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On Point LIVE: Unpacking The Wild 2016 Election

On Point Live, with a big live audience and top political journalists on Trump, Clinton and the one-of-a-kind 2016 election.

Monday, June 20th at 10 AM

Mayer Hawthorne Is A Musical ‘Man About Town’

Mayer Hawthorne brings his neo-soul sound to our studio.

Tuesday, June 21st at 11 AM

Stories And Lives Of The Orlando Shooting Victims

Congress And The Orlando Shootings

Sen. Chris Murphy: 'Silence In The Face Of Atrocity Equals Complicity'

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) responds to Congressional inaction on gun policy changes after the Orlando mass shooting.

In The News

Sen. Chris Murphy: 'Silence In The Face Of Atrocity Equals Complicity'

Jun 13, 2016

Former Trump Advisor Roger Stone: 'Trump's Going To Be The Next President'

16:20Jun 11, 2016

Jessica Valenti: 'Objectification Is About Dehumanizing People'

Jun 8, 2016

Why The 'Roots' Remake Matters (And What Stays The Same)

08:17Jun 7, 2016

Week In The News: Orlando Horror, Gun Control Filibuster, Gator Attack

46:06Jun 17, 2016

Listening To LGBT Voices In And After Orlando

47:37Jun 17, 2016

Orlando Attacks Spur New Calls For Gun Control

45:14Jun 16, 2016

Peter Kramer's New Defense Of Antidepressants

45:57Jun 16, 2016

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Politics

How The Orlando Shooting Will Affect The Presidential Election

46:15Jun 14, 2016

Writer Mychal Denzel Smith Has ‘Got The Whole World Watching’

46:45Jun 14, 2016

Latest On Orlando LGBT Night Club Mass Shooting

46:40Jun 13, 2016

Week In The News: Hillary Makes History, Modi Meets Congress, Remembering ‘The Greatest’

45:25Jun 10, 2016

Economy

Global Pushback On American I.T. Giants

46:26Jun 9, 2016

Jobs For New Grads

45:57Jun 9, 2016

The U.S. And India As Modi Visits Washington

46:07Jun 7, 2016

Week In The News: Trump U Unsealed, Clinton Hits Trump, Gorilla Anger

46:20Jun 3, 2016

International

Africa, America And Yaa Gyasi’s ‘Homegoing’

46:12Jun 7, 2016

Antibiotic Resistant Superbug Arrives In America

46:34May 31, 2016

Week In The News: Trump Clinches Nomination, Clinton Email Report, Cosby Heads To Trial

47:01May 27, 2016

Sebastian Junger On Vets And Their ‘Tribe’

45:59May 26, 2016

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Books

Jessica Valenti On The Stanford Sexual Assault Case And Feminism Now

46:33Jun 8, 2016

Mitch McConnell Talks Trump, Cruz And The Future Of The Senate

46:30Jun 1, 2016

Animal Rights And The ‘Humane Economy’

46:12May 31, 2016

The Power Of 'Presence'

May 30, 2016

Music

The Modern, Mixed-Up Music Of Jazz Pianist Robert Glasper

47:26Jun 10, 2016

Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen And ‘Eminent Hipsters’

May 30, 2016

Moby On His New Memoir 'Porcelain'

47:34May 20, 2016

Remembering Music Icon Prince

47:40Apr 22, 2016

Science

Zika Virus Shakes A Troubled Puerto Rico

46:35Jun 15, 2016

Oil Giants In A Changing Climate

45:35May 25, 2016

New Clues In The Search For Intelligent Life

46:55May 19, 2016

The Threat To Grauer's Gorillas

46:41May 6, 2016

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Past Shows

Orlando And The Threat Of The Lone Wolf

After the Orlando shooting, lone wolf attacks on soft targets. How to defend against an insidious terrorist threat.

45:30Jun 15, 2016

NPR’s ‘Embedded’: Shutting Down A School

Underperforming public schools across the country are closing. Who does it hurt? Help? The NPR podcast “Embedded” goes inside a high school on its last days.

46:38Jun 13, 2016

Election 2016: Moment Of Truth In California

California votes. We’ll look at what’s next for the Democrats, and the 2016 matchup.

46:17Jun 8, 2016

David Frum And Roger Stone On Trump’s ‘Threat To Democracy’

Conservative big thinker David Frum says Donald Trump is shattering the safeguards that protect democracy. We’ll hear from Frum and Trump adviser Roger Stone.

47:28Jun 6, 2016

Remembering Muhammad Ali, 'The Greatest'

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies at 74. We look back at the life and career of the whole Muhammad Ali.

47:34Jun 6, 2016

Muslim Americans At Ramadan, 2016

Ahead of Ramadan, we take the pulse of Muslim-Americans on the Presidential election, refugees and radicalism.

46:56Jun 3, 2016

American Housing Prices Going Big, Again

The housing market is heating up. Home prices are reaching new highs across the country, even causing worries of a new housing bubble.

46:43Jun 2, 2016

What To Wear At Work Now

Dressing for work. Used to be a no-brainer for men and a minefield for women. Now, it’s not so simple.

46:01Jun 2, 2016

Presidential Election Stirs Senate Expectations

We talked to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today. Will he still hold that position after November's elections?

17:03Jun 1, 2016

Billionaires And Free Speech

Billionaire Peter Thiel versus Gawker. We'll look at big money and free speech.

47:03Jun 1, 2016

Tips And Trends From Top Gardeners

Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, we’ve got top gardeners spilling the beans on how to grow everything.

46:15May 27, 2016

WWII Vet Larry Kirby Reflects On American Values

Looking ahead to Memorial Day, a World War II veteran looks back at the experiences that mattered to him, both in and out of war.

05:29May 26, 2016

Why A Third Of Millennials Live At Home

No more ‘empty nest’. A third of millennials now live at home with their parents. We’ll look at what’s still pushing that trend.

45:25May 26, 2016

Predicting Murder In Chicago

Predictive policing. With violence on the rise, Chicago has turned to big data to predict gun and gang violence.

46:21May 25, 2016

Obama In Japan And Vietnam

Obama’s in Vietnam and Japan. The G7, Hiroshima and his pivot to Asia are all on the table. We look at the big picture. Plus, President Obama's visit to Hiroshima.

46:00May 24, 2016

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