Jen Poyant

This past year we’ve heard a lot of talk about the bailouts that America’s big banks got in the wake of the sub-prime mortgage debacle.  And the question keeps coming up: what about the little guy?  Who will come in and bail me out? 

The late night wars are officially over as "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (re)starts tonight, just nine months and two days after he said good-bye to the show and Conan O'Brien took over. A little over a month ago, Conan O'Brien hosted his last broadcast in the time slot, and very likely his last on NBC.

A few weeks back we held a Takeaway dog show to coincide with the Westminster Kennel Dog Show and got a huge response from listeners.  Hundreds of people sent in their photos of their canines and you voted for the winner.  

Tomorrow President Obama will hold his health care summit with House and Senate leaders from both parties.  Earlier in today's show, we spoke with two lawmakers from the House, who are also doctors,  Rep. Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Washington State and Rep. Michael Burgess, a Republican from Texas.  Now we bring the conversation full circle, from the lawmakers in Washington back to the public that they serve.

A televised bipartisan summit on health care will take place in Washington D.C. on Thursday. Analysts, observers and the American people will watch to see if “bipartisan” is really the right way to describe this summit, as nationwide frustration grows over proposed insurance rate hikes and the details of the attempted reforms thus far.

A group of Afghan insurgents invited "Frontline" journalist Najibullah Quraishi to go deep into the Taliban territory of the Baghlan province, so that he could document their mission to kill American and German forces working in the region.

Today marks the 30th anniversary of one of the biggest upsets in the history of sport. In what came to be known as "The Miracle on Ice," the scrappy and determined amateurs of the U.S. men’s ice hockey team upset the best team in the world — the USSR. We relive the memory with the lead scorer in that game, Mark Johnson, who is currently the coach of Team USA's women's ice hockey team.

President Obama signed the CARD Act back in May 2009, but the new regulations on credit card issuers took until today to come into effect. The law was designed to protect consumers from many of the hidden fees, rate changes and small print traps that cost Americans $15 billion each year, but some aspects of the bill changed along the way. Now that it's here, how will it affect your monthly statements?

Malcolm X was assassinated 45 years ago this weekend. Earlier this year, WNYC Radio unearthed a 1960s interview between the civil rights leader and a reporter named Eleanor Fischer. On this somber anniversary, we consider Malcolm X’s legacy through the rediscovered tape, which has not been heard since the 1960s. We also speak to two people whose lives were profoundly affected by his leadership.

Eighty years ago an astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh, who worked at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, made a discovery that would capture the imagination of space enthusiasts for generations. He found Pluto.

Sequins, feathers and fur have this year's Olympic figure skaters taking heat for the drama behind their costumes. Last month, two Russian teammates who wore costumes, and makeup that were meant to make them look like Australian Aborigines were accused of being culturally insensitive. But first and foremost, says fashion designer Nick Verreos, their costumes were hideously ugly.

It's Fat Tuesday, the day of excess before Lent begins, and the day would not be complete without the sound of horns, drums and jubilant voices singing throughout the French Quarter of New Orleans.

This song, “Lord, I Done Done What You Told Me To Do” echoed through the halls of the White House on Wednesday night.

Can First Lady Michelle Obama help America become a cultural haven for healthy food lovers? The first lady announced her fight against childhood obesity at the White House yesterday. Will Allen, urban farmer and CEO of Milwaukee based Growing Power believes that urban farms can help in the effort to create a healthier nation.

Since the economic downturn, many Americans have to make cut backs. For some people, this means not being able to pay child support in full. In Tennessee alone, child support payments are down $13 million from last year.

The confetti that papered the streets of New Orleans after the Super Bowl has been swept away and most of the fans from out of town have headed home. Now America’s obsession with a big sporting event is shifting to Vancouver.

As the education system continues to integrate black history into U.S. history lessons throughout the year, we examine whether there's still value in making February Black History month.

The situation in Haiti has been front page news in the Miami area since the earthquake hit in mid-January. We find out how the Haitian community there is dealing with the disaster on a day-to-day basis. We look at how Haitians in South Florida are dealing with new temporary immigration policies.

Then we turn to artist Edwige Danticat, one of Miami’s most prominent Haitian-Americans.

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts of The Miami Herald looks at ideological divides in the U.S., responses to the earthquake in Haiti, and the way the nation talks about race.

Miami architect Andrés Duany has started to envision what a sustainable house, built for the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the Haiti earthquake, might look like.