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Hosted by award-winning journalist Tom Ashbrook, On Point is broadcast for two hours daily across the country on NPR. The show's lively conversation covers everything from breaking news to ancient poetry, and features writers, politicians, journalists, artists, scientists and ordinary citizens from around the world.
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Recent items from the WBUR On Point podcastMay 24, 2013 - The definitive history of heavy metal and what it's always been about.
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May 24, 2013 - Oklahoma's monster tornado. The president on counterterrorism. A vote on gay Boy Scouts.
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May 23, 2013 - Rock-hard bodies in a fraction of the time. We'll look at the 7-minute workout, and the promises of high-intensity exercise.
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May 23, 2013 - Congress says food stamps are costing the country too much and debating big cuts. One in every seven Americans is using them to eat. What's going on?
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May 22, 2013 - After Oklahoma's giant twister, does Tornado Alley need to change the way it builds and lives in the age of superstorms?
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May 22, 2013 - Apple in the hot seat. Lawmakers say the company dodged billions in taxes on overseas profits. We'll look at the world of off shore tax escapes.
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May 21, 2013 - The controversial and brilliant Henry Ford and the world he invented.
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May 21, 2013 - New Yorker writer George Packer's inside history of the great unwinding of America's 20th century way of life and where we stand now.
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May 20, 2013 - Solving the U.S. military's sex abuse problem. We look at the chain of command issue and what needs to change
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May 20, 2013 - North America as the new fossil fuel powerhouse. We'll look at the blessing, the curse and how it may reshape geopolitics and energy politics.
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May 17, 2013 - IRS and AP scandals. White House damage control. More military sex abuse. Angelina Jolie. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
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