Corey Takahashi

Associate Producer

Corey Takahashi appears in the following:

Famed psychologist Dr. Philip Zimbardo looks at how heroism can be “democratized”

Thursday, September 04, 2008

From time to time, we do an update of our Hero Reports series -- our highlight of everyday acts of courage. We recently heard about something called the “Heroic Imagination Project.” ...

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Watching for hurricanes, with an eye on oil prices

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Oil refineries and rigs along the Gulf Coast escaped the major damage that followed Hurricane Katrina, and oil prices dropped to a five-month low. But Kevin Kerr, MarketWatch contribu...

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"Hip Hop Republican" group seeks a place and platform at the 2008 RNC

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

There's a micro-sized voting bloc you probably haven’t heard about this election cycle: "Hip Hop Republican." The group has a blog, an agenda and several members attending the Republi...

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Storms follow in Gustav's wake, threatening southern U.S.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Guest: Trisha Wallace, meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center, Miami, Fla.

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New Orleans residents: to stay or to go?

Monday, September 01, 2008

We ask two New Orleanians the question they’ve had to ask themselves: Should I stay or should I go?

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David Leonhardt explains John McCain’s economic plans

Friday, August 29, 2008

Last week, The Takeaway spoke with New York Times columnist David Leonhardt about Barack Obama’s unorthodox fixes for economic woes. Leonhardt joins us today to talk about John McCain...

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What happened in New Orleans could happen to you, grassroots group warns

Friday, August 29, 2008

Guest: Sandy Rosenthal, founder of the New Orleans-based Levees.Org

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Three years after Katrina, Jo "Cool" Davis says his career is finally getting back on track

Friday, August 29, 2008

Guest: New Orleans gospel and soul singer Jo "Cool" Davis

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A musician turns the 24-hour news cycle into fodder for his songs

Monday, August 25, 2008

Michael Hearst is a professional musician and composer whose latest side project is creating short ditties pulled straight from the 24-hour news cycle. Hearst calls himself the “ancho...

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The Takeaway checks in with Democratic skeptics of the Obama-Biden ticket

Monday, August 25, 2008

Not all Democrats have been wooed by Obama—or, for that matter, Biden. On occasion of Barack Obama’s selection of running mate Joe Biden, we check in with two Hillary Clinton supporte...

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Music to delegate to: A look at music and the political conventions

Friday, August 22, 2008

Texas born country singer John Rich has written a theme song for John McCain, and the singer will be one of the performers at the GOP convention. On the other side of the aisle, singe...

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Postum, Underalls, and the comeback of the Hydrox cookie

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Are you a brand-loyal consumer? Are you a cookie-eater? If so, you may have noticed a void at the supermarket these past five years. The crème-filled Hydrox cookie disappeared from sh...

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The conflict in Georgia sends shudders through former Russian satellite states

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Guests: Peter Semneby, the European Union’s special representative for the South Caucasus

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The Air Guitar World Championships begin in Oulu, Finland

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Guest: "Bjorn Turoque" (Dan Crane), "Master of Air-Emonies" at this year’s Air Guitar World Championships

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Video: Frenzied "Chicago footworking" fuses juke and house moves with breakdance, tap dance and Riverdance

Saturday, August 16, 2008

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A historic demographic shift is expected to come years ahead of schedule

Friday, August 15, 2008

A historic demographic shift is expected to come ahead of schedule…Census projections say racial minorities—about one-third of the U.S. population now—will become a majority by 2042, ...

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Beyond the GDP: better ways of measuring economic success

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Guest: Katharine Abraham, professor of survey methodology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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In Post-Katrina New Orleans, an ambitious social and educational experiment

Thursday, August 14, 2008

New Orleans has experienced a boom in charter schools and a renewed sense and mission for public education. It’s a grand experiment, and Paul Tough, an editor for the New York Times m...

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Closed Georgian pipelines have little effect on oil prices

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Instability in Georgia has caused the energy company BP to shut down pipelines in the country. One carried Caspian oil from Azerbaijan to the Georgian Sea. Another BP pipeline stopped...

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