Louise Story

• FINANCE TAKEOUT: For the first time since the Great Depression homeowners are thinking about walking away from their homes, despite having the money to keep up with their mortgage payments. New York Times finance reporter Louise Story tells us why.
• SCOUTS TAKEOUT:  As the Boy Scouts of America turns 100 years old, its reintroducing itself to America. Part of the centennial plan is to recruit more Hispanics into the world of scouting. Marcos Nava, Hispanic Initiatives Team Leader with the scouting organization, explains the details and the motivation behind the plan. 
• LISTENERS TAKEOUT: After we learned how the 1993 film, "Groundhog Day," has been used by religious communities, listeners tell us how the film has inspired them.

• CONGRESS TAKEOUT: Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich reports on President Obama's trip to New Hampshire — and on the continued reaction back on Capitol Hill to the president's budget.
• AUTO TAKEOUT: We know that Toyota Motor Corporation’s recall of 6.5 million cars across eight of their product lines will cost the company at least $1 billion up front.  Advertising consultant Cindy Gallop tells us that it will end up costing the company much more to repair its damaged brand.
• FINANCE TAKEOUT: New York Times business and finance reporter Louise Story says the lifting of a ban on Super Bowl commercials with an activist message has paved the way for a commercial from the conservative group, Focus on the Family.
  

• AUTO TAKEOUT: Toyota is telling auto dealers this morning that new parts to fix unsafe gas pedals will reach them later this week. We find out more from Nick Bunkley, New York Times auto industry reporter.
• MEXICO TAKEOUT: Over the weekend, gunmen shot 21 high school football players in Ciudad Juarez, killing 13. The Houston Chronicle's Dudley Althaus joins us from Mexico City with grim details of the escalating drug violence brewing just south of the border.
• FINANCE TAKEOUT: Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is releasing his tell-all memoir of the financial collapse. New York Times business and finance reporter Louise Story details some of the book’s revelations.

• BUSINESS TAKEOUT: New York Times reporter Louise Story reports on Apple's new iPad tablet. Many people don't like the name "iPad." In fact, some can't even pronounce it. 
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul Matin reportrs on the controversy surrounding the Pro Bowl. Does moving the game up to a week before the Super Bowl hurt the best players in the league— by forcing them to watch from the sidelines and lose a day of rest at home?

• CONGRESS TAKEOUT: Takeaway Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich joins us from Capitol Hill with more reaction to President Obama's State of the Union address.
• AUTO TAKEOUT: Because of faulty accelerators, Toyota decided this week to stop building and selling eight of it's most popular models, including the Camry and Corolla. Paul Eisenstein, publisher of The Detroit Bureau, joins tells us about the recall.
• BUSINESS TAKEOUT: The Federal Reserve decided this week to keep short-term interest rates near zero. New York Times finance reporter Louise Story joins us to discuss the Fed's move, and how it may help support economic recovery.

• MONEY TAKEOUT: New York Times finance reporter Louise Story explains how smart phones and other mobile devices are clogging wireless networks across the U.S.
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: New York Times sports reporter Joe Drape gives us the latest on the Australian Open tennis tournament. Who will match Roger Federer and what are the chances of Serena Williams getting into the next round?
• LISTENER TAKEOUT: Listeners react to yesterday's conversation with a lucky survivor of the Haiti earthquake, who used his U.N. credentials to leave the country.

• MONEY TAKEOUT: New York Times business and finance reporter Louise Story previews some of the revelations set to unfold as the House begins hearings into the government's bailout of AIG. 
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: The Takeaway's sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin recaps the latest in tennis's Australian Open.
• LISTENERS TAKEOUT:  In advance of the President’s address tonight, our listeners describe the state of the union in six words.

• WASHINGTON TAKEOUT: Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich joins us for a look at what we might expect from President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday night.
  
• BUSINESS TAKEOUT:  The New York Times' Louse Story tells us about a new task force that President Obama promises will provide recovery and growth to a sector of the economy that’s been sorely overlooked in the recent spate of bail-outs and recovery bills.
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: Takeaway Sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin joins us with the latest results from the Australian Open. Just this morning, Rafael Nadal bowed out of the contest after he suffered a knee injury during the quarterfinal against Andy Murray.

• WASHINGTON TAKEOUT: In this week's State of the Union address, President Obama is expected to announce a three-year freeze in budget spending. Takeaway correspondent Todd Zwillich looks at the plan that will save an estimated $250 billion over 10 years.
• BUSINESS TAKEOUT: Yesterday, the U.S. Justice Department cleared the way for a massive merger between two of the world’s biggest concert promoters, Live Nation and Ticketmaster. The New York Times' Louise Story tells us more.
• LISTENER TAKEOUT: On yesterday's show, we talked with two doctors about how much child sex abuse is traumatic to the victim and when. It inspired one listener to call us about her own experience.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has yet to be confirmed for a second term. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said yesterday that the administration expects Bernanke to stay in his position. Takeaway finance contributor Louise Story reports on how a delay in the confirmation of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is affecting Wall Street.

• MONEY TAKEOUT:  New York Times finance reporter Louise Story parses President Obama's newest proposal to regulate U.S. banks.
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: Takeaway Sports Contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin previews the big match-ups this weekend as the Saints, Vikings, Jets and Colts battle for a spot in the Superbowl.

• MONEY TAKEOUT: New York Times reporter Louise Story walks us through the Justice Department's arrest this week of nearly two dozen U.S. executives on bribery charges.
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: Takeaway sports contributor, Ibrahim Abul-Matin on this weekend's big game between the Jets and the Colts.
  
• LISTENER TAKEOUT: After Tuesday's stunning defeat for Democrats in Massachusetts, it got many of our listeners thinking about the fate of health care.

• CONGRESS TAKEOUT:  We speak with our Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich about how Congressional Democrats are regrouping on health care reform in the wake of losing the Massachussetts Senate race.
  
• MONEY TAKEOUT: Starbucks was hit hard by the economic crisis, closing hundreds of stores across the country. New York Times reporter Louise Story explains why things are looking up for the coffee company.
• RESPONSES: Listeners weigh in on why Democrats lost their Senate seat in Massachussetts.

• CONGRESS TAKEOUT:  Lawmakers in Washington went to bed yesterday knowing the dynamics of power in the capitol had changed. Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich  looks at what's on today's agenda in the White House and Congress.
• MONEY TAKEOUT: New York Times finance reporter Louise Story talks about the Fed's audit of how it handled AIG - and a Senate re-confirmation hearing coming soon for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
• RESPONSES TAKEOUT: We listen to some of our listeners' reactions to a story we aired yesterday about the media coverage of the Haiti earthquake - what worked and what didn't.

• MONEY TAKEOUT:  A handful of Wall Street banks announce their earnings this week, and profits are expected to be sharply up. New York Times finance reporter Louise Story takes a look at compensation and calls for additional taxes on executive pay.
  
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: Takeaway Sports Contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin looks at how sports players with family in Haiti are reacting to the disaster.
• RESPONSES TAKEOUT: We hear what our listeners are saying about the Haiti earthquake - on everything from sending money to help out to how to talk to kids about it. 

• WASHINGTON TAKEOUT:  Takeaway Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich looks ahead to next week's State of the Union address from President Obama and the political context into which he'll be speaking.
• MONEY TAKEOUT: Conan O'Brien is planning to leave NBC as soon as next week. New York Times finance reporter Louise Story gives us a rundown of the intellectual property he may leave behind.
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: Takeaway Sports Contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin gives us a rundown of this weekend's basketball games and the players and teams to watch going forward.

• MONEY TAKEOUT: The Labor Department released new inflation figures last Friday, and it appears that the economy is experiencing moderate deflation. New York Times finance reporter Louise Story talks to us about the effects this deflation could have on ordinary Americans.
  
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: We check in with Takeaway Sports Contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin about last weekend's NFC playoffs and talk about the Cinicinnati Bengals' Marwin Lewis, who just won the NFL's Coach of the Year award.
• MLK TAKEOUT: This weekend, WNYC hosted a Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday celebration at the Brooklyn Museum, co-hosted by our own Celeste Headlee. Celeste and Femi Oke spoke with Columbia law professor Patricia Williams about the future of the civil rights movement.

• MONEY TAKEOUT: The Red Cross has collected more than $5 million for its earthquake relief fund from text message donations. We talks to New York Times finance reporter Louise Story.
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: Sports Contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin talks about this weekend's NFL faceoffs: Indianapolis vs. Baltimore, Arizona vs. New Orleans, The Jets vs. The Chargers, and Dallas vs. Minnesota.
• COMEDY TAKEOUT:  It's musical chairs at NBC as Leno moves back to late night and Conan O'Brien refuses to move the tonight show past midnight.

• HAITI TAKEOUT: We reunited Mallery Thurlow, founder and director of Haiti Foundation Against Poverty, in Grand Rapids, Mich., with her boyfriend in Haiti, France Neptune, live on The Takeaway yesterday. We speak with her to see if she's had any contact with him since yesterday, and about a baby close to her who died in the earthquake.
• FINANCE TAKEOUT: President Obama is expected to announce a tax on big banks that will help the government collect up to $120 billion that was lost during the financial crisis. The Takeaway talks with New York Times finance reporter Louise Story about the tax.
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: Supreme Court justices were discussing football today, and the main issue in contention was...football jerseys. Takeaway Sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin joins us to talk about how this case could have a broader effect on how the NFL does business.

• WASHINGTON TAKEOUT: Lawmakers in Washington have been deadlocked in negotiations to reconcile the Senate and House versions of the Healthcare bill. Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich joins us to talk about the negotiations that have made some Democrats really sour.
• BUSINESS TAKEOUT: Leaders from the big four Wall Street banks were summoned to Capitol Hill yesterday. We speak with New York Times finance reporter Louise Story about these hearings.
• HAITI TAKEOUT: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke yesterday, saying recovery and aid workers are facing "a disaster of yet unknown magnitude" with conservative estimates of a death toll in the high thousands.