Megan Quellhorst

The Takeaway

Megan Quellhorst appears in the following:

Bicycle Shares: Rapidly Changing Public Transportation

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

The visionary man behind Washington D.C.’s pioneering bike share program is now the transportation commissioner for another enormous American city that has rolled out a bike share pro...

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The Pentagon Weighs In on Syria

Friday, September 13, 2013

Military intervention in Syria seemed imminent following August’s horrific chemical attacks, but when President Obama brought the idea of a strike to Congress it foundered. Now, as a ...

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Listeners Weigh In On What Influences Their Family Planning Decisions

Friday, September 13, 2013

This week we've been talking about family planning and what influences parents when it comes to having children. We asked you to tell us about your families and what considerations yo...

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Fears of Global Population Boom Overblown

Thursday, September 12, 2013

According to a United Nations estimate, the global population is expected to balloon to 10 billion by the year 2100, which has naturally caused people to worry. But not everyone is bu...

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Family Planning: Challenges & Choices in Africa

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Anders Kelto, Africa Correspondent for The World, shares a glimpse of the issues Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa face when it comes to family planning. Those issues range from getti...

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Five Years After the Collapse, The Debate Over Financial Regulation Rages On

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Some say we've turned a corner since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and that the financial industry is able to prevent another crash like the one suffered in 2008. But others, like J...

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Nuclear Arms Control Expert on the Future of Assad's Stockpile

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Securing dangerous chemical weapons agents is no small task. Joining the program to discuss this is Ambassador Richard Butler, an expert on nuclear arms control and disarmament. Ambas...

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Why is the Expansion of the Universe Accelerating?

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

What if you could see a movie of cosmic history? Amazingly, a collaboration of research institutes and universities have begun to do just that. The project is called the Dark Energy S...

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Five Years After the Financial Collapse, Is the Economy Still at Risk?

Monday, September 09, 2013

Five years ago this month, global markets were stunned when Lehman Brothers collapsed. Anat Admati is the author of “The Bankers’ New Clothes” and a professor of finance and economics...

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The Takeaway Answers Listener Questions on U.S Intervention in Syria

Friday, September 06, 2013

The Senate and the House directed their concerns and inquiries to Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint C...

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Is U.S. Credibility Really on The Line With Syria?

Thursday, September 05, 2013

If there were a word of the week, it would likely be credibility. As Congress debates authorizing military intervention in Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack last month, ...

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Building a Frozen Wall at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant

Thursday, September 05, 2013

Earlier this week the Japanese government announced plans to spend $500 million on a new effort to build a frozen wall to stabilize the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear plant, the site of th...

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Outsiders: Challenging Society's Idea of Normal

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Fringe culture has always existed, but how do we define outsiders today? Journalist Alissa Quart is the author of a new book, “Republic of Outsiders: The Power of Amateurs, Rebels and...

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What Does U.S. Intervention in Syria Mean for Israel?

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Does Israel see President Obama's decision as a hesitation? And what does this portend for Israel's tensions with Iran? Weighing in is Ambassador Itamar Rabinovich, the Israeli Ambass...

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Veterans Weigh In on U.S. Intervention in Syria

Tuesday, September 03, 2013

As Congress and the country deliberates on U.S. involvement in Syria, we turn to veterans of America's recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to find out how they feel about the prospect...

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The Dreams of the Undocumented Community

Friday, August 30, 2013

Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Founder of Define America. He says that while there are obvious differences between the civil rights struggles of Afric...

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Roundtable: The March on Washington & The Future of the Civil Rights Movement

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Joining The Takeaway to discuss the future of the civil rights movement and what can be done to accomplish the objectives of the March on Washington, which took place 50 years ago to...

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50 Years After the March on Washington, A Look At Dreams for the Next 50 Years

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

On this 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, we turn an eye toward the future of the civil rights movement and the dreams of this generation of activists.

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Remembering the March on Washington & Next Steps for Civil Rights

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Fifty years ago tomorrow, 250,000 protesters from across the country converged on the Washington Mall for the 1963 March on Washington. Dorothy Pitman Hughes is a civil rights activi...

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Reflecting on the March on Washington

Monday, August 26, 2013

This week, The Takeaway remembers the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Joyce Ladner was a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee at the March ...

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