On Point with Tom Ashbrook | Podcasts

A historical look at the rise of Adolf Hitler, and right wing populism in Europe and the US now.

Pot's on the ballot across the country next month. Five states may vote full legalization. Four more consider medical marijuana. We'll look at what it means.

Italian writer Elena Ferrante is in the headlines after her true identity was revealed. But we'll look at the bigger story – how she speaks so powerfully to women's journeys.

Sizing up the vice presidential debate. We'll look at Mike Pence and Tim Kaine and their take on the world and the White House.

New cuisine from an ancient culture. Peru's Virgilio Martinez is with us.

The Supreme Court and the candidates. What a Trump or a Clinton presidency could mean for the High Court as it kicks off a new year.

We'll look at the new cutting edge in online higher education. MOOC's, micro-masters, and more. It's getting better. It's leading to good jobs.

Donald Trump and his 'woman' problem. America's biggest voting block doesn't like what they're hearing.

"The Girl on a Train," "Moonlight," "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." The best movies of the fall. What you can't miss.

The first debate. Congress overrides Obama's veto on 9/11. Shimon Peres. Arnold Palmer. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Our long human fascination with time travel, with best-selling writer and science thinker James Gleick.

A California ballot question aims to force Big Pharma to bring down prices, and most California voters support it. Could the rest of the nation follow?

U.S. prison inmates on strike. Protesting what they call slave-like conditions for incarcerated workers. We'll look behind the walls.

Unrelenting aerial assaults in Aleppo, Syria by government forces and Russia. We'll look at the state of the battle, the crisis.

At age 59, and deep in debt, Mark Twain went on an around-the-world stand up comedy tour. We'll hear what he had to say.