On Point: About
Airs weekdays at 8PM on 93.9 FM
A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate. Topics chosen for the program are often taken from the biggest news stories of the day while others have a direct connection to issues that are at the core of what is urgent and important in the world at the moment. Interwoven are programs containing interviews with personalities, politicians, musicians, writers, and journalists. On Point deliberately seeks out distinct and provocative voices that may be new to public radio or that may not have been heard in quite the same context before. Debriefs, discussions and radio diaries are designed not just to stimulate the intellect of the listeners but also to elicit emotion and passion about the state of national and international affairs.
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Latest Stories from On Point
Last updated: Saturday, June 02 2012 09:48 PM
Billy Bob Thornton
Friday, June 01 2012 03:00 PM
Angelina Jolie called him “a hillbilly Orson Welles.” Actor Billy Bob Thornton joins us with his new memoir.
Week In The News: Syria, Romney, Bad Jobs Report
Friday, June 01 2012 02:00 PM
Bloody Syria. Romney clinches. Bad jobs numbers. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
Garden Fever
Thursday, May 31 2012 03:00 PM
Everybody wants “locally grown.” There’s nothing more local than your own backyard.
Obama’s New Election Strategy
Thursday, May 31 2012 02:00 PM
Inside the Obama re-election campaign. We’ll hear a deep report on how the president’s team hopes to get the job done.
On Point Live!
Thursday, May 31 2012 12:30 PM
Our special guest is environmental hero Bill McKibben, from the thick of the Keystone Pipeline, fracking, climate change battlefield. We’ll also have musical guest Martin Sexton.
The American Bible
Wednesday, May 30 2012 03:00 PM
Religion professor Stephen Prothero’s “The American Bible” looks at the books, speeches and songs that carry the American spirit.
The Role Of Government
Wednesday, May 30 2012 02:00 PM
Michael Lind joins us on the great tug of war in American economic history over when government should lead.
Education And Mitt Romney
Tuesday, May 29 2012 03:00 PM
Romney says let poor students take their government dollars to any school they like, public or private. We’ll weigh the plan.
Is The 401(k) Working?
Tuesday, May 29 2012 02:00 PM
Is the 401(k) working as a retirement plan for the American public? A lot of account balances say maybe not.
Women On The Front Lines
Monday, May 28 2012 02:00 PM
On Memorial Day, we look at women and combat roles in the U.S. military.
The 100 Year Starship
Friday, May 25 2012 03:00 PM
Dr. Mae Jemison was the first black woman in space. Now, she’s leading a wildly ambitious project: to achieve interstellar travel in the next 100 years. She’s with us.
Week In The News: Elections In Egypt, Europe Limps, Facebook Stock Chaos
Friday, May 25 2012 02:00 PM
Elections in Egypt. Facebook backlash. Euro fear.. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
Ancient Survivors
Thursday, May 24 2012 03:00 PM
Horseshoe crabs, velvet worms – snails, clams, lizards and more. We’ll explore the world’s oldest creatures. Survivors. Untouched by time.
Teenage Diabetes Rates Soar
Thursday, May 24 2012 02:00 PM
We look at the soaring rate of teenage diabetes in this country, and ask what in the world are we doing to our kids?
KidPads
Wednesday, May 23 2012 03:00 PM
Young children and high technology. What happens when toddlers take to iPads?...
Predator Nation
Wednesday, May 23 2012 02:00 PM
“Inside Job” director Charles Ferguson on Wall Street now, and the crisis still to be addressed.
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS SPEECH
Tuesday, May 22 2012 03:01 PM
I never really expected to find myself giving advice to people graduating from an establishment of higher education. I never graduated from any such establishment. I never even started at one. I escaped from school as soon as I could, when the prospect of four more years of enforced learning before I'd become the writer I wanted to be was stifling.
Clay Christensen’s Life Lessons.
Tuesday, May 22 2012 03:00 PM
Big thinking innovation guru Clay Christensen is pulling life lessons from the world of case studies. We’ll get his bottom line.
Solar Panels From China
Tuesday, May 22 2012 02:00 PM
The U.S. has slapped big tariffs on Chinese solar panels. So, what do we need more? To go green or buy American?
Minority Births Outnumber White Births
Monday, May 21 2012 03:00 PM
A majority minority births now in the USA. We’ll ask what that means.