Show archive for September, 2008

The Bailout; Economy Watch; Focus; Hand Drawn Maps; “Flash of Genius”

House Votes on $700 Billion Bailout; Help for Homeowners; Bin Laden Audio Tapes; Leatherback Turtles; Science as Story

Crisis in Credit Market; Ol’ Miss Awaits Debate; Credit Crunch Hits American Businesses; “Dexter”; “Syncopation”

Bailout Update; Julian Zelizer; Disabled and Iraq; “Including Samuel”; Anna Deavere Smith

Financial Fraud; Race and the Presidential Campaign; Alternative Solutions for Wall Street; Sounds Like Silence; Dennis Lehane

Financial Bailout, The Pushback; Sebastian Junger; Financial Bailout, The Safeguard; Help for Homeowners; Glenn Gould

Financial Meltdown; Deja Vu; Marion Nestle on Food Saftey; Handel for Headbangers

Wall Street Rescue; “Have You Seen Andy?”; “Bailout Nation”; Money Market Funds; Women Pirates

Candidates Economic Plan; Early Voting; Early Voting at Ball State University; James Isaacs on Federico Fellini

Bailouts and Government Regulation; The Story of Sgt. Juan Jimenez; This Fall’s TV Season

David Carr; Wall Street Dominoes: Is Insurance Giant, AIG Next?; Consumer Impact; A New “Aneid”

Wall Street; School Budget Troubles; Economic Analysis; Ike’s Aftermath; Chinese Opera Singer

Some recent books that we’ve featured on the show and thought you’d enjoy.

Hurricane Ike; Joe Nocera; Worst Policy Ideas; Week in Sports; Why Do Whales Sing?

KEN FEINBERG; CULTURE WARS; 9/11 EPIC POEM

Lipstick and Presidential Politics; The Way We’ll Be; Haiti; Hurricanes; Minnesota Arts

America at War; Energy; Improv Everywhere; Rogues Tooth Fairies and other Absurdities

Mortgage Giants; Culture Wars; Building A Better Battery; Girls’ Mountain Biking; Blind Boone

Sprint to the White House; Convention Rhetoric; Off the Couch; Sports with Bill Littlefield; Convention Tunes

Convention Roundtable; The Sherrif; Detroit Mayor to Resign; Minnesota State Fair

GOP Party; Sarah Palin; Douglas Holtz-Eakin; Democracy Now! Arrests; Political Books

RNC News; Bridge Tour – Mississippi River History; GOP Delegates; Veterans at the RNC; Cindy McCain; Garrison Keillor

Hurricane Gustav; Republican Convention; Labor Day: Unions and the Election; Is New Orleans Ready?