On Point with Tom Ashbrook | Podcasts

Fifty years ago, Ray Charles blended R&B, jazz, and country to make a new American sound. We listen back.

Stuck in America. Upward mobility--the American Dream--is at an all time low. We look at what's happened to the ladder.

Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three is out of prison. Talking with us. It's a wild story.

The first comprehensive genetic analysis of breast cancer is reshaping our understanding of the disease, pointing the way to a cure. We'll get the latest.

Pankaj Mishra with a big new take on how Asia sees the world and the West now.

This summer, the Arctic ice cap shrank--melted-- to an all-time tiny size. Half what it was in 1980. The planet is changing. We explore.

Singer-songwriter Martin Sexton says we're living in the new sixties. He's with us.

Mitt Romney and the 47 percent. The strike ends in Chicago. A tough judgment on "fast and furious." Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Warhol's Elvis. His Mao. His Marilyn Monroe - and how we see now.

U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker is just out. And he's talking. Critically. He joins us.

California will vote in November on whether to require explicit labeling of genetically modified foods. We'll look at what that would mean for the state and the country.

Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson joins us with his vision for the campaign and the country.

From Wikipedia to Kickstarter, we'll look at the growing power of collaboration as a source of hope and progress with Steven Johnson, author of "Future Perfect."

Mitt Romney's tough judgment on 47 percent of America. We'll look at the facts and the fallout.

Jonathan Kozol tracks the lives of the poorest children in America, and where they go.