Jen Poyant

Executive Producer, Note to Self

Jen Poyant appears in the following:

Work: Finding a Job and Becoming a Do-Gooder

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

It's Tuesday, our day on The Takeaway to consider how work affects our lives. With millions of Americans scrambling to find work after layoffs, and millions more who will have to work...

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Family: Turning a Rough Year's Lessons into Resolutions

Monday, December 28, 2009

On Mondays we take a few minutes to take stock of our family lives.  It’s also the Monday after Christmas, only a few days away from New Year's Eve. We're joined by our family contrib...

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Food: Understanding the Jewish Love Affair with Chinese Food

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

What's behind the unique relationship that Jewish people have with Chinese food? Jennifer 8 Lee, author of "The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food," s...

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Work: 'Whitening' the Résumé to Get Called Back

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Every Thursday, The Takeaway focuses on work issues.  This week we take a look at ethnic and racial discrimination in the hiring process and what some people are doing to better their...

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Fine Print, Big World: Strategies for Avoiding Gotchas

Friday, December 18, 2009

We've spent the whole week talking about the fine print – on our student loan bills, on our bank statements, and on our mortgages – but that's just a small portion of what we see in f...

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Avatar: James Cameron's 3D Sci-Fi Epic (Finally) on Screens

Friday, December 18, 2009

"Avatar," James Cameron's highly anticipated 3-D, computer animated, sci-fi film with a $237 million price tag, goes out to wide release this weekend.We're joined by T...

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Life in Fine Print: Understanding Your Student Loan

Thursday, December 17, 2009

All week we've been following the ways in which our lives have become inundated with fine print. For the fourth segment in our series, Takeaway contributor Beth Kobliner, author of "...

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Improve Your Passwords to Better Protect Your Identity

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Passwords were once the stuff of play, humor and childhood rites of passage.  How did they become the rather boring key to protecting our bank accounts, intimate communications and id...

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The Fine Print: Bank Charges and Fees

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

In our weeklong series on our Life in Fine Print, we're taking a look at charges and fees. Congress has regulated certain banking fees, but there are still charges out there that can ...

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Turning a Seasonal Job Into a Full Time Gig

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

During the holidays it’s not unusual for people to take on a holiday job, at a retailer or a mail-order company, to make ends meet and to help put Christmas gifts under the tree. But...

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TARP Chief Elizabeth Warren on Consumer Financial Protection

Monday, December 14, 2009

All this week we'll be taking a look at how fine print in the lives of consumers affects our ability to get out of debt. We kick off the series with Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Con...

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Kids and Economic Troubles Challenge Marriages

Monday, December 14, 2009

Recent studies have shown that parents with young kids can put a solid marriage on the rocks.  So what happens when you add a national economic crisis to the mix?  Yale psychology pro...

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The Controversy Behind Eastwood's "Invictus"

Friday, December 11, 2009

Director Clint Eastwood's latest, "Invictus," opens this weekend. The film shows Nelson Mandela shortly after his release from prison, as a new president working to unite a polarized ...

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'Sexting,' Cyberbullying and Other Digital Dangers

Thursday, December 10, 2009

This week Facebook announced the formation of a new Safety Advisory Board to monitor online crimes, such as cyber-bullying and stalking.  That announcement got us thinking about the p...

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Blending Faiths and Food During Hanukkah

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Hanukkah begins Friday. For this week's food segment, New York Times food writer Joan Nathan guides us on how to make Jewish food if you're new to the family and come from a different...

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As the Economic Downturn Hits Under the Christmas Tree

Monday, December 07, 2009

For many families the holidays are a time of togetherness, good food and especially, presents. But in the middle of an economic downturn, it is harder than ever for many families to s...

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Weekend Movies: 'Brothers,' 'Everybody's Fine,' 'Up in the Air'

Friday, December 04, 2009

For this week's movie roundup, contributor Rafer Guzman reviews "Brothers," with Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tobey McGuire; "Everybody's Fine," with Robert DeNiro and Drew B...

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Social Networks Experiment: $40,000 for Ten Red Balloons

Thursday, December 03, 2009

The US Department of Defense is launching a bizarre experiment in social networking this weekend. They're putting up 10 giant red weather balloons across the country, and they're aski...

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Food Gifts Your Friends Will Eat Up

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

The holidays are upon us.  If your friends or family love food as much as we do, you might want to consider some really cool gift options that everyone will want to eat up.  Takeaway ...

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Following Layoffs to Your Next Job

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

With unemployment at 10.2 percent, the string of layoffs around the country seems to be getting longer and longer every month. As companies restructure to survive the down economy, ho...

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