in and On Point’s listenership is soaring. Our on-air audience has grown 22 percent over the past year. That makes On Point — once again — the fastest growing talk show on NPR.
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Tom recently moderated a discussion between a group of leading historians, scholars, political scientists and journalists about the meaning of civility and its role in our public discourse.
Comments [15]The lengthy GOP primary has kept teams of reporters trailing the candidates for months, and they’re relying on lots of caffeine to keep them going. A four-cup-a-day fix is about the norm, according to reports. That’s a lot of Joe.
Comments [6]Don’t worry, our scheduled guest Douglas Trumbull has not been abducted by extraterrestrials. He ran into icy roads out in Western Massachusetts and wasn’t able to make it to the studio in time. But we’re not giving him up; he’ll join us on Monday.
Comments [4]Check out this clever video from the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper, describing a world where the huffing and puffing is only the beginning of the story.
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Rihanna and Chris Brown are making headlines again. Back in 2009, Brown beat his then girlfriend to a pulp before a pre-Grammy party.
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Veteran Middle East correspondent Anthony Shadid, who died while on assignment this week in Syria, appeared on On Point more than a dozen times over the past few years, offering his insights on a region of the world engulfed in violent upheaval — from the War in Iraq to the Arab Spring.
Comments [8]We asked On Point listeners to submit photos of their dogs for our show on Show Dogs. Here is a gallery of some of the cutest pooches.
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Democrats charge Republicans with being prisoners of special interests. A young conservative turns that charge around.
Comedian Lizz Winstead, co-creator of “The Daily Show” is with us, on the truth in humor.
A breast-feeding three-year-old – and mom – on the cover of Time Magazine. We’ll talk with the guru of “attachment parenting.”
Two billion dollars lost in a flash by JP Morgan. Is this an argument for the Volcker rule – cracking down on speculative bets by the banks?
