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| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stimulus Changes America - September 6, 2010 | "How the Stimulus is Changing America. The Recovery Act's real aim is to transform the way the U.S. economy works." By Michael Grunwald | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:23:13 |
| Organic Foods & Vitamin-D - August 30, 2010 | "The Organic Alternative. Foods raised without chemicals are best - except when they're not." By Dr. Mehmet Oz; "The Vitamin-D Debate. How much do we really need?" By Alice Park | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:11:20 |
| Double-Dip & A Bold Plan - August 30, 2010 | "Double-Dipping into the Past. All the talk of a double-dip is not helping anything" By Zachary Karabell; "Too Bold for the GOP? Wisconsin's Paul Ryan has a plan. Why Democrats love it." By Jay Newton-Small | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:13:28 |
| The Wide Shot - August 23, 2010 | "Jonathan Franzen. The Wide Shot. Jonathan Franzen, author of "Freedom," is one of contemporary fiction's great populists." By Lev Grosman. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:25:40 |
| Ethics Charges & In-Flight Recycling - August 16, 2010 | "Cleaning the People's House. House ethics charges could cost the Democrats in November." By Michael Crowley & Jay Newton-Small; "In-Flight Recycling's Slow Takeoff. Airlines keep trashing bottles & cans." By Kristta Mahr | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:14:37 |
| Making Cars & Money - August 9, 2010 | "How to Make Cars and Make Money Too. How Ford's C.E.O., Alan Mulaley, led the best rebound of the recession." By Bill Saporito. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:17:38 |
| Protecting Child's Cell & Sandwich Philanthropy - August 2, 2010 | "A Watchdog in Their Pocket. Who's texting your child's cell phone?" by Bonnie Rochman; "Sandwich Philanthropy. Can Panera's pay-what-you-want cafe survive rough times?" by Sean Gregory | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:08:52 |
| Jerry Brown - August 2, 2010 | "Jerry Brown: The once and future Governor?" by Karl Taro Greenfeld | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:15:45 |
| Sarah Palin & Chevy Volt - July 26, 2010 | "A Foot in the Race. Sarah Palin positions herself for 2012" by Mark Halperin; "Can the Volt Charge GM? The Chevy Volt enters the race" by Brian Dumaine | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:20:06 |
| The Good & Bad Economy - July 26, 2010 | "The Good and Bad Economy. How an economic recovery plan ran into a political storm" by Michael Crowley | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:16:44 |
| Hoarding & Africa's Future - July 19, 2010 | "Cleaning House. How community task forces are dealing with hoarding, one pile of junk at a time." by Kayla Webley; "Africa's Future. What the World Cup signals for Africa's future." Commentary by Alex Perry. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:13:14 |
| Rail Transportation - July 19, 2010 | "All Aboard? Is a car-crazed nation ready to add railroads to the mix?" By Michael Grunwald. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:26:33 |
| Tax and Sip & Le Carre'd Away - July 12, 2010 | "Tax and Sip. Can a tax on soda reduce obesity and cure state budget woes?" by Barbara Kiviat; "Le Carre'd Away. The arrest of Russian operatives reveals a confused Moscow." by Bobby Ghosh | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:16:29 |
| How We Fail Our Female Vets July 12 2010 | "How We Fail Our Female Vets. Our Female veterans are going from the front lines to a veteran's-hospital system still designed for men." By Laura Fitzpatrick. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:17:24 |
| Thomas Edison's Genius - Part 2 - July 5, 2010 | "The Incredible Talking Machine. The phonograph made Edison world famous, but it took him years to understand what it did best." by Randall Stross | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:07:47 |
| Thomas Edison's Genius - Part 1 - July 5, 2010 | "The Electrifying Edison. How the wizard of Menlo Park built the American Century." by Bryan Walsh; "Let There Be Light. A look at Edison and his incandescent bulb." by Jill Jonnes | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:22:33 |
| Race Is On & Higher Learning - June 28 2010 | "The Race Is On. Car insurance discounters are gaining ground" by Kathleen Kingsbury; "Higher Learning. Planting the seeds of a medical marijuana business" by Steven Gray | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:16:05 |
| The Battle for Arizona - June 14 2010 | "The Battle for Arizona. In the wake of a new immigration law, the border problem hasn't gotten any better." by Nathan Thornburgh. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:20:51 |
| Rand and Ron & Faith in the System - June 7, 2010 | "Rand and Ron. The true leaders of the Tea Party." by Michael Crowley; "Faith in the System. Faith-based bill sharing groups bring down the cost of health care." by Amy Sullivan | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:19:35 |
| Resumed Innocent - May 31 2010 | "Resumed Innocent. What's so controversial about freeing the wrongfully convicted?" By Nathan Thornburgh. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:20:33 |
| Nominee Kagan & Divorces - May 24 2010 | "Now Playing for Center Court. What Supreme Court nominee Kagan stands for." by Jeffrey Rosen; "Divorcing by the Numbers. Maybe half of all marriages don't end in divorce after all." by Belinda Luscombe | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:15:08 |
| New Sheriffs of Wall Street - May 24 2010 | "The New Sheriffs of Wall Street. The women charged with cleaning up the mess." by Michael Scherer. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:19:09 |
| The Meaning of the Mess - May 17 2010 | "The Meaning of the Mess. What the disaster in the Gulf means for the future of energy." by Bryan Walsh | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:21:45 |
| Influential Heroes - May 10 2010 | A summary of Time Magazine's most influential heroes for 2010. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:14:08 |
| Influential Thinkers - May 10 2010 | A summary of Time Magazine's most influential thinkers for 2010. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:16:11 |
| Influential Artists - May 10 2010 | A summary of Time Magazine's most influential artists for 2010. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:15:16 |
| Influential Leaders - May 10 2010 | A summary of Time Magazine's most influential leaders for 2010. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:14:47 |
| Spankings & Marriage Licenses - May 3 2010 | "The Long-Term Effects of Spanking - A new study suggests spanking makes kids more violent." By Alice Park; "Revoking the Marriage License - What to do with those who love - and marry - too much." By Belinda Luscombe | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:10:30 |
| Case Against Goldman Sachs - May 3 2010 | "The Case Against Goldman Sachs - How the culture of traders infected Wall Street." By Stephen Gandel | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:20:36 |
| Stevens Seat & Helping Hearts April 26 2010 | "Who will get the Stevens seat? Why Justice John Paul Stevens is not easily replaceable." by David Von Drehle; "Helphing Hearts. A look at women and heart disease." by Alice Park | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:15:30 |
| Three Commentary Selections April 19 2010 | "Prices are Right - The cost of health care." by Barbara Kiviat; "Range War on the Right - Republicans attack their own." by David Frum; "The Replacement - A look at Senator Ted Kaufman." by Michael Scherer | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:16:28 |
| Is Cash the Answer? April 19 2010 | "Is Cash the Answer? A critical look at an experiment to see if paying childrren to do well in school really works." by Amanda Ripley | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:26:12 |
| Flushed Away & Damage Control April 12 2010 | "Flushed Away. How drug residue seeps into the water supply" by Jeffrey Kluger; "Divining Damage Control. The Holy See still thinks it need answer only to God" Commentary by Jeff Israely | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:12:44 |
| Sarah Palin & Muammar Gaddafi April 12 2010 | "It's Her Party Now. Sarah Palin stumps in the Southwest" by Mark Halperin; "Dad, Can I Borrow the Country? Muammar Gaddafi's son promises reform and freedom" by Vivienne Walt | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:13:16 |
| America's Next Prescription - April 5 2010 | "America's Next Prescription. A guide to the new health care law." by Karen Tumulty and Kate Pickert, with Alice Park. | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:29:40 |
| Pope & British Voters March 29 2010 | "Sins of the Fathers. Pope Benedict's legacy threatened by sex scandals." by Bobby Ghose; "Why Britain is Feeling Bleak. Voters may give both Labour and Conservatives the boot." by Catherine Mayer | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:25:10 |
| Attorney General & Gourmets March 29 2010 | "Eric Holder's Trials and Tribulations. U.S. Attorney General in hot seat." by Massimo Calabresi; "Gourmet to Go. Korean chef leads fleet of gourmet kitchens on wheels." by Joel Stein | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:14:49 |
| Sea Witch & Generation Next - March 22 2010 | "The Sea Witch. The inside story of Captain Holly Graf's stunning fall." by Mark Thompson; "Generation Next. An essay on how the millenials are different from - and embrace - their elders." by Nancy Gibbs | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:20:36 |
| Specter of a Senator & Hamburgers March 22 2010 | "Arlen in the middle. The Specter of a Senator" by Karen Tumulty; "Has the hamburger gone stagnant? The best sandwich ever built hits a wall." by Josh Ozersky | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:15:06 |
| Cell-phones, Debt & Nutrition March 15, 2010 | "Cell-Phone safety. Is their radiation safe?" by Bryan Walsh; "Why the Federal debt isn't scary." by Zachary Karabell; "Postcard Paris. Is proper nutrition best left to the state?" by Vivienne Walt | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:18:42 |
| The World According to Tom March 15, 2010 | "The World According to Tom. How Tom Hanks is redefining America's past." by Douglas Brinkley | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:19:54 |
| Lonely Joe & War Within March 8, 2010 | "Lonely Joe. Working with the White House, Lieberman tries to overcome the past" by Massimo Calabresi; "The War Within. For too many American women in uniform, the danger comes from their male comrades" by Nancy Gibbs | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:14:27 |
| Obesity & Genealogy Prowess March 1 2010 | "Does Obesity Rehab Work? More than one-third of U.S. teenagers are overweight." by Claire Suddath; "Thanks to Lisa Kudrow's genealogy prowess, I now know my roots are in Russia... or Poland." by Joel Stein | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:17:32 |
| Tea Party America March 1 2010 | "Tea Party America. What the Tea Partyers share - and why they're a potent force." by David Von Drehle | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:17:58 |
| Quick Fix for Bad Schools & It's Her Party Feb 22 2010 | "A Quick Fix for Bad Schools. Will the $4 Billion White House proposal turn around America's worst schools?" by Gilbert Cruz; "It's Her Party. Sarah Palin is clever, deceptive and infuriating..." a commentary by Joe Klein | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:18:32 |
| Toyota Tangled February 22 2010 | "Toyota Tangled. What can other firms learn from a corporate culture that went horribly wrong?" by Bill Saporito | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:20:05 |
| Eat Less, Live Longer? & Era of No Consensus Feb 22, 2010 | "Eat Less, Live Longer? Can restricting calories extend human life?" by Bryan Walsh; "Era of No Consensus. Obama's not FDR. He's also not the first President to start over." by Richard Norton Smith | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:16:27 |
| How to Live 100 Years February 22 2010 | "How to Live One Hundred Years - A century of life was once a rare thing, but that is changing..." by Alice Park | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:20:58 |
| Three Articles from February 15 2010 | "The Calculator - Number guy Douglas Elmendorf of the Congressional Budget Office" by Karen Tumulty; "Divorce while dying" by Belinda Luscombe; "J.D. Salinger - Living at odds with phonies and fame" by Richard Lacayo | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:21:11 |
| Four Articles from February 8, 2010 | "History of the U.S. Census" by Alexandra Silver; "Campaign Finance and the Court" by David Von Drehle; "Failing Our Schools. Teachers' unions are standing in the way" by Joe Klein; "Learn From the Gipper. Obama should borrow from Reagan's playbook" by Mark Halperin | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:18:41 |
| Can Bank Bashing Help Obama? February 8, 2010 | "Can Bank Bashing Help Obama? Inside the Administration's populist, and uncompromising, assault on Big Finance" by Michael Grunwald and Michael Scherer | Reader: Tony Pettit | 00:19:17 |
| The Tragedy of Detroit - October 5 2009 | "The Tragedy of Detroit. The unnatural disaster that is modern Detroit - the nation's 11th largest, but sinking fast." by Daniel Okrent | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:16:47 |
| Mad Man September 28, 2009 | "Mad Man: Is Glen Beck Bad for America? - Can you believe what you hear about Obama administrations protests?" by David Von Drehle | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:22:30 |
| Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin August 17, 2009 | You've heard it for years "To lose weight, hit the gym"; but while physical activity is critical for good health, it doesn't always melt pounds... By John Cloud. | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:23:31 |
| Who Let the Blue Dogs Out? August 3 2009 | "Who Let the Blue Dogs Out? Why moderate Democrats are putting the brakes on health care reform" by David Von Drehle. | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:07:20 |
| Michael Jackson's Death Part 4 June 27 2009 | "Deformed by Surgery, Warped by Fame: The sad end of an American Icon" by Richard Lacayo | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:13:54 |
| Michael Jackson's Death Part 3 June 27 2009 | "No Celebrity Supernova Burned Brighter Than Michael Jackson at the Peak of his Career" by Richard Corliss | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:14:08 |
| Michael Jackson's Death Part 2 June 27 2009 | "A Little Boy with Outsize Gifts Takes Charge of His Family's Band, then Leaves It Far Behind" by David Von Drehle | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:15:24 |
| Michael Jackson's Death Part 1 June 27 2009 | Michael Jackson: With a Dramatic Pause, the World Mourned the Death of a Brilliant but Troubling Idol, by John Cloud | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:13:46 |
| The Rock Builder May 4, 2009 | "The Rock Builder: Obama's start has been the most impressive of any president since FDR. The biggest tests are still ahead of him." by Joe Klein | Reader: Luke Huapaya, Music: Raul Midon | 00:15:53 |
| The End of Excess April 6 2009 | "The End of Excess - Why this economic crisis is good for America. don't pretend we didn't see this coming for a long time." by Kurt Anderson | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:32:36 |
| How AIG Became Too Big to Fail March 30 2009 | Years of unregulated and risky deals exposed the insurance giant to catastrophic losses. Now it's paying bonuses to the same people who caused the crisis - with out money. by Bill Saporito | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:23:10 |
| Opportunity Or Crisis? March 23 2009 | "Opportunity or Crisis: Obama's riding high in the polls, but his reform agenda won't get off the ground unless he fixes the banks first" by David Vondrelli et. al., "The lessons from Japan" by Michael Elliot | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:21:11 |
| Queen of the Crisis March 16 2009 | "Queen of the Crisis (Suze Orman)" by Sheelah Kolhatkar | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:18:30 |
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