Kristina Fazzalaro

Kristina Fazzalaro appears in the following:

After The Takeaway: Color Lines and Racial Identity in the US, Barack Obama and George W. Bush

Monday, August 15, 2011

WNYC

This morning, The Takeaway was joined by Randall Kennedy, author of "The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency." Co-host Celeste Headlee responds to the discussion and ponders whether or not President Obama might learn a lesson from his White House predecessor.

Read More

Comment

After The Takeaway: John Hockenberry Reacts to the Oslo Terror Attacks

Monday, July 25, 2011

PRI
WNYC

The Takeaway’s co-host John Hockenberry reacts to today’s discussion of the Oslo terrorist attacks that took place on Friday. With nearly one hundred dead and the same number injured, Hockenberry questions the role of the internet in either fueling or deflating the hunger for violence in extremists such as Anders Behring Breivik, the confessed-suspect of the attacks. Does the passivity of the internet allow extremists to follow an easier path to violence? Hockenberry discusses this and freedom of assembly and expression in the digital age.

Read More

Comments [1]

After The Takeaway: Celeste Headlee on the Women's World Cup and the Dangers of a Heat Wave

Monday, July 18, 2011

PRI
WNYC

In this video, host Celeste Headlee provides her take on today's show which touched on some tough topics, including the continued dispute over the debt ceiling in Washington and the growing scandal surrounding News Corp. across the pond. Here, Celeste turns her focus elsewhere, congratulating the U.S. women's soccer team on their efforts in yesterday's final World Cup match against Japan, and warning our listeners against the dangers of the current heat wave.  

Read More

Comment

Casting News Corp.: Who Do You Think Should Play Rupert Murdoch?

Monday, July 18, 2011

PRI
WNYC

As the plot thickens behind the phone-hacking scandal destabilizing News Corp., one has to wonder what conclusion will ever eventually be reached…and when movie studios will seek to immortalize the events on the silver screen.

Read More

Comment

A Story Develops: New Jobs Numbers and Rising Unemployment

Monday, July 11, 2011

PRI
WNYC

Last Friday, the new jobs numbers set off a flood of comments from our listeners. As we evaluated what this meant for job-seekers across the country, guests, listeners and others reacted to our coverage and helped to create it.  Below, follow how the story evolved, from our first on-air segment with Dan Gross to an emotional interview from a woman looking for work, to listeners compelled to give their own story.

Read More

Comments [2]