On Point with Tom Ashbrook | Podcasts
Summary: A live, two-hour morning news-analysis program.
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ABC News anchor Elizabeth Vargas joins us for a frank conversation about her battle with alcoholism.
A $185 million dollar fine for Wells Fargo. Sham accounts. 5000-plus employees fired and a huge payout going to the executive in charge. We'll dig in to the banking scandal.
The secret life of trees. They talk to each other, says forester Peter Wohlleben. They have families. We'll sit down with the tree whisperer.
Comparing the candidates' childcare plans. What would Clinton and Trump pursue for working families? And their kids?
Linguist John McWhorter explores how the meaning of words change dramatically over time, and why we should embrace this.
A Connecticut judge calls unequal education unconstitutional, and raises national questions about the American way of schooling.
Economist Kenneth Rogoff says it's time to be done with paper money and what he calls "The Curse of Cash."
President Obama calls climate change trends "terrifying." But what about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump? We'll look at their plans for the environment.
Just in time for the fall TV rollout, two critics rank the 100 greatest American television shows of all time — and check out the new season.
This week, candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton discussed commander in chief work, President Obama visited Asia and Mother Teresa was declared a saint.
What next for smartphones? Apple's got a new one out. Samsung's got a recall. We'll look at the smartphone future.
Fifteen years after the attacks of 9/11, we'll sit down with Pulitzer Prize winning author Lawrence Wright to take stock of where we've come, where we are in the age of terrorism.
The new conservationists of the Mississippi River watershed: stories of ranchers, farmers and fishermen trying to do the right thing- ecologically- in the country's heartland.
Human transplants. Hand, face, uterus, even head transplants in the news now. We'll look at the widening frontier of transplant surgeries.
The untold story of the black women — mathematicians — who helped NASA win the space race. We'll talk to the author of "Hidden Figures."
