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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Across Mexico, thousands of illegal rehab centers treat patients with drug addiction, often holding them against their will. Now, these "anexos" -- informal, underground treatment facilities -- are here in the United States.
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point new analyst Jack Beatty argues that Democrats are losing touch with working class voters. What could they do to change that?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: The company they keep ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point new analyst Jack Beatty argues that Democrats are losing touch with working class voters. What could they do to change that?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point new analyst Jack Beatty argues that Democrats are losing touch with working class voters. What could they do to change that?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point new analyst Jack Beatty argues that Democrats are losing touch with working class voters. What could they do to change that?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Should the U.S. ban menthol cigarettes?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/26/ban-menthol-cigarettes-health-tobacco</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[More than 80% of Black smokers smoke menthol cigarettes. The FDA is now pushing to ban the products, saying it will prevent death and disease.
<h4>Phillip Gardiner and Alan Blum join Deborah Becker.</h4>
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:35:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Should the U.S. ban menthol cigarettes? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[More than 80% of Black smokers smoke menthol cigarettes. The FDA is now pushing to ban the products, saying it will prevent death and disease.
<h4>Phillip Gardiner and Alan Blum join Deborah Becker.</h4>
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[More than 80% of Black smokers smoke menthol cigarettes. The FDA is now pushing to ban the products, saying it will prevent death and disease.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:43</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[More than 80% of Black smokers smoke menthol cigarettes. The FDA is now pushing to ban the products, saying it will prevent death and disease.
<h4>Phillip Gardiner and Alan Blum join Deborah Becker.</h4>
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How Dallas tackled violent crime]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/25/public-safety-police-dallas-texas-crime</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The city of Dallas reduced its overall violent crime by 30% compared to this time last year. Its mayor and police chief credit the so-called “hot spot policing.”
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:01:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How Dallas tackled violent crime ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The city of Dallas reduced its overall violent crime by 30% compared to this time last year. Its mayor and police chief credit the so-called “hot spot policing.”
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The city of Dallas reduced its overall violent crime by 30% compared to this time last year. Its mayor and police chief credit the so-called “hot spot policing.” ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The city of Dallas reduced its overall violent crime by 30% compared to this time last year. Its mayor and police chief credit the so-called “hot spot policing.”
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Justice Breyer's ear notch test for our constitution]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/24/how-former-supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-reads-the-constitution</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Textualism, which sees a legal system's original structure as immortal, is the dominating philosophy on the court today. But retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer argues pragmatism, which considers consequences of legal decisions, is the better mindset.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:01:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Justice Breyer's ear notch test for our constitution ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Textualism, which sees a legal system's original structure as immortal, is the dominating philosophy on the court today. But retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer argues pragmatism, which considers consequences of legal decisions, is the better mindset.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Textualism, which sees a legal system's original structure as immortal, is the dominating philosophy on the court today. But retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer argues pragmatism, which considers consequences of legal decisions, is the better mindset.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Textualism, which sees a legal system's original structure as immortal, is the dominating philosophy on the court today. But retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer argues pragmatism, which considers consequences of legal decisions, is the better mindset.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Elections in the world’s largest democracy are underway. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s power is ascendant.
But, like in other global democracies, so are concerns about religious nationalism and democratic decline.
<h4>Ashutosh Varshney and Vivan Marwaha join Meghna Chakrabarti.</h4>
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:41:18 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ India’s high-stakes election ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Elections in the world’s largest democracy are underway. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s power is ascendant.
But, like in other global democracies, so are concerns about religious nationalism and democratic decline.
<h4>Ashutosh Varshney and Vivan Marwaha join Meghna Chakrabarti.</h4>
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Elections in the world’s largest democracy are underway. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s power is ascendant. But, like in other global democracies, so are concerns about religious nationalism and democratic decline.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Elections in the world’s largest democracy are underway. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s power is ascendant.
But, like in other global democracies, so are concerns about religious nationalism and democratic decline.
<h4>Ashutosh Varshney and Vivan Marwaha join Meghna Chakrabarti.</h4>
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How to move from languishing to flourishing]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/22/how-to-move-from-languishing-to-flourishing</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Languishing. That feeling of a lack of motivation or direction. Most people feel a sense of languishing at some point in their lives. So how do we move from languishing to flourishing? Sociologist Corey Keyes has spent his career trying to find the answer.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:49:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How to move from languishing to flourishing ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Languishing. That feeling of a lack of motivation or direction. Most people feel a sense of languishing at some point in their lives. So how do we move from languishing to flourishing? Sociologist Corey Keyes has spent his career trying to find the answer.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Languishing. That feeling of a lack of motivation or direction. Most people feel a sense of languishing at some point in their lives. So how do we move from languishing to flourishing? Sociologist Corey Keyes has spent his career trying to find the answer.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Languishing. That feeling of a lack of motivation or direction. Most people feel a sense of languishing at some point in their lives. So how do we move from languishing to flourishing? Sociologist Corey Keyes has spent his career trying to find the answer.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: The haunting relevance of D-Day]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/19/jackpod-reagan-relevance-d-day</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty recalls a 1984 speech by President Reagan outlining the importance of allies and collective security.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: The haunting relevance of D-Day ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty recalls a 1984 speech by President Reagan outlining the importance of allies and collective security.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty recalls a 1984 speech by President Reagan outlining the importance of allies and collective security.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty recalls a 1984 speech by President Reagan outlining the importance of allies and collective security.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[A roadmap to better health for women]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/19/a-roadmap-to-better-health-for-women</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Physician Dr. Sharon Malone is on a mission to help women better manage their health in the American health care system. Her No. 1 tip from her book 'Grown Woman Talk' -- Be your best advocate.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:49:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ A roadmap to better health for women ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Physician Dr. Sharon Malone is on a mission to help women better manage their health in the American health care system. Her No. 1 tip from her book 'Grown Woman Talk' -- Be your best advocate.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Physician Dr. Sharon Malone is on a mission to help women better manage their health in the American health care system. Her No. 1 tip from her book 'Grown Woman Talk' -- Be your best advocate.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Your exact location, what apps you use, the last thing you bought online. Your data is for sale – and the U.S. government is buying it. Byron Tau joins Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:47:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Your data, the U.S. government and the 'new American surveillance state' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Your exact location, what apps you use, the last thing you bought online. Your data is for sale – and the U.S. government is buying it. Byron Tau joins Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Your exact location, what apps you use, the last thing you bought online. Your data is for sale – and the U.S. government is buying it.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Your exact location, what apps you use, the last thing you bought online. Your data is for sale – and the U.S. government is buying it. Byron Tau joins Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The ethical dilemma of involuntary mental health treatment]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/17/ethical-dilemma-involuntary-mental-health-treatment</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Several states have changed policy in recent years to make involuntary commitment easier for people with severe mental illnesses. But forced treatment still raises civil rights questions, with some saying it can harm patients.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:01:55 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The ethical dilemma of involuntary mental health treatment ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Several states have changed policy in recent years to make involuntary commitment easier for people with severe mental illnesses. But forced treatment still raises civil rights questions, with some saying it can harm patients.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Several states have changed policy in recent years to make involuntary commitment easier for people with severe mental illnesses. But forced treatment still raises civil rights questions, with some saying it can harm patients.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Several states have changed policy in recent years to make involuntary commitment easier for people with severe mental illnesses. But forced treatment still raises civil rights questions, with some saying it can harm patients.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Battleground: How the outcome of the Ohio Senate race affects us all]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/16/battleground-ohio-senate-election-democrat-trump</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The 2024 Ohio senate contest could determine the balance of power in of the U.S. senate. What’s at stake in Ohio?
<h4><a href="https://www.statenews.org/people/karen-kasler">Karen Kasler</a>, <a href="https://udayton.edu/directory/artssciences/politicalscience/devine-christopher.php">Christopher Devine</a> and Tim Ryan join Anthony Brooks.</h4>
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:01:51 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Battleground: How the outcome of the Ohio Senate race affects us all ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The 2024 Ohio senate contest could determine the balance of power in of the U.S. senate. What’s at stake in Ohio?
<h4><a href="https://www.statenews.org/people/karen-kasler">Karen Kasler</a>, <a href="https://udayton.edu/directory/artssciences/politicalscience/devine-christopher.php">Christopher Devine</a> and Tim Ryan join Anthony Brooks.</h4>
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The 2024 Ohio senate contest could determine the balance of power in of the U.S. senate. What’s at stake in Ohio?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump greets Ohio Republican candidate for US Senate Bernie Moreno during a rally at the Dayton International Airport on March 16, 2024 in Vandalia, Ohio. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:12</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The 2024 Ohio senate contest could determine the balance of power in of the U.S. senate. What’s at stake in Ohio?
<h4><a href="https://www.statenews.org/people/karen-kasler">Karen Kasler</a>, <a href="https://udayton.edu/directory/artssciences/politicalscience/devine-christopher.php">Christopher Devine</a> and Tim Ryan join Anthony Brooks.</h4>
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/15/steal-election-lessig-president-law</link>
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<description><![CDATA[There are several perfectly legal ways to steal a U.S. presidential election, according to election law expert Lawrence Lessig. Lessig says the U.S.’s election and legal systems are vulnerable – and need immediate correction.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:01:21 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How the 2024 U.S. presidential election could be stolen ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There are several perfectly legal ways to steal a U.S. presidential election, according to election law expert Lawrence Lessig. Lessig says the U.S.’s election and legal systems are vulnerable – and need immediate correction.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There are several perfectly legal ways to steal a U.S. presidential election, according to election law expert Lawrence Lessig. Lessig says the U.S.’s election and legal systems are vulnerable – and need immediate correction.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[There are several perfectly legal ways to steal a U.S. presidential election, according to election law expert Lawrence Lessig. Lessig says the U.S.’s election and legal systems are vulnerable – and need immediate correction.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: How it looks to a Republican]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/12/republican-jackpod-donald-trump-politics-prosecutions</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty reviews the evidence that former President Donald Trump’s multiple criminal prosecutions are politically motivated.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: How it looks to a Republican ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty reviews the evidence that former President Donald Trump’s multiple criminal prosecutions are politically motivated.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty reviews the evidence that former President Donald Trump’s multiple criminal prosecutions are politically motivated.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Former US President Donald Trump sits in New York State Supreme Court during the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization, in New York City on January 11, 2024. (Peter Foley/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty reviews the evidence that former President Donald Trump’s multiple criminal prosecutions are politically motivated.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The high cost of the youth sports arms race]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/12/youth-sports-arms-race-athletics</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Youth sports are supposed to be about fun and team spirit. But now, kids are training year-round and joining expensive travel leagues earlier. It’s costing families, and kids too.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 00:01:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The high cost of the youth sports arms race ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Youth sports are supposed to be about fun and team spirit. But now, kids are training year-round and joining expensive travel leagues earlier. It’s costing families, and kids too.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Youth sports are supposed to be about fun and team spirit. But now, kids are training year-round and joining expensive travel leagues earlier. It’s costing families, and kids too.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Youth sports are supposed to be about fun and team spirit. But now, kids are training year-round and joining expensive travel leagues earlier. It’s costing families, and kids too.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: The little-known virus behind a majority of nongenetic birth defects]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/11/megan-nix-cmv-virus-nongenetic-birth-defects</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[One virus causes more birth defects in American babies than any other nongenetic disease – but most don’t know it exists. We hear a mother’s journey to understand her daughter’s diagnosis of congenital CMV.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:31:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: The little-known virus behind a majority of nongenetic birth defects ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One virus causes more birth defects in American babies than any other nongenetic disease – but most don’t know it exists. We hear a mother’s journey to understand her daughter’s diagnosis of congenital CMV.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[One virus causes more birth defects in American babies than any other nongenetic disease – but most don’t know it exists. We hear a mother’s journey to understand her daughter’s diagnosis of congenital CMV.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[One virus causes more birth defects in American babies than any other nongenetic disease – but most don’t know it exists. We hear a mother’s journey to understand her daughter’s diagnosis of congenital CMV.
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[President Biden told Israel the humanitarian situation in Gaza is unacceptable and an immediate ceasefire is essential. Meanwhile, U.S. weaponry continues to flow to Israel. Could Biden back up his tough talk and curtail military aid?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:52:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[President Biden told Israel the humanitarian situation in Gaza is unacceptable and an immediate ceasefire is essential. Meanwhile, U.S. weaponry continues to flow to Israel. Could Biden back up his tough talk and curtail military aid?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[President Biden told Israel the humanitarian situation in Gaza is unacceptable and an immediate ceasefire is essential. Meanwhile, U.S. weaponry continues to flow to Israel. Could Biden back up his tough talk and curtail military aid?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Biden told Israel the humanitarian situation in Gaza is unacceptable and an immediate ceasefire is essential. Meanwhile, U.S. weaponry continues to flow to Israel. Could Biden back up his tough talk and curtail military aid?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[China’s divided memory of the Cultural Revolution]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA["3 Body Problem," a Netflix adaptation of the Chinese sci-fi novel by the same name, is causing controversy in China for its depiction of the Cultural Revolution. How do the Chinese people see this crucial period of their history?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:58:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ China’s divided memory of the Cultural Revolution ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA["3 Body Problem," a Netflix adaptation of the Chinese sci-fi novel by the same name, is causing controversy in China for its depiction of the Cultural Revolution. How do the Chinese people see this crucial period of their history?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA["3 Body Problem," a Netflix adaptation of the Chinese sci-fi novel by the same name, is causing controversy in China for its depiction of the Cultural Revolution. How do the Chinese people see this crucial period of their history?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How to become a 'supercommunicator']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As humans, we have conversations all the time. But research shows we actually aren’t very good at communicating. Journalist Charles Duhigg shows us not only how to become a communicator -- but a 'supercommunicator.'
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:01:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As humans, we have conversations all the time. But research shows we actually aren’t very good at communicating. Journalist Charles Duhigg shows us not only how to become a communicator -- but a 'supercommunicator.'
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[As humans, we have conversations all the time. But research shows we actually aren’t very good at communicating. Journalist Charles Duhigg shows us not only how to become a communicator -- but a 'supercommunicator.']]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[As humans, we have conversations all the time. But research shows we actually aren’t very good at communicating. Journalist Charles Duhigg shows us not only how to become a communicator -- but a 'supercommunicator.'
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: How to steal an election]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/05/jackpod-steal-election-president-2024-biden-trump</link>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells Meghna what he expects to see outside and inside polling stations in November 2024
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: How to steal an election ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells Meghna what he expects to see outside and inside polling stations in November 2024
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells Meghna what he expects to see outside and inside polling stations in November 2024]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Voting booths are set up in a high school gymnasium in Hollis, N.H. (David Goldman/AP)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells Meghna what he expects to see outside and inside polling stations in November 2024
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Whistleblowers, an executive shakeup, and the future of Boeing]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/05/whistleblowers-boeing-john-barnett-airline-safety</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Last month Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead - an apparent suicide. He’d spent the last 7 years speaking out about Boeing’s declining safety and quality.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 11:43:18 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Whistleblowers, an executive shakeup, and the future of Boeing ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Last month Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead - an apparent suicide. He’d spent the last 7 years speaking out about Boeing’s declining safety and quality.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Last month Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead - an apparent suicide. He’d spent the last 7 years speaking out about Boeing’s declining safety and quality.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last month Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead - an apparent suicide. He’d spent the last 7 years speaking out about Boeing’s declining safety and quality.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What defines Latino identity in the U.S.?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/04/what-defines-latino-identity-in-the-u-s</link>
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<description><![CDATA[64 million Latinos live in the U.S. It’s a population bigger than any Spanish-speaking country in the world except Mexico. What defines American-Latino identity?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:01:29 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What defines Latino identity in the U.S.? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[64 million Latinos live in the U.S. It’s a population bigger than any Spanish-speaking country in the world except Mexico. What defines American-Latino identity?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[64 million Latinos live in the U.S. It’s a population bigger than any Spanish-speaking country in the world except Mexico. What defines American-Latino identity?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[64 million Latinos live in the U.S. It’s a population bigger than any Spanish-speaking country in the world except Mexico. What defines American-Latino identity?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Pig-butchering': The online scam that's raked in $75 billion and counting]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/03/pig-butchering-online-scam-billion-crypto</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The pig-butchering scam. It's a criminal industry that targets the vulnerable, engages in human trafficking, and exploits weaknesses in digital currency. How does it work?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:01:02 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Pig-butchering': The online scam that's raked in $75 billion and counting ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The pig-butchering scam. It's a criminal industry that targets the vulnerable, engages in human trafficking, and exploits weaknesses in digital currency. How does it work?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The pig-butchering scam. It's a criminal industry that targets the vulnerable, engages in human trafficking, and exploits weaknesses in digital currency. How does it work?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<description><![CDATA[Sportsbooks are everywhere. Sports betting has changed how fans engage with games and generated $5 billion in taxes. But the industry is also fueling scandals and concerns over addiction.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:01:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Sports betting is booming, but at what cost? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sportsbooks are everywhere. Sports betting has changed how fans engage with games and generated $5 billion in taxes. But the industry is also fueling scandals and concerns over addiction.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Sportsbooks are everywhere. Sports betting has changed how fans engage with games and generated $5 billion in taxes. But the industry is also fueling scandals and concerns over addiction.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[The sportsbook in the Circa Resort & Hotel ahead of Super Bowl LVIII on February 10, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Could holding parents criminally responsible curb the country’s gun violence epidemic?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/01/could-holding-parents-criminally-responsible-curb-the-countrys-gun-violence-epidemic</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Jennifer and James Crumbley were found guilty of manslaughter for a mass school shooting carried out by their son. Could parental accountability curb the U.S. gun violence epidemic? What else could parents be liable for?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:19:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Could holding parents criminally responsible curb the country’s gun violence epidemic? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jennifer and James Crumbley were found guilty of manslaughter for a mass school shooting carried out by their son. Could parental accountability curb the U.S. gun violence epidemic? What else could parents be liable for?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Jennifer and James Crumbley were found guilty of manslaughter for a mass school shooting carried out by their son. Could parental accountability curb the U.S. gun violence epidemic? What else could parents be liable for?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Jennifer Crumbley, center, listens while on the stand at Oakland County Court in Pontiac, Michigan, during her involuntary manslaughter trial on Feb. 2. Ethan Crumbley, 17, her son, is serving a life sentence for the 2021 shooting at Oxford High School, which left four students dead and six students and a teacher wounded. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jennifer and James Crumbley were found guilty of manslaughter for a mass school shooting carried out by their son. Could parental accountability curb the U.S. gun violence epidemic? What else could parents be liable for?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[From the archive and in the news: How to cut through the 'noise' that hinders human judgment]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/30/archive-and-in-the-news-noise-hinders-human-judgement</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Nobel prize-winning economist and psychologist Daniel Kahneman has died at the age of 90.
In June 2021, we spoke with Kahneman, and his co-author Olivier Sibony, about their book, ‘Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.'
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ From the archive and in the news: How to cut through the 'noise' that hinders human judgment ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nobel prize-winning economist and psychologist Daniel Kahneman has died at the age of 90.
In June 2021, we spoke with Kahneman, and his co-author Olivier Sibony, about their book, ‘Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.'
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Nobel prize-winning economist and psychologist Daniel Kahneman has died at the age of 90. In June 2021, we spoke with Kahneman, and his co-author Olivier Sibony, about their book, ‘Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.']]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Pro-Trump protesters yell as they look through the windows of the central counting board as police were helping to keep others from entering due to overcrowding on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit. (Carlos Osorio/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:48:47</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nobel prize-winning economist and psychologist Daniel Kahneman has died at the age of 90.
In June 2021, we spoke with Kahneman, and his co-author Olivier Sibony, about their book, ‘Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.'
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: Missing misery]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/29/jackpod-inflation-money-united-states-cost-living</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks at what’s counted in official U.S. inflation numbers and finds that the cost of money is not factored into the cost of living.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: Missing misery ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks at what’s counted in official U.S. inflation numbers and finds that the cost of money is not factored into the cost of living.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[ On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks at what’s counted in official U.S. inflation numbers and finds that the cost of money is not factored into the cost of living.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:26:42</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks at what’s counted in official U.S. inflation numbers and finds that the cost of money is not factored into the cost of living.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Has the United States lost its 'can-do' attitude?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/29/united-states-lost-its-can-do-attitude-philip-howard</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Author Philip K. Howard says Americans are in a crisis of human disempowerment. But he says re-empowerment is possible, and that could lead to a national flourishing.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:01:48 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Has the United States lost its 'can-do' attitude? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Author Philip K. Howard says Americans are in a crisis of human disempowerment. But he says re-empowerment is possible, and that could lead to a national flourishing.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Author Philip K. Howard says Americans are in a crisis of human disempowerment. But he says re-empowerment is possible, and that could lead to a national flourishing. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:02</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Author Philip K. Howard says Americans are in a crisis of human disempowerment. But he says re-empowerment is possible, and that could lead to a national flourishing.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[This attorney's ideas could change how you buy and sell your home]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/28/realtor-settlement-association-housing-market-homes-bought</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Realtors agreed to pay a $418 million settlement and change the way members charge commission. A federal jury ruled last year that the NAR conspired to inflate housing market costs. What could that mean for the way homes are bought and sold in the U.S.?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:01:36 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ This attorney's ideas could change how you buy and sell your home ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The National Association of Realtors agreed to pay a $418 million settlement and change the way members charge commission. A federal jury ruled last year that the NAR conspired to inflate housing market costs. What could that mean for the way homes are bought and sold in the U.S.?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The National Association of Realtors agreed to pay a $418 million settlement and change the way members charge commission. A federal jury ruled last year that the NAR conspired to inflate housing market costs. What could that mean for the way homes are bought and sold in the U.S.?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The National Association of Realtors agreed to pay a $418 million settlement and change the way members charge commission. A federal jury ruled last year that the NAR conspired to inflate housing market costs. What could that mean for the way homes are bought and sold in the U.S.?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Battle for your brain': What the rise of brain-computer interface technology means for you]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/27/battle-computer-brain-rise-brain-computer-interface-technology-means-for-you</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: The future is closer than it appears. Sensors that can read your brain waves – and sell your data – are hitting the market, and experts say it’s time to establish rules of the road.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:38:25 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Battle for your brain': What the rise of brain-computer interface technology means for you ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: The future is closer than it appears. Sensors that can read your brain waves – and sell your data – are hitting the market, and experts say it’s time to establish rules of the road.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: The future is closer than it appears. Sensors that can read your brain waves – and sell your data – are hitting the market, and experts say it’s time to establish rules of the road.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Aamir Ahmed Khan, PhD, Principal Electrical Engineer for Paradromics, works on the Transceiver which connects to the brain implants. The device is wirelessly powered and does not have a battery to charge.
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Reproductive health under a second Trump term]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/26/reproductive-health-under-a-second-trump-term</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Trump's allies are hoping another Trump victory will limit access to abortions, contraceptives, IVF, even recreational sex. But they aren't just hoping, they have detailed plans on how to do it.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:15:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Reproductive health under a second Trump term ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Trump's allies are hoping another Trump victory will limit access to abortions, contraceptives, IVF, even recreational sex. But they aren't just hoping, they have detailed plans on how to do it.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Trump's allies are hoping another Trump victory will limit access to abortions, contraceptives, IVF, even recreational sex. But they aren't just hoping, they have detailed plans on how to do it.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Trump's allies are hoping another Trump victory will limit access to abortions, contraceptives, IVF, even recreational sex. But they aren't just hoping, they have detailed plans on how to do it.
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Should kids be allowed on social media? A growing number of families are saying "no" to social media at all. Felicia Hernandez, Katie Longhauser and Evan Greer join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:30:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Inside the 'no social media' movement ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Should kids be allowed on social media? A growing number of families are saying "no" to social media at all. Felicia Hernandez, Katie Longhauser and Evan Greer join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Should kids be allowed on social media? A growing number of families are saying "no" to social media at all. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Should kids be allowed on social media? A growing number of families are saying "no" to social media at all. Felicia Hernandez, Katie Longhauser and Evan Greer join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: What leopard?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/23/jackpod-leopard-franz-kafka-trump-rally</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty watches a Donald Trump campaign rally with a famous Franz Kafka quote about the normalization of the abnormal in mind.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: What leopard? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty watches a Donald Trump campaign rally with a famous Franz Kafka quote about the normalization of the abnormal in mind.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty watches a Donald Trump campaign rally with a famous Franz Kafka quote about the normalization of the abnormal in mind.]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<itunes:duration>00:34:50</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty watches a Donald Trump campaign rally with a famous Franz Kafka quote about the normalization of the abnormal in mind.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod is delayed]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/22/the-jackpod-is-delayed</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Due to technical difficulties, the Jackpod will be posted later than usual. Check back later for this week's episode.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod is delayed ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Due to technical difficulties, the Jackpod will be posted later than usual. Check back later for this week's episode.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Due to technical difficulties, the Jackpod will be posted later than usual. Check back later for this week's episode.]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Due to technical difficulties, the Jackpod will be posted later than usual. Check back later for this week's episode.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Should the U.S. ban TikTok?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/22/tiktok-app-ban-house-bill-social-media-espionage-campaign</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The House passed a bill that could force the sale of TikTok, or ban the app altogether. But is targeting a single social media platform the best way to protect Americans from espionage and covert influence campaigns? Jake Auchincloss, Emily Baker-White and Jim Lewis join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:01:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Should the U.S. ban TikTok? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The House passed a bill that could force the sale of TikTok, or ban the app altogether. But is targeting a single social media platform the best way to protect Americans from espionage and covert influence campaigns? Jake Auchincloss, Emily Baker-White and Jim Lewis join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The House passed a bill that could force the sale of TikTok, or ban the app altogether. But is targeting a single social media platform the best way to protect Americans from espionage and covert influence campaigns?]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<media:description><![CDATA[American flag displayed on a laptop screen and TikTok logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on March 14, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:57</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How disinformation 'sabotages America']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/21/barbara-mcquade-disinformation-news-media-america-politics</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade says disinformation is seeping into every aspect of our political and social lives. How can we stop it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:01:29 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How disinformation 'sabotages America' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade says disinformation is seeping into every aspect of our political and social lives. How can we stop it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade says disinformation is seeping into every aspect of our political and social lives. How can we stop it?]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<media:description><![CDATA[This photo illustration created in Washington, DC, on November 17, 2023, shows a phone screen showing a social media video marked as an "altered video," in front of a fact-checked image of news anchors where the claim about them was found to be false. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:31</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade says disinformation is seeping into every aspect of our political and social lives. How can we stop it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Finance companies have a new customer: The wrongfully convicted]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/20/finance-companies-exonerees-wrongfully-convicted</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Exonerees are turning to the private sector to provide them with urgently needed cash. But with interest rates so high, it could end up being a new form of confinement.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:01:52 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Finance companies have a new customer: The wrongfully convicted ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Exonerees are turning to the private sector to provide them with urgently needed cash. But with interest rates so high, it could end up being a new form of confinement.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Exonerees are turning to the private sector to provide them with urgently needed cash. But with interest rates so high, it could end up being a new form of confinement.]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Exonerees are turning to the private sector to provide them with urgently needed cash. But with interest rates so high, it could end up being a new form of confinement.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Could ranked-choice voting take the poison out of politics?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/19/could-ranked-choice-voting-take-the-poison-out-of-politics</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Alaska and Maine use ranked choice voting in elections. Four other states could soon join them. We learn why more states are considering ranked-choice voting.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 01:10:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Could ranked-choice voting take the poison out of politics? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alaska and Maine use ranked choice voting in elections. Four other states could soon join them. We learn why more states are considering ranked-choice voting.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alaska and Maine use ranked choice voting in elections. Four other states could soon join them. We learn why more states are considering ranked-choice voting.]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:55</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alaska and Maine use ranked choice voting in elections. Four other states could soon join them. We learn why more states are considering ranked-choice voting.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The hidden value of herbariums]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/18/the-hidden-value-of-herbariums</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Duke University recently announced plans to close and re-home its century-old herbarium. But with climate change and a looming biodiversity crisis, scientists say these preserved collections of old plants are more important than ever.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:01:23 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The hidden value of herbariums ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Duke University recently announced plans to close and re-home its century-old herbarium. But with climate change and a looming biodiversity crisis, scientists say these preserved collections of old plants are more important than ever.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Duke University recently announced plans to close and re-home its century-old herbarium. But with climate change and a looming biodiversity crisis, scientists say these preserved collections of old plants are more important than ever.]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Duke University recently announced plans to close and re-home its century-old herbarium. But with climate change and a looming biodiversity crisis, scientists say these preserved collections of old plants are more important than ever.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Listen: The first chapter of Endless Thread’s podcast Beyond All Repair.
Host Amory Sivertson first met Shane Correia in 2017 while interviewing him about his experience with homelessness for WBUR’s Endless Thread.
But there is another dark chapter in Shane's life: his older sister being accused of murdering her mother-in-law in 2002, when he was 13 years old. Now Shane wants to know, did his sister commit this brutal crime?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Listen: The first chapter of Endless Thread’s podcast Beyond All Repair.
Host Amory Sivertson first met Shane Correia in 2017 while interviewing him about his experience with homelessness for WBUR’s Endless Thread.
But there is another dark chapter in Shane's life: his older sister being accused of murdering her mother-in-law in 2002, when he was 13 years old. Now Shane wants to know, did his sister commit this brutal crime?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Listen: The first chapter of Endless Thread’s podcast Beyond All Repair.
Host Amory Sivertson first met Shane Correia in 2017 while interviewing him about his experience with homelessness for WBUR’s Endless Thread.
But there is another dark chapter in Shane's life: his older sister being accused of murdering her mother-in-law in 2002, when he was 13 years old. Now Shane wants to know, did his sister commit this brutal crime?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: The Xanadu Effect]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how presidents lose touch with reality.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: The Xanadu Effect ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how presidents lose touch with reality.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how presidents lose touch with reality.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/15/the-goal-can-the-u-s-actually-meet-its-ambitious-climate-targets</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Given the environmental, political, and human costs of accelerating mineral mining, can the United States reach its clean energy goals? It's the final episode of our special series "Elements of energy."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:01:01 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Given the environmental, political, and human costs of accelerating mineral mining, can the United States reach its clean energy goals? It's the final episode of our special series "Elements of energy."]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/14/nickel-power-prosperity-indonesia-green-metal-energy</link>
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<description><![CDATA[To electrify our economy, the world needs more nickel. And Indonesia has it. Can nickel pave the road to prosperity? In part four of “Elements of energy," hear how the rush for metals is shaking up global geopolitics.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:01:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The promise of nickel: Power and prosperity in Indonesia ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[To electrify our economy, the world needs more nickel. And Indonesia has it. Can nickel pave the road to prosperity? In part four of “Elements of energy," hear how the rush for metals is shaking up global geopolitics.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[To electrify our economy, the world needs more nickel. And Indonesia has it. Can nickel pave the road to prosperity? In part four of “Elements of energy," hear how the rush for metals is shaking up global geopolitics.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/13/human-cost-cobalt-modern-slavery-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Most of the world’s cobalt is extracted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But to get it, hundreds of thousands of Congolese people labor with no other means to survive. On episode three of On Point’s special series -- cobalt and the human cost of mining.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:01:49 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The human cost of cobalt: Modern slavery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Most of the world’s cobalt is extracted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But to get it, hundreds of thousands of Congolese people labor with no other means to survive. On episode three of On Point’s special series -- cobalt and the human cost of mining.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Most of the world’s cobalt is extracted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But to get it, hundreds of thousands of Congolese people labor with no other means to survive. On episode three of On Point’s special series -- cobalt and the human cost of mining.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/12/the-copper-trade-off-protecting-todays-lands-versus-preserving-tomorrows-climate</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Copper is key to our green energy future, but copper extraction is deeply harmful to the environment now. Episode two of On Point’s special series “Elements of energy” explores how to resolve that contradiction.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:01:37 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The copper tradeoff: Protecting today's lands versus preserving tomorrow's climate ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Copper is key to our green energy future, but copper extraction is deeply harmful to the environment now. Episode two of On Point’s special series “Elements of energy” explores how to resolve that contradiction.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Copper is key to our green energy future, but copper extraction is deeply harmful to the environment now. Episode two of On Point’s special series “Elements of energy” explores how to resolve that contradiction.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. sits on some of the largest lithium reserves in the world. It’s a key element for clean energy. The start of On Point’s weeklong exploration “Elements of energy” takes us inside America’s push for a lithium boom.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:01:21 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The lithium boom: What's holding back a lithium rush in the U.S.? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The U.S. sits on some of the largest lithium reserves in the world. It’s a key element for clean energy. The start of On Point’s weeklong exploration “Elements of energy” takes us inside America’s push for a lithium boom.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The U.S. sits on some of the largest lithium reserves in the world. It’s a key element for clean energy. The start of On Point’s weeklong exploration “Elements of energy” takes us inside America’s push for a lithium boom.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on President Biden’s State of the Union address and the politics of memory, versus the politics of hope.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: Still ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on President Biden’s State of the Union address and the politics of memory, versus the politics of hope.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on President Biden’s State of the Union address and the politics of memory, versus the politics of hope.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address. (Shawn Thew/Pool Photo via AP)]]></media:description>
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About:
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<title><![CDATA['Blood Money': Inside the global business of selling plasma]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Millions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s part of a global, multibillion dollar business.
But what is plasma really used for? Kathleen McLaughlin and Dr. Morey Blinder join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:11:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Blood Money': Inside the global business of selling plasma ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Millions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s part of a global, multibillion dollar business.
But what is plasma really used for? Kathleen McLaughlin and Dr. Morey Blinder join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Millions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s part of a global, multibillion dollar business. But what is plasma really used for? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[09 June 2022, Saxony, Leipzig: Employees work in the central laboratory of the Haema AG blood and plasma donation service on modern analysis equipment for blood and plasma samples. In the modern blood processing and logistics center, blood and plasma samples collected throughout Germany are analyzed. The supply situation is currently critical in Saxony because the willingness to donate is declining. However, plasma-based drugs are still urgently needed for the treatment of chronic, genetic and various life-threatening diseases. Photo: Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Waltraud Grubitzsch/picture alliance via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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But what is plasma really used for? Kathleen McLaughlin and Dr. Morey Blinder join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Lessons from Poland’s democratic resurgence]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/07/lesson-poland-democratic-resurgence-government</link>
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<description><![CDATA[For almost a decade, Poland's democracy was in retreat. But last fall, Poland successfully elected a pro-democracy government coalition. What can the rest of the world learn?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:01:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Lessons from Poland’s democratic resurgence ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For almost a decade, Poland's democracy was in retreat. But last fall, Poland successfully elected a pro-democracy government coalition. What can the rest of the world learn?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[For almost a decade, Poland's democracy was in retreat. But last fall, Poland successfully elected a pro-democracy government coalition. What can the rest of the world learn?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How the anti-tax movement went from fringe to mainstream]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/06/anti-tax-movement-stronghold-american-politics</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The GOP prides itself on being the anti-tax party. But it wasn't always that way. In Michael Graetz’s book "The Power to Destroy," he describes how the anti-tax movement became one of the most powerful forces reshaping American politics and society in the past 50 years.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:55:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The GOP prides itself on being the anti-tax party. But it wasn't always that way. In Michael Graetz’s book "The Power to Destroy," he describes how the anti-tax movement became one of the most powerful forces reshaping American politics and society in the past 50 years.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The GOP prides itself on being the anti-tax party. But it wasn't always that way. In Michael Graetz’s book "The Power to Destroy," he describes how the anti-tax movement became one of the most powerful forces reshaping American politics and society in the past 50 years.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/05/duterte-extrajudicial-killings-drug-war-philippines</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[While in power, former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte ordered the murder of thousands of people without trial. Journalist Patricia Evangelista chronicles the leader's bloody 'war on drugs' in her memoir "Some People Need Killing."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:47:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The dark legacy of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[While in power, former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte ordered the murder of thousands of people without trial. Journalist Patricia Evangelista chronicles the leader's bloody 'war on drugs' in her memoir "Some People Need Killing."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[While in power, former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte ordered the murder of thousands of people without trial. Journalist Patricia Evangelista chronicles the leader's bloody 'war on drugs' in her memoir "Some People Need Killing."]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[While in power, former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte ordered the murder of thousands of people without trial. Journalist Patricia Evangelista chronicles the leader's bloody 'war on drugs' in her memoir "Some People Need Killing."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Foreign diplomats on America's global future]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/04/foreign-diplomats-america-global-future</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign diplomats are nervous that the United States’ once solid global leadership is on shaky ground. What’s at stake if the U.S. cedes its place as a world leader?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:01:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Foreign diplomats are nervous that the United States’ once solid global leadership is on shaky ground. What’s at stake if the U.S. cedes its place as a world leader?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Foreign diplomats are nervous that the United States’ once solid global leadership is on shaky ground. What’s at stake if the U.S. cedes its place as a world leader? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: Low information voters]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/01/the-jackpod-low-information-voters-election-president</link>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the potential influence of low information voters on this year’s presidential election, and the future of U.S. democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: Low information voters ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the potential influence of low information voters on this year’s presidential election, and the future of U.S. democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the potential influence of low information voters on this year’s presidential election, and the future of U.S. democracy.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Food, we need to talk': Finding a better way to discuss our bodies and what we eat]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/01/rebroadcast-food-bodies-health-diet-talk</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: The newest food diets. The magic weight loss pill. Changing beauty standards. We hear constant messaging around how we should eat and look. But what does science have to say about it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 11:25:20 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Food, we need to talk': Finding a better way to discuss our bodies and what we eat ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: The newest food diets. The magic weight loss pill. Changing beauty standards. We hear constant messaging around how we should eat and look. But what does science have to say about it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The newest food diets. The magic weight loss pill. Changing beauty standards. We hear constant messaging around how we should eat and look. But what does science have to say about it?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: The newest food diets. The magic weight loss pill. Changing beauty standards. We hear constant messaging around how we should eat and look. But what does science have to say about it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[A recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office reveals poor living conditions inside military barracks – from mold and exposed sewage, to broken windows, nonexistent HVAC systems and more.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:01:28 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office reveals poor living conditions inside military barracks – from mold and exposed sewage, to broken windows, nonexistent HVAC systems and more.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Hot flashes. Brain fog. Sleep problems. Millions of women go through menopause each year. But what’s happening in the brain during this life transition? <a href="https://www.lisamosconi.com/">Lisa Mosconi</a> joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:53:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Your brain on menopause ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hot flashes. Brain fog. Sleep problems. Millions of women go through menopause each year. But what’s happening in the brain during this life transition? <a href="https://www.lisamosconi.com/">Lisa Mosconi</a> joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hot flashes. Brain fog. Sleep problems. Millions of women go through menopause each year. But what’s happening in the brain during this life transition?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[In his new book "The End of Race Politics," Coleman Hughes argues that closing racial divides in America means building a color-blind society. Coleman Hughes joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:01:23 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In his new book "The End of Race Politics," Coleman Hughes argues that closing racial divides in America means building a color-blind society. Coleman Hughes joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In his new book "The End of Race Politics," Coleman Hughes argues that closing racial divides in America means building a color-blind society.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In his new book "The End of Race Politics," Coleman Hughes argues that closing racial divides in America means building a color-blind society. Coleman Hughes joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has openly admired authoritarians around the world. Now he’s pledging to rule like one. An examination of the promises, powers and plans of a second Trump presidency.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:01:28 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Donald Trump has openly admired authoritarians around the world. Now he’s pledging to rule like one. An examination of the promises, powers and plans of a second Trump presidency.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Donald Trump has openly admired authoritarians around the world. Now he’s pledging to rule like one. An examination of the promises, powers and plans of a second Trump presidency.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19, declared Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Donald Trump has openly admired authoritarians around the world. Now he’s pledging to rule like one. An examination of the promises, powers and plans of a second Trump presidency.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: Goodbye to all that]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/23/jackpod-biden-trump-climate-change-presidency</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty compares and contrasts what a second term for Donald Trump or Joe Biden would mean for U.S. efforts to combat climate change.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty compares and contrasts what a second term for Donald Trump or Joe Biden would mean for U.S. efforts to combat climate change.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty compares and contrasts what a second term for Donald Trump or Joe Biden would mean for U.S. efforts to combat climate change.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty compares and contrasts what a second term for Donald Trump or Joe Biden would mean for U.S. efforts to combat climate change.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Many of us struggle to get help taking care of our kids or aging loved ones. How might we rethink the U.S. care economy? Nancy Folbre and Michelle Allgood join Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:19:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Finding creative solutions to America’s care crisis ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many of us struggle to get help taking care of our kids or aging loved ones. How might we rethink the U.S. care economy? Nancy Folbre and Michelle Allgood join Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Many of us struggle to get help taking care of our kids or aging loved ones. How might we rethink the U.S. care economy?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Many of us struggle to get help taking care of our kids or aging loved ones. How might we rethink the U.S. care economy? Nancy Folbre and Michelle Allgood join Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[If Joe Biden and Donald Trump are on the ballot in November, they’ll be the oldest presidential candidates in U.S. history. How does age affect our memory, cognition, and even the ability to be president? <a href="https://researchers.cedars-sinai.edu/Zaldy.Tan">Zaldy Tan</a> joins Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:01:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Understanding the aging brain ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[If Joe Biden and Donald Trump are on the ballot in November, they’ll be the oldest presidential candidates in U.S. history. How does age affect our memory, cognition, and even the ability to be president? <a href="https://researchers.cedars-sinai.edu/Zaldy.Tan">Zaldy Tan</a> joins Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[If Joe Biden and Donald Trump are on the ballot in November, they’ll be the oldest presidential candidates in U.S. history. How does age affect our memory, cognition, and even the ability to be president?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[The number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. is at a record high. Now, more people with addictions are choosing to recover not in a rehab clinic, but at home, surrounded by loved ones.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:49:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Is it time to abandon the ‘tough love’ approach to addiction? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. is at a record high. Now, more people with addictions are choosing to recover not in a rehab clinic, but at home, surrounded by loved ones.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. is at a record high. Now, more people with addictions are choosing to recover not in a rehab clinic, but at home, surrounded by loved ones.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[A Ukraine-born journalist on his country's 'battle for survival']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/20/ukraine-journalist-russia-war-yaroslav-trofimov</link>
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<description><![CDATA[This week marks the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For Wall Street Journal correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov, that means two years of stories of resilience and determination. He tells those stories in his new book "Our Enemies Will Vanish."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:17:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ A Ukraine-born journalist on his country's 'battle for survival' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This week marks the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For Wall Street Journal correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov, that means two years of stories of resilience and determination. He tells those stories in his new book "Our Enemies Will Vanish."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This week marks the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For Wall Street Journal correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov, that means two years of stories of resilience and determination. He tells those stories in his new book "Our Enemies Will Vanish."]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:40</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This week marks the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For Wall Street Journal correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov, that means two years of stories of resilience and determination. He tells those stories in his new book "Our Enemies Will Vanish."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Can focusing on class instead of race solve our country’s equity issues?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/19/rebroadcast-class-race-solve-america-equity-issues</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Liberal academic Richard Kahlenberg thinks the only way to truly solve America’s deep inequities is to look at class, not race. "When we focus exclusively on race and ignore the class issues, we are missing a huge part of what makes society unfair in America today."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:01:59 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Can focusing on class instead of race solve our country’s equity issues? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Liberal academic Richard Kahlenberg thinks the only way to truly solve America’s deep inequities is to look at class, not race. "When we focus exclusively on race and ignore the class issues, we are missing a huge part of what makes society unfair in America today."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Liberal academic Richard Kahlenberg thinks the only way to truly solve America’s deep inequities is to look at class, not race. "When we focus exclusively on race and ignore the class issues, we are missing a huge part of what makes society unfair in America today."]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Liberal academic Richard Kahlenberg thinks the only way to truly solve America’s deep inequities is to look at class, not race. "When we focus exclusively on race and ignore the class issues, we are missing a huge part of what makes society unfair in America today."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: Saving Rafah]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/16/the-jackpod-saving-rafah-reagan-gaza-israel-president</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks back to 1982 and the presidency of Ronald Reagan as he considers how and why the U.S. should intervene to prevent an Israeli assault on Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: Saving Rafah ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks back to 1982 and the presidency of Ronald Reagan as he considers how and why the U.S. should intervene to prevent an Israeli assault on Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks back to 1982 and the presidency of Ronald Reagan as he considers how and why the U.S. should intervene to prevent an Israeli assault on Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:31:56</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Fear, conspiracy, gender: The long legacy of witch trials]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/16/a-history-of-witchcraft</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Secret spells. Magic potions. The world of witchcraft has a powerful cultural hold and a dark history. What do centuries of witch trials teach us? Marion Gibson and Leo Igwe join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 12:59:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Fear, conspiracy, gender: The long legacy of witch trials ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Secret spells. Magic potions. The world of witchcraft has a powerful cultural hold and a dark history. What do centuries of witch trials teach us? Marion Gibson and Leo Igwe join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Secret spells. Magic potions. The world of witchcraft has a powerful cultural hold and a dark history. What do centuries of witch trials teach us?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:21</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[A Boeing whistleblower speaks out]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/15/boeing-whistleblower-speaks-alaska-airlines</link>
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<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Ed Pierson is an aviation manager who used to work on Boeing's 737 Max production line. When a door panel blew off an Alaska Airlines flight, Pierson wasn't surprised. A Boeing whistleblower speaks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:01:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ A Boeing whistleblower speaks out ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ed Pierson is an aviation manager who used to work on Boeing's 737 Max production line. When a door panel blew off an Alaska Airlines flight, Pierson wasn't surprised. A Boeing whistleblower speaks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Ed Pierson is an aviation manager who used to work on Boeing's 737 Max production line. When a door panel blew off an Alaska Airlines flight, Pierson wasn't surprised. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ed Pierson is an aviation manager who used to work on Boeing's 737 Max production line. When a door panel blew off an Alaska Airlines flight, Pierson wasn't surprised. A Boeing whistleblower speaks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: How fast fashion and social media fuel a high consumption, low quality world]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/14/rebroadcast-shein-fast-fashion-social-media-fuel-a-high-consumption-low-quality-world</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Fast fashion retailers like Shein sell t-shirts for less than $5 apiece. This business model, along with social media, fuels an erosion in the quality of clothing at every level. What price are we really paying for super-affordable fashion? Danielle Vermeer and Mandy Lee join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 08:03:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: How fast fashion and social media fuel a high consumption, low quality world ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Fast fashion retailers like Shein sell t-shirts for less than $5 apiece. This business model, along with social media, fuels an erosion in the quality of clothing at every level. What price are we really paying for super-affordable fashion? Danielle Vermeer and Mandy Lee join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fast fashion retailers like Shein sell t-shirts for less than $5 apiece. This business model, along with social media, fuels an erosion in the quality of clothing at every level. What price are we really paying for super-affordable fashion?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Two Municipal Police officers coordinate the queue of people to enter the first physical SHEIN store in Madrid, on 02 June, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. Chinese 'online' fashion brand Shein opens its first 'pop up store' in Madrid after the good reception it has had recent similar openings in countries such as France, Mexico and the United States. The store opens its doors today and will be open until June 5, where customers will be able to shop for women's and men's fashion collections. (Photo By Cezaro De Luca/Europa Press via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fast fashion retailers like Shein sell t-shirts for less than $5 apiece. This business model, along with social media, fuels an erosion in the quality of clothing at every level. What price are we really paying for super-affordable fashion? Danielle Vermeer and Mandy Lee join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The fight for transparent health care prices in America]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/13/the-fight-for-transparent-health-care-prices-in-america</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Although hospitals are required by law to post their prices online, many do not. Congress and now even employers and unions are demanding that changes.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:01:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The fight for transparent health care prices in America ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Although hospitals are required by law to post their prices online, many do not. Congress and now even employers and unions are demanding that changes.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Although hospitals are required by law to post their prices online, many do not. Congress and now even employers and unions are demanding that changes.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Although hospitals are required by law to post their prices online, many do not. Congress and now even employers and unions are demanding that changes.
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Google Chrome plans to phase out cookies that track your online activity in the name of protecting privacy. But big tech also has its own interests in mind. Patience Haggin and Alan Chapell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:25:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Google Chrome plans to phase out cookies that track your online activity in the name of protecting privacy. But big tech also has its own interests in mind. Patience Haggin and Alan Chapell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Google Chrome plans to phase out cookies that track your online activity in the name of protecting privacy. But big tech also has its own interests in mind.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: The bystander]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/09/republican-polls-biden-president-bystander</link>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty discusses Republican pollster Whit Ayres' observation that Joe Biden is “a bystander watching events spin out of control.”
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: The bystander ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty discusses Republican pollster Whit Ayres' observation that Joe Biden is “a bystander watching events spin out of control.”
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty discusses Republican pollster Whit Ayres' observation that Joe Biden is “a bystander watching events spin out of control.”]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty discusses Republican pollster Whit Ayres' observation that Joe Biden is “a bystander watching events spin out of control.”
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Snowpack is getting less reliable in American winters. And in many places, that's not just an environmental problem, but an emotional one, too.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 02:23:52 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What we lose if snow disappears ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Snowpack is getting less reliable in American winters. And in many places, that's not just an environmental problem, but an emotional one, too.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Snowpack is getting less reliable in American winters. And in many places, that's not just an environmental problem, but an emotional one, too.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The Chinese government is urging women to have more babies -- after decades of a one-child policy.
But officials face major pushback from Chinese women themselves.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:01:49 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ China's big push for a baby boom ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Chinese government is urging women to have more babies -- after decades of a one-child policy.
But officials face major pushback from Chinese women themselves.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Chinese government is urging women to have more babies -- after decades of a one-child policy. But officials face major pushback from Chinese women themselves.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:29</itunes:duration>
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But officials face major pushback from Chinese women themselves.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/07/regional-war-iran-middle-east-strategy</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, the U.S. launched retaliatory strikes against Iranian proxies further raising tensions in the Middle East. How will Iran respond? Dan Byman and Afshon Ostovar join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:01:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Can a regional war be avoided with Iran? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Over the weekend, the U.S. launched retaliatory strikes against Iranian proxies further raising tensions in the Middle East. How will Iran respond? Dan Byman and Afshon Ostovar join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Over the weekend, the U.S. launched retaliatory strikes against Iranian proxies further raising tensions in the Middle East. How will Iran respond?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The legacy of 'Ingenuity,' NASA's helicopter on Mars]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/06/the-legacy-of-ingenuity-nasas-helicopter-on-mars</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Last month, the Ingenuity ended its mission as the first aircraft to make an extraterrestrial flight. After nearly three years on Mars, what did it teach us? Teddy Tzanetos and Havard Grip join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 04:17:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The legacy of 'Ingenuity,' NASA's helicopter on Mars ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Last month, the Ingenuity ended its mission as the first aircraft to make an extraterrestrial flight. After nearly three years on Mars, what did it teach us? Teddy Tzanetos and Havard Grip join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Last month, the Ingenuity ended its mission as the first aircraft to make an extraterrestrial flight. After nearly three years on Mars, what did it teach us?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing an appeal of a Colorado court ruling this week that could keep former President Trump off the ballot. It could profoundly shape the 2024 election -- and American democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:01:40 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Should Trump be constitutionally barred from the presidency? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing an appeal of a Colorado court ruling this week that could keep former President Trump off the ballot. It could profoundly shape the 2024 election -- and American democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing an appeal of a Colorado court ruling this week that could keep former President Trump off the ballot. It could profoundly shape the 2024 election -- and American democracy.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing an appeal of a Colorado court ruling this week that could keep former President Trump off the ballot. It could profoundly shape the 2024 election -- and American democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[From the annexation of the Philippines in 1898, to looming confrontation with Iran today, On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on U.S. leadership, vested military interests, and unintended military entanglements.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: The meddler’s trap ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From the annexation of the Philippines in 1898, to looming confrontation with Iran today, On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on U.S. leadership, vested military interests, and unintended military entanglements.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From the annexation of the Philippines in 1898, to looming confrontation with Iran today, On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on U.S. leadership, vested military interests, and unintended military entanglements.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[From the annexation of the Philippines in 1898, to looming confrontation with Iran today, On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on U.S. leadership, vested military interests, and unintended military entanglements.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How communities worldwide are working to solve the water crisis]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[From desalination plants in Australia, wastewater recycling plants in Orange County, CA to net zero water buildings in NYC, in his latest book author and engineer David Sedlak looks not at the problems but the solutions. David Sedlak joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 12:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How communities worldwide are working to solve the water crisis ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From desalination plants in Australia, wastewater recycling plants in Orange County, CA to net zero water buildings in NYC, in his latest book author and engineer David Sedlak looks not at the problems but the solutions. David Sedlak joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From desalination plants in Australia, wastewater recycling plants in Orange County, CA to net zero water buildings in NYC, in his latest book author and engineer David Sedlak looks not at the problems but the solutions.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How to fix chronic absenteeism in America's schools]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/01/how-to-fix-chronic-absenteeism-in-americas-schools</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[About a third of students are on track to miss at least 10% of school days this year. Why are students missing school, and how can we bring them back? Scott Hale and Hedy Chang join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:26:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How to fix chronic absenteeism in America's schools ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[About a third of students are on track to miss at least 10% of school days this year. Why are students missing school, and how can we bring them back? Scott Hale and Hedy Chang join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[About a third of students are on track to miss at least 10% of school days this year. Why are students missing school, and how can we bring them back?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:24</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The standoff at the U.S.-Mexico border]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/31/the-standoff-at-the-u-s-mexico-border</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The federal government has jurisdiction over immigration matters. In Eagle Pass, the state of Texas has taken over. But what Texas is doing is illegal and could lead to a Constitutional crisis. Rep. Eddie Morales and Stephen Vladeck join Meghna Chakrabarti.
Editor's note: On Point reached out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the White House, Governor Greg Abbott’s office, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Military Department, and the Texas Attorney General’s Office. All of them either declined our request for an interview or did not respond.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:01:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The standoff at the U.S.-Mexico border ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The federal government has jurisdiction over immigration matters. In Eagle Pass, the state of Texas has taken over. But what Texas is doing is illegal and could lead to a Constitutional crisis. Rep. Eddie Morales and Stephen Vladeck join Meghna Chakrabarti.
Editor's note: On Point reached out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the White House, Governor Greg Abbott’s office, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Military Department, and the Texas Attorney General’s Office. All of them either declined our request for an interview or did not respond.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The federal government has jurisdiction over immigration matters. In Eagle Pass, the state of Texas has taken over. But what Texas is doing is illegal and could lead to a Constitutional crisis. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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Editor's note: On Point reached out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the White House, Governor Greg Abbott’s office, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Military Department, and the Texas Attorney General’s Office. All of them either declined our request for an interview or did not respond.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What experiences are young people missing in remote work?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/30/what-experiences-are-young-people-missing-in-remote-work</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Many of us learned how to do our jobs and connect with colleagues at our first workplace. But after the pandemic normalized remote work, how are young people today getting that professional coming-of-age experience? Cali Williams Yost and Jeffrey Jensen Arnett join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:01:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What experiences are young people missing in remote work? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many of us learned how to do our jobs and connect with colleagues at our first workplace. But after the pandemic normalized remote work, how are young people today getting that professional coming-of-age experience? Cali Williams Yost and Jeffrey Jensen Arnett join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Many of us learned how to do our jobs and connect with colleagues at our first workplace. But after the pandemic normalized remote work, how are young people today getting that professional coming-of-age experience?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Florida looks to Canada for cheaper prescription drugs]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/29/floridas-canada-drug-prices-health-care</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Florida became the first state to get FDA approval to import cheaper drugs from Canada. But will it work? Nicholas Bagley and Joel Lexchin join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:01:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Florida looks to Canada for cheaper prescription drugs ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Florida became the first state to get FDA approval to import cheaper drugs from Canada. But will it work? Nicholas Bagley and Joel Lexchin join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Florida became the first state to get FDA approval to import cheaper drugs from Canada. But will it work?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Florida became the first state to get FDA approval to import cheaper drugs from Canada. But will it work? Nicholas Bagley and Joel Lexchin join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Controversy and contradiction: The death penalty in America]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/27/death-penalty-kenneth-eugene-smith-america-alabama-courts</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Alabama has carried out the first execution by asphyxiation with nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed after a previous attempt involving lethal injection failed.
In this episode from January 2023, we heard about that botched execution and how states have been wrestling with how to carry out the ultimate penalty.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Controversy and contradiction: The death penalty in America ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alabama has carried out the first execution by asphyxiation with nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed after a previous attempt involving lethal injection failed.
In this episode from January 2023, we heard about that botched execution and how states have been wrestling with how to carry out the ultimate penalty.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this episode from January 2023, we heard about the botched execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith and how states have been wrestling with how to carry out the ultimate penalty.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alabama has carried out the first execution by asphyxiation with nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed after a previous attempt involving lethal injection failed.
In this episode from January 2023, we heard about that botched execution and how states have been wrestling with how to carry out the ultimate penalty.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: Not the odds, but the stakes]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/26/jackpod-politics-authoritarian-handbook-election</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty has been reading "The Authoritarian Handbook: 2025," a new report by the bipartisan group Protect Democracy, outlining the promises, powers and plans of Donald Trump as he seeks to return to the White House.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: Not the odds, but the stakes ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty has been reading "The Authoritarian Handbook: 2025," a new report by the bipartisan group Protect Democracy, outlining the promises, powers and plans of Donald Trump as he seeks to return to the White House.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty has been reading The Authoritarian Handbook: 2025, a new report by the bipartisan group Protect Democracy, outlining the promises, powers and plans of Donald Trump as he seeks to return to the White House.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty has been reading "The Authoritarian Handbook: 2025," a new report by the bipartisan group Protect Democracy, outlining the promises, powers and plans of Donald Trump as he seeks to return to the White House.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Average height in the U.S. has been in decline since about 1980. What’s causing that, and why does it matter?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:25:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Average height in the U.S. has been in decline since about 1980. What’s causing that, and why does it matter?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Average height in the U.S. has been in decline since about 1980. What’s causing that, and why does it matter?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside Israel's divided war cabinet]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Family members of hostages held by Hamas are furious. They’ve stormed the Israeli parliament, calling for a deal to get the remaining hostages released. But Israel’s war cabinet is split on a path forward. Dahlia Scheindlin and David Makovsky join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:01:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Inside Israel's divided war cabinet ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Family members of hostages held by Hamas are furious. They’ve stormed the Israeli parliament, calling for a deal to get the remaining hostages released. But Israel’s war cabinet is split on a path forward. Dahlia Scheindlin and David Makovsky join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Family members of hostages held by Hamas are furious. They’ve stormed the Israeli parliament, calling for a deal to get the remaining hostages released. But Israel’s war cabinet is split on a path forward.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:25</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Family members of hostages held by Hamas are furious. They’ve stormed the Israeli parliament, calling for a deal to get the remaining hostages released. But Israel’s war cabinet is split on a path forward. Dahlia Scheindlin and David Makovsky join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['The great dechurching': Why so many Americans are leaving their churches]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/24/the-great-dechurching-why-so-many-americans-are-leaving-their-church</link>
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<description><![CDATA[About 40 million Americans have stopped attending a place of worship in the past 25 years. What’s driving it, and what does it tell us about the importance of faith in America? Michael “Mike” Graham and Pastor Jim Davis join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:29:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'The great dechurching': Why so many Americans are leaving their churches ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[About 40 million Americans have stopped attending a place of worship in the past 25 years. What’s driving it, and what does it tell us about the importance of faith in America? Michael “Mike” Graham and Pastor Jim Davis join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[About 40 million Americans have stopped attending a place of worship in the past 25 years. What’s driving it, and what does it tell us about the importance of faith in America?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/23/the-great-salt-lake-is-drying-up-can-it-be-saved</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Utah’s Great Salt Lake is the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere. Since the 1980s, the lake has shrunk by two-thirds, and is projected to disappear entirely in the next five years. If it does, it will lead to massive environmental, economic and public health issues. Terry Tempest Williams and Ben Abbott join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:01:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Utah’s Great Salt Lake is the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere. Since the 1980s, the lake has shrunk by two-thirds, and is projected to disappear entirely in the next five years. If it does, it will lead to massive environmental, economic and public health issues. Terry Tempest Williams and Ben Abbott join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Utah’s Great Salt Lake is the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere. Since the 1980s, the lake has shrunk by two-thirds, and is projected to disappear entirely in the next five years. If it does, it will lead to massive environmental, economic and public health issues.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/22/what-republican-party-elites-dont-understand-about-trump-voters</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Polls show Donald Trump dominating the race for the Republican presidential nomination. How does he do it -- and can anyone catch him? Batya Ungar-Sargon, Sarah Longwell and Heather Cox Richardson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:01:03 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What Republican party elites don’t understand about Trump voters ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Polls show Donald Trump dominating the race for the Republican presidential nomination. How does he do it -- and can anyone catch him? Batya Ungar-Sargon, Sarah Longwell and Heather Cox Richardson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Polls show Donald Trump dominating the race for the Republican presidential nomination. How does he do it -- and can anyone catch him?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[TOPSHOT - Former US President and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Ted Hendricks Stadium at Henry Milander Park in Hialeah, Florida, on November 8, 2023. (RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Polls show Donald Trump dominating the race for the Republican presidential nomination. How does he do it -- and can anyone catch him? Batya Ungar-Sargon, Sarah Longwell and Heather Cox Richardson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: A little touch of Harry in the night]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/20/the-jackpod-harry-truman-president-election</link>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty discusses the moral character of President Harry Truman, and whether character matters today for presidents or presidential candidates.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: A little touch of Harry in the night ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty discusses the moral character of President Harry Truman, and whether character matters today for presidents or presidential candidates.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty discusses the moral character of President Harry Truman, and whether character matters today for presidents or presidential candidates.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty discusses the moral character of President Harry Truman, and whether character matters today for presidents or presidential candidates.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: Buried in snow]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/19/the-jackpod-buried-in-snow</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Technical gremlins thwarted our plans for The Jackpod today, but we have a plan. Fingers crossed.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: Buried in snow ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Technical gremlins thwarted our plans for The Jackpod today, but we have a plan. Fingers crossed.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Technical gremlins thwarted our plans for The Jackpod today, but we have a plan. Fingers crossed.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Technical gremlins thwarted our plans for The Jackpod today, but we have a plan. Fingers crossed.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Uncertainty: The surprising gift of being unsure]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/19/uncertainty-research-life-future-unsure</link>
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<description><![CDATA[No matter how much order, sense, or predictability we try to bring to our lives, uncertainty and the anxiety it can create are always there. But new thinking on uncertainty shows us how it can be a good thing. Maggie M. Jackson joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:01:16 -0500</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[No matter how much order, sense, or predictability we try to bring to our lives, uncertainty and the anxiety it can create are always there. But new thinking on uncertainty shows us how it can be a good thing.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside Ecuador's battle against drug gangs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[There’s been a major surge in gang violence in Ecuador, fueled by the transnational cocaine trade. Now, Ecuador's government is fighting back by sending in the military.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:01:54 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Inside Ecuador's battle against drug gangs ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There’s been a major surge in gang violence in Ecuador, fueled by the transnational cocaine trade. Now, Ecuador's government is fighting back by sending in the military.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There’s been a major surge in gang violence in Ecuador, fueled by the transnational cocaine trade. Now, Ecuador's government is fighting back by sending in the military.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[AI's influence on election 2024]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/17/ai-influence-election-2024-politics</link>
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<description><![CDATA[AI has the power to make audio and videos of people saying anything their creators want. So, how will policymakers and election officials prevent it from deceiving voters? Darrell West and Nicole Gill join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:01:55 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ AI's influence on election 2024 ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[AI has the power to make audio and videos of people saying anything their creators want. So, how will policymakers and election officials prevent it from deceiving voters? Darrell West and Nicole Gill join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[AI has the power to make audio and videos of people saying anything their creators want. So, how will policymakers and election officials prevent it from deceiving voters?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing titled "AI and The Future of Our Elections" on Capitol Hill September 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on what effect Artificial Intelligence can have on the 2024 election and future elections in America. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:20</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Should workers get paid for their commute?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/16/workers-paid-commute-remote-employee-office</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The pandemic changed how we work and how we think about commuting. Workers are now more likely to see the daily commute as part of their workday. Should employers compensate for time spent getting to work? Christopher Wiese and Laurens Steed join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:01:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The pandemic changed how we work and how we think about commuting. Workers are now more likely to see the daily commute as part of their workday. Should employers compensate for time spent getting to work? Christopher Wiese and Laurens Steed join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The pandemic changed how we work and how we think about commuting. Workers are now more likely to see the daily commute as part of their workday. Should employers compensate for time spent getting to work?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Half a century of Black TV]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[From Roots to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to Abbott Elementary. Bethonie Butler’s new book "Black TV" shows how TV series centered on Black characters have evolved over the past 50 years.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:01:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Half a century of Black TV ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From Roots to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to Abbott Elementary. Bethonie Butler’s new book "Black TV" shows how TV series centered on Black characters have evolved over the past 50 years.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From Roots to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to Abbott Elementary. Bethonie Butler’s new book "Black TV" shows how TV series centered on Black characters have evolved over the past 50 years.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[From Roots to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to Abbott Elementary. Bethonie Butler’s new book "Black TV" shows how TV series centered on Black characters have evolved over the past 50 years.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The 737 Max and Boeing’s unresolved issues]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/13/737-max-boeing-unresolved-issues-flight</link>
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<description><![CDATA[After the door plug of an Alaskan Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max-9 blew out in flight earlier this month, the Federal Aviation Administration says it will perform a complete audit of the Max-9’s entire production line.
In this episode from 2020, we hear from a Boeing engineer and an aviation analyst about what’s at the root of the safety issues with the 737 Max, troubling the plane then and now.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[After the door plug of an Alaskan Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max-9 blew out in flight earlier this month, the Federal Aviation Administration says it will perform a complete audit of the Max-9’s entire production line.
In this episode from 2020, we hear from a Boeing engineer and an aviation analyst about what’s at the root of the safety issues with the 737 Max, troubling the plane then and now.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[ In this episode from 2020, we hear from a Boeing engineer and an aviation analyst about what’s at the root of the safety issues with the 737 Max. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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In this episode from 2020, we hear from a Boeing engineer and an aviation analyst about what’s at the root of the safety issues with the 737 Max, troubling the plane then and now.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: Democracy and its discontents]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/12/jackpod-democracy-election-discontents-america</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the Americans who seem poised to reject democracy in 2024.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: Democracy and its discontents ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the Americans who seem poised to reject democracy in 2024.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the Americans who seem poised to reject democracy in 2024.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the Americans who seem poised to reject democracy in 2024.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Zero-proof: Behind the growing popularity of an alcohol-free lifestyle]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/12/zero-proof-life-behind-the-growing-popularity-of-an-alcohol-free-lifestyle</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to miss the growing popularity of non-alcoholic drinks and younger people choosing to cut back on alcohol consumption. What’s driving this change? Emily Nicholls and Elva Ramirez join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:01:46 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s hard to miss the growing popularity of non-alcoholic drinks and younger people choosing to cut back on alcohol consumption. What’s driving this change? Emily Nicholls and Elva Ramirez join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It’s hard to miss the growing popularity of non-alcoholic drinks and younger people choosing to cut back on alcohol consumption. What’s driving this change?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s hard to miss the growing popularity of non-alcoholic drinks and younger people choosing to cut back on alcohol consumption. What’s driving this change? Emily Nicholls and Elva Ramirez join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The escalating crisis in the West Bank]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Clashes in the West Bank are escalating. Since Oct. 7 – hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed, thousands arrested, and many banned from entering Jerusalem. As tensions rise, we discuss the current crisis in the West Bank.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:01:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The escalating crisis in the West Bank ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Clashes in the West Bank are escalating. Since Oct. 7 – hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed, thousands arrested, and many banned from entering Jerusalem. As tensions rise, we discuss the current crisis in the West Bank.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Clashes in the West Bank are escalating. Since Oct. 7 – hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed, thousands arrested, and many banned from entering Jerusalem. As tensions rise, we discuss the current crisis in the West Bank.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Palestinian women walk past an area damaged after an Israeli military raid in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:19</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why the past 75 years of human history have been 'an anomaly']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/10/world-historian-humanity-current-political-moment</link>
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<description><![CDATA[With two wars raging and dynastic power on the rise around the world, the post-1945 world order feels like it’s being tested like never before. British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore says its’s more like a return to normality.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:01:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why the past 75 years of human history have been 'an anomaly' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[With two wars raging and dynastic power on the rise around the world, the post-1945 world order feels like it’s being tested like never before. British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore says its’s more like a return to normality.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[With two wars raging and dynastic power on the rise around the world, the post-1945 world order feels like it’s being tested like never before. One British historian says it's more like a return to normality.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Israel's military battled to drive Hamas fighters out of southern towns and seal its borders Monday as it pounded the Gaza Strip. (Adel Hana/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:19</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[With two wars raging and dynastic power on the rise around the world, the post-1945 world order feels like it’s being tested like never before. British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore says its’s more like a return to normality.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The race for the Republican presidential nomination]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/09/republican-presidential-nomination-gop-trump-polls</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Presidential primary season is set to begin. On the Republican side, one candidate has dominated the polls so far. Can anyone beat Donald Trump? Jess Bidgood, Whit Ayres and Tim Miller join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 01:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The race for the Republican presidential nomination ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Presidential primary season is set to begin. On the Republican side, one candidate has dominated the polls so far. Can anyone beat Donald Trump? Jess Bidgood, Whit Ayres and Tim Miller join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Presidential primary season is set to begin. On the Republican side, one candidate has dominated the polls so far. Can anyone beat Donald Trump?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A supporter of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump hold up signs as he delivers remarks at a campaign event on Nov. 11, 2023 in Claremont, New Hampshire. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:24</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Presidential primary season is set to begin. On the Republican side, one candidate has dominated the polls so far. Can anyone beat Donald Trump? Jess Bidgood, Whit Ayres and Tim Miller join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[A former Capitol police sergeant on the personal and political consequences of Jan. 6]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/08/a-former-capitol-police-sergeant-on-the-personal-and-political-consequences-of-jan-insurrection</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Aquilino Gonell left the Dominican Republic at 12 years old in pursuit of the American dream. On Jan. 6, 2021, that dream turned into a nightmare as Gonell was attacked and beaten by a violent mob as he sought to protect the Capitol.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:05:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ A former Capitol police sergeant on the personal and political consequences of Jan. 6 ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sgt. Aquilino Gonell left the Dominican Republic at 12 years old in pursuit of the American dream. On Jan. 6, 2021, that dream turned into a nightmare as Gonell was attacked and beaten by a violent mob as he sought to protect the Capitol.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Sgt. Aquilino Gonell left the Dominican Republic at 12 years old in pursuit of the American dream. On Jan. 6, 2021, that dream turned into a nightmare as Gonell was attacked and beaten by a violent mob as he sought to protect the Capitol.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[U.S. Capitol Police officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell testifies before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021 at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC. Members of law enforcement testified about the attack by supporters of former President Donald Trump on the U.S. Capitol. According to authorities, about 140 police officers were injured when they were trampled, had objects thrown at them, and sprayed with chemical irritants during the insurrection. (Photo by Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:32</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sgt. Aquilino Gonell left the Dominican Republic at 12 years old in pursuit of the American dream. On Jan. 6, 2021, that dream turned into a nightmare as Gonell was attacked and beaten by a violent mob as he sought to protect the Capitol.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Why mental health is declining for teenage girls in the U.S.]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/05/rebroadcast-why-mental-health-is-declining-for-teenage-girls-in-the-u-s</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Teen mental health is declining, particularly among girls. The pressure of social media is often cited as a leading cause. But that’s not the full story behind the mental health of teenage girls in the U.S.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:49:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Why mental health is declining for teenage girls in the U.S. ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Teen mental health is declining, particularly among girls. The pressure of social media is often cited as a leading cause. But that’s not the full story behind the mental health of teenage girls in the U.S.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Teen mental health is declining, particularly among girls. The pressure of social media is often cited as a leading cause. But that’s not the full story behind the mental health of teenage girls in the U.S.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[In this photo illustration, a teenager poses for a picture in Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2021. - The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said June 11 that emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts by teenage girls rose significantly last year compared to 2019, highlighting the mental health impact of the pandemic. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:25</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Teen mental health is declining, particularly among girls. The pressure of social media is often cited as a leading cause. But that’s not the full story behind the mental health of teenage girls in the U.S.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How an effort to cut credit card fees could impact your credit card points]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/04/if-the-credit-card-competition-act-passes-are-consumers-really-better-off</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Congress is looking to cut fees that credit card companies charge merchants for processing payments. But if that happens, credit card companies say rewards programs will suffer.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2024 11:49:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How an effort to cut credit card fees could impact your credit card points ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Congress is looking to cut fees that credit card companies charge merchants for processing payments. But if that happens, credit card companies say rewards programs will suffer.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Congress is looking to cut fees that credit card companies charge merchants for processing payments. But if that happens, credit card companies say rewards programs will suffer.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[This illustration picture shows debit and credit cards arranged on a desk on April 6, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Congress is looking to cut fees that credit card companies charge merchants for processing payments. But if that happens, credit card companies say rewards programs will suffer.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Money Ladies' New Year's guide to the 2024 economy]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/01/03/the-money-ladies-new-years-guide-to-the-2024-economy</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Inflation is slowing, unemployment’s low and the Federal Reserve thinks we’ve probably avoided a recession. Finance journalists Michelle Singletary and Rana Foroohar on what to watch for in our personal finances and national economy this year.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 11:41:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Money Ladies' New Year's guide to the 2024 economy ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Inflation is slowing, unemployment’s low and the Federal Reserve thinks we’ve probably avoided a recession. Finance journalists Michelle Singletary and Rana Foroohar on what to watch for in our personal finances and national economy this year.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Inflation is slowing, unemployment’s low and the Federal Reserve thinks we’ve probably avoided a recession. Finance journalists Michelle Singletary and Rana Foroohar on what to watch for in our personal finances and national economy this year.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[People walk and shop in a lower Manhattan shopping mall on September 13, 2023 in New York City. Newly released numbers by the Labor Department’s consumer price index show that August inflation came in higher than expected, rising 3.7% on a 12-month basis. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Inflation is slowing, unemployment’s low and the Federal Reserve thinks we’ve probably avoided a recession. Finance journalists Michelle Singletary and Rana Foroohar on what to watch for in our personal finances and national economy this year.
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Harvard researchers have been studying how we can live happier and healthier lives since 1938. They’ve tracked people across their entire lives, and more recently their descendants. What have they learned?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2024 11:53:21 -0500</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Harvard researchers have been studying how we can live happier and healthier lives since 1938. They’ve tracked people across their entire lives, and more recently their descendants. What have they learned?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[A conversation with Woniya Thibeault, winner of the wilderness survival show "Alone." She wants to show people how to deepen their connection to nature — not just to survive, but to thrive.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 11:30:06 -0500</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A conversation with Woniya Thibeault, winner of the wilderness survival show "Alone." She wants to show people how to deepen their connection to nature — not just to survive, but to thrive.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft on being the first Black woman with a nationally syndicated comic]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/29/rebroadcast-cartoonist-barbara-brandon-croft-on-being-the-first-black-woman-with-a-nationally-syndicated-comic</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Barbara Brandon-Croft is the first Black, female nationally syndicated cartoonist. “Where I’m Coming From,” featured nine Black women who talk about everything from racism, politics and love. A conversation with Barbara Brandon-Croft.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 11:23:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Barbara Brandon-Croft is the first Black, female nationally syndicated cartoonist. “Where I’m Coming From,” featured nine Black women who talk about everything from racism, politics and love. A conversation with Barbara Brandon-Croft.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Barbara Brandon-Croft is the first Black, female nationally syndicated cartoonist. “Where I’m Coming From,” featured nine Black women who talk about everything from racism, politics and love. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/28/rebroadcast-why-americans-are-spending-less-time-with-friends-and-what-to-do-about-it</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Americans are spending more time alone and less time with friends. The dramatic drop in how much time you spend with friends, and why it's so important to reverse the trend.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:25:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Americans are spending more time alone and less time with friends. The dramatic drop in how much time you spend with friends, and why it's so important to reverse the trend.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Americans are spending more time alone and less time with friends. The dramatic drop in how much time you spend with friends, and why it's so important to reverse the trend.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Author Achut Deng's journey of survival from Sudan to America]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Before she was a teenager, Achut Deng escaped civil war in South Sudan and life in a Kenyan refugee camp. Until recently, she carried that secret history with her.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2023 11:17:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Author Achut Deng's journey of survival from Sudan to America ]]></itunes:title>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Before she was a teenager, Achut Deng escaped civil war in South Sudan and life in a Kenyan refugee camp. Until recently, she carried that secret history with her.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Before she was a teenager, Achut Deng escaped civil war in South Sudan and life in a Kenyan refugee camp. Until recently, she carried that secret history with her.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[American English has many forms. It's evolved over 400 years to match this country's dynamic history. Humanities professor Ilan Stavans says that because it's so adaptable, American English is the last thing that unifies this otherwise fractured nation.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2023 11:35:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[American English has many forms. It's evolved over 400 years to match this country's dynamic history. Humanities professor Ilan Stavans says that because it's so adaptable, American English is the last thing that unifies this otherwise fractured nation.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[American English has many forms. It's evolved over 400 years to match this country's dynamic history. Humanities professor Ilan Stavans says that because it's so adaptable, American English is the last thing that unifies this otherwise fractured nation.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: What do American Christians believe about their religion?]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A survey has found that American Christians’ beliefs are as diverse as the country they live in. A conversation about the broad spectrum of belief in American Christianity. (Originally aired on December 12, 2022.)
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 11:41:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: What do American Christians believe about their religion? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A survey has found that American Christians’ beliefs are as diverse as the country they live in. A conversation about the broad spectrum of belief in American Christianity. (Originally aired on December 12, 2022.)
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A survey has found that American Christians’ beliefs are as diverse as the country they live in. A conversation about the broad spectrum of belief in American Christianity.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A survey has found that American Christians’ beliefs are as diverse as the country they live in. A conversation about the broad spectrum of belief in American Christianity. (Originally aired on December 12, 2022.)
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How the 14th Amendment could block Donald Trump from becoming president]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled former President Donald Trump is not eligible to be on the state’s primary ballot. The court determined the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump because he engaged in insurrection. This episode from our archive explores how the U.S. Supreme Court might consider how the 14th Amendment applies to Donald Trump. (Originally published 9/11/23)
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled former President Donald Trump is not eligible to be on the state’s primary ballot. The court determined the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump because he engaged in insurrection. This episode from our archive explores how the U.S. Supreme Court might consider how the 14th Amendment applies to Donald Trump. (Originally published 9/11/23)
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled former President Donald Trump is not eligible to be on the state’s primary ballot. The court determined the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump because he engaged in insurrection. This episode from our archive explores how the U.S. Supreme Court might consider how the 14th Amendment applies to Donald Trump. (Originally published 9/11/23)]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[In the last Jackpod of 2023, On Point news analyst Jack Beatty answers listener questions ranging from political messaging to what binds us as a nation.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: In the host's seat ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the last Jackpod of 2023, On Point news analyst Jack Beatty answers listener questions ranging from political messaging to what binds us as a nation.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the last Jackpod of 2023, On Point News Analyst Jack Beatty answers listener questions, ranging from political messaging to what binds us as a nation.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The art of Italian home cooking with Lidia Bastianich]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[When PBS first asked Italian chef Lidia Bastianich to cook for a television audience, she had one condition: She wanted them to film in her actual kitchen. A quarter century later, Bastianich is still inviting viewers into her home.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 11:55:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The art of Italian home cooking with Lidia Bastianich ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When PBS first asked Italian chef Lidia Bastianich to cook for a television audience, she had one condition: She wanted them to film in her actual kitchen. A quarter century later, Bastianich is still inviting viewers into her home.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When PBS first asked Italian chef Lidia Bastianich to cook for a television audience, she had one condition: She wanted them to film in her actual kitchen. A quarter century later, Bastianich is still inviting viewers into her home.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Lidia Bastianich teaches her Complete Pasta Class at Eataly on January 13, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Hider/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The unexpected friendship between an Arab and Israeli writer]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[An Arab and Israeli writer have developed an unlikely friendship, writing long letters back and forth for years about how to achieve peace in the Middle East. They’ve never actually met or spoken — until now.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 11:38:54 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The unexpected friendship between an Arab and Israeli writer ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[An Arab and Israeli writer have developed an unlikely friendship, writing long letters back and forth for years about how to achieve peace in the Middle East. They’ve never actually met or spoken — until now.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[An Arab and Israeli writer have developed an unlikely friendship, writing long letters back and forth for years about how to achieve peace in the Middle East. They’ve never actually met or spoken — until now.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:21</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The largely unknown man behind the U.S. judiciary’s shift to the right]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/20/man-behind-the-u-s-judiciarys-shift-right-leonard-leo</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Leonard Leo has been described as a puppet master – pulling strings between rich and powerful conservatives to turn the American judiciary to the right. Who is Leonard Leo and how has he been so effective?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:53:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The largely unknown man behind the U.S. judiciary’s shift to the right ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Leonard Leo has been described as a puppet master – pulling strings between rich and powerful conservatives to turn the American judiciary to the right. Who is Leonard Leo and how has he been so effective?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Leonard Leo has been described as a puppet master – pulling strings between rich and powerful conservatives to turn the American judiciary to the right. Who is Leonard Leo and how has he been so effective? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on April 23, 2019. Leo is an Executive Vice President with the Federalist Society and a confidant of President Trump. He is a maestro of a network of interlocking nonprofits working on media campaigns and other initiatives to pressure lawmakers and generate public support for conservative judges. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Leonard Leo has been described as a puppet master – pulling strings between rich and powerful conservatives to turn the American judiciary to the right. Who is Leonard Leo and how has he been so effective?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How Big Oil helped push the idea of a 'carbon footprint']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/19/how-big-oil-helped-push-the-idea-of-a-carbon-footprint</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Your carbon footprint helps you identify actions you can take to personally fight climate change. It also shifts responsibility away from petrochemical companies. If that seems convenient for Big Oil, it's because the carbon footprint concept was popularized in part by oil giant BP.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How Big Oil helped push the idea of a 'carbon footprint' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Your carbon footprint helps you identify actions you can take to personally fight climate change. It also shifts responsibility away from petrochemical companies. If that seems convenient for Big Oil, it's because the carbon footprint concept was popularized in part by oil giant BP.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Your carbon footprint helps you identify actions you can take to personally fight climate change. It also shifts responsibility away from petrochemical companies. If that seems convenient for Big Oil, it's because the carbon footprint concept was popularized in part by oil giant BP.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Is shoplifting getting worse in the U.S.?]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[You've seen baby formula and razor blades locked behind plastic cases. Retailers say it's partly because of a rise in shoplifting. But analysts say there’s no clear data to back up that claim. Katherine Masters and Alexis Piquero join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:05:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[You've seen baby formula and razor blades locked behind plastic cases. Retailers say it's partly because of a rise in shoplifting. But analysts say there’s no clear data to back up that claim. Katherine Masters and Alexis Piquero join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[You've seen baby formula and razor blades locked behind plastic cases. Retailers say it's partly because of a rise in shoplifting. But analysts say there’s no clear data to back up that claim.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: They want revenge]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/15/jackpod-donald-trump-revenge-politics</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the appeal of Donald Trump’s promise of revenge and retribution to many Republican voters.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: They want revenge ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the appeal of Donald Trump’s promise of revenge and retribution to many Republican voters.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the appeal of Donald Trump’s promise of revenge and retribution to many Republican voters.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the appeal of Donald Trump’s promise of revenge and retribution to many Republican voters.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Taylor Swift and Beyonce economy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have generated some $10 billion for the U.S. this year. What does the staggering rise of these two women say about our economy -- and about us?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:29:31 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Taylor Swift and Beyonce economy ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have generated some $10 billion for the U.S. this year. What does the staggering rise of these two women say about our economy -- and about us?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have generated some $10 billion for the U.S. this year. What does the staggering rise of these two women say about our economy -- and about us?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have generated some $10 billion for the U.S. this year. What does the staggering rise of these two women say about our economy -- and about us?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Pharmacy benefit managers: The middlemen who decide what you pay for medications]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/14/pharmacy-benefit-managers-the-middleman-that-decides-what-you-pay-for-medications</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[There are middlemen between you and pharmaceutical companies that make huge profits from drug prices. They’re called pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:43:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Pharmacy benefit managers: The middlemen who decide what you pay for medications ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There are middlemen between you and pharmaceutical companies that make huge profits from drug prices. They’re called pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There are middlemen between you and pharmaceutical companies that make huge profits from drug prices. They’re called pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Chart from Erin Trish’s presentation/Adapted from The Flow of Money Through the Pharmaceutical Distribution System/USC Schaeffer. ]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:16</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[There are middlemen between you and pharmaceutical companies that make huge profits from drug prices. They’re called pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Is there a path to ceasefire in Gaza?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/13/is-there-any-path-to-stop-the-violence-in-gaza</link>
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<description><![CDATA[With a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, global calls for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire are growing. Israel says it will not stop until the Hamas threat is gone. Is there any path to stop the violence in Gaza?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:59:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Is there a path to ceasefire in Gaza? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[With a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, global calls for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire are growing. Israel says it will not stop until the Hamas threat is gone. Is there any path to stop the violence in Gaza?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[With a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, global calls for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire are growing. Israel says it will not stop until the Hamas threat is gone. Is there any path to stop the violence in Gaza? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:36</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[With a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, global calls for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire are growing. Israel says it will not stop until the Hamas threat is gone. Is there any path to stop the violence in Gaza?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What happened to Sports Illustrated?]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Sports Illustrated recently pulled authors and articles from its website after reporting found that they were generated by AI. How did the once legendary publisher fall so low?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:37:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What happened to Sports Illustrated? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sports Illustrated recently pulled authors and articles from its website after reporting found that they were generated by AI. How did the once legendary publisher fall so low?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Sports Illustrated recently pulled authors and articles from its website after reporting found that they were generated by AI. How did the once legendary publisher fall so low?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:18</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sports Illustrated recently pulled authors and articles from its website after reporting found that they were generated by AI. How did the once legendary publisher fall so low?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Chile's lessons and failures in writing a new constitution]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In 2020, Chileans overwhelmingly supported writing a new constitution. Two years later, Chileans overwhelmingly rejected it. This month, they will vote on a different version, but many say it’s worse than what they already have.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:55:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Chile's lessons and failures in writing a new constitution ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In 2020, Chileans overwhelmingly supported writing a new constitution. Two years later, Chileans overwhelmingly rejected it. This month, they will vote on a different version, but many say it’s worse than what they already have.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In 2020, Chileans overwhelmingly supported writing a new constitution. Two years later, Chileans overwhelmingly rejected it. This month, they will vote on a different version, but many say it’s worse than what they already have.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:04</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 2020, Chileans overwhelmingly supported writing a new constitution. Two years later, Chileans overwhelmingly rejected it. This month, they will vote on a different version, but many say it’s worse than what they already have.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: The disappearance of political persuasion]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A social media post from Donald Trump has On Point news analyst Jack Beatty inquiring about the demise of political argument in the U.S. and what that means for democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: The disappearance of political persuasion ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A social media post from Donald Trump has On Point news analyst Jack Beatty inquiring about the demise of political argument in the U.S. and what that means for democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A social media post from Donald Trump has On Point news analyst Jack Beatty inquiring about the demise of political argument in the U.S. and what that means for democracy.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits at the defense table while waiting for proceedings to begin in his civil business fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court on December 7, 2023 in New York City. Trump's civil fraud trial alleges that he and his two sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump conspired to inflate his net worth on financial statements provided to banks and insurers to secure loans. New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued seeking $250 million in damages. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:35:56</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A social media post from Donald Trump has On Point news analyst Jack Beatty inquiring about the demise of political argument in the U.S. and what that means for democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside the 'rewilding' movement]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In places where human beings have done everything they can to pave and plow over nature, what might happen if we just left those places alone?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:17:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Inside the 'rewilding' movement ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In places where human beings have done everything they can to pave and plow over nature, what might happen if we just left those places alone?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In places where human beings have done everything they can to pave and plow over nature, what might happen if we just left those places alone?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In places where human beings have done everything they can to pave and plow over nature, what might happen if we just left those places alone?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Biden approach to Israel]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/07/the-biden-approach-to-israel</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Some voters want President Biden to condemn Israel's bombing of Gaza. Biden believes his public embrace helps him influence Israel -- but that may be changing. Nimrod Novick and Amb. David Hale join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:41:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Biden approach to Israel ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Some voters want President Biden to condemn Israel's bombing of Gaza. Biden believes his public embrace helps him influence Israel -- but that may be changing. Nimrod Novick and Amb. David Hale join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Some voters want President Biden to condemn Israel's bombing of Gaza. Biden believes his public embrace helps him influence Israel -- but that may be changing.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[US President Joe Biden joins Israel's Prime Minister for the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. US President Joe Biden landed in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023 as Middle East anger flared after hundreds were killed when a rocket struck a hospital in war-torn Gaza, with Israel and the Palestinians quick to trade blame. (Photo by Miriam Alster / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIRIAM ALSTER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How to talk to kids about climate change]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/06/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-climate-change</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Parents have delicate conversations with their kids on intimacy, violence, even the meaning of life. Now, kids want to talk about climate change. Parents, are you prepared?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:49:24 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How to talk to kids about climate change ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Parents have delicate conversations with their kids on intimacy, violence, even the meaning of life. Now, kids want to talk about climate change. Parents, are you prepared?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Parents have delicate conversations with their kids on intimacy, violence, even the meaning of life. Now, kids want to talk about climate change. Parents, are you prepared?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:13</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How politics corroded the American evangelical movement]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/05/how-politics-corroded-the-american-evangelical-movement</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Tim Alberta is one of America's top political reporters. He's also the son of an evangelical preacher. In his new book, Alberta investigates how politics has corroded the Evangelical movement that raised him. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:05:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How politics corroded the American evangelical movement ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Tim Alberta is one of America's top political reporters. He's also the son of an evangelical preacher. In his new book, Alberta investigates how politics has corroded the Evangelical movement that raised him.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Tim Alberta is one of America's top political reporters. He's also the son of an evangelical preacher. In his new book, Alberta investigates how politics has corroded the Evangelical movement that raised him. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke on a range of topics to an audience of conservative evangelical Christians. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:37</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tim Alberta is one of America's top political reporters. He's also the son of an evangelical preacher. In his new book, Alberta investigates how politics has corroded the Evangelical movement that raised him. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The looming pharmacy crisis in America]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/04/the-looming-pharmacy-crisis-in-america</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Pharmacists at major chain stores like CVS and Walgreens are at a breaking point. Many workers have staged walkouts, saying they are overworked, understaffed and risking patient safety.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:17:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The looming pharmacy crisis in America ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pharmacists at major chain stores like CVS and Walgreens are at a breaking point. Many workers have staged walkouts, saying they are overworked, understaffed and risking patient safety.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pharmacists at major chain stores like CVS and Walgreens are at a breaking point. Many workers have staged walkouts, saying they are overworked, understaffed and risking patient safety.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Merchandise aisle and Pharmacy Sign at Walgreens, Queens, New York. (Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:21</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pharmacists at major chain stores like CVS and Walgreens are at a breaking point. Many workers have staged walkouts, saying they are overworked, understaffed and risking patient safety.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: The uncertainty of existence]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/01/the-jackpod-united-states-politics-life-expectancy</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on evidence the U.S. is failing at the fundamental mission of keeping its people alive, and the correlation between politics and life expectancy in the U.S.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: The uncertainty of existence ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on evidence the U.S. is failing at the fundamental mission of keeping its people alive, and the correlation between politics and life expectancy in the U.S.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on evidence the U.S. is failing at the fundamental mission of keeping its people alive, and the correlation between politics and life expectancy in the U.S.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[An American flag flaps in the wind in Denver. (David Zalubowski/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:32:24</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on evidence the U.S. is failing at the fundamental mission of keeping its people alive, and the correlation between politics and life expectancy in the U.S.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Power, profits and labor practices in the video game industry]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/01/power-profits-and-labor-practices-in-the-video-game-industry</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Video games. A massive global industry expected to generate nearly $190 billion in revenue this year, according to industry estimates. So why have there been unprecedented layoffs across the gaming world?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:59:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Power, profits and labor practices in the video game industry ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Video games. A massive global industry expected to generate nearly $190 billion in revenue this year, according to industry estimates. So why have there been unprecedented layoffs across the gaming world?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Video games. A massive global industry expected to generate nearly $190 billion in revenue this year, according to industry estimates. So why have there been unprecedented layoffs across the gaming world?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:29</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Can offshore wind help power the U.S. economy?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/30/can-offshore-wind-help-power-the-u-s-economy</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. has struggled to build wind farms at sea. What's causing the setbacks?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:06:07 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Can offshore wind help power the U.S. economy? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The U.S. has struggled to build wind farms at sea. What's causing the setbacks?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The U.S. has struggled to build wind farms at sea. What's causing the setbacks?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. has struggled to build wind farms at sea. What's causing the setbacks?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How foreign authoritarian rule reaches into the U.S.]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/29/how-foreign-authoritarian-rule-reaches-into-the-u-s</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government says it foiled a plot by the Indian government to assassinate one of its citizens who was living in the United States. It's called transnational repression, and the FBI says it's a growing problem. Enes Kanter Freedom, Yana Gorokhovskaia and Roman Rozhavsky join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:37:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How foreign authoritarian rule reaches into the U.S. ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The U.S. government says it foiled a plot by the Indian government to assassinate one of its citizens who was living in the United States. It's called transnational repression, and the FBI says it's a growing problem. Enes Kanter Freedom, Yana Gorokhovskaia and Roman Rozhavsky join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The U.S. government says authoritarian regimes are threatening, coercing and even attempting to kidnap and murder citizens living in the U.S. It's called transnational repression, and the FBI says it's a growing problem. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden of the United States of America (L) and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey talk during the G20 Summit on November 15, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. government says it foiled a plot by the Indian government to assassinate one of its citizens who was living in the United States. It's called transnational repression, and the FBI says it's a growing problem. Enes Kanter Freedom, Yana Gorokhovskaia and Roman Rozhavsky join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The legacy of the 1993 Oslo Accords]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The 1993 Oslo Accords were a milestone in the Arab-Israeli peace process. But after 30 years of talks, there's no peace yet. Lessons for the future from peace efforts of the past. Yossi Beilin and Omar Dajani join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:49:11 -0500</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The 1993 Oslo Accords were a milestone in the Arab-Israeli peace process. But after 30 years of talks, there's no peace yet. Lessons for the future from peace efforts of the past.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[ US President Bill Clinton (C) stands between PLO leader Yasser Arafat (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzahk Rabin (L) as they shake hands for the first time, on September 13, 1993 at the White House in Washington DC, after signing the historic Israel-PLO Oslo Accords on Palestinian autonomy in the occupied territories. AFP PHOTO J.DAVID AKE (Photo by J. DAVID AKE / AFP) (Photo by J. DAVID AKE/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The benefit of 'the two-parent privilege']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/27/the-benefit-of-the-two-parent-privilege</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Almost a quarter of U.S. children under 18 live with a single parent and no other adults. That’s the highest rate in the world. So, what does it mean for those children?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:41:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The benefit of 'the two-parent privilege' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Almost a quarter of U.S. children under 18 live with a single parent and no other adults. That’s the highest rate in the world. So, what does it mean for those children?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Almost a quarter of U.S. children under 18 live with a single parent and no other adults. That’s the highest rate in the world. So, what does it mean for those children?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Almost a quarter of U.S. children under 18 live with a single parent and no other adults. That’s the highest rate in the world. So, what does it mean for those children?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Why more Americans are choosing to live in multigenerational housing]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/24/rebroadcast-americans-choosing-to-live-in-multigenerational-housing</link>
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<description><![CDATA[One in five Americans now live under the same roof as their parents, grandparents or adult children. It's a remarkable change from a few generations ago. Why more Americans are choosing to live in multigenerational housing.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:17:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Why more Americans are choosing to live in multigenerational housing ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One in five Americans now live under the same roof as their parents, grandparents or adult children. It's a remarkable change from a few generations ago. Why more Americans are choosing to live in multigenerational housing.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[One in five Americans now live under the same roof as their parents, grandparents or adult children. It's a remarkable change from a few generations ago. Why more Americans are choosing to live in multigenerational housing.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Nicole Boynes, 46, has dinner with her daughters, Sierra, 13, and Gabrielle, 10, and her mother-in-law, Germaine Boynes, 77, at their house in Silver Spring, MD on March 7, 2022. (Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:34</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Pitmaster Ryan Mitchell on America’s complicated history with barbeque]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/23/rebroadcast-pitmaster-ryan-mitchell-on-americas-complicated-history-with-barbeque-cooking-whole-hog</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The whole hog barbeque is the original style of American barbeque. It’s a tradition deeply rooted in indigenous and Black history. Ryan Mitchell joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:23:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Pitmaster Ryan Mitchell on America’s complicated history with barbeque ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The whole hog barbeque is the original style of American barbeque. It’s a tradition deeply rooted in indigenous and Black history. Ryan Mitchell joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On this Thanksgiving Day, we talk with pitmaster Ryan Mitchell about how whole hog barbeque is the original style of American barbeque and its deep roots in indigenous and Black history.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 09: (L-R) Pitmasters Ed Mitchell, Jimmy Hagood, Mike Mills, and Mark Maynard Parisi attend the 10th Anniversary Big Apple Barbecue Sponsored By Southern Living on June 9, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Brian Killian/Getty Images for Southern Living)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The whole hog barbeque is the original style of American barbeque. It’s a tradition deeply rooted in indigenous and Black history. Ryan Mitchell joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Former poet laureate Tracy K. Smith's 'plea for the American soul']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/22/former-poet-laureate-tracy-k-smiths-plea-for-the-american-soul</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The former U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith has a new memoir. In it, she discovers a surprise in her late father’s military records that changed how she sees herself as a Black woman in America.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:41:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Former poet laureate Tracy K. Smith's 'plea for the American soul' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The former U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith has a new memoir. In it, she discovers a surprise in her late father’s military records that changed how she sees herself as a Black woman in America.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The former U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith has a new memoir. In it, she discovers a surprise in her late father’s military records that changed how she sees herself as a Black woman in America.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Tracy K. Smith poses in her Brooklyn apartment after winning the Pulitzer Prize for poetry her poetry collection "Life on Mars," in April, 2012 in New York. (AP/Jason DeCrow)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The former U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith has a new memoir. In it, she discovers a surprise in her late father’s military records that changed how she sees herself as a Black woman in America.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[An On Point follow-up: The political fallout over the migrant crisis in Chicago]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/21/an-on-point-follow-up-the-political-fallout-over-the-migrant-crisis-in-chicago</link>
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<description><![CDATA[More than 21,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago since last summer setting off a political fight for resources. On Point follows up on the story we brought you last month to report on Mayor Brandon Johnson's efforts to convince the voters who put him in office to continue supporting him.
Plus, analysis on what is different about this moment in a city that has historically celebrated immigrants.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2023 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ An On Point follow-up: The political fallout over the migrant crisis in Chicago ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[More than 21,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago since last summer setting off a political fight for resources. On Point follows up on the story we brought you last month to report on Mayor Brandon Johnson's efforts to convince the voters who put him in office to continue supporting him.
Plus, analysis on what is different about this moment in a city that has historically celebrated immigrants.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[More than 21,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago since last summer, setting off a political fight for resources. On Point follows up on Mayor Brandon Johnson's efforts to convince the voters who put him in office to continue supporting him.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Migrants living at the Chicago Police Department's 15th District are seen outside the station on Sunday, September 10, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Since last year, over 14,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have arrived in Chicago by bus from the Texas border. Chicago, which is a sanctuary city has been housing the asylum seekers at police stations, O'Hare International Airport, and city-run shelters. (Photo by Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[More than 21,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago since last summer setting off a political fight for resources. On Point follows up on the story we brought you last month to report on Mayor Brandon Johnson's efforts to convince the voters who put him in office to continue supporting him.
Plus, analysis on what is different about this moment in a city that has historically celebrated immigrants.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How to teach media literacy to children]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/21/how-to-teach-media-literacy-to-children</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[School systems around the country are grappling with ways to teach students media literacy. California has just passed a law to do that, and experts say they’re doing it right.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:49:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How to teach media literacy to children ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[School systems around the country are grappling with ways to teach students media literacy. California has just passed a law to do that, and experts say they’re doing it right.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[School systems around the country are grappling with ways to teach students media literacy. California has just passed a law to do that, and experts say they’re doing it right.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[School systems around the country are grappling with ways to teach students media literacy. California has just passed a law to do that, and experts say they’re doing it right.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: He was held hostage for 444 days]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/20/first-person-he-was-held-hostage-for-444-days</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Barry Rosen says he can understand in some way what the hostages in Gaza are going through. Rosen was press attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 when he was taken hostage and held, along with 51 others, until January 1981.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:11:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Barry Rosen says he can understand in some way what the hostages in Gaza are going through. Rosen was press attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 when he was taken hostage and held, along with 51 others, until January 1981.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Barry Rosen says he can understand in some way what the hostages in Gaza are going through. Rosen was press attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 when he was taken hostage and held, along with 51 others, until January 1981.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Barry Rosen, 77, a former US diplomat who was one of the 52 hostages held in Iran during 444 days from 1979 to 1981, speaks to AFP journalists outside the Coburg palace in Vienna , Austria, on January 14, 2022. - When Rosen, one of the 52 hostages in the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran, traveled to Vienna to demand the release of prisoners in Iran, he had no idea of the impact of his initiative. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP) (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The plight of the hostages in Gaza]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/20/the-plight-of-the-hostages-in-gaza</link>
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<description><![CDATA[It's been more than 40 days since Hamas kidnapped some 240 people in Israel. Only four have been released. What's next? Gili Roman and Dani Gilbert join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 11:55:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The plight of the hostages in Gaza ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's been more than 40 days since Hamas kidnapped some 240 people in Israel. Only four have been released. What's next? Gili Roman and Dani Gilbert join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It's been more than 40 days since Hamas kidnapped some 240 people in Israel. Only four have been released. What's next?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: The 'F-word']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/17/the-jackpod-fascist-germany-italy-rhetoric-president-trump</link>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the rise in Donald Trump’s use of rhetoric and imagery associated with 1930’s Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. 
Two leading historians say the former president represents a present-day form of fascism.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: The 'F-word' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the rise in Donald Trump’s use of rhetoric and imagery associated with 1930’s Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
Two leading historians say the former president represents a present-day form of fascism.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the rise in Donald Trump’s use of rhetoric and imagery associated with 1930’s Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Two leading historians say the former president represents a present-day form of fascism.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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Two leading historians say the former president represents a present-day form of fascism.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Debunking myths about the Asian American academic experience]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/17/the-true-diversity-of-the-asian-american-academic-experience-debunking-challenging-myths-about-the-asian-american-academic-experience</link>
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<description><![CDATA[No stereotype can tell the story of more than 20 million people. We look at the true diversity of the Asian American academic experience. Julie J. Park joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:07:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Debunking myths about the Asian American academic experience ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[No stereotype can tell the story of more than 20 million people. We look at the true diversity of the Asian American academic experience. Julie J. Park joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[No stereotype can tell the story of more than 20 million people. We look at the true diversity of the Asian American academic experience. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why this U.S. government arms dealer resigned over weapon transfers to Israel]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/16/why-this-u-s-government-arms-dealer-resigned-over-weapon-transfers-to-israel</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Former State Department official Josh Paul was in charge of U.S. arms transfers to other nations for years. But when it came to the current arms sales to Israel, he says the entire process was different.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:41:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Former State Department official Josh Paul was in charge of U.S. arms transfers to other nations for years. But when it came to the current arms sales to Israel, he says the entire process was different.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Former State Department official Josh Paul was in charge of U.S. arms transfers to other nations for years. But when it came to the current arms sales to Israel, he says the entire process was different.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden, joined by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, delivers remarks on the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel in the State Dining Room of the White House October 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former State Department official Josh Paul was in charge of U.S. arms transfers to other nations for years. But when it came to the current arms sales to Israel, he says the entire process was different.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How to fix America's aviation system]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/15/how-to-fix-americas-aviation-system</link>
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<description><![CDATA[It’s been almost 15 years since the last deadly plane crash on a U.S. airline. But near misses in U.S. aviation have grown 25% in the last decade. What's behind the rise in close calls? Paul Rinaldi and Dorothy Robyn join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:56:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How to fix America's aviation system ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s been almost 15 years since the last deadly plane crash on a U.S. airline. But near misses in U.S. aviation have grown 25% in the last decade. What's behind the rise in close calls? Paul Rinaldi and Dorothy Robyn join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It’s been almost 15 years since the last deadly plane crash on a U.S. airline. But near misses in U.S. aviation have grown 25% in the last decade. What's behind the rise in close calls?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[UFOs and the U.S. government: The push towards greater transparency]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/14/ufos-and-the-u-s-government-the-push-towards-greater-transparency</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Unexplained aerial phenomena. Is the government covering up what it knows? We dive into 75 years of UFO history and the beginnings of government mistrust. Garrett Graff joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:35:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ UFOs and the U.S. government: The push towards greater transparency ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Unexplained aerial phenomena. Is the government covering up what it knows? We dive into 75 years of UFO history and the beginnings of government mistrust. Garrett Graff joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Unexplained aerial phenomena. Is the government covering up what it knows? We dive into 75 years of UFO history and the beginnings of government mistrust.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 12: Steven Greer, ufologist and founded of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Disclosure Project, delivers remarks on his UFO and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) research under an artist rendering of an incident, during a press conference on June 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. Greer spoke on his archive of research on UFOs consisting of government documents, whistleblower testimony and alleged locations of UFO projects sites. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:07</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Israel, Hamas and the laws of war: A primer]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/13/israel-hamas-and-the-laws-of-war-a-primer</link>
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<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The UN is investigating whether war crimes have been committed by Israel and by Hamas. But what exactly qualifies as a war crime? And why are they so hard to prove – and prevent? Janina Dill and Michael Bryant join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:17:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Israel, Hamas and the laws of war: A primer ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The UN is investigating whether war crimes have been committed by Israel and by Hamas. But what exactly qualifies as a war crime? And why are they so hard to prove – and prevent? Janina Dill and Michael Bryant join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The UN is investigating whether war crimes have been committed by Israel and by Hamas. But what exactly qualifies as a war crime? And why are they so hard to prove – and prevent?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Millions of Americans can't save for retirement. These economists have a plan to change that]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/11/millions-american-economy-retirement-savings-bipartisan</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Congress is currently considering the “Retirement Savings for Americans Act,” an ambitious bill that seeks to create a national retirement system. 
Back in April 2021, two economists told us about their bipartisan plan to help millions of low-income Americans save for retirement.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2023 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Millions of Americans can't save for retirement. These economists have a plan to change that ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Congress is currently considering the “Retirement Savings for Americans Act,” an ambitious bill that seeks to create a national retirement system.
Back in April 2021, two economists told us about their bipartisan plan to help millions of low-income Americans save for retirement.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Congress is currently considering the “Retirement Savings for Americans Act,” an ambitious bill that seeks to create a national retirement system. Back in April 2021, two economists told us about their bipartisan plan to help millions of low-income Americans save for retirement.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:48:07</itunes:duration>
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Back in April 2021, two economists told us about their bipartisan plan to help millions of low-income Americans save for retirement.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackpod: Last exit or 'Live free or die']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/10/jack-beatty-primary-election-democratic-president-new-hampshire</link>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us about the history of New Hampshire primary voters ending the candidacies of Democratic presidents seeking reelection, and asks whether President Biden could suffer the same fate in 2024.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 08:43:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackpod: Last exit or 'Live free or die' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us about the history of New Hampshire primary voters ending the candidacies of Democratic presidents seeking reelection, and asks whether President Biden could suffer the same fate in 2024.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Jack Beatty tells us about the history of New Hampshire primary voters ending the candidacies of Democratic presidents seeking reelection, and asks whether President Biden could suffer the same fate in 2024.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us about the history of New Hampshire primary voters ending the candidacies of Democratic presidents seeking reelection, and asks whether President Biden could suffer the same fate in 2024.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What clues do this week’s elections hold for 2024?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/10/state-local-presidential-2024-election</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky and other states, voters made some big statements about what they want in state and local government. What this could mean for races next year and beyond. Delegate Don Scott, Jack Beatty, Simon Rosenberg, Austin Horn and Coy Ferrell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:59:45 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What clues do this week’s elections hold for 2024? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky and other states, voters made some big statements about what they want in state and local government. What this could mean for races next year and beyond. Delegate Don Scott, Jack Beatty, Simon Rosenberg, Austin Horn and Coy Ferrell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky and other states, voters made some big statements about what they want in state and local government. What this could mean for races next year and beyond.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Voters pass a sign outside a polling site in Warwick, R.I., Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (David Goldman/AP)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Gaza's widening humanitarian crisis]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/09/gazas-widening-humanitarian-crisis</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Gaza’s health care system has collapsed. Food and water are scarce. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed so far in the Israel-Hamas war, as international pressure for a broader ceasefire rises. Maria Abi-Habib, Hiba Tibi and Merissa Khurma join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:59:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Gaza's widening humanitarian crisis ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Gaza’s health care system has collapsed. Food and water are scarce. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed so far in the Israel-Hamas war, as international pressure for a broader ceasefire rises. Maria Abi-Habib, Hiba Tibi and Merissa Khurma join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Gaza’s health care system has collapsed. Food and water are scarce. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed so far in the Israel-Hamas war, as international pressure for a broader ceasefire rises.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gaza’s health care system has collapsed. Food and water are scarce. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed so far in the Israel-Hamas war, as international pressure for a broader ceasefire rises. Maria Abi-Habib, Hiba Tibi and Merissa Khurma join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What drove Mitt Romney to stand up to his own party?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/08/what-drove-sen-mitt-romney-to-stand-up-to-his-own-party</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In "Romney: A Reckoning," journalist McKay Coppins gets unfettered access to the senator’s journals, emails and dozens of private interviews to unpack what led Romney to combat the GOP’s embrace of Donald Trump.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:29:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What drove Mitt Romney to stand up to his own party? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In "Romney: A Reckoning," journalist McKay Coppins gets unfettered access to the senator’s journals, emails and dozens of private interviews to unpack what led Romney to combat the GOP’s embrace of Donald Trump.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In "Romney: A Reckoning," journalist McKay Coppins gets unfettered access to the senator’s journals, emails and dozens of private interviews to unpack what led Romney to combat the GOP’s embrace of Donald Trump. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In "Romney: A Reckoning," journalist McKay Coppins gets unfettered access to the senator’s journals, emails and dozens of private interviews to unpack what led Romney to combat the GOP’s embrace of Donald Trump.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How private equity is changing American health care]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/07/how-private-equity-is-changing-american-health-care</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The FTC is suing a private equity firm, and the anesthesiology companies it owns in Texas for monopolistic practices that it says harm patients' health and their pocketbooks. Gretchen Morgenson and Brendan Ballou join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:19:24 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How private equity is changing American health care ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The FTC is suing a private equity firm, and the anesthesiology companies it owns in Texas for monopolistic practices that it says harm patients' health and their pocketbooks. Gretchen Morgenson and Brendan Ballou join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The FTC is suing a private equity firm, and the anesthesiology companies it owns in Texas for monopolistic practices that it says harm patients' health and their pocketbooks.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The FTC is suing a private equity firm, and the anesthesiology companies it owns in Texas for monopolistic practices that it says harm patients' health and their pocketbooks. Gretchen Morgenson and Brendan Ballou join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Influence of Christian nationalism in American politics]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/06/the-influence-of-christian-nationalism-in-american-politics</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Republican Congressman Mike Johnson is a hard-right evangelical from Louisiana. Now, he's speaker of the house.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 11:47:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Influence of Christian nationalism in American politics ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Republican Congressman Mike Johnson is a hard-right evangelical from Louisiana. Now, he's speaker of the house.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Republican Congressman Mike Johnson is a hard-right evangelical from Louisiana. Now, he's speaker of the house.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Republican Congressman Mike Johnson is a hard-right evangelical from Louisiana. Now, he's speaker of the house.
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Podcast extra: Should domestic abusers have gun rights?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/04/supreme-court-domestic-abusers-gun-rights</link>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point's Paige Sutherland reports on a Supreme Court case being heard on Nov. 7 that has the potential to grant firearms access to hundreds of thousands of domestic abusers who are currently prohibited.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point's Paige Sutherland reports on a Supreme Court case being heard on Nov. 7 that has the potential to grant firearms access to hundreds of thousands of domestic abusers who are currently prohibited.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point's Paige Sutherland reports on a Supreme Court case that has the potential to grant firearms access to hundreds of thousands of domestic abusers who are currently prohibited. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point's Paige Sutherland reports on a Supreme Court case being heard on Nov. 7 that has the potential to grant firearms access to hundreds of thousands of domestic abusers who are currently prohibited.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Unintended consequences: Jack Beatty on the political legacy of the 1965 Immigration Act]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us why he thinks the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, and the subsequent rise in immigration, shapes today’s politics, and growing anti-democratic sentiment.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Unintended consequences: Jack Beatty on the political legacy of the 1965 Immigration Act ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us why he thinks the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, and the subsequent rise in immigration, shapes today’s politics, and growing anti-democratic sentiment.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us why he thinks the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, and the subsequent rise in immigration, shapes today’s politics, and growing anti-democratic sentiment.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[(Original Caption) 10/4/1965- New York, NY- Bright skies was the setting as United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the new, liberalized U.S. Immigration bill into law. Attending the ceremony on Liberty Island, which is the home of "Miss Liberty," was a host of New York City, State and National Officials. Here, surrounding the President (L-R) are: Vice President Hubert Humphrey; the First Lady; Mrs. Mike Mansfield (wife of the Senate Majority Leader); Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy.]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:45:29</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us why he thinks the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, and the subsequent rise in immigration, shapes today’s politics, and growing anti-democratic sentiment.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What's behind the sharp rise in U.S. antisemitism]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/03/whats-behind-the-sharp-rise-in-u-s-antisemitism</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Antisemitism is on the rise in the United States, with threats against Jewish people reaching near-historic levels, according to FBI director Christopher Wray. What historical and intellectual undercurrents are driving this increase? Erwin Chemerinsky, Julia Steinberg and Simon Sebag Montefiore join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:11:23 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What's behind the sharp rise in U.S. antisemitism ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Antisemitism is on the rise in the United States, with threats against Jewish people reaching near-historic levels, according to FBI director Christopher Wray. What historical and intellectual undercurrents are driving this increase? Erwin Chemerinsky, Julia Steinberg and Simon Sebag Montefiore join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Antisemitism is on the rise in the United States, with threats against Jewish people reaching near-historic levels, according to FBI director Christopher Wray. What historical and intellectual undercurrents are driving this increase?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Jewish leaders, politicians and others attend a conference addressing the rise in antisemitic incidents across the United States at the Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan on December 12, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:30</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How to rid the world of plastic waste]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/02/how-to-rid-the-world-of-plastic-waste</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The worldwide production of plastic has doubled in the past 20 years worldwide. Plastic waste in the environment has grown too. Can a new global treaty help? John Hocevar, Dr. Charlotte Lloyd and David Clement join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:49:17 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How to rid the world of plastic waste ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The worldwide production of plastic has doubled in the past 20 years worldwide. Plastic waste in the environment has grown too. Can a new global treaty help? John Hocevar, Dr. Charlotte Lloyd and David Clement join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The worldwide production of plastic has doubled in the past 20 years worldwide. Plastic waste in the environment has grown too. Can a new global treaty help?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Plastic waste are seen at San Juan river on April 20, 2023 in Manila, Philippines. (Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:11</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The worldwide production of plastic has doubled in the past 20 years worldwide. Plastic waste in the environment has grown too. Can a new global treaty help? John Hocevar, Dr. Charlotte Lloyd and David Clement join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Lessons for Israel from the U.S. invasion of Iraq]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/11/01/lessons-for-israel-from-the-u-s-invasion-of-iraq</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Israel vows to eliminate Hamas. But is there a plan for the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas war? Thomas Warrick, Barak Greenapple and Hiba Husseini join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 11:53:18 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Lessons for Israel from the U.S. invasion of Iraq ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Israel vows to eliminate Hamas. But is there a plan for the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas war? Thomas Warrick, Barak Greenapple and Hiba Husseini join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Israel vows to eliminate Hamas. But is there a plan for the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas war?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A soldier gives directions to a tank unit near the border with Gaza on October 14, 2023 near Sderot, Israel. Israel has sealed off Gaza and launched sustained retaliatory air strikes, which have killed at least 1,400 people with more than 400,000 displaced, after a large-scale attack by Hamas. On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza by land, sea, and air, killing over 1,300 people and wounding around 2,800. Israeli soldiers and civilians have also been taken hostage by Hamas and moved into Gaza. The attack prompted a declaration of war by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the announcement of an emergency wartime government. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:33</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Israel vows to eliminate Hamas. But is there a plan for the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas war? Thomas Warrick, Barak Greenapple and Hiba Husseini join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The NCAA, antitrust and the future of college sports]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/10/31/the-ncaa-antitrust-and-the-future-of-college-sports</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The NCAA is asking Congress to keep college athletes as students, not employees. They say it's to protect the students. Opponents say it’s about the money. Will the NCAA get its antitrust exemption and what could it mean if it does? 
Katie Van Dyck and Jill Bodensteiner join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:53:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The NCAA is asking Congress to keep college athletes as students, not employees. They say it's to protect the students. Opponents say it’s about the money. Will the NCAA get its antitrust exemption and what could it mean if it does?
Katie Van Dyck and Jill Bodensteiner join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The NCAA is asking Congress to keep college athletes as students, not employees. They say it's to protect the students. Opponents say it’s about the money. Will the NCAA get its antitrust exemption and what could it mean if it does?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:53</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The NCAA is asking Congress to keep college athletes as students, not employees. They say it's to protect the students. Opponents say it’s about the money. Will the NCAA get its antitrust exemption and what could it mean if it does? 
Katie Van Dyck and Jill Bodensteiner join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The latest in the lawsuits surrounding Donald Trump]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/10/30/the-latest-in-the-lawsuits-surrounding-donald-trump</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[As the Donald Trump trials continue, the list of key witnesses are growing. From his former lawyer Michael Cohen in New York, to several more taking plea deals in Georgia.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:47:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The latest in the lawsuits surrounding Donald Trump ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As the Donald Trump trials continue, the list of key witnesses are growing. From his former lawyer Michael Cohen in New York, to several more taking plea deals in Georgia.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[As the Donald Trump trials continue, the list of key witnesses are growing. From his former lawyer Michael Cohen in New York, to several more taking plea deals in Georgia.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Former President Donald Trump steps off his plane as he arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. (Alex Brandon/AP)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[As the Donald Trump trials continue, the list of key witnesses are growing. From his former lawyer Michael Cohen in New York, to several more taking plea deals in Georgia.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[After a mass shooting in Maine, On Point news analyst Jack Beatty turns to 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes to try to understand why gun ownership is so prevalent in the U.S.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[After a mass shooting in Maine, On Point news analyst Jack Beatty turns to 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes to try to understand why gun ownership is so prevalent in the US.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[In this Monday, July 7, 2014, file photo, Chicago police display some of the thousands of illegal firearms they have confiscated so far this year in their battle against gun violence in Chicago. The recent mass shooting at an Oregon community college has put the debate over gun violence and gun control into the center of the presidential race. At least some of the Republicans who are running have pointed to Chicago as proof that gun control laws don't work. (M. Spencer Green/ AP)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of Catholics are gathered in Rome this month for a major meeting about the future of the church. For the first time ever, women and laypeople are invited – and have a vote. Cathleen Kaveny, Fr. Don Bosco Onyalla and Fr. Tom Reese join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 11:37:11 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hundreds of Catholics are gathered in Rome this month for a major meeting about the future of the church. For the first time ever, women and laypeople are invited – and have a vote.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
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<description><![CDATA[The border crisis is no longer just a border issue. Northern cities like Chicago are scrambling to accommodate busloads of migrants arriving daily, causing political backlash at the local and national level. Cata Truss, David Moore and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 11:59:13 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The border crisis is no longer just a border issue. Northern cities like Chicago are scrambling to accommodate busloads of migrants arriving daily, causing political backlash at the local and national level.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[The politics and dynamics influencing Israel's top leaders, and how that could shape the course of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:49:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The politics and dynamics influencing Israel's top leaders, and how that could shape the course of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
About:
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The politics and dynamics influencing Israel's top leaders, and how that could shape the course of the Israel-Hamas conflict.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<title><![CDATA[Roundtable: Palestinian Americans share their perspectives on conflict in Gaza]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The health ministry in Gaza reports at least 3,700 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since October 7. How are Palestinian Americans processing the ongoing conflict? Leila Farsakh, Philip Farah and Laila El-Haddad join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:17:10 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/10/23/the-risk-that-the-israel-hamas-conflict-becomes-a-wider-war</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Tensions are high not only in Israel and Gaza, but across the region, as fear of the conflict spilling over grows. Ali Hashem, Randa Slim, Ryan Crocker and Ehud Eiran join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:43:11 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Pathologize': Jack Beatty on psychiatric name-calling in the 2024 campaign]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/10/20/presidency-jack-beatty-politics-mentally-unfit-2024-campaign</link>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us that accusing presidential candidates of being mentally unfit for office has a dubious history in American politics.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Pathologize': Jack Beatty on psychiatric name-calling in the 2024 campaign ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us that accusing presidential candidates of being mentally unfit for office has a dubious history in American politics.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Half of 5-year-olds in America today can expect to live to age 100. So how can we age well and live with purpose well into retirement? William Kole joins Meghna Chakrabarti;
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 11:41:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Half of 5-year-olds in America today can expect to live to age 100. So how can we age well and live with purpose well into retirement? William Kole joins Meghna Chakrabarti;
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Half of 5-year-olds in America today can expect to live to age 100. So how can we age well and live with purpose well into retirement?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<description><![CDATA[As war continues to devastate Israel and Gaza, 7.5 million American Jews are sharing their own struggles. We hear their stories and differing perspectives on the ongoing tragedy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:43:58 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Roundtable: Jewish Americans share their perspectives on conflict in Gaza ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As war continues to devastate Israel and Gaza, 7.5 million American Jews are sharing their own struggles. We hear their stories and differing perspectives on the ongoing tragedy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[As war continues to devastate Israel and Gaza, 7.5 million American Jews are sharing their own struggles. We hear their stories and differing perspectives on the ongoing tragedy.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The adventures and complications of a child-free life in Maria Coffey's 'Instead']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[More Americans are saying they don’t want to have children. But what does life without children really look like? Maria Coffey joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:35:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The adventures and complications of a child-free life in Maria Coffey's 'Instead' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[More Americans are saying they don’t want to have children. But what does life without children really look like? Maria Coffey joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[More Americans are saying they don’t want to have children. But what does life without children really look like?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:20</itunes:duration>
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<title><![CDATA[How elites captured the social justice movement]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[After the death of George Floyd, there were mass protests, corporate pledges and swelling public support for Black Lives Matter. But what came out of it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:17:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How elites captured the social justice movement ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[After the death of George Floyd, there were mass protests, corporate pledges and swelling public support for Black Lives Matter. But what came out of it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[After the murder of George Floyd, there were mass protests, corporate pledges and swelling public support for Black Lives Matter. But what came out of it?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<description><![CDATA[Hamas is an Islamist militant group, designated by the U.S. and EU as a terrorist organization. It's now delivered the biggest blow ever to Israeli security. What are Hamas's origins?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:07:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Hamas: A history lesson ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hamas is an Islamist militant group, designated by the U.S. and EU as a terrorist organization. It's now delivered the biggest blow ever to Israeli security. What are Hamas's origins?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hamas is an Islamist militant group, designated by the U.S. and EU as a terrorist organization. It's now delivered the biggest blow ever to Israeli security. What are Hamas's origins?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[In this podcast extra episode recorded before a live audience at WBUR’s CitySpace, Meghna speaks with NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep about his new book exploring how President Lincoln worked to unite a divided America.
Plus, the state of democracy and journalism, today.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Differ we must: Steve Inskeep on Lincoln's success in a divided America ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this podcast extra episode recorded before a live audience at WBUR’s CitySpace, Meghna speaks with NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep about his new book exploring how President Lincoln worked to unite a divided America.
Plus, the state of democracy and journalism, today.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this podcast extra recorded before a live audience at WBUR’s CitySpace, Meghna speaks with the NPR Morning Edition host about his new book exploring how President Lincoln worked to unite a divided America.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us how a second Trump administration could drastically weaken federal agencies and increase the power of the president.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Kakistocracy: Jack Beatty on government by the worst ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us how a second Trump administration could drastically weaken federal agencies and increase the power of the president.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us how a second Trump administration could drastically weaken federal agencies and increase the power of the president.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
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<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Harvard professor Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Prize in economics, only the third woman in history to do so. In this conversation with Goldin from last year, we hear how her focus on women in the workforce has led to great discoveries. Claudia Goldin joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:01:14 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Harvard professor Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Prize in economics, only the third woman in history to do so. In this conversation with Goldin from last year, we hear how her focus on women in the workforce has led to great discoveries.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Harvard professor Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Prize in economics, only the third woman in history to do so. In this conversation with Goldin from last year, we hear how her focus on women in the workforce has led to great discoveries. Claudia Goldin joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. is warning Hezbollah, and the United Arab Emirates are warning Syria, not to enter Israel-Hamas conflict. Could the war spill over into a regional tragedy?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 12:05:14 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The U.S. is warning Hezbollah, and the United Arab Emirates are warning Syria, not to enter Israel-Hamas conflict. Could the war spill over into a regional tragedy?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[California has new ideas about how to teach math, but critics argue it won't work]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[California public schools have a new way of teaching math, to achieve more equitable outcomes. Critics say the math guidelines are flawed to the core.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 12:05:17 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ California has new ideas about how to teach math, but critics argue it won't work ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[California public schools have a new way of teaching math, to achieve more equitable outcomes. Critics say the math guidelines are flawed to the core.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[California public schools have a new way of teaching math, to achieve more equitable outcomes. Critics say the math guidelines are flawed to the core.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[California public schools have a new way of teaching math, to achieve more equitable outcomes. Critics say the math guidelines are flawed to the core.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Guyana’s oil boom: The world’s newest petrostate plans to combat climate change with oil revenues]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/10/10/guyanas-oil-boom-the-worlds-newest-petrostate-plans-to-combat-climate-change-with-oil-revenues</link>
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<description><![CDATA[An oil boom has arrived in the South American nation of Guyana. Is it a contradiction that a country threatened by climate change could get rich selling fossil fuels? Amy Westervelt and Melinda Janki join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:41:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Guyana’s oil boom: The world’s newest petrostate plans to combat climate change with oil revenues ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[An oil boom has arrived in the South American nation of Guyana. Is it a contradiction that a country threatened by climate change could get rich selling fossil fuels? Amy Westervelt and Melinda Janki join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[An oil boom has arrived in the South American nation of Guyana. Is it a contradiction that a country threatened by climate change could get rich selling fossil fuels?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Emerging as potential oil powers while the world seeks to wean itself off planet-warming fossil fuels, South American neighbors Guyana and Suriname say they have no choice but to cash in while they can. (ERRENCE THOMPSON/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[A new approach to science rooted in Indigenous tradition]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has funded its first ever research hub focused on Indigenous knowledge. This $30 million investment will fund projects from ancient clam-farming to mapping climate change on tribal lands.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:07:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has funded its first ever research hub focused on Indigenous knowledge. This $30 million investment will fund projects from ancient clam-farming to mapping climate change on tribal lands.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has funded its first ever research hub focused on Indigenous knowledge. This $30 million investment will fund projects from ancient clam-farming to mapping climate change on tribal lands.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has funded its first ever research hub focused on Indigenous knowledge. This $30 million investment will fund projects from ancient clam-farming to mapping climate change on tribal lands.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['I voted my district': Jack Beatty on who the McCarthy ousters represent]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/10/06/jack-beatty-eight-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-speaker</link>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us what stands to him out about the districts of the eight representatives who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. 
Also, listeners respond to last week’s episode about ‘The line’ -- the feeling many working-class Americans have about being left behind.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'I voted my district': Jack Beatty on who the McCarthy ousters represent ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us what stands to him out about the districts of the eight representatives who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.
Also, listeners respond to last week’s episode about ‘The line’ -- the feeling many working-class Americans have about being left behind.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us what stands to him out about the districts of the eight representatives who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Also, listeners respond to last week’s episode about ‘The line’ -- the feeling many working-class Americans have about being left behind.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us what stands to him out about the districts of the eight representatives who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. 
Also, listeners respond to last week’s episode about ‘The line’ -- the feeling many working-class Americans have about being left behind.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Unraveling the secrets of the human Y chromosome]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/10/06/unraveling-the-secrets-of-the-human-y-chromosome</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[For the first time ever, scientists have fully decoded the Y chromosome. Long thought to be the stubby counterpart to the X chromosome, turns out there's far more to the Y than meets the eye.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:43:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For the first time ever, scientists have fully decoded the Y chromosome. Long thought to be the stubby counterpart to the X chromosome, turns out there's far more to the Y than meets the eye.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[For the first time ever, scientists have fully decoded the Y chromosome. Long thought to be the stubby counterpart to the X chromosome, turns out there's far more to the Y than meets the eye.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[For the first time ever, scientists have fully decoded the Y chromosome. Long thought to be the stubby counterpart to the X chromosome, turns out there's far more to the Y than meets the eye.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Donald Trump normalizing political violence in America?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/10/05/donald-trump-normalizes-political-violence-in-america</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[When Donald Trump suggested that General Mark Milley should be executed, it was the latest in a long line of violent rhetoric from the former president.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:25:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When Donald Trump suggested that General Mark Milley should be executed, it was the latest in a long line of violent rhetoric from the former president.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When Donald Trump suggested that General Mark Milley should be executed, it was the latest in a long line of violent rhetoric from the former president.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Donald Trump suggested that General Mark Milley should be executed, it was the latest in a long line of violent rhetoric from the former president.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. v. Google: Will Washington’s antitrust push change the web?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department is suing Google for allegedly using its power to stifle other search engines. It’s the first major tech antitrust trial in decades. Tim Wu, Leah Nylen and Matt Schruers join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:25:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ U.S. v. Google: Will Washington’s antitrust push change the web? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Justice Department is suing Google for allegedly using its power to stifle other search engines. It’s the first major tech antitrust trial in decades. Tim Wu, Leah Nylen and Matt Schruers join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Justice Department is suing Google for allegedly using its power to stifle other search engines. It’s the first major tech antitrust trial in decades.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is hearing a case this week that could hamper federal enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case may also change the way the government enforces civil rights laws across the board.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 11:59:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Disability rights enforcement could be weakened in latest SCOTUS case ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is hearing a case this week that could hamper federal enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case may also change the way the government enforces civil rights laws across the board.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is hearing a case this week that could hamper federal enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case may also change the way the government enforces civil rights laws across the board.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What the rise of ultra-processed foods means for our health and society]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/10/02/what-the-rise-of-ultra-processed-foods-means-for-our-health-and-our-society</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Ultra-processed foods now make up the majority of calories in the typical American diet. Studies show the health effects are about as bad as smoking. What would it take to get back to eating real food? Dr. Chris van Tulleken joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 12:07:18 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What the rise of ultra-processed foods means for our health and society ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ultra-processed foods now make up the majority of calories in the typical American diet. Studies show the health effects are about as bad as smoking. What would it take to get back to eating real food? Dr. Chris van Tulleken joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Ultra-processed foods now make up the majority of calories in the typical American diet. Studies show the health effects are about as bad as smoking. What would it take to get back to eating real food?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Defining American antitrust law, from Bork to Khan]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/10/01/american-antitrust-law-bork-khan-ftc-monopoly</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade commission sued Amazon this past week, accusing it of monopolistic practices. This episode from our archive explores the history of federal antitrust regulation and how FTC chair Lina Khan has championed new thinking about monopolistic power in the U.S. (Originally published 2/17/22)
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Federal Trade commission sued Amazon this past week, accusing it of monopolistic practices. This episode from our archive explores the history of federal antitrust regulation and how FTC chair Lina Khan has championed new thinking about monopolistic power in the U.S. (Originally published 2/17/22)
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Federal Trade commission sued Amazon this past week, accusing it of monopolistic practices. This episode from our archive explores the history of federal antitrust regulation and how FTC chair Lina Khan has championed new thinking about monopolistic power in the U.S.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[President Biden signs an executive order “promoting competition in the American economy.” (Alex Wong/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How the Amazon marketplace shapes how we shop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade commission sued Amazon this week, accusing it of monopolistic practices. This episode from our archive investigates how the Amazon Marketplace operates, who wins and who loses. James Thomson and Stacy Mitchell join Meghna Chakrabarti. (Originally published 6/7/21)
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 02:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Federal Trade commission sued Amazon this week, accusing it of monopolistic practices. This episode from our archive investigates how the Amazon Marketplace operates, who wins and who loses. James Thomson and Stacy Mitchell join Meghna Chakrabarti. (Originally published 6/7/21)
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Federal Trade commission sued Amazon this week, accusing it of monopolistic practices. This episode from our archive investigates how the Amazon Marketplace operates, who wins and who loses. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/30/what-is-amazon-ftc-sued-monopoly</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade commission sued Amazon this week, accusing it of monopolistic practices. This episode from our archive explores how Amazon operates and what power it has. Brad Stone and Stacy Mitchell join Meghna Chakrabarti. (Originally published 4/26/21)
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Federal Trade commission sued Amazon this week, accusing it of monopolistic practices. This episode from our archive explores how Amazon operates and what power it has. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Line: Jack Beatty on the sources of white working-class anxiety]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/29/jack-beatty-election-politics-white-working-class-anxiety</link>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point News analyst Jack Beatty explores Donald Trump's appeal to voters who see their dignity affronted daily. Plus, a searing message for Democrats and President Biden from one Black voter who polls indicate is far from alone.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Line: Jack Beatty on the sources of white working-class anxiety ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point News analyst Jack Beatty explores Donald Trump's appeal to voters who see their dignity affronted daily. Plus, a searing message for Democrats and President Biden from one Black voter who polls indicate is far from alone.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point News analyst Jack Beatty explores Donald Trump's appeal to voters who see their dignity affronted daily. Plus, a searing message for Democrats and President Biden from one Black voter who polls indicate is far from alone.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Point News analyst Jack Beatty explores Donald Trump's appeal to voters who see their dignity affronted daily. Plus, a searing message for Democrats and President Biden from one Black voter who polls indicate is far from alone.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Historian Heather Cox Richardson's notes on the state of America]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Historian Heather Cox Richardson is one of the most important public intellectuals in the country. She says her understanding of American history gives her hope for America’s future, in this special conversation recorded before a live audience at WBUR's CitySpace.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:35:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Historian Heather Cox Richardson's notes on the state of America ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Historian Heather Cox Richardson is one of the most important public intellectuals in the country. She says her understanding of American history gives her hope for America’s future, in this special conversation recorded before a live audience at WBUR's CitySpace.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Historian Heather Cox Richardson is one of the most important public intellectuals in the country. She says her understanding of American history gives her hope for America’s future, in this special conversation recorded before a live audience at WBUR's CitySpace.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Historian Heather Cox Richardson is one of the most important public intellectuals in the country. She says her understanding of American history gives her hope for America’s future, in this special conversation recorded before a live audience at WBUR's CitySpace.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[PEPFAR: The anti-AIDS program that changed the world now under threat]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/28/pepfar-hiv-treatment-program-that-saved-millions-of-lives-is-now-at-risk</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[For 20 years, President George W. Bush’s emergency AIDS relief plan for Africa has saved millions of lives. Now, a small group in Congress wants to kill the plan.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:23:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ PEPFAR: The anti-AIDS program that changed the world now under threat ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For 20 years, President George W. Bush’s emergency AIDS relief plan for Africa has saved millions of lives. Now, a small group in Congress wants to kill the plan.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[For 20 years, President George W. Bush’s emergency AIDS relief plan for Africa has saved millions of lives. Now, a small group in Congress wants to kill the plan.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[High angle photograph of Amanda McNulty, a NCHHSTP staff member, in a laboratory setting, holding an electrophoresis plate for DNA separation over the UVP imaging System, in an effort to examine HIV resistance to antiretroviral drugs, in people from PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) countries, 2007. Image courtesy CDC/Hsi Liu. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[For 20 years, President George W. Bush’s emergency AIDS relief plan for Africa has saved millions of lives. Now, a small group in Congress wants to kill the plan.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Do electric vehicles mean the end of the U.S. auto industry as we know it?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/27/americas-electric-vehicle-boom-autoworkers-strike-united-auto</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Electric vehicles are the elephants in the room as the United Auto Workers strike for better pay and benefits. In an electric future, can unionized auto industry jobs survive? Jack Ewing, Stephen Silvia and Jason Walsh join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:59:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Do electric vehicles mean the end of the U.S. auto industry as we know it? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Electric vehicles are the elephants in the room as the United Auto Workers strike for better pay and benefits. In an electric future, can unionized auto industry jobs survive? Jack Ewing, Stephen Silvia and Jason Walsh join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Electric vehicles are the elephants in the room as the United Auto Workers strike for better pay and benefits. In an electric future, can unionized auto industry jobs survive?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[GM workers with the UAW Local 2250 Union strike outside the General Motors Wentzville Assembly Plant on September 15, 2023 in Wentzville, Missouri. In the first time in its history the United Auto Workers union is on strike against all three of America’s unionized automakers, General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, at the same time. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Electric vehicles are the elephants in the room as the United Auto Workers strike for better pay and benefits. In an electric future, can unionized auto industry jobs survive? Jack Ewing, Stephen Silvia and Jason Walsh join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Lessons from California on how to adapt to sea level rise]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/26/lessons-from-california-on-how-to-adapt-to-sea-level-rise</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[By the end of this century the Pacific Ocean could rise more than 6 feet, threatening 1,200 miles of California coastline and the communities on it. 
We hear lessons from California on what must change for everyone living on the edge of rising water. Rosanna Xia and A.R. Siders join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:55:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Lessons from California on how to adapt to sea level rise ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[By the end of this century the Pacific Ocean could rise more than 6 feet, threatening 1,200 miles of California coastline and the communities on it.
We hear lessons from California on what must change for everyone living on the edge of rising water. Rosanna Xia and A.R. Siders join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[By the end of this century the Pacific Ocean could rise more than 6 feet, threatening 1,200 miles of California coastline and the communities on it.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[With waves crashing against the rocks just below the railroad tracks, surfers walk along a shrinking North Beach in San Clemente on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Sea-level rise is often pointed to as the unbeatable culprit chomping away at Southern California's most popular asset. But rising seas aren't the only reason the coastline is disappearing. Decades of development along the coast blocked sand flow to beaches. (Photo by Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:10</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[By the end of this century the Pacific Ocean could rise more than 6 feet, threatening 1,200 miles of California coastline and the communities on it. 
We hear lessons from California on what must change for everyone living on the edge of rising water. Rosanna Xia and A.R. Siders join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Introducing ‘The Gun Machine’, a podcast about how America was forged by the gun industry]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/25/introducing-the-gun-machine-podcast-american-history-government</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Produced by WBUR, Boston’s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks into the past to bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class: how early partnerships between mad scientist gunsmiths and a fledgling U.S. government created the gun industry in the Northeast, and how that industry has been partners with the government ever since. 
Host Alain Stephens examines how this 250-year relationship underpins all Americans’ interactions with guns — including our failures in dealing with the fallout of gun violence.
The Gun Machine debuts on Oct. 4, 2023. Listen and follow on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Introducing ‘The Gun Machine’, a podcast about how America was forged by the gun industry ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Produced by WBUR, Boston’s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks into the past to bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class: how early partnerships between mad scientist gunsmiths and a fledgling U.S. government created the gun industry in the Northeast, and how that industry has been partners with the government ever since.
Host Alain Stephens examines how this 250-year relationship underpins all Americans’ interactions with guns — including our failures in dealing with the fallout of gun violence.
The Gun Machine debuts on Oct. 4, 2023. Listen and follow on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[WBUR and The Trace bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class — a new podcast about the gun industry’s grip on our country.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:02:43</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Produced by WBUR, Boston’s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks into the past to bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class: how early partnerships between mad scientist gunsmiths and a fledgling U.S. government created the gun industry in the Northeast, and how that industry has been partners with the government ever since. 
Host Alain Stephens examines how this 250-year relationship underpins all Americans’ interactions with guns — including our failures in dealing with the fallout of gun violence.
The Gun Machine debuts on Oct. 4, 2023. Listen and follow on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Who owns the moon owns the future]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/25/moon-planets-space-travel-united-states-race</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Ice and minerals on the Moon could help humanity travel to space’s distant planets and asteroids. But which countries, which companies should get the right to extract those resources? Michelle Hanlon joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:55:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Who owns the moon owns the future ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ice and minerals on the Moon could help humanity travel to space’s distant planets and asteroids. But which countries, which companies should get the right to extract those resources? Michelle Hanlon joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Ice and minerals on the Moon could help humanity travel to space’s distant planets and asteroids. But which countries, which companies should get the right to extract those resources?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ice and minerals on the Moon could help humanity travel to space’s distant planets and asteroids. But which countries, which companies should get the right to extract those resources? Michelle Hanlon joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Saudi-Israel normalization: What's at stake?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/22/saudi-israel-normalization-whats-at-stake</link>
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<description><![CDATA[There’s growing momentum for what could be a historic Israel-Saudi Arabia peace deal. But why now?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:41:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Saudi-Israel normalization: What's at stake? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There’s growing momentum for what could be a historic Israel-Saudi Arabia peace deal. But why now?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There’s growing momentum for what could be a historic Israel-Saudi Arabia peace deal. But why now?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[There’s growing momentum for what could be a historic Israel-Saudi Arabia peace deal. But why now?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Captured: Jack Beatty on the fall in Black and Hispanic working-class support for Democrats]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/21/captured-election-black-hispanic-working-class-vote-democrats</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current political life in the U.S. In this episode, what’s behind a raft of polls showing a deterioration in support from a key voting block for President Biden in 2024. 
Plus, listeners tell us why they turned away from causes that were once part of their identity.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Captured: Jack Beatty on the fall in Black and Hispanic working-class support for Democrats ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current political life in the U.S. In this episode, what’s behind a raft of polls showing a deterioration in support from a key voting block for President Biden in 2024.
Plus, listeners tell us why they turned away from causes that were once part of their identity.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current political life in the U.S. In this episode, what’s behind a raft of polls showing a deterioration in support from a key voting block for President Biden in 2024. Plus, listeners tell us why they turned away from causes that were once part of their identity.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Simon Denby, a 49 year old apprentice instructor, helps a student at Ironworkers local 29 steel work in Dayton, Ohio, on October 24, 2022. - In the face of the rising prices that are crushing this election campaign, Joe Biden is hammering home his message: the tens of billions of dollars voted on by the Democrats will revive American manufacturing and its "good-paying jobs." He is trying to reconnect with the white working class, which has been largely lost to a Democratic Party that has long supported free trade. But in Ohio, where Donald Trump came out on top in the last two presidential elections, inflation and a deep sense of disenfranchisement are hampering this strategy. (Photo by Megan JELINGER / AFP) (Photo by MEGAN JELINGER/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current political life in the U.S. In this episode, what’s behind a raft of polls showing a deterioration in support from a key voting block for President Biden in 2024. 
Plus, listeners tell us why they turned away from causes that were once part of their identity.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[More than 100 million people in America have medical debt. Some of those trying to help have to resort to debt buying companies. We learn how the debt buying industry works, and who wins and who loses. Noam Levey joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:59:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[More than 100 million people in America have medical debt. Some of those trying to help have to resort to debt buying companies. We learn how the debt buying industry works, and who wins and who loses. Noam Levey joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[More than 100 million people in America have medical debt. Some of those trying to help have to resort to debt buying companies. We learn how the debt buying industry works, and who wins and who loses.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: A record cull of Yellowstone bison intensifies debate into how to best manage them]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[This year more than a third of Yellowstone’s bison have been removed from the herd – most of them shot – after they wandered out of the national park in search of food. That’s intensified the debate into how to best manage the iconic animal. Rick Wallen joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:25:12 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This year more than a third of Yellowstone’s bison have been removed from the herd – most of them shot – after they wandered out of the national park in search of food. That’s intensified the debate into how to best manage the iconic animal.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Tales from the world of cryptocurrency and casino capitalism]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[2021 was a good year to invest in cryptocurrency. But then came 2022 and the trillion-dollar crypto wipeout. We hear tales from the world of cryptocurrency and casino capitalism. Zeke Faux joins Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:49:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Tales from the world of cryptocurrency and casino capitalism ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[2021 was a good year to invest in cryptocurrency. But then came 2022 and the trillion-dollar crypto wipeout. We hear tales from the world of cryptocurrency and casino capitalism. Zeke Faux joins Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[2021 was a good year to invest in cryptocurrency. But then came 2022 and the trillion-dollar crypto wipeout.
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[In the '60s, some advocates wanted everyone to have access to psychedelics. Not everyone agreed. Now, with psychedelics growing in popularity, the tensions between access, money, and research are back.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:59:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the '60s, some advocates wanted everyone to have access to psychedelics. Not everyone agreed. Now, with psychedelics growing in popularity, the tensions between access, money, and research are back.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the '60s, some advocates wanted everyone to have access to psychedelics. Not everyone agreed. Now, with psychedelics growing in popularity, the tensions between access, money, and research are back.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 5:
A DC resident has an operation growing psilocybin mushrooms, including these Galindoi variation of Psilocybe mexicana mushrooms, two middle, and Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms, left and right, in Washington, DC, on Monday, February 5, 2020. With the legalization of marijuana, advocates are now pushing for other legalizations, like psilocybin mushrooms. Activists in Colorado, Oregon and California have pushed for approval of psilocybin mushrooms and now folks in the District are starting. Many claim medicinal uses - depression, PTSD and other disorders - as is the case in some European countries.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the '60s, some advocates wanted everyone to have access to psychedelics. Not everyone agreed. Now, with psychedelics growing in popularity, the tensions between access, money, and research are back.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Sacrifice: Jack Beatty on the sunk moral cost of the Trump supporter]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[In this weekly podcast, Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current political life in the U.S. In this episode, the tenacity of Donald Trump's most ardent followers.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 03:30:52 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[There's a troubling trend in medicine -- increasing cancer diagnoses in people younger than 50. But why? Dr. Kimmie Ng and Dr. Tim Rebbeck join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:29:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There's a troubling trend in medicine -- increasing cancer diagnoses in people younger than 50. But why? Dr. Kimmie Ng and Dr. Tim Rebbeck join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There's a troubling trend in medicine -- increasing cancer diagnoses in people younger than 50. But why?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[There's a troubling trend in medicine -- increasing cancer diagnoses in people younger than 50. But why? Dr. Kimmie Ng and Dr. Tim Rebbeck join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How HGTV is transforming our homes — and us]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/14/how-hgtv-is-transforming-our-homes-and-us</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[HGTV is a channel for dramatic remodels and dreamy properties. But is HGTV popularizing cookie cutter design over regional character across America?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:37:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How HGTV is transforming our homes — and us ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[HGTV is a channel for dramatic remodels and dreamy properties. But is HGTV popularizing cookie cutter design over regional character across America?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[HGTV is a channel for dramatic remodels and dreamy properties. But is HGTV popularizing cookie cutter design over regional character across America?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How to save child care in the face of a massive funding loss]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[$24 billion of pandemic-era child care funding expires at the end of this month. What can providers and families do? Julie Kashen joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:19:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How to save child care in the face of a massive funding loss ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[$24 billion of pandemic-era child care funding expires at the end of this month. What can providers and families do? Julie Kashen joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[$24 billion of pandemic-era child care funding expires at the end of this month. What can providers and families do?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<description><![CDATA[Award-winning sci-fi writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck talk with Meghna Chakrabarti about the world they created in “The Expanse” and what they’re working on next.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 19:11:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'The Expanse' authors on 'the importance of complicating people' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Award-winning sci-fi writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck talk with Meghna Chakrabarti about the world they created in “The Expanse” and what they’re working on next.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Award-winning sci-fi writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck talk with Meghna about the world they created in “The Expanse” and what they’re working on next.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:29</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Is the rise of AI the best argument for universal basic income?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/12/is-the-rise-of-ai-the-best-argument-for-universal-basic-income</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Some estimates say artificial intelligence could replace hundreds of millions of jobs in the not-too-distant future. If that happens, how will people make ends meet? Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, Erik Brynjolfsson and Scott Santens join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Is the rise of AI the best argument for universal basic income? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Some estimates say artificial intelligence could replace hundreds of millions of jobs in the not-too-distant future. If that happens, how will people make ends meet? Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, Erik Brynjolfsson and Scott Santens join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Some estimates say artificial intelligence could replace hundreds of millions of jobs in the not-too-distant future. If that happens, how will people make ends meet?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:21</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How the 14th Amendment could block Donald Trump from becoming president]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution bars from office any public official involved in an insurrection. Can legal reasoning withstand political reality when it comes to Donald Trump? Gerard Magliocca and Michael McConnell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How the 14th Amendment could block Donald Trump from becoming president ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution bars from office any public official involved in an insurrection. Can legal reasoning withstand political reality when it comes to Donald Trump? Gerard Magliocca and Michael McConnell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution bars from office any public official involved in an insurrection. Can legal reasoning withstand political reality when it comes to Donald Trump?
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?': Jack Beatty on the 2024 election]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/08/who-are-you-going-to-believe-jack-beatty-2024-election-trump-biden</link>
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<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In this new weekly special podcast, On Point’s news analyst Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current political life in the U.S. Today, the leading presidential candidates. Jack Beatty joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 05:48:58 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?': Jack Beatty on the 2024 election ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this new weekly special podcast, On Point’s news analyst Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current political life in the U.S. Today, the leading presidential candidates. Jack Beatty joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this new weekly special podcast, On Point’s news analyst Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current political life in the U.S. Today, the leading presidential candidates.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Can the Korean Armistice Agreement serve as a model for peace in Ukraine?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/08/can-the-korean-armistice-agreement-serve-as-a-model-for-peace-in-ukraine</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Observers are asking whether the conflict in Ukraine has reached a stalemate. Could the Korean Armistice agreement, signed 70 years ago, serve as a model for Ukraine and Russia now? Carter Malkasian and Jong Eun Lee join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:11:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Observers are asking whether the conflict in Ukraine has reached a stalemate. Could the Korean Armistice agreement, signed 70 years ago, serve as a model for Ukraine and Russia now? Carter Malkasian and Jong Eun Lee join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Observers are asking whether the conflict in Ukraine has reached a stalemate. Could the Korean Armistice agreement, signed 70 years ago, serve as a model for Ukraine and Russia now?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Is it time to rethink how the farm bill works?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/07/is-it-time-to-rethink-how-the-farm-bill-works</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Congress is gearing up for another fight over the farm bill -- a massive piece of legislation that could hit $1 trillion for the first time ever. Where's that money going? Congressman Earl Blumenauer joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:47:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Is it time to rethink how the farm bill works? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Congress is gearing up for another fight over the farm bill -- a massive piece of legislation that could hit $1 trillion for the first time ever. Where's that money going? Congressman Earl Blumenauer joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Congress is gearing up for another fight over the farm bill -- a massive piece of legislation that could hit $1 trillion for the first time ever. Where's that money going?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Congress is gearing up for another fight over the farm bill -- a massive piece of legislation that could hit $1 trillion for the first time ever. Where's that money going? Congressman Earl Blumenauer joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The health and geopolitical impacts of Japan’s Fukushima wastewater release]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/06/the-health-and-geopolitical-impacts-of-japans-fukushima-wastewater-release</link>
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<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[12 years after a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima, Japan pours treated wastewater from the site into the ocean. Is the plan safe? Jim Smith and Naoko Aoki join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 12:18:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The health and geopolitical impacts of Japan’s Fukushima wastewater release ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[12 years after a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima, Japan pours treated wastewater from the site into the ocean. Is the plan safe? Jim Smith and Naoko Aoki join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[12 years after a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima, Japan pours treated wastewater from the site into the ocean. Is the plan safe?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Even though the economy is doing better, few Americans say they’re better off financially this year than they were last year. So what's behind the pessimism Americans have about their own financial lives?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:19:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Even though the economy is doing better, few Americans say they’re better off financially this year than they were last year. So what's behind the pessimism Americans have about their own financial lives?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Even though the economy is doing better, few Americans say they’re better off financially this year than they were last year. So what's behind the pessimism Americans have about their own financial lives?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[When dozens of companies in the U.K. experimented with a four-day work week, employers and employees loved it. Could a four-day work week work in the United States?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:25:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Could a four-day work week work in the United States? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When dozens of companies in the U.K. experimented with a four-day work week, employers and employees loved it. Could a four-day work week work in the United States?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When dozens of companies in the U.K. experimented with a four-day work week, employers and employees loved it. Could a four-day work week work in the United States?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: How to slow down and find some meaningful rest]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In a world where we emphasize productivity and even celebrate busyness how, how we can slow down and find meaningful rest. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith joins Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:37:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: How to slow down and find some meaningful rest ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In a world where we emphasize productivity and even celebrate busyness how, how we can slow down and find meaningful rest. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In a world where we emphasize productivity and even celebrate busyness how, how we can slow down and find meaningful rest.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Many people report their dreams changing with the stages of the pandemic, local dream experts say. (Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:47</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In a world where we emphasize productivity and even celebrate busyness how, how we can slow down and find meaningful rest. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith joins Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of Israelis are still protesting what they see as a threat to Israeli democracy and their personal freedom. Now, those protests are including the rights of Arab-Israelis, too. Nadav Tamir joins Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:11:19 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Inside Israel's ongoing battle for its own democracy ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of Israelis are still protesting what they see as a threat to Israeli democracy and their personal freedom. Now, those protests are including the rights of Arab-Israelis, too. Nadav Tamir joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of Israelis are still protesting what they see as a threat to Israeli democracy and their personal freedom. Now, those protests are including the rights of Arab-Israelis, too.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:05</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[A better way to rebuild after wildfires]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Wildfires have become a tragic part of life in many communities. After a summer of wildfires, rethinking how we live in combustible landscapes.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:01:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ A better way to rebuild after wildfires ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Wildfires have become a tragic part of life in many communities. After a summer of wildfires, rethinking how we live in combustible landscapes.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Wildfires have become a tragic part of life in many communities. After a summer of wildfires, rethinking how we live in combustible landscapes.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:55</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Wildfires have become a tragic part of life in many communities. After a summer of wildfires, rethinking how we live in combustible landscapes.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[There is a major effort to decriminalize sex work in the U.S. But not all current or former sex workers share the same goals. In fact, in many states, they are fighting against each other. Should the law be changed, and how?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:55:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why some advocates are pushing back against decriminalization in the sex trade ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is a major effort to decriminalize sex work in the U.S. But not all current or former sex workers share the same goals. In fact, in many states, they are fighting against each other. Should the law be changed, and how?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There is a major effort to decriminalize sex work in the U.S. But not all current or former sex workers share the same goals. In fact, in many states, they are fighting against each other. Should the law be changed, and how?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What the coup in Niger means for West Africa and the world]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The West African country of Niger has been a bright spot of growing democracy and security across sub-Saharan Africa. Now, a coup there threatens to destabilize the region.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 11:47:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What the coup in Niger means for West Africa and the world ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The West African country of Niger has been a bright spot of growing democracy and security across sub-Saharan Africa. Now, a coup there threatens to destabilize the region.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The West African country of Niger has been a bright spot of growing democracy and security across sub-Saharan Africa. Now, a coup there threatens to destabilize the region.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The West African country of Niger has been a bright spot of growing democracy and security across sub-Saharan Africa. Now, a coup there threatens to destabilize the region.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Week of wonder: The healing power of music]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/25/week-of-wonder-the-healing-power-of-music</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[This is Part V of On Point's Week of Wonder.
Many of us turn to music to feel better. But music can also help us physically heal. Studies show music can affect our blood pressure and our heart rate – and even help us manage pain. Psyche Loui and Pier Lambiase join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:17:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is Part V of On Point's Week of Wonder.
Many of us turn to music to feel better. But music can also help us physically heal. Studies show music can affect our blood pressure and our heart rate – and even help us manage pain. Psyche Loui and Pier Lambiase join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Many of us turn to music to feel better. But music can also help us physically heal. Studies show music can affect our blood pressure and our heart rate – and even help us manage pain. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is Part V of On Point's Week of Wonder.
Many of us turn to music to feel better. But music can also help us physically heal. Studies show music can affect our blood pressure and our heart rate – and even help us manage pain. Psyche Loui and Pier Lambiase join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Week of wonder: The case for preserving parasites]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/24/week-of-wonder-the-case-for-preserving-parasites</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[This is Part IV of On Point's series Week of Wonder.
Parasites are the cause of numerous debilitating diseases, so it’s easy to think of them as doing no good. But losing parasites could have devastating consequences for our ecosystem. Chelsea Wood join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:25:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Week of wonder: The case for preserving parasites ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is Part IV of On Point's series Week of Wonder.
Parasites are the cause of numerous debilitating diseases, so it’s easy to think of them as doing no good. But losing parasites could have devastating consequences for our ecosystem. Chelsea Wood join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Parasites are the cause of numerous debilitating diseases, so it’s easy to think of them as doing no good. But losing parasites could have devastating consequences for our ecosystem. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is Part IV of On Point's series Week of Wonder.
Parasites are the cause of numerous debilitating diseases, so it’s easy to think of them as doing no good. But losing parasites could have devastating consequences for our ecosystem. Chelsea Wood join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Awe: Science's answer to your search for happiness]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/23/awe-sciences-answer-to-your-search-for-happiness</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[This is Part III of On Point's Week of Wonder.
How do you find deep happiness? Researcher Dacher Keltner says the answer is to find everyday wonder. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 11:43:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Awe: Science's answer to your search for happiness ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is Part III of On Point's Week of Wonder.
How do you find deep happiness? Researcher Dacher Keltner says the answer is to find everyday wonder.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[How do you find deep happiness? Researcher Dacher Keltner says the answer is to find everyday wonder. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is Part III of On Point's Week of Wonder.
How do you find deep happiness? Researcher Dacher Keltner says the answer is to find everyday wonder. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Week of wonder: How animals perceive the world]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/22/week-of-wonder-how-animals-perceive-the-world</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[This is Part II of On Point's Week of Wonder.
What if you could taste the world’s electrical fields? Hear vibrations in a leaf? Or see magnetic currents guiding you home? Science writer Ed Yong helps us perceive the world the way animals do – through eyes, ears, antennae and more.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:19:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is Part II of On Point's Week of Wonder.
What if you could taste the world’s electrical fields? Hear vibrations in a leaf? Or see magnetic currents guiding you home? Science writer Ed Yong helps us perceive the world the way animals do – through eyes, ears, antennae and more.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What if you could taste the world’s electrical fields? Hear vibrations in a leaf? Or see magnetic currents guiding you home? Science writer Ed Yong helps us perceive the world the way animals do – through eyes, ears, antennae and more.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:57</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is Part II of On Point's Week of Wonder.
What if you could taste the world’s electrical fields? Hear vibrations in a leaf? Or see magnetic currents guiding you home? Science writer Ed Yong helps us perceive the world the way animals do – through eyes, ears, antennae and more.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Week of wonder: In defense of darkness]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/21/week-of-wonder-in-defense-of-darkness</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[WBUR's On Point brings you a 'Week of wonder': A curation of shows from the past year reveling in the wonder of the world we live in.
In Episode I: Earth needs darkness just as much as it needs light. Human light pollution is pushing back the dark, which is changing the natural world, and could be hurting us, too. Johan Eklöf joined Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:23:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[WBUR's On Point brings you a 'Week of wonder': A curation of shows from the past year reveling in the wonder of the world we live in.
In Episode I: Earth needs darkness just as much as it needs light. Human light pollution is pushing back the dark, which is changing the natural world, and could be hurting us, too. Johan Eklöf joined Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Earth needs darkness just as much as it needs light. Human light pollution is pushing back the dark, which is changing the natural world, and could be hurting us, too.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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In Episode I: Earth needs darkness just as much as it needs light. Human light pollution is pushing back the dark, which is changing the natural world, and could be hurting us, too. Johan Eklöf joined Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Biden's historic climate plan delivering?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/18/an-assessment-of-president-bidens-clean-energy-legislation</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[It’s been a year since President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act to boost clean energy projects. Is the bill enough for the U.S. to meet its climate goals?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:43:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s been a year since President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act to boost clean energy projects. Is the bill enough for the U.S. to meet its climate goals?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It’s been a year since President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act to boost clean energy projects. Is the bill enough for the U.S. to meet its climate goals?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s been a year since President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act to boost clean energy projects. Is the bill enough for the U.S. to meet its climate goals?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside Georgia's indictment of Donald Trump]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/17/inside-georgias-indictment-of-donald-trump</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Former President Donald Trump faces racketeering charges in Georgia for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. What could this indictment mean for Trump and his alleged co-conspirators? Anthony Michael Kreis and Chris Timmons join Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:45:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Inside Georgia's indictment of Donald Trump ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Former President Donald Trump faces racketeering charges in Georgia for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. What could this indictment mean for Trump and his alleged co-conspirators? Anthony Michael Kreis and Chris Timmons join Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Former President Donald Trump faces racketeering charges in Georgia for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. What could this indictment mean for Trump and his alleged co-conspirators?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former President Donald Trump faces racketeering charges in Georgia for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. What could this indictment mean for Trump and his alleged co-conspirators? Anthony Michael Kreis and Chris Timmons join Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How some police departments are rethinking 911 call responses]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/14/how-some-cities-are-reinventing-911-call-responses</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Calling 911 can have tragic consequences for people having a mental health crisis. They can be arrested or even killed. Some advocates and police officers are trying to change that. Brian Peete and Stephanie Van Jacobs join Deborah Becker. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:01:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How some police departments are rethinking 911 call responses ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Calling 911 can have tragic consequences for people having a mental health crisis. They can be arrested or even killed. Some advocates and police officers are trying to change that. Brian Peete and Stephanie Van Jacobs join Deborah Becker.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Calling 911 can have tragic consequences for people having a mental health crisis. They can be arrested or even killed. Some advocates and police officers are trying to change that. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Shamso Iman, left, and Dane Haverly, with the Behavioral Crisis Response team, leave the scene after responding to a distress call in Minneapolis, Minn., on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Hip-hop turns 50: The origins of West Coast hip-hop and its lasting legacy]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/11/hip-hops-50th-anniversary-how-the-west-coast-helped-shaped-hip-hop-into-a-dominant-cultural-force</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Born in the Bronx, New York, hip-hop soon found some of its most influential rappers in Los Angeles. On the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, we take a look at how the West Coast helped make hip-hop one of the most dominant cultural forces in the world. Tyree Boyd-Pates and Damita Jo Freeman joined Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:13:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Hip-hop turns 50: The origins of West Coast hip-hop and its lasting legacy ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Born in the Bronx, New York, hip-hop soon found some of its most influential rappers in Los Angeles. On the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, we take a look at how the West Coast helped make hip-hop one of the most dominant cultural forces in the world. Tyree Boyd-Pates and Damita Jo Freeman joined Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Born in the Bronx, New York, hip-hop soon found some of its most influential rappers in Los Angeles. On the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, we take a look at how the West Coast helped make hip-hop one of the most dominant cultural forces in the world.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[(Louis Felix/LAist)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:33</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What a decline in rural colleges means for rural communities]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/10/what-a-decline-in-rural-colleges-means-for-rural-students</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Rural colleges in America are struggling. Due to enrollment and funding shortages, many have had to close or slash core majors to stay afloat. Andrew Koricich joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:55:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What a decline in rural colleges means for rural communities ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rural colleges in America are struggling. Due to enrollment and funding shortages, many have had to close or slash core majors to stay afloat. Andrew Koricich joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Rural colleges in America are struggling. Due to enrollment and funding shortages, many have had to close or slash core majors to stay afloat.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Spring campus scene at Montana State University in Bozeman Montana. (Photo by: Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:15</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rural colleges in America are struggling. Due to enrollment and funding shortages, many have had to close or slash core majors to stay afloat. Andrew Koricich joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Behind the group pushing for a third-party presidential candidate]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/09/behind-the-group-pushing-for-a-third-party-presidential-candidate</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The political organization No Labels says it wants to unite Americans around a third-party presidential candidate. But critics say their efforts are more likely to lead to the re-election of Donald Trump. Jay Nixon, Dick Gephardt and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:19:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Behind the group pushing for a third-party presidential candidate ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The political organization No Labels says it wants to unite Americans around a third-party presidential candidate. But critics say their efforts are more likely to lead to the re-election of Donald Trump. Jay Nixon, Dick Gephardt and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The political organization No Labels says it wants to unite Americans around a third-party presidential candidate. But critics say their efforts are more likely to lead to the re-election of Donald Trump.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman (R) was co-headliner along with Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) at the 'Common Sense' Town Hall, an event sponsored by the bipartisan group No Labels, held on Monday evening, July 17, 2023 at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. The organization is looking for a potential 'unity' ticket for 2024, although Manchin has not announced whether he is seeking reelection for his Senate seat and has not ruled out a 2024 White House bid. Huntsman finished third in the New Hampshire presidential primary in 2012 behind then frontrunner and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX).
John Tully for The Washington Post via Getty Images]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:22</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The political organization No Labels says it wants to unite Americans around a third-party presidential candidate. But critics say their efforts are more likely to lead to the re-election of Donald Trump. Jay Nixon, Dick Gephardt and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Our planet in hot water]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/08/our-planet-in-hot-water</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The waters off Florida and across the Caribbean are reaching record-breaking temperatures. As high as 100-plus degrees Fahrenheit. If warm seawater is here to stay, what will it mean for all that lives in the ocean and on land? Katey Lesneski and Peter de Menocal join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:12:32 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Our planet in hot water ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The waters off Florida and across the Caribbean are reaching record-breaking temperatures. As high as 100-plus degrees Fahrenheit. If warm seawater is here to stay, what will it mean for all that lives in the ocean and on land? Katey Lesneski and Peter de Menocal join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The waters off Florida and across the Caribbean are reaching record-breaking temperatures. As high as 100-plus degrees Fahrenheit. If warm seawater is here to stay, what will it mean for all that lives in the ocean and on land?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Islamorada, FloridaJuly 24, 2023Lindsey Smith, who is the coral nursery division leader for Coral Restoration Foundation, cuts samples of coral from transplants to take ashore for safe keeping until the water temperatures go down. Members of Coral Restoration Foundation work to save coral species that are threatened by extremely warm waters due to global warming in the Florida Keys. Coral that had been out planted is being removed from the ocean for safe keeping until the water cools down. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The waters off Florida and across the Caribbean are reaching record-breaking temperatures. As high as 100-plus degrees Fahrenheit. If warm seawater is here to stay, what will it mean for all that lives in the ocean and on land? Katey Lesneski and Peter de Menocal join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Are index funds getting too powerful?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/07/how-index-funds-are-shaping-corporations-and-the-american-economy</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Index funds. They’re a very popular way of investing across the stock market. But now the top four funds control roughly one-quarter of all public U.S. companies. We hear how index funds are shaping corporations and the American economy. John Coates joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:41:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Are index funds getting too powerful? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Index funds. They’re a very popular way of investing across the stock market. But now the top four funds control roughly one-quarter of all public U.S. companies. We hear how index funds are shaping corporations and the American economy. John Coates joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Index funds. They’re a very popular way of investing across the stock market. But now the top four funds control roughly one-quarter of all public U.S. companies. We hear how index funds are shaping corporations and the American economy.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on September 13, 2022 in New York City. U.S. stocks opened lower today and closed significantly low with the Dow Jones dropping over 1,200 points after the release of an inflation report that showed prices rising more than expected in the last month. The Consumer Price Index released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed prices rising 8.3% over the last year, for which economists had predicted an 8.1% increase. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Index funds. They’re a very popular way of investing across the stock market. But now the top four funds control roughly one-quarter of all public U.S. companies. We hear how index funds are shaping corporations and the American economy. John Coates joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Richard Reeves on why the modern male is struggling, and what to do about it]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/04/rebroadcast-richard-reeves-on-why-the-modern-male-is-struggling-and-what-to-do-about-it</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Are cultural and economic forces changing boyhood, manhood and fatherhood? Richard Reeves says yes, and that many men and boys are struggling.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 12:17:44 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Richard Reeves on why the modern male is struggling, and what to do about it ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Are cultural and economic forces changing boyhood, manhood and fatherhood? Richard Reeves says yes, and that many men and boys are struggling.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Are cultural and economic forces changing boyhood, manhood and fatherhood? Richard Reeves says yes, and that many men and boys are struggling.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Construction workers line up on a safety rail at the site watched the topping off ceremony as Samuels & Associates tops off Parcel 12, an air-rights project being built over the Massachusetts Turnpike at Newbury and Boylston streets and Massachusetts Avenue in Boston on June 7, 2022. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Are cultural and economic forces changing boyhood, manhood and fatherhood? Richard Reeves says yes, and that many men and boys are struggling.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Can focusing on class instead of race solve our country’s equity issues?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/03/can-class-based-preferences-over-race-solve-our-countrys-equity-issues</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Liberal academic Richard Kahlenberg thinks the only way to truly solve America’s deep inequities is to look at class, not race. "When we focus exclusively on race and ignore the class issues, we are missing a huge part of what makes society unfair in America today."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:49:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Can focusing on class instead of race solve our country’s equity issues? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Liberal academic Richard Kahlenberg thinks the only way to truly solve America’s deep inequities is to look at class, not race. "When we focus exclusively on race and ignore the class issues, we are missing a huge part of what makes society unfair in America today."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Liberal academic Richard Kahlenberg thinks the only way to truly solve America’s deep inequities is to look at class, not race. "When we focus exclusively on race and ignore the class issues, we are missing a huge part of what makes society unfair in America today."]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The authoritarian’s playbook in America]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/02/the-authoritarians-playbook-in-america</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[From Turkey to Chile to Hungary, authoritarian leaders don’t come to power on their own. They get there with the help of political parties, the rich and powerful, friendly media and the just plain corrupt.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:17:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The authoritarian’s playbook in America ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From Turkey to Chile to Hungary, authoritarian leaders don’t come to power on their own. They get there with the help of political parties, the rich and powerful, friendly media and the just plain corrupt.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From Turkey to Chile to Hungary, authoritarian leaders don’t come to power on their own. They get there with the help of political parties, the rich and powerful, friendly media and the just plain corrupt.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:11</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[From Turkey to Chile to Hungary, authoritarian leaders don’t come to power on their own. They get there with the help of political parties, the rich and powerful, friendly media and the just plain corrupt.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Behind the Global South's hesitancy to criticize Russia's invasion of Ukraine]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/07/31/behind-the-global-souths-hesitancy-to-criticize-russias-invasion-of-ukraine</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Since the start of the war, experts in the U.S. and Europe have lamented that countries outside the West have been slow to stand by Kyiv. What’s behind the caution towards aligning with the West?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:17:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Behind the Global South's hesitancy to criticize Russia's invasion of Ukraine ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Since the start of the war, experts in the U.S. and Europe have lamented that countries outside the West have been slow to stand by Kyiv. What’s behind the caution towards aligning with the West?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Since the start of the war, experts in the U.S. and Europe have lamented that countries outside the West have been slow to stand by Kyiv. What’s behind the caution towards aligning with the West?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[An elderly man walks past a car shop that was destroyed after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Leo Correa/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:17</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's quest to make the internet safer]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/07/28/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugens-quest-to-make-the-internet-safer</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help it filter out violent rhetoric and abusive behavior. But she says the company ignored her team’s recommendations. So, in 2021, she leaked thousands of pages of internal documents to the media. Today, she says the dangers haven't gone away.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 12:07:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's quest to make the internet safer ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help it filter out violent rhetoric and abusive behavior. But she says the company ignored her team’s recommendations. So, in 2021, she leaked thousands of pages of internal documents to the media. Today, she says the dangers haven't gone away.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help it filter out violent rhetoric and abusive behavior. But she says the company ignored her team’s recommendations. So, in 2021, she leaked thousands of pages of internal documents to the media. Today, she says the dangers haven't gone away.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen appears before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee at the Russell Senate Office Building on October 05, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:51</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Where and why tipping is changing]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/07/27/where-and-why-tipping-is-changing</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Chances are, you’ve noticed more and more businesses asking you to leave a tip – from coffee shops and breweries to take-out and drive-thrus. How did we get here? Sean Jung and Jeremy Price join Tiziana Dearing.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:31:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Where and why tipping is changing ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Chances are, you’ve noticed more and more businesses asking you to leave a tip – from coffee shops and breweries to take-out and drive-thrus. How did we get here? Sean Jung and Jeremy Price join Tiziana Dearing.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Chances are, you’ve noticed more and more businesses asking you to leave a tip – from coffee shops and breweries to take-out and drive-thrus. How did we get here?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:13</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Third places' strengthen community. Here's how we can rebuild them]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/07/26/third-places-strengthen-community-heres-how-we-can-rebuild-them</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Third Places – communities outside of our homes, schools or workplaces – were impacted by the pandemic. How can we rebuild them? Danielle C. Rhubart, Jorge González-Hermoso and Danielle Maude Littman join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:53:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Third places' strengthen community. Here's how we can rebuild them ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Third Places – communities outside of our homes, schools or workplaces – were impacted by the pandemic. How can we rebuild them? Danielle C. Rhubart, Jorge González-Hermoso and Danielle Maude Littman join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Third Places – communities outside of our homes, schools or workplaces – were impacted by the pandemic. How can we rebuild them?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Emily Baumgartner, left, and Luke Finley, second from left, join friends in a birthday toast at the Tiki Bar on Manhattan's Upper West Side Monday, May 17, 2021, in New York. Restaurants, shops, gyms and many other businesses in New York can go back to full occupancy if all patrons are inoculated. (Kathy Willens/AP)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: The real winners and losers in America's lottery obsession]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/07/25/rebroadcast-the-real-winners-and-losers-in-americas-lottery-obsession</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Americans spend almost $100 billion a year on state lotteries. Why do so many states receive just a fraction of that money?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:24:39 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: The real winners and losers in America's lottery obsession ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Americans spend almost $100 billion a year on state lotteries. Why do so many states receive just a fraction of that money?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Americans spend almost $100 billion a year on state lotteries. Why do so many states receive just a fraction of that money?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[The lottery ticket display behind the counter at College Convenience on Huntington Avenue. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Americans spend almost $100 billion a year on state lotteries. Why do so many states receive just a fraction of that money?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Ron DeSantis' campaign is struggling]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/07/24/why-ron-desantis-campaign-struggling</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Florida governor Ron DeSantis had a strong start in his run for the GOP presidential nomination. But lately, his polling numbers have dropped and big donors are hitting the pause button. Why isn't his strategy working?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:47:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why Ron DeSantis' campaign is struggling ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Florida governor Ron DeSantis had a strong start in his run for the GOP presidential nomination. But lately, his polling numbers have dropped and big donors are hitting the pause button. Why isn't his strategy working?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Florida governor Ron DeSantis had a strong start in his run for the GOP presidential nomination. But lately, his polling numbers have dropped and big donors are hitting the pause button. Why isn't his strategy working?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Florida governor Ron DeSantis had a strong start in his run for the GOP presidential nomination. But lately, his polling numbers have dropped and big donors are hitting the pause button. Why isn't his strategy working?
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[What happens in the brain when you pray or meditate? Neurotheology explores the connection between our synapses and spiritual revelations.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:31:18 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside America's critical shortage of foster care homes]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[In some places in the U.S., available foster care homes have been cut as much as 60%. Why is this happening and can it be fixed?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:04:57 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In some places in the U.S., available foster care homes have been cut as much as 60%. Why is this happening and can it be fixed?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In some places in the U.S., available foster care homes have been cut as much as 60%. Why is this happening and can it be fixed?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[A year of discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope has spent the past year peering deep into the cosmos and back in time. Why the telescope’s discoveries have scientists in awe.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:37:15 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope has spent the past year peering deep into the cosmos and back in time. Why the telescope’s discoveries have scientists in awe.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
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<description><![CDATA[In much of the world, it’s been dangerously hot this summer. And extreme heat is only expected to become more common. Cities across the globe have hired “chief heat officers” to figure out how to adapt to life on a hotter planet.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:31:17 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In much of the world, it’s been dangerously hot this summer. And extreme heat is only expected to become more common. Cities across the globe have hired “chief heat officers” to figure out how to adapt to life on a hotter planet.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In much of the world, it’s been dangerously hot this summer. And extreme heat is only expected to become more common. Cities across the globe have hired “chief heat officers” to figure out how to adapt to life on a hotter planet. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[The newest food diets. The magic weight loss pill. Changing beauty standards. We hear constant messaging around how we should eat and look. But what does science have to say about it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:47:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The newest food diets. The magic weight loss pill. Changing beauty standards. We hear constant messaging around how we should eat and look. But what does science have to say about it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The newest food diets. The magic weight loss pill. Changing beauty standards. We hear constant messaging around how we should eat and look. But what does science have to say about it?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The newest food diets. The magic weight loss pill. Changing beauty standards. We hear constant messaging around how we should eat and look. But what does science have to say about it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How South Korea became a global beauty powerhouse]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[10-step skincare routines, products made from snail mucus. South Korea now exports more cosmetic products than smartphones. But pursuing beauty ideals can come at a social, emotional and physical cost.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:35:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How South Korea became a global beauty powerhouse ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[10-step skincare routines, products made from snail mucus. South Korea now exports more cosmetic products than smartphones. But pursuing beauty ideals can come at a social, emotional and physical cost.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[10-step skincare routines, products made from snail mucus. South Korea now exports more cosmetic products than smartphones. But pursuing beauty ideals can come at a social, emotional and physical cost.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[10-step skincare routines, products made from snail mucus. South Korea now exports more cosmetic products than smartphones. But pursuing beauty ideals can come at a social, emotional and physical cost.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[The International Seabed Authority is meeting to devise regulations that could allow mining of the deep ocean floor for minerals needed for green energy technology. But bringing those minerals to the surface could disrupt delicate deep-sea ecosystems. Gerard Barron, Helen Scales and Andrew Sweetman join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:19:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The International Seabed Authority is meeting to devise regulations that could allow mining of the deep ocean floor for minerals needed for green energy technology. But bringing those minerals to the surface could disrupt delicate deep-sea ecosystems. Gerard Barron, Helen Scales and Andrew Sweetman join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The International Seabed Authority is meeting to devise regulations that could allow mining of the deep ocean floor for minerals needed for green energy technology. But bringing those minerals to the surface could disrupt delicate deep-sea ecosystems.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[San Diego, CaliforniaJune , 2021Andrew K. Sweetman, professor and research leader at the Lyell Centre for Earth, Marine Science, and Technology at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland explains how sample are obtained from deep in the ocean as part of the research to see the effects mining will have on the environment in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. He was one of the scientist invited to take part in research by Gerard Barron, Chairman and CEO of The Metals Company, who hopes that his company will be able to mine the seafloor for nickel, cobalt, manganese in the Pacific Ocean. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[A 25 year-old bet on human consciousness gets settled]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/07/12/a-25-year-old-bet-on-human-consciousness-gets-settled</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[25 years ago, a neuroscientist and a philosopher made a bet that by now, science and philosophy would understand what makes and defines human consciousness. Want to guess who won? Christof Koch and David Chalmers join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:59:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ A 25 year-old bet on human consciousness gets settled ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[25 years ago, a neuroscientist and a philosopher made a bet that by now, science and philosophy would understand what makes and defines human consciousness. Want to guess who won? Christof Koch and David Chalmers join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[25 years ago, a neuroscientist and a philosopher made a bet that by now, science and philosophy would understand what makes and defines human consciousness. Want to guess who won?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Steven Dettelbach heads the Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. An agency that gun violence prevention advocates say is understaffed, underfunded and is severely restricted by Congress. Steven Dettelbach joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:47:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Steven Dettelbach heads the Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. An agency that gun violence prevention advocates say is understaffed, underfunded and is severely restricted by Congress. Steven Dettelbach joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Steven Dettelbach heads the Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. An agency that gun violence prevention advocates say is understaffed, underfunded and is severely restricted by Congress.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Many Americans with ADHD are scrambling for their prescription medication due to a months-long shortage. Why is the rate of adult ADHD diagnosis growing four times faster than diagnoses among kids? Dr. Anthony Rostain joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:43:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What's behind the ADHD drug shortage ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many Americans with ADHD are scrambling for their prescription medication due to a months-long shortage. Why is the rate of adult ADHD diagnosis growing four times faster than diagnoses among kids? Dr. Anthony Rostain joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Many Americans with ADHD are scrambling for their prescription medication due to a months-long shortage. Why is the rate of adult ADHD diagnosis growing four times faster than diagnoses among kids?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Decades before the Supreme Court's recent ruling striking down affirmative action, voters in California did the same, ending affirmative action in the nation's largest state higher ed system. Youlanda Copeland-Morgan and John McWhorter join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 12:31:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How California public colleges boosted diversity without affirmative action ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Decades before the Supreme Court's recent ruling striking down affirmative action, voters in California did the same, ending affirmative action in the nation's largest state higher ed system. Youlanda Copeland-Morgan and John McWhorter join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Decades before the Supreme Court's recent ruling striking down affirmative action, voters in California did the same, ending affirmative action in the nation's largest state higher ed system.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Instead of finding that dream job, why not find the 'good enough job'?]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[ Many Americans look to work as a means of self-actualization, community and purpose. But if our job is our only identity – what happens if we lose it? 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:35:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Instead of finding that dream job, why not find the 'good enough job'? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many Americans look to work as a means of self-actualization, community and purpose. But if our job is our only identity – what happens if we lose it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[ Many Americans look to work as a means of self-actualization, community and purpose. But if our job is our only identity – what happens if we lose it? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<title><![CDATA[How the Snowden leaks changed government surveillance]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/07/05/how-the-snowden-leaks-changed-government-surveillance</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[10 years ago, U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden stunned the world by revealing government officials were surveilling private citizens across the globe. A decade later, has anything changed about government surveillance?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 11:43:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How the Snowden leaks changed government surveillance ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[10 years ago, U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden stunned the world by revealing government officials were surveilling private citizens across the globe. A decade later, has anything changed about government surveillance?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[10 years ago, U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden stunned the world by revealing government officials were surveilling private citizens across the globe. A decade later, has anything changed about government surveillance?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: The U.S. immigration crisis through the eyes of a border town mayor]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[Until recently Bruno Lozano was the mayor of Del Rio, Texas. Once seen as a rising star in the Democratic party, he’s now a fierce critic of President Biden’s handling of the southern border. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 12:07:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: The U.S. immigration crisis through the eyes of a border town mayor ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Until recently Bruno Lozano was the mayor of Del Rio, Texas. Once seen as a rising star in the Democratic party, he’s now a fierce critic of President Biden’s handling of the southern border.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Until recently Bruno Lozano was the mayor of Del Rio, Texas. Once seen as a rising star in the Democratic party, he’s now a fierce critic of President Biden’s handling of the southern border. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Americans are avoiding the news. What can journalists do?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/07/03/rebroadcast-americans-are-avoiding-the-news-what-can-journalists-do</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Amanda Ripley is a journalist, and even she, like millions of Americans, decided to turn off the news. So what needs to change? Ripley has an answer, and it begins with giving people hope.

About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:19:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Americans are avoiding the news. What can journalists do? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Amanda Ripley is a journalist, and even she, like millions of Americans, decided to turn off the news. So what needs to change? Ripley has an answer, and it begins with giving people hope.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Amanda Ripley is a journalist, and even she, like millions of Americans, decided to turn off the news. So what needs to change? Ripley has an answer, and it begins with giving people hope.

About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Musician Rhiannon Giddens digs into American roots music and finds connections to cultures around the world]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prize-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens digs deep into American roots music and finds connections to cultures around the world.
Can any culture lay total claim to specific styles of music?
Today, On Point: A conversation with musician Rhiannon Giddens, recorded live at WBUR's CitySpace.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:25:11 -0400</pubDate>
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Can any culture lay total claim to specific styles of music?
Today, On Point: A conversation with musician Rhiannon Giddens, recorded live at WBUR's CitySpace.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prize-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens challenges us to honestly answer the question, can any culture lay total claim to specific styles of music?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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Can any culture lay total claim to specific styles of music?
Today, On Point: A conversation with musician Rhiannon Giddens, recorded live at WBUR's CitySpace.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Pitmaster Ryan Mitchell on America’s complicated history with barbeque]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The whole hog barbeque is the original style of American barbeque. It’s a tradition deeply rooted in indigenous and Black history. Ryan Mitchell joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2023 11:32:45 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Pitmaster Ryan Mitchell on America’s complicated history with barbeque ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The whole hog barbeque is the original style of American barbeque. It’s a tradition deeply rooted in indigenous and Black history. Ryan Mitchell joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The whole hog barbeque is the original style of American barbeque. It’s a tradition deeply rooted in indigenous and Black history.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['A most tolerant little town': The forgotten story of desegregation in Clinton, Tennessee]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In 1956, a federal judge ordered the town of Clinton, Tennessee to desegregate its high school. The unrest that followed tore the town apart. Rachel Louise Martin and Jo Ann Allen Boyce join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:25:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'A most tolerant little town': The forgotten story of desegregation in Clinton, Tennessee ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In 1956, a federal judge ordered the town of Clinton, Tennessee to desegregate its high school. The unrest that followed tore the town apart. Rachel Louise Martin and Jo Ann Allen Boyce join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In 1956, a federal judge ordered the town of Clinton, Tennessee to desegregate its high school. The unrest that followed tore the town apart. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Black students walk through rows of white students to integrate Clinton High School. This went without incident, despite racial disturbances in the town prior to this.]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The man helping TikTok disrupt the music industry]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/27/an-interview-with-tiktoks-global-head-of-music-on-the-industrys-future</link>
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<description><![CDATA[TikTok is a driving force in the music industry. How does the platform identify snippets of music and turn artists into the next generation of global music stars? That's the job of Ole Obermann, which makes him one of the most influential people in pop music today.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:37:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[TikTok is a driving force in the music industry. How does the platform identify snippets of music and turn artists into the next generation of global music stars? That's the job of Ole Obermann, which makes him one of the most influential people in pop music today.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[TikTok is a driving force in the music industry. How does the platform identify snippets of music and turn artists into the next generation of global music stars? That's the job of Ole Obermann, which makes him one of the most influential people in pop music today.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why so many U.S.-educated foreign students don't stay for work]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/26/why-so-many-u-s-educated-foreign-students-dont-stay-for-work</link>
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<description><![CDATA[U.S. universities educate thousands of foreign-born students. They graduate with skills the U.S. needs, and they want to stay here. The immigration system makes it hard for them to stay. Jon Marcus and Nicolas Rollason join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:29:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why so many U.S.-educated foreign students don't stay for work ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[U.S. universities educate thousands of foreign-born students. They graduate with skills the U.S. needs, and they want to stay here. The immigration system makes it hard for them to stay. Jon Marcus and Nicolas Rollason join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From 2017 to 2021 nearly 40,000 foreign-born graduates of U.S. universities were recruited to Canada alone.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Are return-to-office mandates backfiring?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/23/are-return-to-office-mandates-backfiring</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple, Meta, Amazon and Disney want workers to be in the office more days per week. How does where we work affect our productivity and office culture? Cali Williams Yost and Emma Harrington join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:13:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Are return-to-office mandates backfiring? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Apple, Meta, Amazon and Disney want workers to be in the office more days per week. How does where we work affect our productivity and office culture? Cali Williams Yost and Emma Harrington join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Apple, Meta, Amazon and Disney want workers to be in the office more days per week. How does where we work affect our productivity and office culture?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Will the PGA Tour-LIV Golf deal sportswash Saudi's reputation?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/22/saudi-arabias-growing-efforts-to-sportswash-its-reputation</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Last year, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf filed lawsuits against each other. Now, the two groups are forming an alliance. What does it tell us about Saudi Arabia’s growing efforts to sportswash its reputation?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 11:25:13 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Last year, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf filed lawsuits against each other. Now, the two groups are forming an alliance. What does it tell us about Saudi Arabia’s growing efforts to sportswash its reputation?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[AL MUROOJ, SAUDI ARABIA - FEBRUARY 02: Harold Varner III of the United States tees off from the 2nd hole during Day One of the PIF Saudi International at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on February 02, 2023 in Al Murooj, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Is it time to take Putin's nuclear threats more seriously?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/21/is-it-time-to-take-putins-nuclear-threats-more-seriously</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Russian officials have warned NATO since the start of the Ukraine war that it could resort to nuclear weapons. Most observers think that's bluster. But one former defense attaché to Moscow takes what he's hearing very seriously.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:59:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Is it time to take Putin's nuclear threats more seriously? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russian officials have warned NATO since the start of the Ukraine war that it could resort to nuclear weapons. Most observers think that's bluster. But one former defense attaché to Moscow takes what he's hearing very seriously.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Russian officials have warned NATO since the start of the Ukraine war that it could resort to nuclear weapons. Most observers think that's bluster. But one former defense attaché to Moscow takes what he's hearing very seriously.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why one female pastor left the Southern Baptist Convention]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/20/why-one-female-pastor-left-the-southern-baptist-convention</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The Southern Baptist Convention – the nation's largest Protestant denomination – overwhelmingly voted to oust women from church leadership. What’s driving this crackdown, and what impact will it have on the church’s already declining population? Carlisle Davidhizar and Daniel Darling join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:35:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why one female pastor left the Southern Baptist Convention ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Southern Baptist Convention – the nation's largest Protestant denomination – overwhelmingly voted to oust women from church leadership. What’s driving this crackdown, and what impact will it have on the church’s already declining population? Carlisle Davidhizar and Daniel Darling join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Southern Baptist Convention – the nation's largest Protestant denomination – overwhelmingly voted to oust women from church leadership. What’s driving this crackdown, and what impact will it have on the church’s already declining population?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How cities can better confront climate change]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/19/how-cities-can-better-confront-climate-change</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The city of Milwaukee has an ambitious climate plan to cut its carbon emissions. Hundreds of U.S. cities have similar plans. Very few have met their goals.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:43:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How cities can better confront climate change ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The city of Milwaukee has an ambitious climate plan to cut its carbon emissions. Hundreds of U.S. cities have similar plans. Very few have met their goals.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The city of Milwaukee has an ambitious climate plan to cut its carbon emissions. Hundreds of U.S. cities have similar plans. Very few have met their goals.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How Trump's trial could alter the nation's political landscape]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/16/how-trumps-trial-could-alter-the-nations-political-landscape</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[This week former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to dozens of federal criminal charges for his handling of classified documents. How will the trial of Donald Trump alter the nation's political landscape?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:53:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How Trump's trial could alter the nation's political landscape ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This week former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to dozens of federal criminal charges for his handling of classified documents. How will the trial of Donald Trump alter the nation's political landscape?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This week former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to dozens of federal criminal charges for his handling of classified documents. How will the trial of Donald Trump alter the nation's political landscape?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:16</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Woniya Thibeault survived extreme cold and isolation to become a winner]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/15/woniya-thibeault-survived-extreme-cold-and-isolation-to-become-a-winner</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Woniya Thibeault used her knowledge of skills used by early humans to become the first women to win History Channel’s wilderness reality show, Alone. Now she wants to show you how you can deepen your connection with nature, and why you should.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:01:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Woniya Thibeault survived extreme cold and isolation to become a winner ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Woniya Thibeault used her knowledge of skills used by early humans to become the first women to win History Channel’s wilderness reality show, Alone. Now she wants to show you how you can deepen your connection with nature, and why you should.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Woniya Thibeault used her knowledge of skills used by early humans to become the first women to win History Channel’s wilderness reality show, Alone. Now she wants to show you how you can deepen your connection with nature, and why you should.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Recoding America' author Jennifer Pahlka on how we can reshape our government to work for us]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/14/recoding-america-author-jennifer-pahlka-on-how-we-can-reshape-our-government-to-work-for-us</link>
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<description><![CDATA[State and federal government is so focused on policymaking that it often fails to provide the services its laws intend. In her new book “Recoding America,” author Jennifer Pahlka outlines why the government doesn’t work and how to fix it. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 12:23:27 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Recoding America' author Jennifer Pahlka on how we can reshape our government to work for us ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[State and federal government is so focused on policymaking that it often fails to provide the services its laws intend. In her new book “Recoding America,” author Jennifer Pahlka outlines why the government doesn’t work and how to fix it.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[State and federal government is so focused on policymaking that it often fails to provide the services its laws intend. In her new book “Recoding America,” author Jennifer Pahlka outlines why the government doesn’t work and how to fix it. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Should schools ban smartphones in the classroom?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/13/should-schools-ban-smartphones-in-the-classroom</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A new Florida law lets teachers prohibit students from using phones in class. How do phones alter a student's ability to focus, stay on task, absorb new information and exercise self-control? Jeff Solochek, Catherine Steiner-Adair and Michael Horn join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:47:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Should schools ban smartphones in the classroom? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A new Florida law lets teachers prohibit students from using phones in class. How do phones alter a student's ability to focus, stay on task, absorb new information and exercise self-control? Jeff Solochek, Catherine Steiner-Adair and Michael Horn join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A new Florida law lets teachers prohibit students from using phones in class. How do phones alter a student's ability to focus, stay on task, absorb new information and exercise self-control?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Vice President Kamala Harris a liability or an asset in 2024?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/12/vice-president-kamala-harris-biden-liability-asset-election</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In the race for the White House, due to President Joe Biden's age, Vice President Kamala Harris is under a lot more scrutiny than number twos on the ticket usually are. Eugene Daniels and Kate Andersen Brower join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:55:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Is Vice President Kamala Harris a liability or an asset in 2024? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the race for the White House, due to President Joe Biden's age, Vice President Kamala Harris is under a lot more scrutiny than number twos on the ticket usually are. Eugene Daniels and Kate Andersen Brower join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the race for the White House, due to President Joe Biden's age, Vice President Kamala Harris is under a lot more scrutiny than number twos on the ticket usually are.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the race for the White House, due to President Joe Biden's age, Vice President Kamala Harris is under a lot more scrutiny than number twos on the ticket usually are. Eugene Daniels and Kate Andersen Brower join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How California agriculture is the problem and solution to its Colorado River water crisis]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[80% of California's water from the Colorado River is used for agriculture. As the river dries up, the first cuts tend to land on farmers. But is targeting the country’s food supply the best way out of this water crisis? Tina Shields and Richard Howitt join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:31:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How California agriculture is the problem and solution to its Colorado River water crisis ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[80% of California's water from the Colorado River is used for agriculture. As the river dries up, the first cuts tend to land on farmers. But is targeting the country’s food supply the best way out of this water crisis? Tina Shields and Richard Howitt join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[80% of California's water from the Colorado River is used for agriculture. As the river dries up, the first cuts tend to land on farmers. But is targeting the country’s food supply the best way out of this water crisis?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[The All-American Canal conveys water through the Imperial Sand Dunes of California's Colorado Desert, a few miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, on September 28, 2022 near Felicity, California. The 80-mile long canal carries water from the Colorado River to supply nine Southern California cities and 500,000 acres of farmland in the Imperial Valley where a few hundred farms draw more water from the Colorado River than the states of Arizona and Nevada combined. (David McNew/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:17</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[80% of California's water from the Colorado River is used for agriculture. As the river dries up, the first cuts tend to land on farmers. But is targeting the country’s food supply the best way out of this water crisis? Tina Shields and Richard Howitt join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[CITES: A historic treaty protecting endangered species turns 50. Is it still an effective tool?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/08/cites-a-historic-treaty-protecting-endangered-species-turns-50-is-it-still-an-effective-tool</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In 1973, countries came together and signed a historic treaty to stop the international trade of endangered species. 50 years later, the CITES agreement has never been updated, even as species go extinct faster than ever.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:13:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ CITES: A historic treaty protecting endangered species turns 50. Is it still an effective tool? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In 1973, countries came together and signed a historic treaty to stop the international trade of endangered species. 50 years later, the CITES agreement has never been updated, even as species go extinct faster than ever.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In 1973, countries came together and signed a historic treaty to stop the international trade of endangered species. 50 years later, the CITES agreement has never been updated, even as species go extinct faster than ever.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Delegates attend the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) on the opening day of the World Wildlife Conference CITES CoP19 at the Convention Center in Panama City on November 14, 2022. - The trade in shark fins, turtles, and other threatened species will come under scrutiny at a global wildlife summit in Panama, from November 14 to 25, 2022, that will also focus on the spread of diseases such as Covid-19. Conservation experts and representatives of more than 180 nations will gather to study 52 proposals aimed at modifying protection levels set by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:22</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 1973, countries came together and signed a historic treaty to stop the international trade of endangered species. 50 years later, the CITES agreement has never been updated, even as species go extinct faster than ever.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: 'They've actually penetrated my defenses']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/07/first-person-theyve-actually-penetrated-my-defenses</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Kremlin critic Bill Browder recounts how he was targeted by a deepfake video call that he says came from Russia.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 15:30:43 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ First person: 'They've actually penetrated my defenses' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Kremlin critic Bill Browder recounts how he was targeted by a deepfake video call that he says came from Russia.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Kremlin critic Bill Browder recounts how he was targeted by a deepfake video call that he says came from Russia.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A AFP journalist views a video on January 25, 2019, manipulated with artificial intelligence to potentially deceive viewers, or "deepfake" at his newsdesk in Washington, DC. - "Deepfake" videos that manipulate reality are becoming more sophisticated and realistic as a result of advances in artificial intelligence, creating a potential for new kinds of misinformation with devastating consequences. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Rob LEVER "Misinformation woes may multiply with deepfake videos" (Photo by Alexandra ROBINSON / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Rob LEVER "Misinformation woes may multiply with deepfake videos" (Photo by ALEXANDRA ROBINSON/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:09:02</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Kremlin critic Bill Browder recounts how he was targeted by a deepfake video call that he says came from Russia.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Reality wars: Deepfakes and national security]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/07/reality-wars-deep-fakes-and-national-security</link>
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<description><![CDATA[A prominent Kremlin critic says the Russian government invited him to a Zoom call that turned out to be a deepfake. But what happens when governments start using deep fakes against each other?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:13:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A prominent Kremlin critic says the Russian government invited him to a Zoom call that turned out to be a deepfake. But what happens when governments start using deep fakes against each other?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A prominent Kremlin critic says the Russian government invited him to a Zoom call that turned out to be a deepfake. But what happens when governments start using deep fakes against each other?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:19</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A prominent Kremlin critic says the Russian government invited him to a Zoom call that turned out to be a deepfake. But what happens when governments start using deep fakes against each other?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What the impeachment of the Texas attorney general means for Ken Paxton and his party]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/05/what-the-impeachment-of-the-texas-attorney-general-means-for-ken-paxton-and-his-party</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Republicans in the Texas House voted overwhelmingly last week to impeach State Attorney General Ken Paxton. Charges include fraud, bribery and more. But it’s also revealed a divide in the Texas GOP itself.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 11:59:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What the impeachment of the Texas attorney general means for Ken Paxton and his party ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Republicans in the Texas House voted overwhelmingly last week to impeach State Attorney General Ken Paxton. Charges include fraud, bribery and more. But it’s also revealed a divide in the Texas GOP itself.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Republicans in the Texas House voted overwhelmingly last week to impeach State Attorney General Ken Paxton. Charges include fraud, bribery and more. But it’s also revealed a divide in the Texas GOP itself.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Republican supporter Dolly Schultz holds flags outside of a polling place at SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center at the start of voting in Uvalde, Texas, on November 8, 2022. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:14</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Republicans in the Texas House voted overwhelmingly last week to impeach State Attorney General Ken Paxton. Charges include fraud, bribery and more. But it’s also revealed a divide in the Texas GOP itself.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Greedflation': A once fringe theory of inflation gains momentum]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/02/greedflation-a-once-fringe-theory-of-inflation-gains-momentum</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A pandemic, war in Ukraine, supply chain breakdowns -- all led to soaring prices. And now, the idea that inflation is driven in part by corporations keeping prices high is gaining momentum. We hear why economists are beginning to take 'greedflation' seriously.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:31:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Greedflation': A once fringe theory of inflation gains momentum ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A pandemic, war in Ukraine, supply chain breakdowns -- all led to soaring prices. And now, the idea that inflation is driven in part by corporations keeping prices high is gaining momentum. We hear why economists are beginning to take 'greedflation' seriously.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A pandemic, war in Ukraine, supply chain breakdowns -- all led to soaring prices. And now, the idea that inflation is driven in part by corporations keeping prices high is gaining momentum. We hear why economists are beginning to take 'greedflation' seriously.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy and inflation in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on January 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden spoke on his Administration's actions to lower the inflation rate, reduce gas prices and create manufacturing jobs for Americans. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:23</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A pandemic, war in Ukraine, supply chain breakdowns -- all led to soaring prices. And now, the idea that inflation is driven in part by corporations keeping prices high is gaining momentum. We hear why economists are beginning to take 'greedflation' seriously.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The little-known virus behind a majority of nongenetic birth defects]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/06/01/cmv-little-known-virus-nongenetic-birth-defects</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[One virus causes more birth defects in American babies than any other nongenetic disease – but most don’t know it exists. We hear a mother’s journey to understand her daughter’s diagnosis of congenital CMV.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 11:53:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The little-known virus behind a majority of nongenetic birth defects ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One virus causes more birth defects in American babies than any other nongenetic disease – but most don’t know it exists. We hear a mother’s journey to understand her daughter’s diagnosis of congenital CMV.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[One virus causes more birth defects in American babies than any other nongenetic disease – but most don’t know it exists. We hear a mother’s journey to understand her daughter’s diagnosis of congenital CMV.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[One virus causes more birth defects in American babies than any other nongenetic disease – but most don’t know it exists. We hear a mother’s journey to understand her daughter’s diagnosis of congenital CMV.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In the past five years, states allowing access to life-ending medication for the terminally ill have more than tripled. But as more states allow such end-of-life care, is access really growing? And for whom? Dr. Diana Barnard and Katie Engelhart join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 12:13:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How the medical aid in dying movement is gaining momentum in the U.S. ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the past five years, states allowing access to life-ending medication for the terminally ill have more than tripled. But as more states allow such end-of-life care, is access really growing? And for whom? Dr. Diana Barnard and Katie Engelhart join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the past five years, states allowing access to life-ending medication for the terminally ill have more than tripled. But as more states allow such end-of-life care, is access really growing? And for whom?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What the debt ceiling deadline means for your money]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The debt ceiling deadline is quickly approaching. How will it impact your personal finances if the U.S. government can’t pay its bills? Michelle Singletary joins Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2023 11:47:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What the debt ceiling deadline means for your money ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The debt ceiling deadline is quickly approaching. How will it impact your personal finances if the U.S. government can’t pay its bills? Michelle Singletary joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The debt ceiling deadline is quickly approaching. How will it impact your personal finances if the U.S. government can’t pay its bills?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and top negotiators speak to the press after an "agreement principle" was reached between House Republicans and President Joe Biden's team to avoid a default on the U.S. debt on May 28, 2023. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The debt ceiling deadline is quickly approaching. How will it impact your personal finances if the U.S. government can’t pay its bills? Michelle Singletary joins Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['The last supper': How a 1993 Pentagon dinner reshaped the defense industry]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[In 1993, then Secretary of Defense Les Aspin invited the CEOs of America's largest defense contractors to a private get-together. We hear how a secret dinner at the Pentagon kicked off a massive consolidation in the defense industry. Norman Augustine and Rep. John Garamendi join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2023 11:11:12 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In 1993, then Secretary of Defense Les Aspin invited the CEOs of America's largest defense contractors to a private get-together. We hear how a secret dinner at the Pentagon kicked off a massive consolidation in the defense industry.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[The children of fallen soldiers often bottle up their suffering. But some are opening up with the help of a writing seminar for Gold Star kids. Bailey Donahue, Maria Rossi and Thomas Brennan join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2023 11:29:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The children of fallen soldiers often bottle up their suffering. But some are opening up with the help of a writing seminar for Gold Star kids. Bailey Donahue, Maria Rossi and Thomas Brennan join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The children of fallen soldiers often bottle up their suffering. But some are opening up with the help of a writing seminar for Gold Star kids. Two of them share their stories.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Understanding J. Edgar Hoover's America]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[J. Edgar Hoover, former FBI director. History has cast him as powerful, paranoid, a man not afraid to intimidate and investigate his critics. That's how he's seen now. What about then? Beverly Gage joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 11:25:36 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[J. Edgar Hoover, former FBI director. History has cast him as powerful, paranoid, a man not afraid to intimidate and investigate his critics. That's how he's seen now. What about then? Beverly Gage joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[J. Edgar Hoover, former FBI director. History has cast him as powerful, paranoid, a man not afraid to use the power of the FBI to intimidate and investigate his critics. But that's how he's seen now. What about then?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What Hunter Biden's troubles could mean for the president's 2024 reelection campaign]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Hunter Biden faces possible indictment from the Justice Department. Exploring the details behind the headlines about the President's son. Adam Entous joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 12:13:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What Hunter Biden's troubles could mean for the president's 2024 reelection campaign ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hunter Biden faces possible indictment from the Justice Department. Exploring the details behind the headlines about the President's son. Adam Entous joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hunter Biden faces possible indictment from the Justice Department. He’s also the subject of Congressional investigation. We explore the details behind the headlines about the president's son.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, IRELAND - APRIL 14: In this handout image provided by the Irish Government, US President Joe Biden departs Dublin Airport on Air Force One with his sister Valerie and son Hunter on April 14, 2023 in Dublin, Ireland. US President Joe Biden has travelled to Northern Ireland and Ireland with his sister Valerie Biden Owens and son Hunter Biden to explore his family's Irish heritage and mark the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Peace Agreement. (Photo by Julien Behal/Irish Government via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hunter Biden faces possible indictment from the Justice Department. Exploring the details behind the headlines about the President's son. Adam Entous joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Florida law now bans public colleges from offering general ed classes that “distort significant events” or “teach identity politics." What happens when the government tells colleges what they can and can’t teach? Ana Ceballos, Andrew Gothard and Eden McLean join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 12:29:23 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What the DeSantis agenda means for higher education in Florida ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Florida law now bans public colleges from offering general ed classes that “distort significant events” or “teach identity politics." What happens when the government tells colleges what they can and can’t teach? Ana Ceballos, Andrew Gothard and Eden McLean join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Florida law now bans public colleges from offering general ed classes that “distort significant events” or “teach identity politics." What happens when the government tells colleges what they can and can’t teach?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks after signing three education bills on the campus of New College of Florida in Sarasota, Fla. on Monday, May 15, 2023. (Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Thousands of miles of fiber optic cable at the bottom of the world’s oceans carry more than 95% of the world’s data, from phone calls and emails to encrypted military secrets. Rick Chislett spent 41 years laying fiber optic cable around the world.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 16:42:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Thousands of miles of fiber optic cable at the bottom of the world’s oceans carry more than 95% of the world’s data, from phone calls and emails to encrypted military secrets. Rick Chislett spent 41 years laying fiber optic cable around the world.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Thousands of miles of fiber optic cable at the bottom of the world’s oceans carry more than 95% of the world’s data, from phone calls and emails to encrypted military secrets. Rick Chislett spent 41 years laying fiber optic cable around the world.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[A new rivalry between the U.S. and China over the world’s undersea cables]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/22/undersea-cables-china-espionage-fiber-optic-ocean</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of miles of fiber optic cable lying at the bottom of the world’s oceans carry more than 95% of the world’s data. Now, those
undersea cables are at the forefront of a new rivalry between China and the U.S. over who controls the flow of big data.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 11:31:11 -0400</pubDate>
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undersea cables are at the forefront of a new rivalry between China and the U.S. over who controls the flow of big data.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Thousands of miles of fiber optic cable lying at the bottom of the world’s oceans carry more than 95% of the world’s data. Now, those
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<itunes:duration>00:47:14</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The U.S. military promised to counter extremism. Has the Pentagon made progress?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/19/pentagon-extremism-military-security</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. military promised to implement policies that would counter extremism in its ranks. But still it persists. What more should the Pentagon be doing to stop extremism in the military?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2023 16:29:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The U.S. military promised to counter extremism. Has the Pentagon made progress? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The U.S. military promised to implement policies that would counter extremism in its ranks. But still it persists. What more should the Pentagon be doing to stop extremism in the military?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The U.S. military promised to implement policies that would counter extremism in its ranks. But still it persists. What more should the Pentagon be doing to stop extremism in the military?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[The Pentagon logo and an American flag are lit up January 3, 2002 in the briefing room of Pentagon in Arlington, VA. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:02</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How remote work is reshaping commercial real estate]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/18/how-remote-work-is-shaping-post-covid-commercial-real-estate</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Commercial real estate is cratering. In cities like Los Angeles and Chicago, more than 20% of office space lies vacant. What does that mean for America’s cities?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 11:47:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How remote work is reshaping commercial real estate ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Commercial real estate is cratering. In cities like Los Angeles and Chicago, more than 20% of office space lies vacant. What does that mean for America’s cities?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Commercial real estate is cratering. In cities like Los Angeles and Chicago, more than 20% of office space lies vacant. What does that mean for America’s cities?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:04</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why hasn't the media learned its lesson about covering Donald Trump?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/17/how-news-organizations-should-cover-candidate-trump-in-post-jan-6-america</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Former president Donald Trump tried to overthrow an election he lost. Now, he’s running for president again. How should news organizations cover candidate Trump in post Jan. 6th America? 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 11:59:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why hasn't the media learned its lesson about covering Donald Trump? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Former president Donald Trump tried to overthrow an election he lost. Now, he’s running for president again. How should news organizations cover candidate Trump in post Jan. 6th America?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Former president Donald Trump tried to overthrow an election he lost. Now, he’s running for president again. How should news organizations cover candidate Trump in post Jan. 6th America? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY - JULY 28: Former U.S. President Donald Trump talks with media and fans on the sixth hole during the pro-am prior to the LIV Golf Invitational - Bedminster at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 28, 2022 in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/LIV Golf via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:25</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former president Donald Trump tried to overthrow an election he lost. Now, he’s running for president again. How should news organizations cover candidate Trump in post Jan. 6th America? 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[A record cull of Yellowstone bison intensifies debate into how to best manage them]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/16/a-record-cull-of-yellowstone-bison-intensifies-debate-into-how-best-to-manage-them</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[This year more than a third of Yellowstone’s bison have been removed from the herd – most of them shot – after they wandered out of the national park in search of food. That’s intensified the debate into how to best manage the iconic animal. Rick Wallen joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 12:29:23 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ A record cull of Yellowstone bison intensifies debate into how to best manage them ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This year more than a third of Yellowstone’s bison have been removed from the herd – most of them shot – after they wandered out of the national park in search of food. That’s intensified the debate into how to best manage the iconic animal. Rick Wallen joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This year more than a third of Yellowstone’s bison have been removed from the herd – most of them shot – after they wandered out of the national park in search of food. That’s intensified the debate into how to best manage the iconic animal.
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<media:description><![CDATA[YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, MT - MARCH 5:A bison looks back as it crosses the road near Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park.
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<itunes:duration>00:47:28</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What happened to Nina Jankowicz when Fox News came for her]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/15/nina-jankowicz-disinformation-how-fox-news-changed-her-life</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[When the Department of Homeland Security appointed Nina Jankowicz to lead an effort to fight disinformation and hate speech, disinformation and hate speech came for her. Now, she’s suing Fox News. Nina Jankowicz joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 12:00:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What happened to Nina Jankowicz when Fox News came for her ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When the Department of Homeland Security appointed Nina Jankowicz to lead an effort to fight disinformation and hate speech, disinformation and hate speech came for her. Now, she’s suing Fox News. Nina Jankowicz joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When the Department of Homeland Security appointed Nina Jankowicz to lead an effort to fight disinformation and hate speech, disinformation and hate speech came for her. Now, she’s suing Fox News.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A misinformation news stand is seen in Manhattan, New York, United States on October 30, 2018. (Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[When the Department of Homeland Security appointed Nina Jankowicz to lead an effort to fight disinformation and hate speech, disinformation and hate speech came for her. Now, she’s suing Fox News. Nina Jankowicz joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The U.S. COVID public health emergency ends: How did the pandemic change American life?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/12/voices-of-the-covid-pandemic</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 emergency declaration is over. Over three years, Americans saw their lives forever changed. We check in with Americans we heard from during the pandemic about life now.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2023 12:07:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The U.S. COVID public health emergency ends: How did the pandemic change American life? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The COVID-19 emergency declaration is over. Over three years, Americans saw their lives forever changed. We check in with Americans we heard from during the pandemic about life now.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The U.S. COVID-19 emergency declaration is over. Over three years, Americans saw their lives forever changed.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Sustained jumps in cases and hospitalizations fueled by the hyper-infectious BA.5 subvariant pushed Los Angeles County into the high COVID-19 community level Thursday, a shift that could trigger a new public indoor mask mandate by the end of this month unless conditions improve.(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How the politicization of COVID endangered our lives and democracy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The federal COVID-19 public health emergency is coming to an end today. But as we look back at the three-plus years of the pandemic, did we miss the opportunity to best protect our country? Olivia Troye and Shana Gadarian join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2023 11:47:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How the politicization of COVID endangered our lives and democracy ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The federal COVID-19 public health emergency is coming to an end today. But as we look back at the three-plus years of the pandemic, did we miss the opportunity to best protect our country? Olivia Troye and Shana Gadarian join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The federal COVID-19 public health emergency is coming to an end today. But as we look back at the three-plus years of the pandemic, did we miss the opportunity to best protect our country?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:34</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The clock ticks on the debt limit: Lessons from America's last debt ceiling crisis]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/10/the-clock-ticks-on-the-debt-limit</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. debt limit clock is ticking. The nation could default in weeks. In 2011, the country came within 72 hours of that happening. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 12:17:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The clock ticks on the debt limit: Lessons from America's last debt ceiling crisis ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The U.S. debt limit clock is ticking. The nation could default in weeks. In 2011, the country came within 72 hours of that happening.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The U.S. debt limit clock is ticking. The nation could default in weeks. In 2011, the country came within 72 hours of that happening. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Detail of the National Debt Clock, a billboard-size digital display showing the increasing US debt, on Sixth Avenue August 1, 2011 in New York. US Vice President Joe Biden said Monday he was confident that Congress would approve a major austerity plan to avoid a debt default as he met with skeptical members of his Democratic Party.AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Is customer service bad on purpose?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/09/rebroadcast-is-customer-service-bad-on-purpose</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Press one. Press two. Try to find a human, but you can’t. Welcome to the nightmare that is customer service.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 12:13:19 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Is customer service bad on purpose? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Press one. Press two. Try to find a human, but you can’t. Welcome to the nightmare that is customer service.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Press one. Press two. Try to find a human, but you can’t. Welcome to the nightmare that is customer service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A United Airlines Customer Service Center at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:22</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Press one. Press two. Try to find a human, but you can’t. Welcome to the nightmare that is customer service.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['It goes so fast': NPR's Mary Louise Kelly on her life as journalist and mother]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/08/a-conversation-with-mary-louise-kelly</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[NPR's Mary Louise Kelly has reported from around the world. In her new book, she looks back on the choices she made as a reporter and a mother. 
Mary Louise Kelly joins Meghna Chakrabarti, live at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2023 12:13:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'It goes so fast': NPR's Mary Louise Kelly on her life as journalist and mother ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[NPR's Mary Louise Kelly has reported from around the world. In her new book, she looks back on the choices she made as a reporter and a mother.
Mary Louise Kelly joins Meghna Chakrabarti, live at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[NPR's Mary Louise Kelly has reported from around the world. In her new book, she looks back on the choices she made as a reporter and a mother. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:35</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[NPR's Mary Louise Kelly has reported from around the world. In her new book, she looks back on the choices she made as a reporter and a mother. 
Mary Louise Kelly joins Meghna Chakrabarti, live at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Does the Supreme Court need a code of conduct?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/05/who-should-enforce-a-code-of-conduct-on-the-supreme-court</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court doesn’t have a code of ethics -- unlike every other judicial bench in the U.S. Who should require and enforce a code of ethics on the high court? Amanda Frost joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2023 12:11:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Does the Supreme Court need a code of conduct? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Supreme Court doesn’t have a code of ethics -- unlike every other judicial bench in the U.S. Who should require and enforce a code of ethics on the high court? Amanda Frost joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Supreme Court doesn’t have a code of ethics -- unlike every other judicial bench in the U.S. Who should require and enforce a code of ethics on the high court?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:09</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Supreme Court doesn’t have a code of ethics -- unlike every other judicial bench in the U.S. Who should require and enforce a code of ethics on the high court? Amanda Frost joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: A tragedy inspired her activism]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/04/first-person-a-tragedy-inspired-her-activism</link>
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<description><![CDATA[When Sheila Clemmons Lee’s son was killed in a Nashville police traffic stop in 2017, she joined a coalition campaigning to create a police oversight board. Now, the Republican super-majority in the Tennessee state legislature has moved to abolish the board.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 16:28:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When Sheila Clemmons Lee’s son was killed in a Nashville police traffic stop in 2017, she joined a coalition campaigning to create a police oversight board. Now, the Republican super-majority in the Tennessee state legislature has moved to abolish the board.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When Sheila Clemmons Lee’s son was killed in a Nashville police traffic stop in 2017, she joined a coalition campaigning to create a police oversight board. Now, the Republican super-majority in the Tennessee state legislature has moved to abolish the board.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A bullet hole is pictured in a police car as they remove it from the Covenant School campus following a shooting, in Nashville, Tennessee, March 28, 2023. - A heavily armed former student killed three young children and three staff in what appeared to be a carefully planned attack at a private elementary school in Nashville on Monday, before being shot dead by police.
Chief of Police John Drake named the suspect as Audrey Hale, 28, who the officer later said identified as transgender. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Sheila Clemmons Lee’s son was killed in a Nashville police traffic stop in 2017, she joined a coalition campaigning to create a police oversight board. Now, the Republican super-majority in the Tennessee state legislature has moved to abolish the board.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What Tennessee tells us about democracy in America's states]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/04/what-tennessee-tells-us-about-democracy-in-americas-states</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In Tennessee’s state assembly, Republicans are unabashedly exerting their power – over-ruling local laws, expelling Democratic lawmakers. What does Tennessee tell us about the health of democracy in U.S. state legislatures?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 11:55:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What Tennessee tells us about democracy in America's states ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Tennessee’s state assembly, Republicans are unabashedly exerting their power – over-ruling local laws, expelling Democratic lawmakers. What does Tennessee tell us about the health of democracy in U.S. state legislatures?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In Tennessee’s state assembly, Republicans are unabashedly exerting their power – over-ruling local laws, expelling Democratic lawmakers. What does Tennessee tell us about the health of democracy in U.S. state legislatures?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Supporters raise signs as Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders campaign rally in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, on March 8, 2020. (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In Tennessee’s state assembly, Republicans are unabashedly exerting their power – over-ruling local laws, expelling Democratic lawmakers. What does Tennessee tell us about the health of democracy in U.S. state legislatures?
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Americans are moving out of big cities. Cost, quality of life and the pandemic are shifting decades of population growth patterns. So where do Americans want to live now? Peter Nelson, Ben Winchester and Heady Coleman join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 12:11:23 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Americans are moving out of big cities. Cost, quality of life and the pandemic are shifting decades of population growth patterns. So where do Americans want to live now? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[The lot at 7 Half Moon Street in Roxbury will be the site of new dwellings in the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative's plan. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:20</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Reforming the country's organ transplant system]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thousands of people die each year waiting for an organ transplant in the U.S. The Biden administration says it’s time the system is reformed. We hear how to improve America’s organ transplant system.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 12:41:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Thousands of people die each year waiting for an organ transplant in the U.S. The Biden administration says it’s time the system is reformed. We hear how to improve America’s organ transplant system.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Thousands of people die each year waiting for an organ transplant in the U.S. The Biden administration says it’s time the system is reformed. We hear how to improve America’s organ transplant system.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:32</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Thousands of people die each year waiting for an organ transplant in the U.S. The Biden administration says it’s time the system is reformed. We hear how to improve America’s organ transplant system.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Nearly 30,000 experts in the computing and AI world signed an open letter calling for a pause on AI development. What guardrails are needed before more advanced artificial intelligence is unleashed?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 14:43:17 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nearly 30,000 experts in the computing and AI world signed an open letter calling for a pause on AI development. What guardrails are needed before more advanced artificial intelligence is unleashed?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Nearly 30,000 experts in the computing and AI world signed an open letter calling for a pause on AI development. What guardrails are needed before more advanced artificial intelligence is unleashed?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:57</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The world of fine art is full of multimillion dollar one-of-a-kinds and breathtaking masterpieces. But it’s also rife with fraudsters and forgers. When fakes demand a fortune, what does that say about the intrinsic value of art?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:59:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The world of fine art is full of multimillion dollar one-of-a-kinds and breathtaking masterpieces. But it’s also rife with fraudsters and forgers. When fakes demand a fortune, what does that say about the intrinsic value of art?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The world of fine art is full of multimillion dollar one-of-a-kinds and breathtaking masterpieces. But it’s also rife with fraudsters and forgers. When fakes demand a fortune, what does that say about the intrinsic value of art?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Visitors walking through a gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:06</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly three-quarters of Americans believe there should be a mandatory retirement age for elected officials. In many state judiciaries, there already is. Do mandatory retirement ages work in state courts? 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2023 11:43:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nearly three-quarters of Americans believe there should be a mandatory retirement age for elected officials. In many state judiciaries, there already is. Do mandatory retirement ages work in state courts?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Nearly three-quarters of Americans believe there should be a mandatory retirement age for elected officials. In many state judiciaries, there already is. Do mandatory retirement ages work in state courts? And if they do, why not in other branches, too?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, flanked by Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, makes an opening statement at the confirmation hearing of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nearly three-quarters of Americans believe there should be a mandatory retirement age for elected officials. In many state judiciaries, there already is. Do mandatory retirement ages work in state courts? 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Behind the push to strike down free preventative health care in America]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act says you don't have to pay for preventative health care. But a federal judge in Texas recently struck that down. And it could change the way 160 million Americans get their care. Nicholas Bagley joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:55:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act says you don't have to pay for preventative health care. But a federal judge in Texas recently struck that down. And it could change the way 160 million Americans get their care. Nicholas Bagley joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act says you don't have to pay for preventative health care. But a federal judge in Texas recently struck that down. And it could change the way 160 million Americans get their care.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What the Discord leaks reveal about the Pentagon's own cyber security]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/25/teixeira-the-future-of-cyber-warfare-in-america</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Cyber warfare is the future of war. And in many ways, that future is already here. So, is the United States ready? Patrick Tucker, Jaspreet Gill and Admiral Mike Rogers join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:48:45 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What the Discord leaks reveal about the Pentagon's own cyber security ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Cyber warfare is the future of war. And in many ways, that future is already here. So, is the United States ready? Patrick Tucker, Jaspreet Gill and Admiral Mike Rogers join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Cyber warfare is the future of war. And in many ways, that future is already here. So, is the United States ready?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Cyber warfare is the future of war. And in many ways, that future is already here. So, is the United States ready? Patrick Tucker, Jaspreet Gill and Admiral Mike Rogers join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How insecurity contributes to disenchantment with democracy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[People the world over are feeling economically and culturally insecure. Economist Pranab Bardhan says liberal leaders aren’t paying enough attention to that, and that’s led to a growing disenchantment with democracy.
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 12:23:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How insecurity contributes to disenchantment with democracy ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[People the world over are feeling economically and culturally insecure. Economist Pranab Bardhan says liberal leaders aren’t paying enough attention to that, and that’s led to a growing disenchantment with democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[People the world over are feeling economically and culturally insecure. Economist Pranab Bardhan says liberal leaders aren’t paying enough attention to that, and that’s led to a growing disenchantment with democracy.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[The word "capitalism" was one of Merriam-Webster's most looked-up words of 2012. (Richard Drew/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:13</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[America's Black maternal health crisis and how to fix it]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/21/americas-black-maternal-health-crisis-and-how-to-fix-it</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[As maternal deaths rose in the U.S. during the pandemic, Black women bore the brunt. In fact, they are almost three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. Helena Grant, Kimberly Seals Allers and Congresswoman Alma Adams join Tiziana Dearing.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:07:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ America's Black maternal health crisis and how to fix it ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As maternal deaths rose in the U.S. during the pandemic, Black women bore the brunt. In fact, they are almost three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. Helena Grant, Kimberly Seals Allers and Congresswoman Alma Adams join Tiziana Dearing.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[As maternal deaths rose in the U.S. during the pandemic, Black women bore the brunt. In fact, they are almost three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[a new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds racial health disparities around motherhood impact Black women regardless of income. (Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:04</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[An inside look at the Supreme Court's conservative transformation]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/20/joan-biskupic-personalities-and-politics-of-the-supreme-court-today</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Joan Biskupic has been a supreme court analyst for 25 years. Her new book tells the inside story of the court’s conservative transformation -- the personalities and the politics behind the court we have now, and will have for years to come.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:38:39 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ An inside look at the Supreme Court's conservative transformation ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joan Biskupic has been a supreme court analyst for 25 years. Her new book tells the inside story of the court’s conservative transformation -- the personalities and the politics behind the court we have now, and will have for years to come.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Joan Biskupic has been a supreme court analyst for 25 years. Her new book tells the inside story of the court’s conservative transformation -- the personalities and the politics behind the court we have now, and will have for years to come.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[An abortion rights activist flies an upside down US flag, the international sign of distress, outside of the US Supreme Court during a protest in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2022, two days after the US Supreme Court scrapped half-century constitutional protections for the procedure. - Elected leaders across the US political divide rallied on June 26 for a long fight ahead on abortion -- state by state and in Congress -- with total bans in force or expected soon in half of the vast country. (Photo by Samuel Corum / AFP) (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:54</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What MLB fans and players think of baseball's new rules]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/19/what-fans-and-players-think-of-major-league-baseballs-major-changes</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Major League Baseball has new rules designed to speed up the game and attract new fans. We learn what fans and players think of the sport’s big changes in the first few weeks of the new season. Jeff Passan and C.J. Stewart join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 11:35:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What MLB fans and players think of baseball's new rules ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Major League Baseball has new rules designed to speed up the game and attract new fans. We learn what fans and players think of the sport’s big changes in the first few weeks of the new season. Jeff Passan and C.J. Stewart join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Major League Baseball has new rules designed to speed up the game and attract new fans. We learn what fans and players think of the sport’s big changes in the first few weeks of the new season.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Third baseball Austin Riley #27 of the Atlanta Braves fields a ball hit by Mike Yastrzemski #5 of the San Francisco Giants in the third inning at Oracle Park on September 14, 2022 in San Francisco, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:03</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Preparing for America's electric vehicle future]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/18/how-to-reach-our-electric-future</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[President Biden’s new emissions standards are designed to accelerate the push towards electric vehicles. Among the challenges – batteries, and China’s stranglehold on the supply chain. We hear how to reach an electric future.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:41:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Preparing for America's electric vehicle future ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[President Biden’s new emissions standards are designed to accelerate the push towards electric vehicles. Among the challenges – batteries, and China’s stranglehold on the supply chain. We hear how to reach an electric future.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[President Biden’s new emissions standards are designed to accelerate the push towards electric vehicles. Among the challenges – batteries, and China’s stranglehold on the supply chain. We hear how to reach an electric future.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[An electric BMW vehicle gets its batteries charged in the parking lot of a hotel in San Francisco, California. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:22</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Biden’s new emissions standards are designed to accelerate the push towards electric vehicles. Among the challenges – batteries, and China’s stranglehold on the supply chain. We hear how to reach an electric future.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The GOP and the abortion trap]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/17/the-gop-and-the-abortion-trap</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[By limiting access to abortion, Republicans have achieved a long sought-after goal. But it has cost them dearly in recent elections and many are looking to 2024 with trepidation. Jess Bidgood, Ramesh Ponnuru, Dante Scala and Eleanor Klibanoff join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2023 11:49:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The GOP and the abortion trap ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[By limiting access to abortion, Republicans have achieved a long sought-after goal. But it has cost them dearly in recent elections and many are looking to 2024 with trepidation. Jess Bidgood, Ramesh Ponnuru, Dante Scala and Eleanor Klibanoff join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[By limiting access to abortion, Republicans have achieved a long sought-after goal. But it has cost them dearly in recent elections and many are looking to 2024 with trepidation. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The power of populism: Can populism strengthen a democracy?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/14/the-power-of-populism-is-populism-the-solution</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[It's episode five of our series 'The power of populism.' Populism can have an authoritarian trajectory, but can it also bring about better democracies? Thomas Frank, Jean Louise Cohen and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:25:21 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The power of populism: Can populism strengthen a democracy? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's episode five of our series 'The power of populism.' Populism can have an authoritarian trajectory, but can it also bring about better democracies? Thomas Frank, Jean Louise Cohen and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It's episode five of our series 'The power of populism.' Populism can have an authoritarian trajectory, but can it also bring about better democracies?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It's episode five of our series 'The power of populism.' Populism can have an authoritarian trajectory, but can it also bring about better democracies? Thomas Frank, Jean Louise Cohen and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The power of populism: Flipping the script on the urban-rural divide]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/13/the-power-of-populism-the-urban-rural-divide</link>
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<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[It’s easy to think of American populism as disempowered rural residents versus the urban elite. When it comes to America’s electoral system and influencing national policy, who has the real power? Jonathan Rodden and Danielle Allen join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:13:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The power of populism: Flipping the script on the urban-rural divide ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s easy to think of American populism as disempowered rural residents versus the urban elite. When it comes to America’s electoral system and influencing national policy, who has the real power? Jonathan Rodden and Danielle Allen join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It’s easy to think of American populism as disempowered rural residents versus the urban elite. When it comes to America’s electoral system and influencing national policy, who has the real power?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[On Point continues to explore “The power of populism” this week. Today, Wisconsin and the politics of resentment. How has populism flourished in the Badger state? Charlie Sykes and Shawn Johnson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:31:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Point continues to explore “The power of populism” this week. Today, Wisconsin and the politics of resentment. How has populism flourished in the Badger state? Charlie Sykes and Shawn Johnson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On Point continues to explore “The power of populism” this week. Today, Wisconsin and the politics of resentment. How has populism flourished in the Badger state?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The power of populism: Populism in the world's largest democracy]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/11/the-power-of-populism-democratic-disenchantment-in-india</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Populism is on the rise across the globe, from Turkey to Hungary to Brazil. The second episode of our series “The power of populism” looks at the appeal of populism in India, and what it means for the future of the world’s largest democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2023 11:35:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Populism is on the rise across the globe, from Turkey to Hungary to Brazil. The second episode of our series “The power of populism” looks at the appeal of populism in India, and what it means for the future of the world’s largest democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Populism is on the rise across the globe, from Turkey to Hungary to Brazil. The second episode of our series “The power of populism” looks at the appeal of populism in India, and what it means for the future of the world’s largest democracy.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The power of populism: What makes a leader a populist?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/10/the-rise-of-populism-power</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Populism has been on the rise in recent years. But why? And what exactly is populism? It’s the first episode of our series "The power of populism."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:07:55 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Populism has been on the rise in recent years. But why? And what exactly is populism? It’s the first episode of our series "The power of populism."]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What’s next – legally and politically – for Donald Trump]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/07/whats-next-legally-and-politically-for-donald-trump</link>
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<description><![CDATA[For the first time in our nation’s history, a president was indicted on criminal charges. What’s next for Donald Trump?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2023 11:35:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What’s next – legally and politically – for Donald Trump ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For the first time in our nation’s history, a president was indicted on criminal charges. What’s next for Donald Trump?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[For the first time in our nation’s history, a president was indicted on criminal charges. What’s next for Donald Trump?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How to fix the growing discipline problem in U.S. classrooms]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/06/how-to-fix-the-growing-discipline-problem-in-u-s-classrooms</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Student discipline problems rose sharply in the pandemic. Schools say disruptive behavior has been on the rise for years, but they're not allowed to do much about it. Now, lawmakers want to change that. Ben Court, Patrick Wall and Elizabeth Errico join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:53:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How to fix the growing discipline problem in U.S. classrooms ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Student discipline problems rose sharply in the pandemic. Schools say disruptive behavior has been on the rise for years, but they're not allowed to do much about it. Now, lawmakers want to change that. Ben Court, Patrick Wall and Elizabeth Errico join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Student discipline problems rose sharply in the pandemic. Schools say disruptive behavior has been on the rise for years, but they're not allowed to do much about it. Now, lawmakers want to change that.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How to make America's wireless networks more reliable]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/05/making-americas-wireless-networks-more-reliable</link>
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<description><![CDATA[T-Mobile had a major cell phone outage in February. Last year, AT&T customers in Minnesota lost service for four days. What would it take to make America's wireless networks more reliable? Harold Feld joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:31:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How to make America's wireless networks more reliable ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[T-Mobile had a major cell phone outage in February. Last year, AT&T customers in Minnesota lost service for four days. What would it take to make America's wireless networks more reliable? Harold Feld joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[T-Mobile had a major cell phone outage in February. Last year, AT&T customers in Minnesota lost service for four days. What would it take to make America's wireless networks more reliable? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['I could not deliver the care my patients needed': A doctor's experience of moral injury]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Health care professionals across the country say they're being forced to compromise the quality of care they give their patients in the name of profits.
Dr. Jamie Wooldridge is a pediatric pulmonologist. She says the stresses of the health care industry are driving many doctors and nurses to leave the profession.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:04:36 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'I could not deliver the care my patients needed': A doctor's experience of moral injury ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Health care professionals across the country say they're being forced to compromise the quality of care they give their patients in the name of profits.
Dr. Jamie Wooldridge is a pediatric pulmonologist. She says the stresses of the health care industry are driving many doctors and nurses to leave the profession.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Health care professionals across the country say they're being forced to compromise the quality of care they give their patients in the name of profits.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Moral injury in modern medicine and how to heal health care workers]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/04/covid-doctor-moral-injury-in-modern-medicine</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In our nation’s for-profit health system, more and more health care professionals say they're being forced to make choices that are bad for patients. Much like soldiers at war, clinicians now report suffering from “moral injury.” 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:07:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In our nation’s for-profit health system, more and more health care professionals say they're being forced to make choices that are bad for patients. Much like soldiers at war, clinicians now report suffering from “moral injury.”
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In our nation’s for-profit health system, more and more health care professionals say they're being forced to make choices that are bad for patients. Much like soldiers at war, clinicians now report suffering from “moral injury.” ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Black children bear the brunt of gun deaths, and what can be done to stop it]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/04/03/why-black-children-bear-the-brunt-of-gun-deaths-and-what-can-be-done-to-stop-it</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Gun violence recently surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. For Black children – that’s been the case since 2006. Dr. Victor Garcia and Joseph Richardson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 11:59:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why Black children bear the brunt of gun deaths, and what can be done to stop it ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Gun violence recently surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. For Black children – that’s been the case since 2006. Dr. Victor Garcia and Joseph Richardson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Gun violence recently surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. For Black children – that’s been the case since 2006. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[FILE - This June 29, 2016, file photo shows guns on display at a gun store in Miami. Florida lawmakers can fine local government officials who attempt to restrict gun and ammunition sales under a state law upheld by the state Supreme Court on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:32</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why some states are rolling back telehealth access]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/31/why-some-states-are-rolling-back-telehealth-access</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The COVID pandemic paved the way for widespread use of telehealth doctor’s appointments. They worked. But some states are rolling back access to virtual visits.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:05:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why some states are rolling back telehealth access ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The COVID pandemic paved the way for widespread use of telehealth doctor’s appointments. They worked. But some states are rolling back access to virtual visits.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The COVID pandemic paved the way for widespread use of telehealth doctor’s appointments. They worked. But some states are rolling back access to virtual visits.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Teladoc, a rolling telehealth cart that allows physicians to meet with their patients remotely, is shown at Stony Brook University Hospital on Oct. 9, 2021. (John Paraskevas/Newsday RM via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:23</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The American invasion of Iraq through an Iraqi's eyes]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/30/20-years-of-chaos-in-iraq-through-iraqi-eyes</link>
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<description><![CDATA[20 years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, congress is quietly repealing its authorization of the war. We look back at the past two decades in Iraq, through an Iraqi's eyes. Ghaith Abdul-Ahad joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:53:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The American invasion of Iraq through an Iraqi's eyes ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[20 years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, congress is quietly repealing its authorization of the war. We look back at the past two decades in Iraq, through an Iraqi's eyes. Ghaith Abdul-Ahad joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[20 years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, congress is quietly repealing its authorization of the war. We look back at the past two decades in Iraq, through an Iraqi's eyes.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:17</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What’s at the root of Israel’s democratic crisis]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/29/israels-democratic-crisis-lessons-from-a-nation-in-protest</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Mass protest in Israel have delayed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to transform Israel’s judiciary. But there are signs of deeper troubles for Israeli democracy. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:05:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What’s at the root of Israel’s democratic crisis ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mass protest in Israel have delayed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to transform Israel’s judiciary. But there are signs of deeper troubles for Israeli democracy.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Mass protest in Israel have delayed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to transform Israel’s judiciary. But there are signs of deeper troubles for Israeli democracy. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:32</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Mass protest in Israel have delayed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to transform Israel’s judiciary. But there are signs of deeper troubles for Israeli democracy. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Is democracy threatened when lawmakers support insurrectionists?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/28/is-democracy-threatened-when-lawmakers-support-insurrectionists</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Sitting members of Congress are aiding January 6th defendants. Visiting them in jail, releasing raw Capitol footage to Fox news. We hear what it means when members of Congress back the people who tried to tear Congress down.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:07:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Is democracy threatened when lawmakers support insurrectionists? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sitting members of Congress are aiding January 6th defendants. Visiting them in jail, releasing raw Capitol footage to Fox news. We hear what it means when members of Congress back the people who tried to tear Congress down.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Sitting members of Congress are aiding January 6th defendants. Visiting them in jail, releasing raw Capitol footage to Fox news. We hear what it means when members of Congress back the people who tried to tear Congress down.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) talks to the media along with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) as the Congressional Integrity Project video truck showing 12 minutes of footage from the January 6th Insurrection drives around the DC Department of Corrections on March 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Congressional Integrity Project)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Should the U.S. fear TikTok?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/27/should-the-u-s-fear-tiktok</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. is considering banning the hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok, over concerns that its Chinese ownership poses a threat to national security. What’s to fear about TikTok?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:41:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Should the U.S. fear TikTok? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The U.S. is considering banning the hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok, over concerns that its Chinese ownership poses a threat to national security. What’s to fear about TikTok?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The U.S. is considering banning the hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok, over concerns that its Chinese ownership poses a threat to national security. What’s to fear about TikTok?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. is considering banning the hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok, over concerns that its Chinese ownership poses a threat to national security. What’s to fear about TikTok?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Violation,' Part 1: Two sons, lost]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/26/violation-part-1-two-sons-lost</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Why did Jacob Wideman murder Eric Kane? 
In 1986, the two 16-year-olds were rooming together on a summer camp trip to the Grand Canyon when Jacob fatally — and inexplicably — stabbed Eric. 
That night, Jacob went on the run, absconding with the camp’s rented Oldsmobile and thousands of dollars in traveler’s checks. Before long, he turned himself in and eventually confessed to the killing — although he couldn’t explain what drove him to do it. 
It would take years of therapy and medical treatment behind bars before Jacob could begin to understand what was going through his mind that night. It would take even longer to try to explain it to his family, to his victim’s family and to parole board members, who would decide whether he deserved to be free ever again. 
This debut episode of “Violation,” a podcast from WBUR and The Marshall Project, introduces the story of the crime that has bound two families together for decades. 
Jacob’s father, John Edgar Wideman, is an acclaimed author of many books on race, violence and criminal justice. He spoke with Violation host Beth Schwartzapfel in a rare, in-depth interview about his son’s case that listeners will hear throughout the series, including this premiere. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2023 07:54:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Violation,' Part 1: Two sons, lost ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why did Jacob Wideman murder Eric Kane?
In 1986, the two 16-year-olds were rooming together on a summer camp trip to the Grand Canyon when Jacob fatally — and inexplicably — stabbed Eric.
That night, Jacob went on the run, absconding with the camp’s rented Oldsmobile and thousands of dollars in traveler’s checks. Before long, he turned himself in and eventually confessed to the killing — although he couldn’t explain what drove him to do it.
It would take years of therapy and medical treatment behind bars before Jacob could begin to understand what was going through his mind that night. It would take even longer to try to explain it to his family, to his victim’s family and to parole board members, who would decide whether he deserved to be free ever again.
This debut episode of “Violation,” a podcast from WBUR and The Marshall Project, introduces the story of the crime that has bound two families together for decades.
Jacob’s father, John Edgar Wideman, is an acclaimed author of many books on race, violence and criminal justice. He spoke with Violation host Beth Schwartzapfel in a rare, in-depth interview about his son’s case that listeners will hear throughout the series, including this premiere.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This debut episode of Violation, a podcast from WBUR and The Marshall Project, introduces the story of the crime that has bound two families together for decades.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:34:55</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Why did Jacob Wideman murder Eric Kane? 
In 1986, the two 16-year-olds were rooming together on a summer camp trip to the Grand Canyon when Jacob fatally — and inexplicably — stabbed Eric. 
That night, Jacob went on the run, absconding with the camp’s rented Oldsmobile and thousands of dollars in traveler’s checks. Before long, he turned himself in and eventually confessed to the killing — although he couldn’t explain what drove him to do it. 
It would take years of therapy and medical treatment behind bars before Jacob could begin to understand what was going through his mind that night. It would take even longer to try to explain it to his family, to his victim’s family and to parole board members, who would decide whether he deserved to be free ever again. 
This debut episode of “Violation,” a podcast from WBUR and The Marshall Project, introduces the story of the crime that has bound two families together for decades. 
Jacob’s father, John Edgar Wideman, is an acclaimed author of many books on race, violence and criminal justice. He spoke with Violation host Beth Schwartzapfel in a rare, in-depth interview about his son’s case that listeners will hear throughout the series, including this premiere. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump's potential indictment and its national implications]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/24/donald-trump-potential-indictment-national-politics</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time in U.S. history, a former president may be charged with a serious crime. We discuss the legal and political fallout of the possible indictment of Donald Trump.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:25:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Donald Trump's potential indictment and its national implications ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For the first time in U.S. history, a former president may be charged with a serious crime. We discuss the legal and political fallout of the possible indictment of Donald Trump.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[For the first time in U.S. history, a former president may be charged with a serious crime. We discuss the legal and political fallout of the possible indictment of Donald Trump.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A video of former President Donald Trump is shown on a screen, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its final meeting on Capitol Hill on Dec. 19. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:19</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[For the first time in U.S. history, a former president may be charged with a serious crime. We discuss the legal and political fallout of the possible indictment of Donald Trump.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Sociologist Matthew Desmond on why poverty persists in America ]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/23/sociologist-matthew-desmond-on-why-poverty-persists-in-america</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In America we have the wealth and the know-how to end poverty, so why don’t we? Sociologist Matthew Desmond seeks answers in his new book “Poverty, By America.”
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:47:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Sociologist Matthew Desmond on why poverty persists in America ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In America we have the wealth and the know-how to end poverty, so why don’t we? Sociologist Matthew Desmond seeks answers in his new book “Poverty, By America.”
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In America we have the wealth and the know-how to end poverty, so why don’t we? Sociologist Matthew Desmond seeks answers in his new book “Poverty, By America.”]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 28: People wait in line to receive food at a food bank on April 28, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Food banks around the nation have witnessed a surge in clients as millions of Americans have either lost jobs or seen a decline in income due to the continued closure of businesses and economic life because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In America we have the wealth and the know-how to end poverty, so why don’t we? Sociologist Matthew Desmond seeks answers in his new book “Poverty, By America.”
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How Turkey’s hasty rebuild could set the nation up for another disaster]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/22/the-race-to-rebuild-turkey-earthquake-president-reconstruction</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Just three weeks after the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey, reconstruction was already underway. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised to rebuild in one year. But is racing to rebuild the right answer? Evren Aydoğan, Divya Chandrasekhar and Jared Maslin join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:37:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How Turkey’s hasty rebuild could set the nation up for another disaster ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Just three weeks after the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey, reconstruction was already underway. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised to rebuild in one year. But is racing to rebuild the right answer? Evren Aydoğan, Divya Chandrasekhar and Jared Maslin join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Just three weeks after the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey, reconstruction was already underway. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised to rebuild in one year. But is racing to rebuild the right answer? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[HATAY, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 07: Women hug each other near the collapsed building on February 07, 2023 in Hatay, Turkey. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of Monday, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and were felt in nearby countries. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:08</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just three weeks after the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey, reconstruction was already underway. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised to rebuild in one year. But is racing to rebuild the right answer? Evren Aydoğan, Divya Chandrasekhar and Jared Maslin join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why mental health is declining for teenage girls in the U.S.]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/21/why-mental-health-is-declining-for-teenage-girls-in-the-u-s</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Teen mental health is declining, particularly among girls. The pressure of social media is often cited as a leading cause. But that’s not the full story behind the mental health of teenage girls in the U.S.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:43:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why mental health is declining for teenage girls in the U.S. ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Teen mental health is declining, particularly among girls. The pressure of social media is often cited as a leading cause. But that’s not the full story behind the mental health of teenage girls in the U.S.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Teen mental health is declining, particularly among girls. The pressure of social media is often cited as a leading cause. But that’s not the full story behind the mental health of teenage girls in the U.S.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[In this photo illustration, a teenager poses for a picture in Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2021. - The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said June 11 that emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts by teenage girls rose significantly last year compared to 2019, highlighting the mental health impact of the pandemic. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Teen mental health is declining, particularly among girls. The pressure of social media is often cited as a leading cause. But that’s not the full story behind the mental health of teenage girls in the U.S.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Bank's collapse: What happens when mid-sized banks get too big to fail]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/20/what-happens-when-midsized-banks-also-get-too-big-to-fail</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank marks the second largest bank failure in America’s history. Some say a 2018 rollback on bank regulations helped cause it. What happens when so-called mid-sized banks also get too big to fail?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:05:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Silicon Valley Bank's collapse: What happens when mid-sized banks get too big to fail ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank marks the second largest bank failure in America’s history. Some say a 2018 rollback on bank regulations helped cause it. What happens when so-called mid-sized banks also get too big to fail?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank marks the second largest bank failure in America’s history. Some say a 2018 rollback on bank regulations helped cause it. What happens when so-called mid-sized banks also get too big to fail?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Battle for your brain': What the rise of brain-computer interface technology means for you]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/17/computer-brain-interfaces-battle-brain-nita-farahani</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Computer brain interfaces used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, headphones and earbuds with sensors that can read your brain waves – and sell your data – are hitting the market. Experts say it’s the time to establish rules of the road.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:35:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Battle for your brain': What the rise of brain-computer interface technology means for you ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Computer brain interfaces used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, headphones and earbuds with sensors that can read your brain waves – and sell your data – are hitting the market. Experts say it’s the time to establish rules of the road.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Computer brain interfaces used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, headphones and earbuds with sensors that can read your brain waves – and sell your data – are hitting the market. Experts say it’s time to establish rules of the road.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Aamir Ahmed Khan, PhD, Principal Electrical Engineer for Paradromics, works on the Transceiver which connects to the brain implants. The device is wirelessly powered and does not have a battery to charge.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Computer brain interfaces used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, headphones and earbuds with sensors that can read your brain waves – and sell your data – are hitting the market. Experts say it’s the time to establish rules of the road.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/16/the-abortion-pill-lawsuit-that-could-change-how-the-fda-approves-drugs</link>
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<description><![CDATA[A Texas lawsuit attempting to ban the abortion pill could undermine how the FDA approves drugs. If the plaintiffs succeed, experts say the pharmaceutical industry could be thrown into chaos -- leaving past and new drugs also on the chopping block. Glenn Cohen and Eva Temkin join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:56:36 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The abortion pill lawsuit that could change how the FDA approves drugs ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Texas lawsuit attempting to ban the abortion pill could undermine how the FDA approves drugs. If the plaintiffs succeed, experts say the pharmaceutical industry could be thrown into chaos -- leaving past and new drugs also on the chopping block. Glenn Cohen and Eva Temkin join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A Texas lawsuit attempting to ban the abortion pill could undermine how the FDA approves drugs. If the plaintiffs succeed, experts say the pharmaceutical industry could be thrown into chaos -- leaving past and new drugs also on the chopping block. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: Why clownfish need darkness]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/15/first-person-why-clownfish-need-darkness</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Emily Fobert is a research fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia. In the lab, Emily studies how light pollution affects marine life.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:30:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ First person: Why clownfish need darkness ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Emily Fobert is a research fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia. In the lab, Emily studies how light pollution affects marine life.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Emily Fobert is a research fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia. In the lab, Emily studies how light pollution affects marine life.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Emily Fobert is a research fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia. In the lab, Emily studies how light pollution affects marine life.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[In defense of darkness]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/15/how-human-light-pollution-is-pushing-the-natural-world-into-the-dark</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Earth needs darkness just as much as it needs light. Human light pollution is pushing back the dark, which is changing the natural world, and could be hurting us, too. Johan Eklöf joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:11:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ In defense of darkness ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Earth needs darkness just as much as it needs light. Human light pollution is pushing back the dark, which is changing the natural world, and could be hurting us, too. Johan Eklöf joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Earth needs darkness just as much as it needs light. Human light pollution is pushing back the dark, which is changing the natural world, and could be hurting us, too.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earth needs darkness just as much as it needs light. Human light pollution is pushing back the dark, which is changing the natural world, and could be hurting us, too. Johan Eklöf joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The fight for control of the St. Louis police force]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/14/the-fight-for-control-of-the-st-louis-police-force</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The State of Missouri controlled the St. Louis police force from the Civil War until a decade ago. Now Republican state politicians want that power back. We explore the struggle for control of the police between the city and state. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:25:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The State of Missouri controlled the St. Louis police force from the Civil War until a decade ago. Now Republican state politicians want that power back. We explore the struggle for control of the police between the city and state.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The State of Missouri controlled the St. Louis police force from the Civil War until a decade ago. Now Republican state politicians want that power back. We explore the struggle for control of the police between the city and state. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: Behind a scientist's discovery of a tongue-replacing parasite]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/13/first-person-behind-a-scientists-discovery-of-a-tongue-replacing-parasite</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Nico Smit specializes in aquatic parasitology at Northwestern University in South Africa. 
Many years ago, while working on his Ph.D., Smit ran across something special in the coastal waters off South Africa: a tongue-replacing parasite.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:18:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ First person: Behind a scientist's discovery of a tongue-replacing parasite ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Professor Nico Smit specializes in aquatic parasitology at Northwestern University in South Africa.
Many years ago, while working on his Ph.D., Smit ran across something special in the coastal waters off South Africa: a tongue-replacing parasite.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Professor Nico Smit specializes in aquatic parasitology at Northwestern University in South Africa. Many years ago, while working on his Ph.D., Smit ran across something special in the coastal waters off South Africa: a tongue-replacing parasite.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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Many years ago, while working on his Ph.D., Smit ran across something special in the coastal waters off South Africa: a tongue-replacing parasite.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why losing parasites could have devastating effects on our ecosystem]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/13/save-the-parasites-healthy-ecosystem</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Parasites. Cause of human disease. Big on the yuck-factor. It's easy to think of them as doing no good -- but researchers say that's the wrong way to think of these essential creatures. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:35:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why losing parasites could have devastating effects on our ecosystem ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Parasites. Cause of human disease. Big on the yuck-factor. It's easy to think of them as doing no good -- but researchers say that's the wrong way to think of these essential creatures.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Parasites. Cause of human disease. Big on the yuck-factor. It's easy to think of them as doing no good -- but researchers say that's the wrong way to think of these essential creatures. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft on being the first Black woman with a nationally syndicated comic]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/10/cartoonist-barbara-brandon-croft-on-being-the-first-black-woman-with-a-nationally-syndicated-comic</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Barbara Brandon-Croft is the first Black female cartoonist to be nationally syndicated. Her comic strip, “Where I’m Coming From,” ran from 1991 to 2005 and featured nine Black women who talk about everything from racism, politics, friendship to love.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:50:28 -0500</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Journalist Hannah Barnes on the inside story of the collapse of Tavistock’s gender identity clinic]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/09/the-inside-story-of-the-collapse-of-the-tavistock-gender-service-for-children</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Following a scathing independent report last year, Britain is shutting down its leading gender identity clinic. We talk about what lead to the closure, and how the debate over “gender affirming care” is unfolding in the United Kingdom. Hannah Barnes joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 12:18:49 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Journalist Hannah Barnes on the inside story of the collapse of Tavistock’s gender identity clinic ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Following a scathing independent report last year, Britain is shutting down its leading gender identity clinic. We talk about what lead to the closure, and how the debate over “gender affirming care” is unfolding in the United Kingdom. Hannah Barnes joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Following a scathing independent report last year, Britain is shutting down its leading gender identity clinic. We’ll talk about what lead to the closure, and how the debate over “gender affirming care” is unfolding in the United Kingdom.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The science and politics of COVID natural immunity]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/08/understanding-the-impact-of-natural-immunity-to-covid-19-on-u-s-health-and-politics</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[More studies are finding that natural immunity from COVID can be as protective as vaccination. U.S. health leaders knew this in 2021 — but most didn’t publicly acknowledge it. Why? Dr. Chris Murray and Dr. Paul Offit joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:31:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The science and politics of COVID natural immunity ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[More studies are finding that natural immunity from COVID can be as protective as vaccination. U.S. health leaders knew this in 2021 — but most didn’t publicly acknowledge it. Why? Dr. Chris Murray and Dr. Paul Offit joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[More studies are finding that natural immunity from COVID can be as protective as vaccination. U.S. health leaders knew this in 2021 — but most didn’t publicly acknowledge it. Why?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A woman is instructed on how to swab her nose by a medical worker at a free COVID-19 testing site in July 2020 in Chelsea. (David Goldman/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:20</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[More studies are finding that natural immunity from COVID can be as protective as vaccination. U.S. health leaders knew this in 2021 — but most didn’t publicly acknowledge it. Why? Dr. Chris Murray and Dr. Paul Offit joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Courts, profit and the monetization of America's justice system]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/07/courts-profit-and-the-monetization-of-americas-justice-system</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Injustice in America’s for-profit justice system. When profit becomes the point, families become targets of the very justice system that is meant to protect everyone.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 11:37:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Courts, profit and the monetization of America's justice system ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Injustice in America’s for-profit justice system. When profit becomes the point, families become targets of the very justice system that is meant to protect everyone.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Injustice in America’s for-profit justice system. When profit becomes the point, families become targets of the very justice system that is meant to protect everyone.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:11</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Injustice in America’s for-profit justice system. When profit becomes the point, families become targets of the very justice system that is meant to protect everyone.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Could a four-day work week work in the United States?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/06/could-a-four-day-work-week-work-in-the-united-states</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[When dozens of companies in the U.K. experimented with a four-day work week, employers and employees loved it. Could a four-day work week work in the United States? Juliet Schor, Matthew Bidwell and Shawn Noratel join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 11:55:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Could a four-day work week work in the United States? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When dozens of companies in the U.K. experimented with a four-day work week, employers and employees loved it. Could a four-day work week work in the United States? Juliet Schor, Matthew Bidwell and Shawn Noratel join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When dozens of companies in the U.K. experimented with a four-day work week, employers and employees loved it. Could a four-day work week work in the United States?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Nearly empty desks at the Fuze office in Boston on March 10, 2020. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:03</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: The book bans leaving Florida school bookshelves empty]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/03/first-person-the-book-bans-leaving-florida-school-bookshelves-empty</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In July 2022, Florida Governor DeSantis signed Florida House Bill 1467. It requires all schoolbooks to be reviewed by a district employee holding an educational media specialist certificate, to ensure the books are grade level appropriate and free of pornography.
Shortly after the bill went into effect, videos started popping up on social media of empty school bookshelves.
Brian Covey, who posted a video of those empty bookshelves, joins Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:41:03 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ First person: The book bans leaving Florida school bookshelves empty ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In July 2022, Florida Governor DeSantis signed Florida House Bill 1467. It requires all schoolbooks to be reviewed by a district employee holding an educational media specialist certificate, to ensure the books are grade level appropriate and free of pornography.
Shortly after the bill went into effect, videos started popping up on social media of empty school bookshelves.
Brian Covey, who posted a video of those empty bookshelves, joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In July 2022, Florida Governor DeSantis signed Florida House Bill 1467. It requires all schoolbooks to be reviewed by a district employee holding an educational media specialist certificate. Shortly after the bill went into effect, videos started popping up on social media of empty school bookshelves.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:07:00</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In July 2022, Florida Governor DeSantis signed Florida House Bill 1467. It requires all schoolbooks to be reviewed by a district employee holding an educational media specialist certificate, to ensure the books are grade level appropriate and free of pornography.
Shortly after the bill went into effect, videos started popping up on social media of empty school bookshelves.
Brian Covey, who posted a video of those empty bookshelves, joins Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The politics and policies behind Ron DeSantis's reshaping of Florida education]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/03/the-politics-and-policies-behind-ron-desantiss-reshaping-of-florida-education</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Florida governor Ron DeSantis is making changes to public K-12 education. How are his policies and politics impacting Florida classrooms? Jeff Solochek joins Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:07:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The politics and policies behind Ron DeSantis's reshaping of Florida education ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Florida governor Ron DeSantis is making changes to public K-12 education. How are his policies and politics impacting Florida classrooms? Jeff Solochek joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Florida governor Ron DeSantis is making changes to public K-12 education. How are his policies and politics impacting Florida classrooms?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:16</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Florida governor Ron DeSantis is making changes to public K-12 education. How are his policies and politics impacting Florida classrooms? Jeff Solochek joins Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What can Russian sanctions achieve?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/02/russia-invasion-ukraine-sanctions-biden-putin</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The international community responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with harsh sanctions. But a year later, Russia is still fighting in Ukraine. Have sanctions failed? Adam Smith, Frank Vogl and Sergey Aleksashenko join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:41:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What can Russian sanctions achieve? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The international community responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with harsh sanctions. But a year later, Russia is still fighting in Ukraine. Have sanctions failed? Adam Smith, Frank Vogl and Sergey Aleksashenko join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The international community responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with harsh sanctions. But a year later, Russia is still fighting in Ukraine. Have sanctions failed?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:25</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The international community responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with harsh sanctions. But a year later, Russia is still fighting in Ukraine. Have sanctions failed? Adam Smith, Frank Vogl and Sergey Aleksashenko join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['The last supper': How a 1993 Pentagon dinner reshaped the defense industry]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/01/the-last-supper-how-a-1993-pentagon-dinner-reshaped-the-defense-industry</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, a secret dinner at the Pentagon led to a flurry of consolidation in the defense industry. We hear the story of that so-called "last supper" and what it means for the Pentagon's $800 billion budget today. Norman Augustine and Rep. John Garamendi join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 13:05:20 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'The last supper': How a 1993 Pentagon dinner reshaped the defense industry ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, a secret dinner at the Pentagon led to a flurry of consolidation in the defense industry. We hear the story of that so-called "last supper" and what it means for the Pentagon's $800 billion budget today. Norman Augustine and Rep. John Garamendi join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, a secret dinner at the Pentagon led to a flurry of consolidation in the defense industry. We hear the story of that so-called "last supper" and what it means for the Pentagon's $800 billion budget today. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, a secret dinner at the Pentagon led to a flurry of consolidation in the defense industry. We hear the story of that so-called "last supper" and what it means for the Pentagon's $800 billion budget today. Norman Augustine and Rep. John Garamendi join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Blood Money': Inside the global business of selling plasma]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Millions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s part of a global, multibillion dollar business.
But what is plasma really used for? Kathleen McLaughlin and Dr. Morey Blinder join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 12:05:23 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'Blood Money': Inside the global business of selling plasma ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Millions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s part of a global, multibillion dollar business.
But what is plasma really used for? Kathleen McLaughlin and Dr. Morey Blinder join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Millions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s part of a global, multibillion dollar business. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[09 June 2022, Saxony, Leipzig: Employees work in the central laboratory of the Haema AG blood and plasma donation service on modern analysis equipment for blood and plasma samples. In the modern blood processing and logistics center, blood and plasma samples collected throughout Germany are analyzed. The supply situation is currently critical in Saxony because the willingness to donate is declining. However, plasma-based drugs are still urgently needed for the treatment of chronic, genetic and various life-threatening diseases. Photo: Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Waltraud Grubitzsch/picture alliance via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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But what is plasma really used for? Kathleen McLaughlin and Dr. Morey Blinder join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Who benefits, who loses from the occupational licensing system?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/27/who-benefits-who-loses-from-the-occupational-licensing-system</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Since the 1950s, the number of occupations requiring a state license has ballooned. Who benefits, who loses when one in four workers in America need a license to do their job?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:35:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Who benefits, who loses from the occupational licensing system? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Since the 1950s, the number of occupations requiring a state license has ballooned. Who benefits, who loses when one in four workers in America need a license to do their job?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Since the 1950s, the number of occupations requiring a state license has ballooned. Who benefits, who loses when one in four workers in America need a license to do their job?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['60 is the new 50': As life expectancy rises, how Americans are embracing life's third act]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/24/redesigning-life-third-act-life-expectancy</link>
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<description><![CDATA[100 years ago, average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47. Today, it's closer to 80 -- and lots of people are using those extra 30 years to reinvent themselves. Tom Andrew, Chip Conley and Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:43:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ '60 is the new 50': As life expectancy rises, how Americans are embracing life's third act ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[100 years ago, average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47. Today, it's closer to 80 -- and lots of people are using those extra 30 years to reinvent themselves. Tom Andrew, Chip Conley and Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[100 years ago, average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47. Today, it's closer to 80 -- and lots of people are using those extra 30 years to reinvent themselves. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What the Ohio train derailment tells us about rail safety in the U.S.]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/23/what-the-ohio-train-derailment-tells-us-about-rail-safety-in-the-u-s</link>
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<description><![CDATA[When a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, residents were forced to evacuate. Industry critics say lax safety regulations and industry lobbyists set the stage for this disaster. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:30:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What the Ohio train derailment tells us about rail safety in the U.S. ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, residents were forced to evacuate. Industry critics say lax safety regulations and industry lobbyists set the stage for this disaster.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, residents were forced to evacuate. Industry critics say lax safety regulations and industry lobbyists set the stage for this disaster. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How American educators can better teach the history of slavery]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/22/how-american-educators-can-better-teach-the-history-of-slavery</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Contemporary political battles have put school classrooms at the center of a debate about race and our country’s history. How should American educators be teaching the history of slavery? Danielle Allen and David Blight join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:29:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Contemporary political battles have put school classrooms at the center of a debate about race and our country’s history. How should American educators be teaching the history of slavery? Danielle Allen and David Blight join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Contemporary political battles have put school classrooms at the center of a debate about race and our country’s history. How should American educators be teaching the history of slavery?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Contemporary political battles have put school classrooms at the center of a debate about race and our country’s history. How should American educators be teaching the history of slavery? Danielle Allen and David Blight join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Daily life in Ukraine after a year of war]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/21/a-year-of-life-and-death-in-ukraine</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Since Russia invaded Ukraine one year ago this week – nearly 8,000 civilians have been killed, 11,000 injured and millions displaced. We hear from Ukrainians about their year of living through war.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:41:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Daily life in Ukraine after a year of war ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Since Russia invaded Ukraine one year ago this week – nearly 8,000 civilians have been killed, 11,000 injured and millions displaced. We hear from Ukrainians about their year of living through war.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Since Russia invaded Ukraine one year ago this week – nearly 8,000 civilians have been killed, 11,000 injured and millions displaced. We hear from Ukrainians about their year of living through war.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Russia invaded Ukraine one year ago this week – nearly 8,000 civilians have been killed, 11,000 injured and millions displaced. We hear from Ukrainians about their year of living through war.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['For as long as it takes': Can the West keep its promise to Ukraine?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/20/west-keep-promise-to-ukraine</link>
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<description><![CDATA[It’s been nearly a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Both sides are preparing for new offensives. Can NATO keep its promise to stand with Kyiv for as long as it takes?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:59:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s been nearly a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Both sides are preparing for new offensives. Can NATO keep its promise to stand with Kyiv for as long as it takes?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[It’s been nearly a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Both sides are preparing for new offensives. Can NATO keep its promise to stand with Kyiv for as long as it takes?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s been nearly a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Both sides are preparing for new offensives. Can NATO keep its promise to stand with Kyiv for as long as it takes?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What Amazon's push into health care means for patients]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Amazon is no longer content with being your go-to retailer, streaming service, or smart speaker. The trillion-dollar company now wants to be your doctor’s office and your pharmacy. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:49:13 -0500</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Amazon is no longer content with being your go-to retailer, streaming service, or smart speaker. The trillion-dollar company now wants to be your doctor’s office and your pharmacy. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Child sexual abuse material is on the rise online. Will lawmakers and big tech finally act?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/16/the-rise-of-child-sex-abuse-material-and-what-lawmakers-and-the-tech-industry-can-do-to-stop-it</link>
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<description><![CDATA[There is more child sexual abuse content online than ever before. And not just on the dark web, but on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat. What can the major tech companies do to stop it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:27:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is more child sexual abuse content online than ever before. And not just on the dark web, but on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat. What can the major tech companies do to stop it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There is more child sexual abuse content online than ever before. And not just on the dark web, but on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat. What can the major tech companies do to stop it?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:49:36</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[There is more child sexual abuse content online than ever before. And not just on the dark web, but on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat. What can the major tech companies do to stop it?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Trade wars: Examining the Biden administration's China policy]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/15/semiconductor-china-trade-war-united-states-biden</link>
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<description><![CDATA[A deal with the Netherlands and Japan marks America’s latest effort to curb China’s semiconductor production. National security, meets economic rivalry, meets trade war geo-politics. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 12:29:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A deal with the Netherlands and Japan marks America’s latest effort to curb China’s semiconductor production. National security, meets economic rivalry, meets trade war geo-politics.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A deal with the Netherlands and Japan marks America’s latest effort to curb China’s semiconductor production. National security, meets economic rivalry, meets trade war geo-politics. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[An employee works on the production line of silicon carbide (SiC) wafer at a factory on May 31, 2022 in Dongying, Shandong Province of China. (Photo by Zhou Guangxue/VCG via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:28</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A deal with the Netherlands and Japan marks America’s latest effort to curb China’s semiconductor production. National security, meets economic rivalry, meets trade war geo-politics. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What China's spy balloon reveals about Chinese and U.S. espionage and diplomacy]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/14/china-spy-balloon-united-states-biden</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Before the shooting down of more unidentified aerial objects over the past few days, there was the China spy balloon. That gave us a rare glimpse into spycraft between the U.S. and China. What have we learned?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:42:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Before the shooting down of more unidentified aerial objects over the past few days, there was the China spy balloon. That gave us a rare glimpse into spycraft between the U.S. and China. What have we learned?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Before the shooting down of more unidentified aerial objects over the past few days, there was the China spy balloon. That gave us a rare glimpse into spycraft between the U.S. and China. What have we learned?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:23</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Before the shooting down of more unidentified aerial objects over the past few days, there was the China spy balloon. That gave us a rare glimpse into spycraft between the U.S. and China. What have we learned?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How will the West adapt as the Colorado River diminishes?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The federal government asked the seven Colorado River Basin states for a plan to cut water. All came to an agreement – except California. Now the federal government may have to step in. How will the West adapt as the Colorado River runs dry? Jennifer Pitt, Bart Fisher and Kathryn Sorensen join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 11:31:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How will the West adapt as the Colorado River diminishes? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The federal government asked the seven Colorado River Basin states for a plan to cut water. All came to an agreement – except California. Now the federal government may have to step in. How will the West adapt as the Colorado River runs dry? Jennifer Pitt, Bart Fisher and Kathryn Sorensen join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The federal government asked the seven Colorado River Basin states for a plan to cut water. All came to an agreement – except California. Now the federal government may have to step in. How will the West adapt as the Colorado River runs dry?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The federal government asked the seven Colorado River Basin states for a plan to cut water. All came to an agreement – except California. Now the federal government may have to step in. How will the West adapt as the Colorado River runs dry? Jennifer Pitt, Bart Fisher and Kathryn Sorensen join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Congress quietly just gave the FDA more power]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/10/why-congress-gave-the-fda-the-power-to-prohibit-off-label-uses-of-medical-devices</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Congress recently, and quietly, gave the FDA the power to prohibit off-label uses of medical devices. What’s behind that change and what it could mean for prescription medication? Zachary Brennan, Randall Stafford and Brad Thompson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 12:11:17 -0500</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Congress recently, and quietly, gave the FDA the power to prohibit off-label uses of medical devices. What’s behind that change and what it could mean for prescription medication?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How the ultra-rich avoid paying taxes]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/09/how-the-ultrarich-avoid-paying-taxes</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In the 1980s, a lawyer devised a tax dodge that would save the ultra-rich millions. In the 1990s, Congress stepped in to make the maneuver even more lucrative. We hear how the ultra-rich avoid paying taxes.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 11:37:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How the ultra-rich avoid paying taxes ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the 1980s, a lawyer devised a tax dodge that would save the ultra-rich millions. In the 1990s, Congress stepped in to make the maneuver even more lucrative. We hear how the ultra-rich avoid paying taxes.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the 1980s, a lawyer devised a tax dodge that would save the ultra-rich millions. In the 1990s, Congress stepped in to make the maneuver even more lucrative. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Biden's populist moment: Jack Beatty on the State of the Union address]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/08/bidens-populist-moment-jack-beatty-on-the-state-of-the-union-address</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Populism, border politics and primaries. In this podcast special, On Point news analyst Jack Beatty highlights key moments from President Biden's second State of the Union address.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:29:52 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Biden's populist moment: Jack Beatty on the State of the Union address ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Populism, border politics and primaries. In this podcast special, On Point news analyst Jack Beatty highlights key moments from President Biden's second State of the Union address.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Populism, border politics and primaries. In this podcast special, On Point news analyst Jack Beatty highlights key moments from President Biden's second State of the Union address.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Pool)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The power of American English to unite a fractured nation]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/08/the-power-of-american-english-to-unite-a-fractured-nation</link>
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<description><![CDATA[American English has many forms. It’s evolved over 400 years to match this country’s dynamic history. Humanities professor Ilan Stavans says that because it’s so adaptable, American English can unify our fractured nation. Ilan Stavans joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:47:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The power of American English to unite a fractured nation ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[American English has many forms. It’s evolved over 400 years to match this country’s dynamic history. Humanities professor Ilan Stavans says that because it’s so adaptable, American English can unify our fractured nation. Ilan Stavans joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[American English has many forms. It’s evolved over 400 years to match this country’s dynamic history. Humanities professor Ilan Stavans says that because it’s so adaptable, American English can unify our fractured nation.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:34</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What life is like for women under Taliban rule]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/07/what-life-is-like-for-afghan-women-now</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The Taliban promised they would honor Afghan women's rights. Instead, they have banned women from universities, even required covering the faces of female mannequins. Mina, Najia Naseem and Rangina Hamidi join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:55:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What life is like for women under Taliban rule ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Taliban promised they would honor Afghan women's rights. Instead, they have banned women from universities, even required covering the faces of female mannequins. Mina, Najia Naseem and Rangina Hamidi join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Taliban promised they would honor Afghan women's rights. Instead, they have banned women from universities, even required covering the faces of female mannequins. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Women and teachers demonstrate inside a private school to demand their rights and equal education for women and girls, during a gathering for National Teachers Day, at a private school in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 5, 2021. (Ahmad Halabisaz/AP)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Taliban promised they would honor Afghan women's rights. Instead, they have banned women from universities, even required covering the faces of female mannequins. Mina, Najia Naseem and Rangina Hamidi join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why more Americans are choosing to live in multigenerational housing]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/06/why-more-americans-are-choosing-to-live-in-multi-generational-housing</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[One in five Americans now live with their parents, grandparents, or adult children -- all under one roof. It's a remarkable change from a few generations ago. Ammylou Daludado, Michelle Singletary and Hope Harvey join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:12:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why more Americans are choosing to live in multigenerational housing ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One in five Americans now live with their parents, grandparents, or adult children -- all under one roof. It's a remarkable change from a few generations ago. Ammylou Daludado, Michelle Singletary and Hope Harvey join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[One in five Americans now live with their parents, grandparents, or adult children -- all under one roof. It's a remarkable change from a few generations ago. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: Finding everyday awe in nature in Yosemite National Park]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/03/first-person-finding-everyday-awe-in-nature-in-yosemite-national-park</link>
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<description><![CDATA[John Reynolds has lived in Yosemite National Park his entire life. In this 'First person' diary, he shares how living in nature helps him maintain a sense of awe.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:00:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ First person: Finding everyday awe in nature in Yosemite National Park ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[John Reynolds has lived in Yosemite National Park his entire life. In this 'First person' diary, he shares how living in nature helps him maintain a sense of awe.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[John Reynolds has lived in Yosemite National Park his entire life. In this 'First person' diary, he shares how living in nature helps him maintain a sense of awe.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[John Reynolds has lived in Yosemite National Park his entire life. In this 'First person' diary, he shares how living in nature helps him maintain a sense of awe.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Everyday awe: Science's answer to your search for happiness]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/03/everyday-awe-sciences-answer-your-search-happiness-dacher-keltner</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[How do you find deep happiness? Researcher Dacher Keltner says the answer is to find everyday wonder. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 12:24:31 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Everyday awe: Science's answer to your search for happiness ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[How do you find deep happiness? Researcher Dacher Keltner says the answer is to find everyday wonder.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[How do you find deep happiness? Researcher Dacher Keltner says the answer is to find everyday wonder. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[How do you find deep happiness? Researcher Dacher Keltner says the answer is to find everyday wonder. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: The Eichmann tapes and the comforting myth of the 'banality of evil']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/02/rebroadcast-the-eichmann-tapes-and-the-comforting-myth-of-the-banality-of-evil</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The banality of evil. That was Hannah Arendt's famous observation during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the ‘architect of the Holocaust.’ Now, there's evidence that Eichmann's evil was anything but banal. Yariv Mozer and Bettina Stangneth join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 11:29:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: The Eichmann tapes and the comforting myth of the 'banality of evil' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The banality of evil. That was Hannah Arendt's famous observation during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the ‘architect of the Holocaust.’ Now, there's evidence that Eichmann's evil was anything but banal. Yariv Mozer and Bettina Stangneth join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The banality of evil. That was Hannah Arendt's famous observation during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the ‘architect of the Holocaust.’ Now, there's evidence that Eichmann's evil was anything but banal.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The banality of evil. That was Hannah Arendt's famous observation during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the ‘architect of the Holocaust.’ Now, there's evidence that Eichmann's evil was anything but banal. Yariv Mozer and Bettina Stangneth join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Do 'elite' police teams like Memphis's SCORPION unit do more harm than good?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/01/specialized-police-units-tyre-nichols</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Special police units like the now-disbanded SCORPION team in Memphis are common around the country. Police chiefs say they’re essential for fighting crime. Critics say their elite status and lack of accountability is a recipe for abuse.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 11:37:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Do 'elite' police teams like Memphis's SCORPION unit do more harm than good? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Special police units like the now-disbanded SCORPION team in Memphis are common around the country. Police chiefs say they’re essential for fighting crime. Critics say their elite status and lack of accountability is a recipe for abuse.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Special police units like the now-disbanded SCORPION team in Memphis are common around the country. Police chiefs say they’re essential for fighting crime. Critics say their elite status and lack of accountability is a recipe for abuse.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Special police units like the now-disbanded SCORPION team in Memphis are common around the country. Police chiefs say they’re essential for fighting crime. Critics say their elite status and lack of accountability is a recipe for abuse.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: The fight to 'ordain women' in the LDS church]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A recent edition of On Point explored the role of patriarchal power in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the consequences of that for Mormon women in abusive relationships.
Currently, only men in the Mormon Church get to ascend the religious hierarchy.
Kate Kelly founded the group Ordain Women roughly a decade ago to try to change that.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:48:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A recent edition of On Point explored the role of patriarchal power in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the consequences of that for Mormon women in abusive relationships.
Currently, only men in the Mormon Church get to ascend the religious hierarchy.
Kate Kelly founded the group Ordain Women roughly a decade ago to try to change that.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Currently, only men in the Mormon Church get to ascend the religious hierarchy. Kate Kelly founded the group Ordain Women roughly a decade ago to try to change that.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A recent edition of On Point explored the role of patriarchal power in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the consequences of that for Mormon women in abusive relationships.
Currently, only men in the Mormon Church get to ascend the religious hierarchy.
Kate Kelly founded the group Ordain Women roughly a decade ago to try to change that.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Mormon women confront power and patriarchy in the LDS church]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[This month, a Utah man murdered his wife, and their five children, and his mother-in-law, before killing himself. That’s sparked a conversation among Mormon women about power and safety in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:31:37 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Mormon women confront power and patriarchy in the LDS church ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This month, a Utah man murdered his wife, and their five children, and his mother-in-law, before killing himself. That’s sparked a conversation among Mormon women about power and safety in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This month, a Utah man murdered his wife, and their five children, and his mother-in-law, before killing himself. That’s sparked a conversation among Mormon women about power and safety in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[View of the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with its six spires in Kensington, Maryland, near Washington, DC, April 18, 2022. - Like something out of a science fiction novel, with its six golden spires and pristine white walls, the Mormon Temple in Washington, DC, has intrigued those who have seen it for decades but have never been able to enter it. Their curiosity will soon be satisfied: for the first time in almost half a century, the temple will open its doors to the public. (Photo by Eva HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo by EVA HAMBACH/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How the world came together to save the ozone layer]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the 1980s, the world came together to ban CFCs, commonly used chemicals that were destroying the atmosphere’s ozone layer. Are there lessons we can apply to tackling climate change? Paul Newman and David Victor join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:53:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How the world came together to save the ozone layer ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the 1980s, the world came together to ban CFCs, commonly used chemicals that were destroying the atmosphere’s ozone layer. Are there lessons we can apply to tackling climate change? Paul Newman and David Victor join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the 1980s, the world came together to ban CFCs, commonly used chemicals that were destroying the atmosphere’s ozone layer. Are there lessons we can apply to tackling climate change?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[In this image, from September 2006, the Antarctic ozone hole was equal to the record single-day largest area of 11.4 million square miles (29.5 million square kilometres), reached on Sept. 9, 2000. Satellite instruments monitor the ozone layer, and we use their data to create the images that depict the amount of ozone. The blue and purple colours are where there is the least ozone, and the greens, yellows, and reds are where there is more ozone. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the 1980s, the world came together to ban CFCs, commonly used chemicals that were destroying the atmosphere’s ozone layer. Are there lessons we can apply to tackling climate change? Paul Newman and David Victor join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[House Republicans are getting down to business, drafting legislation to spend more money on border control, less on the IRS. Hardliners are calling for radical changes to social security and Medicare. How will the GOP advance its agenda in the House? Rep. Gary Palmer, Scott MacFarlane and Philip Wallach join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:53:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The GOP's ambitions in the House ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[House Republicans are getting down to business, drafting legislation to spend more money on border control, less on the IRS. Hardliners are calling for radical changes to social security and Medicare. How will the GOP advance its agenda in the House? Rep. Gary Palmer, Scott MacFarlane and Philip Wallach join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[House Republicans are getting down to business, drafting legislation to spend more money on border control, less on the IRS. Hardliners are calling for radical changes to social security and Medicare. How will the GOP advance its agenda in the House?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[House Republicans are getting down to business, drafting legislation to spend more money on border control, less on the IRS. Hardliners are calling for radical changes to social security and Medicare. How will the GOP advance its agenda in the House? Rep. Gary Palmer, Scott MacFarlane and Philip Wallach join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Over 40 million adults in America suffer from an anxiety disorder. But anxiety, the emotion, has an evolutionary purpose: It helps us prepare for an uncertain future. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary and Marc Brackett join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:41:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why some anxiety is good, even though it feels bad ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Over 40 million adults in America suffer from an anxiety disorder. But anxiety, the emotion, has an evolutionary purpose: It helps us prepare for an uncertain future. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary and Marc Brackett join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Over 40 million adults in America suffer from an anxiety disorder. But anxiety, the emotion, has an evolutionary purpose: It helps us prepare for an uncertain future. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Over 40 million adults in America suffer from an anxiety disorder. But anxiety, the emotion, has an evolutionary purpose: It helps us prepare for an uncertain future. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary and Marc Brackett join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The U.S. immigration crisis through the eyes of a border town mayor]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Until recently Bruno Lozano was the mayor of Del Rio, Texas. Once seen as a rising star in the Democratic party, he’s now a fierce critic of President Biden’s handling of the southern border. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:41:22 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The U.S. immigration crisis through the eyes of a border town mayor ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Until recently Bruno Lozano was the mayor of Del Rio, Texas. Once seen as a rising star in the Democratic party, he’s now a fierce critic of President Biden’s handling of the southern border.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Until recently Bruno Lozano was the mayor of Del Rio, Texas. Once seen as a rising star in the Democratic party, he’s now a fierce critic of President Biden’s handling of the southern border. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Until recently Bruno Lozano was the mayor of Del Rio, Texas. Once seen as a rising star in the Democratic party, he’s now a fierce critic of President Biden’s handling of the southern border. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rethinking diversity, equity and inclusion training]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/24/rethinking-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-training</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Almost every major company in the U.S. requires their employees to participate in diversity, equity and inclusion training. But is DEI training achieving what it aims to do? Frank Dobbin, Robert Livingston and Chloé Valdary join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:25:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Almost every major company in the U.S. requires their employees to participate in diversity, equity and inclusion training. But is DEI training achieving what it aims to do? Frank Dobbin, Robert Livingston and Chloé Valdary join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Almost every major company in the U.S. requires their employees to participate in diversity, equity and inclusion training. But is DEI training achieving what it aims to do? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Almost every major company in the U.S. requires their employees to participate in diversity, equity and inclusion training. But is DEI training achieving what it aims to do? Frank Dobbin, Robert Livingston and Chloé Valdary join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['The fight of his life': Journalist Chris Whipple's inside look at the Biden White House]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/23/the-fight-of-his-life-journalist-chris-whipple-on-the-first-two-years-of-a-biden-white-house</link>
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<description><![CDATA[So far, the presidency of Joe Biden has seen some big legislative successes, but a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. With a new Republican House majority determined to block his agenda, what’s next for the Biden presidency?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:17:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'The fight of his life': Journalist Chris Whipple's inside look at the Biden White House ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[So far, the presidency of Joe Biden has seen some big legislative successes, but a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. With a new Republican House majority determined to block his agenda, what’s next for the Biden presidency?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[So far, the presidency of Joe Biden has seen some big legislative successes, but a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. With a new Republican House majority determined to block his agenda, what’s next for the Biden presidency?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[So far, the presidency of Joe Biden has seen some big legislative successes, but a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. With a new Republican House majority determined to block his agenda, what’s next for the Biden presidency?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The future of small colleges]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/20/the-future-of-small-colleges</link>
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<description><![CDATA[College enrollment is down across the nation. Demographic changes are largely driving that. What does the decline mean for the future of small colleges?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2023 11:25:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The future of small colleges ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[College enrollment is down across the nation. Demographic changes are largely driving that. What does the decline mean for the future of small colleges?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[College enrollment is down across the nation. Demographic changes are largely driving that. What does the decline mean for the future of small colleges?]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[College enrollment is down across the nation. Demographic changes are largely driving that. What does the decline mean for the future of small colleges?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Is it time to rethink how we care for dementia patients?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/19/is-it-time-to-rethink-how-we-care-for-dementia-patients</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In Europe there are ‘dementia villages’ where residents can live freely despite their memory loss. Could that work here in the United States? Iris Van Slooten and Dr. Tia Powell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:42:40 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Is it time to rethink how we care for dementia patients? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Europe there are ‘dementia villages’ where residents can live freely despite their memory loss. Could that work here in the United States? Iris Van Slooten and Dr. Tia Powell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In Europe there are ‘dementia villages’ where residents can live freely despite their memory loss. Could that work here in the United States?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In Europe there are ‘dementia villages’ where residents can live freely despite their memory loss. Could that work here in the United States? Iris Van Slooten and Dr. Tia Powell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside the mind of a fabulist]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Representative George Santos has lied about almost every aspect of his life. How do uncontrolled fabulists get that way -- going way beyond the little fibs we all tell -- to cutting all ties with the truth? 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:49:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Representative George Santos has lied about almost every aspect of his life. How do uncontrolled fabulists get that way -- going way beyond the little fibs we all tell -- to cutting all ties with the truth?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Representative George Santos has lied about almost every aspect of his life. How do uncontrolled fabulists get that way -- going way beyond the little fibs we all tell -- to cutting all ties with the truth? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Representative George Santos has lied about almost every aspect of his life. How do uncontrolled fabulists get that way -- going way beyond the little fibs we all tell -- to cutting all ties with the truth? 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[New guidelines recommend early, aggressive treatment for childhood obesity]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/17/childhood-obesity-epidemic-pediatrics-guidelines-counseling-treatment</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidelines to tackle the obesity epidemic. They’re calling for family counseling, early treatment with drugs and even surgery. Can pediatricians turn the epidemic around?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:01:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ New guidelines recommend early, aggressive treatment for childhood obesity ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidelines to tackle the obesity epidemic. They’re calling for family counseling, early treatment with drugs and even surgery. Can pediatricians turn the epidemic around?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidelines to tackle the obesity epidemic. They’re calling for family counseling, early treatment with drugs and even surgery. Can pediatricians turn the epidemic around?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidelines to tackle the obesity epidemic. They’re calling for family counseling, early treatment with drugs and even surgery. Can pediatricians turn the epidemic around?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts on a decade of taking on the NRA]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In 2012, horrified by the Sandy Hook school shooting, stay-at-home mom Shannon Watts founded Moms Demand Action. It’s now one of the largest anti-gun violence groups in the nation. Shannon Watts joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:42:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts on a decade of taking on the NRA ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In 2012, horrified by the Sandy Hook school shooting, stay-at-home mom Shannon Watts founded Moms Demand Action. It’s now one of the largest anti-gun violence groups in the nation. Shannon Watts joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In 2012, horrified by the Sandy Hook school shooting, stay-at-home mom Shannon Watts founded Moms Demand Action. It’s now one of the largest anti-gun violence groups in the nation. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Can gun liability insurance make our neighborhoods safer?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/13/can-gun-liability-insurance-make-our-neighborhoods-safer</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The nation’s first gun insurance mandate took effect this year in San Jose, California. Gunowners in the city are required to have liability insurance, or they'll be fined a minimum of $250. But can insurance actually curb gun violence?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:41:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Can gun liability insurance make our neighborhoods safer? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The nation’s first gun insurance mandate took effect this year in San Jose, California. Gunowners in the city are required to have liability insurance, or they'll be fined a minimum of $250. But can insurance actually curb gun violence?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The nation’s first gun insurance mandate took effect this year in San Jose, California. Gunowners in the city are required to have liability insurance, or they'll be fined a minimum of $250. But can insurance actually curb gun violence?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Fast fashion retailers like Shein sell t-shirts for less than $5 apiece. This business model, along with social media, fuels an erosion in the quality of clothing at every level. What price are we really paying for super-affordable fashion? Danielle Vermeer and Mandy Lee join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:45:20 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How fast fashion and social media fuel a high consumption, low quality world ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Fast fashion retailers like Shein sell t-shirts for less than $5 apiece. This business model, along with social media, fuels an erosion in the quality of clothing at every level. What price are we really paying for super-affordable fashion? Danielle Vermeer and Mandy Lee join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fast fashion retailers like Shein sell t-shirts for less than $5 apiece. This business model, along with social media, fuels an erosion in the quality of clothing at every level. What price are we really paying for super-affordable fashion?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Two Municipal Police officers coordinate the queue of people to enter the first physical SHEIN store in Madrid, on 02 June, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. Chinese 'online' fashion brand Shein opens its first 'pop up store' in Madrid after the good reception it has had recent similar openings in countries such as France, Mexico and the United States. The store opens its doors today and will be open until June 5, where customers will be able to shop for women's and men's fashion collections. (Photo By Cezaro De Luca/Europa Press via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Earth's growing population: 'A direct affront to our own survival']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/11/earths-growing-population-a-direct-affront-to-our-own-survival</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The population of planet Earth reached 8 billion people late last year. By the year 2100, we're headed for 2 billion more.
What does that mean for us and our planet?
Elizabeth Hadly is a professor of biology at Stanford University, and director of the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve in California's Santa Cruz Mountains.
For four decades, she's been an eyewitness to dramatic changes in the plant and animal kingdoms caused by human beings.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 15:34:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Earth's growing population: 'A direct affront to our own survival' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The population of planet Earth reached 8 billion people late last year. By the year 2100, we're headed for 2 billion more.
What does that mean for us and our planet?
Elizabeth Hadly is a professor of biology at Stanford University, and director of the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve in California's Santa Cruz Mountains.
For four decades, she's been an eyewitness to dramatic changes in the plant and animal kingdoms caused by human beings.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Elizabeth Hadly is a professor of biology at Stanford University, and director of the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve in California's Santa Cruz Mountains. For four decades, she's been an eyewitness to dramatic changes in the plant and animal kingdoms caused by human beings.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:05:02</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The population of planet Earth reached 8 billion people late last year. By the year 2100, we're headed for 2 billion more.
What does that mean for us and our planet?
Elizabeth Hadly is a professor of biology at Stanford University, and director of the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve in California's Santa Cruz Mountains.
For four decades, she's been an eyewitness to dramatic changes in the plant and animal kingdoms caused by human beings.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[8 billion humans and counting: What it means for the planet's future]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/11/8-billion-earth-population-rise-human</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In the early 1800s, the human population hit 1 billion. As of late last year, human population 8 billion. And by the end of the century, it’s expected to top ten billion. What does that mean for humanity and the environment? Jennifer Sciubba and William Rees join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 11:41:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 8 billion humans and counting: What it means for the planet's future ]]></itunes:title>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the early 1800s, the human population hit 1 billion. As of late last year, human population 8 billion. And by the end of the century, it’s expected to top ten billion. What does that mean for humanity and the environment?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:26</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: How one teacher thinks AI could help his students]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/10/first-person-how-one-teacher-thinks-ai-could-help-his-students</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[ChatGPT is one of the most sophisticated AI chat bots ever released. With just a few prompts, it can write almost anything.
Daniel Herman, a high school English teacher in Berkeley, California, has some ideas about how ChatGPT might find its way into his classroom.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 15:48:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ First person: How one teacher thinks AI could help his students ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[ChatGPT is one of the most sophisticated AI chat bots ever released. With just a few prompts, it can write almost anything.
Daniel Herman, a high school English teacher in Berkeley, California, has some ideas about how ChatGPT might find its way into his classroom.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Daniel Herman, a high school English teacher in Berkeley, California, has some ideas about how ChatGPT might find its way into his classroom.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:05:35</itunes:duration>
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Daniel Herman, a high school English teacher in Berkeley, California, has some ideas about how ChatGPT might find its way into his classroom.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How AI chatbots are changing how we write and who we trust]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/10/how-ai-chatbots-are-changing-how-we-write-and-who-we-trust</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[ChatGPT is one of the most sophisticated AI chatbots ever released. A high school teacher says it writes better than some students. But what happens when we can't tell the difference between computer and human-generated writing?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:01:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How AI chatbots are changing how we write and who we trust ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[ChatGPT is one of the most sophisticated AI chatbots ever released. A high school teacher says it writes better than some students. But what happens when we can't tell the difference between computer and human-generated writing?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[ChatGPT is one of the most sophisticated AI chatbots ever released. A high school teacher says it writes better than some students. But what happens when we can't tell the difference between computer and human-generated writing?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:23</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Concerns, contradictions and the continued use of the death penalty in the U.S.]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/09/concerns-contradictions-and-the-continued-use-of-the-death-penalty-in-the-u-s</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[After a series of botched executions, Alabama could soon begin executing death row incarcerated people using lethal gas. Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, California, Wyoming and Arizona have legalized execution by lethal gas. We hear why.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:59:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Concerns, contradictions and the continued use of the death penalty in the U.S. ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[After a series of botched executions, Alabama could soon begin executing death row incarcerated people using lethal gas. Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, California, Wyoming and Arizona have legalized execution by lethal gas. We hear why.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[After a series of botched executions, Alabama could soon begin executing death row incarcerated people using lethal gas. Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, California, Wyoming and Arizona have legalized execution by lethal gas. We hear why.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:07</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[After a series of botched executions, Alabama could soon begin executing death row incarcerated people using lethal gas. Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, California, Wyoming and Arizona have legalized execution by lethal gas. We hear why.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['The eyes, the ears of all things': The spiritual power of peyote]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/06/the-eyes-the-ears-of-all-things-the-spiritual-power-of-peyote</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[First person: The Indigenous peoples of the Americas have been using psychedelics for thousands of years. Colonization and extermination ripped away their right to use psychedelics for generations. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:46:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ 'The eyes, the ears of all things': The spiritual power of peyote ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[First person: The Indigenous peoples of the Americas have been using psychedelics for thousands of years. Colonization and extermination ripped away their right to use psychedelics for generations.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Indigenous peoples of the Americas have been using psychedelics for thousands of years. Colonization and extermination ripped away their right to use psychedelics for generations. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Remarkable science: Why aging might be reversible]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/06/remarkable-science-why-aging-might-be-reversable</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Aging might be reversible. Harvard researcher and biotech founder Dr. David Sinclair theorizes in his New York Times best-selling book, “Lifespan,” that aging doesn’t have to be inevitable.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 01:30:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Remarkable science: Why aging might be reversible ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aging might be reversible. Harvard researcher and biotech founder Dr. David Sinclair theorizes in his New York Times best-selling book, “Lifespan,” that aging doesn’t have to be inevitable.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Aging might be reversible. Harvard researcher and biotech founder Dr. David Sinclair theorizes in his New York Times best-selling book “Lifespan” that aging doesn’t have to be inevitable.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Shirley Gooding, a physical Therapy Aid, helps William Rexroat, a WWII Navy veteran exercise during a physical therapy session at the Quincy Veterans Home February 17, 2005 in Quincy, Illinois. The home, with its 683 beds, is the largest and oldest of four veteran's nursing homes in Illinois. The federal budget, as currently proposed by the Bush Administration, seeks to reduce the number of residents nationwide in these facilities from 38,000 to 33,000. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>01:05:53</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Aging might be reversible. Harvard researcher and biotech founder Dr. David Sinclair theorizes in his New York Times best-selling book, “Lifespan,” that aging doesn’t have to be inevitable.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Psychedelics and who should be able to use them]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[When psychedelic drugs were banned by federal law in 1970, it ended a debate over who should have access to them. Now that debate has been reignited. Amy Lynn McGuire joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:19:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Psychedelics and who should be able to use them ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When psychedelic drugs were banned by federal law in 1970, it ended a debate over who should have access to them. Now that debate has been reignited. Amy Lynn McGuire joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When psychedelic drugs were banned by federal law in 1970, it ended a debate over who should have access to them. Now that debate has been reignited.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 5:
A DC resident has an operation growing psilocybin mushrooms, including these Galindoi variation of Psilocybe mexicana mushrooms, two middle, and Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms, left and right, in Washington, DC, on Monday, February 5, 2020. With the legalization of marijuana, advocates are now pushing for other legalizations, like psilocybin mushrooms. Activists in Colorado, Oregon and California have pushed for approval of psilocybin mushrooms and now folks in the District are starting. Many claim medicinal uses - depression, PTSD and other disorders - as is the case in some European countries.
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<itunes:duration>00:47:13</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[When psychedelic drugs were banned by federal law in 1970, it ended a debate over who should have access to them. Now that debate has been reignited. Amy Lynn McGuire joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What to expect from a GOP-controlled House]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/05/gop-house-democrat-republican-congress</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The GOP has taken back the House. But with a fractious caucus, and an ascendant far-right wing, how will Republicans run the House and what do they want to achieve in the new Congress? Sarah Longwell joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 11:49:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What to expect from a GOP-controlled House ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The GOP has taken back the House. But with a fractious caucus, and an ascendant far-right wing, how will Republicans run the House and what do they want to achieve in the new Congress? Sarah Longwell joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The GOP has taken back the House. But with a fractious caucus, and an ascendant far-right wing, how will Republicans run the House and what do they want to achieve in the new Congress?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) returns to his office following a day of votes for the new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on January 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives will continue to try and elect the next Speaker after McCarthy failed to earn more than 218 votes on six ballots over two days, the first time in 100 years that the Speaker was not elected on the first ballot. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The GOP has taken back the House. But with a fractious caucus, and an ascendant far-right wing, how will Republicans run the House and what do they want to achieve in the new Congress? Sarah Longwell joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The real winners and losers in America's lottery obsession]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Americans spend almost $100 billion a year on state lotteries. Why do so many states receive just a fraction of that money? Jonathan D. Cohen joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 11:29:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The real winners and losers in America's lottery obsession ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Americans spend almost $100 billion a year on state lotteries. Why do so many states receive just a fraction of that money? Jonathan D. Cohen joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Americans spend almost $100 billion a year on state lotteries. Why do so many states receive just a fraction of that money?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[The lottery ticket display behind the counter at College Convenience on Huntington Avenue. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Money Ladies' New Year's guide to the economy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Money Ladies are back. Michelle Singletary and Rana Foroohar will be our guides for what to watch for in your personal finance and national economy this year.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:41:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Money Ladies' New Year's guide to the economy ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Money Ladies are back. Michelle Singletary and Rana Foroohar will be our guides for what to watch for in your personal finance and national economy this year.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Money Ladies are back. Michelle Singletary and Rana Foroohar will be our guides for what to watch for in your personal finance and national economy this year.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 16: People walk by Goldman Sachs headquarters in Manhattan on December 16, 2022 in New York City. Goldman Sachs, the global investment bank, has announced that it plans on cutting up to 8% of its employees early next year as world economies and markets continue to struggle with inflation, the war in Ukraine and China's Covid policies among other issues. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Money Ladies are back. Michelle Singletary and Rana Foroohar will be our guides for what to watch for in your personal finance and national economy this year.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: How climate change is moving the world's forests north]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/02/rebroadcast-how-climate-change-is-moving-the-worlds-forests-north</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Trees are on the move. Because of climate change, the world’s forests are heading north. What does this mean for us and our survival? Ben Rawlence joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2023 11:43:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: How climate change is moving the world's forests north ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Trees are on the move. Because of climate change, the world’s forests are heading north. What does this mean for us and our survival? Ben Rawlence joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Trees are on the move. Because of climate change, the world’s forests are heading north. What does this mean for us and our survival?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[More than money: Solutions for reining in monopoly power]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/30/more-than-money-solutions-for-reining-in-monopoly-power</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: For antitrust reformers, the size and power of companies like Google and Facebook represent more than a threat to consumer welfare. It’s the final episode in our series “More than money." Matt Stoller, Jack Beatty and Carl Shapiro join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:25:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: For antitrust reformers, the size and power of companies like Google and Facebook represent more than a threat to consumer welfare. It’s the final episode in our series “More than money." Matt Stoller, Jack Beatty and Carl Shapiro join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[For antitrust reformers, the size and power of companies like Google and Facebook represent more than a threat to consumer welfare. It’s the final episode in our series “More than money."]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: For antitrust reformers, the size and power of companies like Google and Facebook represent more than a threat to consumer welfare. It’s the final episode in our series “More than money." Matt Stoller, Jack Beatty and Carl Shapiro join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[More than money: Defining American antitrust law, from Bork to Khan]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/29/more-than-money-defining-american-antitrust-law-from-bork-to-khan</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: From Robert Bork's "consumer harm" to Lina Khan's "democratic harm," we discuss the ideas that drive the government's approach to antitrust regulation. Daniel Crane, Barry Lynn and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2022 11:37:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ More than money: Defining American antitrust law, from Bork to Khan ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: From Robert Bork's "consumer harm" to Lina Khan's "democratic harm," we discuss the ideas that drive the government's approach to antitrust regulation. Daniel Crane, Barry Lynn and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From Robert Bork's "consumer harm" to Lina Khan's "democratic harm," we discuss the ideas that drive the government's approach to antitrust regulation. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:17</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: From Robert Bork's "consumer harm" to Lina Khan's "democratic harm," we discuss the ideas that drive the government's approach to antitrust regulation. Daniel Crane, Barry Lynn and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[More than money: Antitrust lessons of the Gilded Age]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The nineteenth century saw the rise of great monopolies. Americans pushed back. What changed? 
We discuss lessons learned from antitrust action in the Gilded Age with Jack Beatty and Charles Postel. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 11:31:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ More than money: Antitrust lessons of the Gilded Age ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The nineteenth century saw the rise of great monopolies. Americans pushed back. What changed?
We discuss lessons learned from antitrust action in the Gilded Age with Jack Beatty and Charles Postel.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The nineteenth century saw the rise of great monopolies. Americans pushed back. What changed? We discuss lessons learned from antitrust action in the Gilded Age.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The nineteenth century saw the rise of great monopolies. Americans pushed back. What changed? 
We discuss lessons learned from antitrust action in the Gilded Age with Jack Beatty and Charles Postel. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Microsoft wanted to acquire Activision-Blizzard for almost $70 billion. Is the mega-merger a new kind of monopoly?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2022 11:37:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ More than money: Microsoft and the big tech question ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Microsoft wanted to acquire Activision-Blizzard for almost $70 billion. Is the mega-merger a new kind of monopoly?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Microsoft wanted to acquire Activision-Blizzard for almost $70 billion. Is the mega-merger a new kind of monopoly?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Microsoft is buying Activision-Blizzard for $68.7 billion to gain access to blockbuster games including Call of Duty and Candy Crush. (Jae C. Hong, File/AP Photo)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:11</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Microsoft wanted to acquire Activision-Blizzard for almost $70 billion. Is the mega-merger a new kind of monopoly?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[More than money: The monopoly on meat]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/26/more-than-money-the-monopoly-on-meat</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Our series "More than money" is an exploration of the hidden power of monopolies in the U.S.
Part I looks at how corporate monopolies dominate the beef industry. 
"It's failed consumers on one end of the supply chain, and it's failed the American family farmer and rancher on the other." Bill Bullard, Claire Kelloway and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 11:35:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Our series "More than money" is an exploration of the hidden power of monopolies in the U.S.
Part I looks at how corporate monopolies dominate the beef industry.
"It's failed consumers on one end of the supply chain, and it's failed the American family farmer and rancher on the other." Bill Bullard, Claire Kelloway and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Our series "More than money" is an exploration of the hidden power of monopolies in the U.S. Part I looks at how corporate monopolies dominate the beef industry. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Jeanie Alderson, a 4th generation rancher from Birney, Montana. (Credit: Northern Plains Resource Council)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:34</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Our series "More than money" is an exploration of the hidden power of monopolies in the U.S.
Part I looks at how corporate monopolies dominate the beef industry. 
"It's failed consumers on one end of the supply chain, and it's failed the American family farmer and rancher on the other." Bill Bullard, Claire Kelloway and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The healing power of music]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Many of us turn to music to feel better. But music can also help us physically heal. Studies show music can affect our blood pressure and our heart rate – and even help us manage pain.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:25:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The healing power of music ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many of us turn to music to feel better. But music can also help us physically heal. Studies show music can affect our blood pressure and our heart rate – and even help us manage pain.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Many of us turn to music to feel better. But music can also help us physically heal. Studies show music can affect our blood pressure and our heart rate – and even help us manage pain. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:03</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Many of us turn to music to feel better. But music can also help us physically heal. Studies show music can affect our blood pressure and our heart rate – and even help us manage pain.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jan. 6 committee report and what the DOJ may do next]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/22/the-jan-6-committee-report-and-what-the-doj-may-do-next</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time in American history, Congress has referred a former president for criminal prosecution. Will the Justice Department bring charges against Donald Trump?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:11:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jan. 6 committee report and what the DOJ may do next ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For the first time in American history, Congress has referred a former president for criminal prosecution. Will the Justice Department bring charges against Donald Trump?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[For the first time in American history, Congress has referred a former president for criminal prosecution. Will the Justice Department bring charges against Donald Trump?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:13</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[For the first time in American history, Congress has referred a former president for criminal prosecution. Will the Justice Department bring charges against Donald Trump?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How the collapse of FTX put the effective altruism movement in jeopardy]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/21/what-is-the-effective-altruism-movement</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was one of the biggest proponents of a philanthropic movement called effective altruism. Where does the movement go from here? Molly White and Richard Chappell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:13:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How the collapse of FTX put the effective altruism movement in jeopardy ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was one of the biggest proponents of a philanthropic movement called effective altruism. Where does the movement go from here? Molly White and Richard Chappell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was one of the biggest proponents of a philanthropic movement called effective altruism. Where does the movement go from here?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Americans are spending less time with friends — and what to do about it]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/20/what-to-do-about-americans-lost-connections</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[Americans are spending more time alone and less time with friends, according to a Census Bureau survey. We hear what's behind the drop in time spent with friends, and why it’s important to reverse the trend.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:43:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Why Americans are spending less time with friends — and what to do about it ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Americans are spending more time alone and less time with friends, according to a Census Bureau survey. We hear what's behind the drop in time spent with friends, and why it’s important to reverse the trend.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Americans are spending more time alone and less time with friends, according to a Census Bureau survey. We hear what's behind the drop in time spent with friends, and why it’s important to reverse the trend.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Before she was a teenager, Achut Deng escaped civil war in South Sudan and life in a Kenyan refugee camp. Until recently, she carried that secret history with her.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:17:10 -0500</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Before she was a teenager, Achut Deng escaped civil war in South Sudan and life in a Kenyan refugee camp. Until recently, she carried that secret history with her.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: Why soccer is so much better in Spanish]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The 2022 World Cup wraps up this weekend in Qatar when Argentina plays France in the final.
Nico Cantor is a soccer broadcaster, primarily for CBS Sports. He’s doing Spanish language commentary for Fútbol de Primera at this World Cup.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 15:44:17 -0500</pubDate>
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Nico Cantor is a soccer broadcaster, primarily for CBS Sports. He’s doing Spanish language commentary for Fútbol de Primera at this World Cup.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The 2022 World Cup wraps up this weekend in Qatar when Argentina plays France in the final. Nico Cantor is a soccer broadcaster. He’s doing Spanish language commentary for Fútbol de Primera at this World Cup.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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Nico Cantor is a soccer broadcaster, primarily for CBS Sports. He’s doing Spanish language commentary for Fútbol de Primera at this World Cup.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Remarkable science: Living to 100 with Blue Zones author Dan Buettner]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/16/remarkable-science-living-to-100-with-blue-zones-author-dan-buettner</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In the third installment of our podcast-only series Remarkable Science, we talk with journalist, author and National Geographic fellow Dan Buettner. 
He's spent more than a decade analyzing 'Blue Zones' — five places where people live the longest, healthiest lives.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 08:33:49 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Remarkable science: Living to 100 with Blue Zones author Dan Buettner ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the third installment of our podcast-only series Remarkable Science, we talk with journalist, author and National Geographic fellow Dan Buettner.
He's spent more than a decade analyzing 'Blue Zones' — five places where people live the longest, healthiest lives.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the third installment of our podcast-only series Remarkable Science, we talk with journalist, author and National Geographic fellow Dan Buettner.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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He's spent more than a decade analyzing 'Blue Zones' — five places where people live the longest, healthiest lives.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Understanding Marjorie Taylor Greene's influence in a Republican-controlled House]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene will be a potent force in the Republican Controlled House. What will she do with her influence? Robert Draper and Tia Mitchell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:36:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene will be a potent force in the Republican Controlled House. What will she do with her influence? Robert Draper and Tia Mitchell join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene will be a potent force in the Republican Controlled House. What will she do with her influence?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Behind the bankruptcy tactic shielding corporate executives from accountability]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/15/corporate-liability-should-this-common-tactic-be-reined-in</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[There is a new bankruptcy tactic being used to shield executives from accountability. Non-debtor releases give corporate leaders -- like the Sackler family and Harvey Weinstein -- immunity from lawsuits for life. Mike Spector and Clifford White III join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:07:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Behind the bankruptcy tactic shielding corporate executives from accountability ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is a new bankruptcy tactic being used to shield executives from accountability. Non-debtor releases give corporate leaders -- like the Sackler family and Harvey Weinstein -- immunity from lawsuits for life. Mike Spector and Clifford White III join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There is a new bankruptcy tactic being used to shield executives from accountability. Non-debtor releases give corporate leaders -- like the Sackler family and Harvey Weinstein -- immunity from lawsuits for life.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Harvey Weinstein and attorney Benjamin Brafman exit State Supreme Court, June 5, 2018 in New York City. Weinstein pleaded not guilty on two counts of rape and one count of a criminal sexual act. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on democracy, social media and how to fix America's 'ailing' institutions]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/14/rebroadcast-social-psychologist-jonathan-haidt-on-democracy-social-media-and-how-to-fix-americas-ailing-institutions</link>
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<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says America is in trouble.
He sees it on college campuses and through social media. 
Haidt joins Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss democracy, social media and how to fix America's 'ailing' institutions.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:20:23 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on democracy, social media and how to fix America's 'ailing' institutions ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says America is in trouble.
He sees it on college campuses and through social media.
Haidt joins Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss democracy, social media and how to fix America's 'ailing' institutions.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says America is in trouble. He sees it on college campuses and through social media. And it's getting worse.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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He sees it on college campuses and through social media. 
Haidt joins Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss democracy, social media and how to fix America's 'ailing' institutions.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Inside one developer's big bet on affordable housing in Los Angeles]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/13/developer-bet-affordable-housing-los-angeles</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A California entrepreneur says he's building affordable homes in South Central LA at half the usual cost. How? By saying no to public funding. Martin Muoto and Mike Loftin join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:19:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Inside one developer's big bet on affordable housing in Los Angeles ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A California entrepreneur says he's building affordable homes in South Central LA at half the usual cost. How? By saying no to public funding. Martin Muoto and Mike Loftin join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A California entrepreneur says he's building affordable homes in South Central LA at half the usual cost. How? By saying no to public funding.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What do American Christians believe about their religion?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/12/what-do-american-christians-believe-about-their-religion</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[When referring to Christians, politicians and the media are often focusing on one group -- politicized evangelicals. But, in truth, they are a small slice of the broad spectrum of American Christianity. Jonathan Tran and Jua Robinson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:31:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What do American Christians believe about their religion? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When referring to Christians, politicians and the media are often focusing on one group -- politicized evangelicals. But, in truth, they are a small slice of the broad spectrum of American Christianity. Jonathan Tran and Jua Robinson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When referring to Christians, politicians and the media are often focusing on one group -- politicized evangelicals. But, in truth, they are a small slice of the broad spectrum of American Christianity.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Understanding J. Edgar Hoover's America]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Former FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover. He hated the American left. Demonized and investigated his critics. But what did the rest of America think about him? Beverly Gage joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2022 12:07:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Understanding J. Edgar Hoover's America ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Former FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover. He hated the American left. Demonized and investigated his critics. But what did the rest of America think about him? Beverly Gage joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Former FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover. He hated the American left. Demonized and investigated his critics. But what did the rest of America think about him?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Mosul, 5 years later: Rebuilding a city from rubble]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/08/mosul-5-years-later-behind-efforts-to-rebuild-the-city-from-the-rubble</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In 2017, the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS razed the city to the ground. Approximately 10,000 civilians died. Their families have spent the past five years trying to bring their city back. Ali Baroodi, Maria Rita Acetoso and Sarhang Hamasaeed join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 12:59:25 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Mosul, 5 years later: Rebuilding a city from rubble ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In 2017, the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS razed the city to the ground. Approximately 10,000 civilians died. Their families have spent the past five years trying to bring their city back. Ali Baroodi, Maria Rita Acetoso and Sarhang Hamasaeed join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In 2017, the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS razed the city to the ground. Approximately 10,000 civilians died. Their families have spent the past five years trying to bring their city back. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Fleeing Iraqi civilians walk past the heavily damaged al-Nuri mosque in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. (Felipe Dana/ AP)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Learning from Mauna Loa: How the volcanic eruption will shape Hawaiian history]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/07/learning-from-the-eruption-of-the-mauna-loa-volcano</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano is erupting for the first time in nearly four decades. A new generation of researchers equipped with new technology are observing the primal forces that continue to shape the planet.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 12:47:23 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Learning from Mauna Loa: How the volcanic eruption will shape Hawaiian history ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano is erupting for the first time in nearly four decades. A new generation of researchers equipped with new technology are observing the primal forces that continue to shape the planet.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano is erupting for the first time in nearly four decades. A new generation of researchers equipped with new technology are observing the primal forces that continue to shape the planet.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What China's zero COVID protests tell us about China today]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/06/what-chinas-zero-covid-protests-tell-us-about-china-today</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[Across China, remarkable public demonstrations against the country’s zero COVID policy. Could this mark the surfacing of deeper discontent in Chinese society? Dr. Yangyang Cheng joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 11:42:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What China's zero COVID protests tell us about China today ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Across China, remarkable public demonstrations against the country’s zero COVID policy. Could this mark the surfacing of deeper discontent in Chinese society? Dr. Yangyang Cheng joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Across China, remarkable public demonstrations against the country’s zero COVID policy. Could this mark the surfacing of deeper discontent in Chinese society?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[People sing slogans while gathering on a street in Shanghai on November 27, 2022. (HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Across China, remarkable public demonstrations against the country’s zero COVID policy. Could this mark the surfacing of deeper discontent in Chinese society? Dr. Yangyang Cheng joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How children are taught to read faces a reckoning]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/05/a-revolution-in-literacy-curriculums-across-the-u-s</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Huge numbers of kids are struggling to read. Why? Because literacy curriculum used in thousands of classrooms doesn’t work. Emily Hanford joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:01:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How children are taught to read faces a reckoning ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Huge numbers of kids are struggling to read. Why? Because literacy curriculum used in thousands of classrooms doesn’t work. Emily Hanford joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Huge numbers of kids are struggling to read. Why? Because literacy curriculum used in thousands of classrooms doesn’t work.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Huge numbers of kids are struggling to read. Why? Because literacy curriculum used in thousands of classrooms doesn’t work. Emily Hanford joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Essential trust: How to rebuild trust in America]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/02/essential-trust-robert-putnam-on-how-to-rebuild-trust-in-america</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Studies show a majority of Americans believe other Americans mostly look out for themselves. With trust on the decline, can it be rebuilt? Robert Putnam and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 11:31:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Essential trust: How to rebuild trust in America ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Studies show a majority of Americans believe other Americans mostly look out for themselves. With trust on the decline, can it be rebuilt? Robert Putnam and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Studies show a majority of Americans believe other Americans mostly look out for themselves. With trust on the decline, can it be rebuilt?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[An abortion rights activist flies an upside down US flag, the international sign of distress, outside of the US Supreme Court during a protest in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2022, two days after the US Supreme Court scrapped half-century constitutional protections for the procedure. - Elected leaders across the US political divide rallied on June 26 for a long fight ahead on abortion -- state by state and in Congress -- with total bans in force or expected soon in half of the vast country. (Photo by Samuel Corum / AFP) (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Studies show a majority of Americans believe other Americans mostly look out for themselves. With trust on the decline, can it be rebuilt? Robert Putnam and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Essential trust: How healthy skepticism builds trust]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/12/01/essential-trust-how-healthy-skepticism-builds-trust</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Trust is essential for survival, for relationships, for a civilized society. But trust needs an ally. We hear why building trust needs a good dose of healthy skepticism, too. Sanford “Sandy” Goldberg, Jack Beatty and Julia Jordan-Zachery join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:05:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Essential trust: How healthy skepticism builds trust ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Trust is essential for survival, for relationships, for a civilized society. But trust needs an ally. We hear why building trust needs a good dose of healthy skepticism, too. Sanford “Sandy” Goldberg, Jack Beatty and Julia Jordan-Zachery join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Trust is essential for survival, for relationships, for a civilized society. But trust needs an ally. We hear why building trust needs a good dose of healthy skepticism, too.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Trust is essential for survival, for relationships, for a civilized society. But trust needs an ally. We hear why building trust needs a good dose of healthy skepticism, too. Sanford “Sandy” Goldberg, Jack Beatty and Julia Jordan-Zachery join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Essential trust: Lessons from Brazil's trust crisis]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Brazilians have low levels of institutional trust. They also have low levels of trust in each other. Why? Chayenne Polimédio and Rafael Ioris join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:01:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Brazilians have low levels of institutional trust. They also have low levels of trust in each other. Why? Chayenne Polimédio and Rafael Ioris join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Brazilians have low levels of institutional trust. They also have low levels of trust in each other. Why?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Brazilians have low levels of institutional trust. They also have low levels of trust in each other. Why? Chayenne Polimédio and Rafael Ioris join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Essential trust: The brain science of trust]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[What happens in our brains when we trust someone? Neuroscientists explain how our brains process trust, and why it's worth the risk. Jamil Zaki and Oriel FeldmanHall join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 12:01:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What happens in our brains when we trust someone? Neuroscientists explain how our brains process trust, and why it's worth the risk. Jamil Zaki and Oriel FeldmanHall join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What happens in our brains when we trust someone? Neuroscientists explain how our brains process trust, and why it's worth the risk.]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:24</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[What happens in our brains when we trust someone? Neuroscientists explain how our brains process trust, and why it's worth the risk. Jamil Zaki and Oriel FeldmanHall join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Essential trust: Trust in the animal kingdom]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/28/essential-trust-trust-in-the-animal-kingdom-jane-goodall</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Jane Goodall formed incredible bonds with chimpanzees in the wild. But were those bonds similar to what we humans experience as trust?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:35:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Essential trust: Trust in the animal kingdom ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Jane Goodall formed incredible bonds with chimpanzees in the wild. But were those bonds similar to what we humans experience as trust?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Jane Goodall formed incredible bonds with chimpanzees in the wild. But were those bonds similar to what we humans experience as trust?]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:23</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: Faces of the 2020 'shecession' today]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/25/first-person-faces-of-the-2020-shecession-today</link>
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<description><![CDATA[From February to May 2020, almost 12 million American women lost their jobs compared to 9 million men, according to Pew Research. But new analysis finds that gender was not the main driver behind those pandemic job losses for women.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 02:30:59 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ First person: Faces of the 2020 'shecession' today ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From February to May 2020, almost 12 million American women lost their jobs compared to 9 million men, according to Pew Research. But new analysis finds that gender was not the main driver behind those pandemic job losses for women.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From February to May 2020, almost 12 million American women lost their jobs compared to 9 million men. But new analysis finds that gender was not the main driver behind those job losses for women.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:19:09</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[From February to May 2020, almost 12 million American women lost their jobs compared to 9 million men, according to Pew Research. But new analysis finds that gender was not the main driver behind those pandemic job losses for women.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: How to save the endangered monarch butterfly]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/25/rebroadcast-how-to-save-the-endangered-monarch-butterfly</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The fragile beauty of the monarch butterfly. Can they be saved?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 11:31:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: How to save the endangered monarch butterfly ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The fragile beauty of the monarch butterfly. Can they be saved?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The fragile beauty of the monarch butterfly. Can they be saved?]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The fragile beauty of the monarch butterfly. Can they be saved?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: How a U.S. Marine and an Afghan interpreter forged a bond of friendship in Afghanistan]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/24/rebroadcast-how-a-u-s-marine-and-an-afghan-interpreter-forged-a-bond-of-friendship-in-afghanistan</link>
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<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Zac Zaki and Tom Schueman join us to talk about the friendship they forged in Afghanistan, and what it took to get Zaki out of Kabul.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:35:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: How a U.S. Marine and an Afghan interpreter forged a bond of friendship in Afghanistan ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Zac Zaki and Tom Schueman join us to talk about the friendship they forged in Afghanistan, and what it took to get Zaki out of Kabul.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Zac Zaki and Tom Schueman join us to talk about the friendship they forged in Afghanistan, and what it took to get Zaki out of Kabul.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:15</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Zac Zaki and Tom Schueman join us to talk about the friendship they forged in Afghanistan, and what it took to get Zaki out of Kabul.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: Journalist Putsata Reang shares an immigrant daughter's story in 'Ma and Me']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/23/rebroadcast-journalist-putsata-reang-shares-an-immigrant-daughters-story-in-ma-and-me</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Journalist Putsata Reang has reported on many wars. Her own life is defined by the war her family escaped. “What did I owe my mother for giving me life?" The question gripped Reang when she decided to tell her mother that she's gay.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 11:29:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: Journalist Putsata Reang shares an immigrant daughter's story in 'Ma and Me' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Journalist Putsata Reang has reported on many wars. Her own life is defined by the war her family escaped. “What did I owe my mother for giving me life?" The question gripped Reang when she decided to tell her mother that she's gay.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Journalist Putsata Reang has reported on many wars. Her own life is defined by the war her family escaped. “What did I owe my mother for giving me life?" The question gripped Reang when she decided to tell her mother that she's gay.]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Journalist Putsata Reang has reported on many wars. Her own life is defined by the war her family escaped. “What did I owe my mother for giving me life?" The question gripped Reang when she decided to tell her mother that she's gay.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What Ticketmaster's Taylor Swift debacle reveals about the music industry's monopoly problem]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/22/ticketmaster-taylor-swift-and-monopolies-in-the-music-business</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Congress has tried for years to reign in this ticketing monopoly. Will Taylor Swift Fans make all the difference? Krista Brown and Andre Barlow join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:59:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What Ticketmaster's Taylor Swift debacle reveals about the music industry's monopoly problem ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Congress has tried for years to reign in this ticketing monopoly. Will Taylor Swift Fans make all the difference? Krista Brown and Andre Barlow join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Congress has tried for years to reign in this ticketing monopoly. Will Taylor Swift Fans make all the difference?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The inventory glut and what it means for your holiday shopping]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/21/the-inventory-glut-and-what-it-means-for-your-holiday-shopping</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Last year at this time, retailers had high demand, but stock was in short supply. This year, that’s turned on its head. So, what does that mean for consumers? G. Tony Bell and Alla Valente join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:43:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The inventory glut and what it means for your holiday shopping ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Last year at this time, retailers had high demand, but stock was in short supply. This year, that’s turned on its head. So, what does that mean for consumers? G. Tony Bell and Alla Valente join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Last year at this time, retailers had high demand, but stock was in short supply. This year, that’s turned on its head. So, what does that mean for consumers?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Workers sort packages by zip code during a media tour of the Amazon AGS5 facility on October 27, 2022 in Appling, Georgia. Amazon, the leading United States retail e-commerce company is preparing for the busy winter holiday season and plans to hire hire 150,000 full-time, seasonal and part-time workers to fulfill orders. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:57</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[An 'invisible epidemic': Survivors of domestic violence on living with traumatic brain injury]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/18/rebroadcast-an-invisible-epidemic-survivors-of-domestic-violence-on-living-with-traumatic-brain-injury</link>
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<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: An 'invisible epidemic' is causing suffering in millions of women. It affects memory, concentration, balance. We discuss traumatic brain injuries in survivors of domestic violence. Eve Valera and Rachel Ramirez join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:35:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ An 'invisible epidemic': Survivors of domestic violence on living with traumatic brain injury ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: An 'invisible epidemic' is causing suffering in millions of women. It affects memory, concentration, balance. We discuss traumatic brain injuries in survivors of domestic violence. Eve Valera and Rachel Ramirez join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[An 'invisible epidemic' is causing suffering in millions of women. It affects memory, concentration, balance. We discuss traumatic brain injuries in survivors of domestic violence.]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:14</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rebroadcast: An 'invisible epidemic' is causing suffering in millions of women. It affects memory, concentration, balance. We discuss traumatic brain injuries in survivors of domestic violence. Eve Valera and Rachel Ramirez join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The economic impact of the pandemic on women]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/17/the-she-cession-and-its-impact-on-the-economy</link>
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<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A new word was coined to describe the economy in the fall of 2020: She-cession. Neat, but maybe too convenient. Claudia Goldin joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:47:24 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The economic impact of the pandemic on women ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A new word was coined to describe the economy in the fall of 2020: She-cession. Neat, but maybe too convenient. Claudia Goldin joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A new word was coined to describe the economy in the fall of 2020: She-cession. Neat, but maybe too convenient.]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<media:description><![CDATA[In this Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, file photo, women fill out job applications at a JobNewsUSA job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. (Lynne Sladky/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:25</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A new word was coined to describe the economy in the fall of 2020: She-cession. Neat, but maybe too convenient. Claudia Goldin joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Split-ticket voters and their impact on the latest election]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/16/split-ticket-voters-and-their-impact-on-the-latest-election</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In a country that’s increasingly polarized – many voters in the midterms said it doesn’t have to be that way. We hear what ticket splitting tells us about what American voters are looking for. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:29:22 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Split-ticket voters and their impact on the latest election ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In a country that’s increasingly polarized – many voters in the midterms said it doesn’t have to be that way. We hear what ticket splitting tells us about what American voters are looking for.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In a country that’s increasingly polarized – many voters in the midterms said it doesn’t have to be that way. We hear what ticket splitting tells us about what American voters are looking for. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A man votes in the 2022 midterm election on Election Day on Nov. 8, 2022 in Lansing, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:33</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What Elon Musk's Twitter takeover means for the social media platform]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/15/what-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-means-for-the-social-media-platform</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk borrowed billions to buy Twitter. Now he has to figure out how to pay all that back. But there’s just one problem. Nilay Patel and Sen. Ed Markey join Anthony Brooks. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:07:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What Elon Musk's Twitter takeover means for the social media platform ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Elon Musk borrowed billions to buy Twitter. Now he has to figure out how to pay all that back. But there’s just one problem. Nilay Patel and Sen. Ed Markey join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Elon Musk borrowed billions to buy Twitter. Now he has to figure out how to pay all that back. But there’s just one problem.]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:35</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Elon Musk borrowed billions to buy Twitter. Now he has to figure out how to pay all that back. But there’s just one problem. Nilay Patel and Sen. Ed Markey join Anthony Brooks. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How to slow down and find some meaningful rest]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/14/how-to-slow-down-and-find-some-meaningful-rest</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In a world where we emphasize productivity and even celebrate busyness, is constant fatigue inevitable? Or – can we learn and practice meaningful rest? Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:05:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How to slow down and find some meaningful rest ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In a world where we emphasize productivity and even celebrate busyness, is constant fatigue inevitable? Or – can we learn and practice meaningful rest? Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In a world where we emphasize productivity and even celebrate busyness, is constant fatigue inevitable? Or – can we learn and practice meaningful rest?]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Many people report their dreams changing with the stages of the pandemic, local dream experts say. (Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Richard Reeves on why the modern male is struggling, and what to do about it]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/11/richard-reeves-gender-equality-boys-school-men</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Are cultural and economic forces changing boyhood, manhood and fatherhood? Richard Reeves says yes, and that many men and boys are struggling.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:53:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Richard Reeves on why the modern male is struggling, and what to do about it ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Are cultural and economic forces changing boyhood, manhood and fatherhood? Richard Reeves says yes, and that many men and boys are struggling.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Are cultural and economic forces changing boyhood, manhood and fatherhood? Richard Reeves says yes, and that many men and boys are struggling.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Are cultural and economic forces changing boyhood, manhood and fatherhood? Richard Reeves says yes, and that many men and boys are struggling.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Children’s hospitals across the U.S. are being overwhelmed by the respiratory infection RSV. Can it be contained, and how? Dr. Meghan Bernier and Saad Omer join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:12:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ RSV: What's behind the surge, and how to contain it ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Children’s hospitals across the U.S. are being overwhelmed by the respiratory infection RSV. Can it be contained, and how? Dr. Meghan Bernier and Saad Omer join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Children’s hospitals across the U.S. are being overwhelmed by the respiratory infection RSV. Can it be contained, and how?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What can we learn from the midterms?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/09/will-disbelief-in-democracy-carry-to-the-polls</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The biggest test of U.S. democracy since Jan. 6, 2021. What do the midterm election results tell us about Americans' belief in democracy and the direction of the nation? Heather Cox Richardson, Stephen Henderson, Tom Bonier, Lisa Desjardins and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:55:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What can we learn from the midterms? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The biggest test of U.S. democracy since Jan. 6, 2021. What do the midterm election results tell us about Americans' belief in democracy and the direction of the nation? Heather Cox Richardson, Stephen Henderson, Tom Bonier, Lisa Desjardins and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The biggest test of U.S. democracy since Jan. 6, 2021. What do the midterm election results tell us about Americans' belief in democracy and the direction of the nation?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Voters inside polling stations. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:19</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Journalist David Wallace-Wells on climate change and climate hope]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/08/climate-uninhabitable-earth-change-alarm-in-a-warming-world</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[After a year of catastrophic weather events, nations have gathered for the COP27 climate conference. The picture is grim, but some climate scientists say they’re encouraged by progress the world has made. David Wallace-Wells joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:59:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Journalist David Wallace-Wells on climate change and climate hope ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[After a year of catastrophic weather events, nations have gathered for the COP27 climate conference. The picture is grim, but some climate scientists say they’re encouraged by progress the world has made. David Wallace-Wells joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[After a year of catastrophic weather events, nations have gathered for the COP27 climate conference. The picture is grim, but some climate scientists say they’re encouraged by progress the world has made. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The growing threat to ballot initiatives]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/07/ballot-measures-about-ballot-measures</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Important ballot measures are at play in the midterms. In some states, voters are being asked to consider limiting their own right to put citizen-sponsored initiatives on future ballots. Neil Volz, Chris Melody Fields Figueredo and Josh Visnaw join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 12:11:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The growing threat to ballot initiatives ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Important ballot measures are at play in the midterms. In some states, voters are being asked to consider limiting their own right to put citizen-sponsored initiatives on future ballots. Neil Volz, Chris Melody Fields Figueredo and Josh Visnaw join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Important ballot measures are at play in the midterms. In some states, voters are being asked to consider limiting their own right to put citizen-sponsored initiatives on future ballots.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A woman drops a ballot into a drop box, casting her vote during Maryland's primary election, Tuesday, July 19, 2022, in Baltimore. (Julio Cortez/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:34</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Colleges’ role in curbing the student debt crisis]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/04/colleges-role-in-helping-curb-the-student-debt-crisis</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Dear Sugars]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The Biden Administration wants to make higher ed more affordable. Why aren't colleges and universities doing more themselves to make getting a degree less expensive? Eric Kelderman and Mitch Daniels join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:43:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Colleges’ role in curbing the student debt crisis ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Biden Administration wants to make higher ed more affordable. Why aren't colleges and universities doing more themselves to make getting a degree less expensive? Eric Kelderman and Mitch Daniels join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Biden Administration wants to make higher ed more affordable. Why aren't colleges and universities doing more themselves to make getting a degree less expensive?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo people walk by Old Main on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Penn.(Gene J. Puskar, File/AP)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Biden Administration wants to make higher ed more affordable. Why aren't colleges and universities doing more themselves to make getting a degree less expensive? Eric Kelderman and Mitch Daniels join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Is customer service bad on purpose?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/03/when-the-gadgets-stop-working-the-nightmare-that-is-customer-service</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Press one. Press two. Try to find a human, but you can’t. Welcome to the nightmare that is customer service. Jeannie Walters and Jared Spool join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2022 12:25:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Is customer service bad on purpose? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Press one. Press two. Try to find a human, but you can’t. Welcome to the nightmare that is customer service. Jeannie Walters and Jared Spool join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Press one. Press two. Try to find a human, but you can’t. Welcome to the nightmare that is customer service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Press one. Press two. Try to find a human, but you can’t. Welcome to the nightmare that is customer service. Jeannie Walters and Jared Spool join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The reality of the drug trade in San Francisco]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/11/02/tenderloin-reality-of-the-drug-trade-in-san-francisco</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[An open-air drug market is thriving San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. We explore what's behind it. Randy Shaw, Leighton Woodhouse and Sam Quinones join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 11:59:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The reality of the drug trade in San Francisco ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[An open-air drug market is thriving San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. We explore what's behind it. Randy Shaw, Leighton Woodhouse and Sam Quinones join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[An open-air drug market is thriving San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. We explore what's behind it.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[An open-air drug market is thriving San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. We explore what's behind it. Randy Shaw, Leighton Woodhouse and Sam Quinones join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The future of affirmative action]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court set a precedent for affirmative action more than 40 years ago. Now that precedent hangs in the balance as the court considers it again.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:37:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The future of affirmative action ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Supreme Court set a precedent for affirmative action more than 40 years ago. Now that precedent hangs in the balance as the court considers it again.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Supreme Court set a precedent for affirmative action more than 40 years ago. Now that precedent hangs in the balance as the court considers it again.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:06</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Supreme Court set a precedent for affirmative action more than 40 years ago. Now that precedent hangs in the balance as the court considers it again.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What we know about the midterm elections, from Colorado to Nevada]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/31/what-we-know-about-the-midterm-elections-from-colorado-to-nevada</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The midterms are right around the corner, and both parties are talking all about the economy. What message will win with voters? Natasha Korecki, Jon Ralston, Bente Birkeland and Chad Livengood join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:43:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What we know about the midterm elections, from Colorado to Nevada ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The midterms are right around the corner, and both parties are talking all about the economy. What message will win with voters? Natasha Korecki, Jon Ralston, Bente Birkeland and Chad Livengood join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The midterms are right around the corner, and both parties are talking all about the economy. What message will win with voters?
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<media:description><![CDATA[A voting sign at East Boston High School polling station. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:21</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The midterms are right around the corner, and both parties are talking all about the economy. What message will win with voters? Natasha Korecki, Jon Ralston, Bente Birkeland and Chad Livengood join Anthony Brooks.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Modern conservatism and its discontents in Britain]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/28/modern-conservatism-and-its-discontents-in-britain</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Britain is on Prime Minister number three, in just the past two months. What's going on with Britain's conservative party, and with the nation they've been elected to lead? Emily Maitlis and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:23:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Modern conservatism and its discontents in Britain ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Britain is on Prime Minister number three, in just the past two months. What's going on with Britain's conservative party, and with the nation they've been elected to lead? Emily Maitlis and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What's going on with Britain's conservative party, and with the nation they've been elected to lead?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss announces her resignation as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party. (Alberto Pezzali/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:25</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Should animals have personhood rights?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/27/should-animals-have-personhood-rights</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[For years, legal activists fought to free their client ... an elephant. Earlier this year, the state's highest court rejected that argument. But the question's now out there: If corporations can have some personhood rights, why not animals, too? David Scheel and Richard Cupp join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:41:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Should animals have personhood rights? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For years, legal activists fought to free their client ... an elephant. Earlier this year, the state's highest court rejected that argument. But the question's now out there: If corporations can have some personhood rights, why not animals, too? David Scheel and Richard Cupp join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[For years, legal activists fought to free their client ... an elephant. Earlier this year, the state's highest court rejected that argument. But the question's now out there: If corporations can have some personhood rights, why not animals, too?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A herd of elephants at the Mashatu game reserve in Mapungubwe, Botswana. Mashatu is a 46,000 hectare reserve located in Eastern Botswana where the Shashe river and Limpopo river meet. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:27</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What's standing in the way of Puerto Rico's recovery]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/26/whats-standing-in-the-way-of-puerto-ricos-recovery</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Puerto Rico is recovering from Hurricane Fiona which hit last month. It’s also still recovering from Hurricane Maria, which hit more than 5 years ago. So, what’s holding back Puerto Rico’s recovery? Adi Martinez-Roman and Deepak Lamba-Nieves join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:47:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What's standing in the way of Puerto Rico's recovery ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Puerto Rico is recovering from Hurricane Fiona which hit last month. It’s also still recovering from Hurricane Maria, which hit more than 5 years ago. So, what’s holding back Puerto Rico’s recovery? Adi Martinez-Roman and Deepak Lamba-Nieves join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Puerto Rico is recovering from Hurricane Fiona which hit last month. It’s also still recovering from Hurricane Maria, which hit more than 5 years ago. So, what’s holding back Puerto Rico’s recovery?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:33</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Puerto Rico is recovering from Hurricane Fiona which hit last month. It’s also still recovering from Hurricane Maria, which hit more than 5 years ago. So, what’s holding back Puerto Rico’s recovery? Adi Martinez-Roman and Deepak Lamba-Nieves join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[First person: Leaving Russia to avoid war in Ukraine]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/25/first-person-leaving-russia-to-avoid-war-in-ukraine</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Timothy Snyder says Russian President Vladimir Putin is vulnerable at home, as Russian men leave to avoid being sent to fight in Ukraine. 
Dmitry Grigoriev is Russian man living in Georgia to avoid mobilization. He shares his story.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:24:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ First person: Leaving Russia to avoid war in Ukraine ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Timothy Snyder says Russian President Vladimir Putin is vulnerable at home, as Russian men leave to avoid being sent to fight in Ukraine.
Dmitry Grigoriev is Russian man living in Georgia to avoid mobilization. He shares his story.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Timothy Snyder says Russian President Vladimir Putin is vulnerable at home, as Russian men leave to avoid being sent to fight in Ukraine. Dmitry Grigoriev is Russian man living in Georgia to avoid mobilization. He shares his story.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Ukrainian soldiers help a fleeing family crossing the Irpin river in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:05:21</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Timothy Snyder says Russian President Vladimir Putin is vulnerable at home, as Russian men leave to avoid being sent to fight in Ukraine. 
Dmitry Grigoriev is Russian man living in Georgia to avoid mobilization. He shares his story.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Historian Timothy Snyder on how war ends in Ukraine]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/25/historian-timothy-snyder-on-how-the-russia-ukraine-war-will-end</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Russia invaded Ukraine eight months ago, seemingly unprepared for the fight Ukraine would put up. Scholar Timothy Snyder answers the question: How will the war in Ukraine end? 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:50:36 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Historian Timothy Snyder on how war ends in Ukraine ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia invaded Ukraine eight months ago, seemingly unprepared for the fight Ukraine would put up. Scholar Timothy Snyder answers the question: How will the war in Ukraine end?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Russia invaded Ukraine eight months ago, seemingly unprepared for the fight Ukraine would put up. Scholar Timothy Snyder answers the question: How will the war in Ukraine end?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Russia invaded Ukraine eight months ago, seemingly unprepared for the fight Ukraine would put up. Scholar Timothy Snyder answers the question: How will the war in Ukraine end? 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[In 'Half American,' historian Matthew Delmont tells the story of World War II from the Black perspective]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/24/how-black-americans-fought-world-war-ii-at-home-and-abroad</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[More than a million Black Americans fought for the United States in World War II. They fought for a double victory: over fascism and over racism. But their fight would continue long after the war ended. Matthew Delmont joins Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:37:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ In 'Half American,' historian Matthew Delmont tells the story of World War II from the Black perspective ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[More than a million Black Americans fought for the United States in World War II. They fought for a double victory: over fascism and over racism. But their fight would continue long after the war ended. Matthew Delmont joins Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[More than a million Black Americans fought for the United States in World War II. They fought for a double victory: over fascism and over racism. But their fight would continue long after the war ended. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[More than a million Black Americans fought for the United States in World War II. They fought for a double victory: over fascism and over racism. But their fight would continue long after the war ended. Matthew Delmont joins Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How the strong U.S. dollar is hurting the global economy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. dollar is soaring against other currencies, adding to fears of a global financial meltdown. When that happened in 1985, governments took action. Could that happen today?
Kenneth Rogoff and Jean-Claude Trichet join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:53:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How the strong U.S. dollar is hurting the global economy ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The U.S. dollar is soaring against other currencies, adding to fears of a global financial meltdown. When that happened in 1985, governments took action. Could that happen today?
Kenneth Rogoff and Jean-Claude Trichet join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The U.S. dollar is soaring against other currencies, adding to fears of a global financial meltdown. When that happened in 1985, governments took action. Could that happen today? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. dollar is soaring against other currencies, adding to fears of a global financial meltdown. When that happened in 1985, governments took action. Could that happen today?
Kenneth Rogoff and Jean-Claude Trichet join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The 'Texas two-step': A controversial legal strategy to avoid corporate liability]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/20/the-texas-two-step-a-new-bankruptcy-strategy-to-avoid-corporate-liability</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Corporations facing massive litigation are using a new legal strategy to avoid liability. It’s known as the Texas two-step. Step one: create a subsidiary and transfer a few assets and all the lawsuits. Step two: The subsidiary files for bankruptcy. Rob Rasmussen, Mike Spector and Leigh O'Dell join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:38:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The 'Texas two-step': A controversial legal strategy to avoid corporate liability ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Corporations facing massive litigation are using a new legal strategy to avoid liability. It’s known as the Texas two-step. Step one: create a subsidiary and transfer a few assets and all the lawsuits. Step two: The subsidiary files for bankruptcy. Rob Rasmussen, Mike Spector and Leigh O'Dell join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Corporations facing massive litigation are using a new legal strategy to avoid liability. It’s known as the Texas two-step. Step one: create a subsidiary and transfer a few assets and all the lawsuits. Step two: The subsidiary files for bankruptcy. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[In this photo illustration a bottle of Johnson & Johnson baby powder is displayed on a table on November 12, 2021 in San Anselmo, California.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:22</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Corporations facing massive litigation are using a new legal strategy to avoid liability. It’s known as the Texas two-step. Step one: create a subsidiary and transfer a few assets and all the lawsuits. Step two: The subsidiary files for bankruptcy. Rob Rasmussen, Mike Spector and Leigh O'Dell join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Big money and big temptation in the world of online chess]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/19/big-money-cheating-scandals-and-the-online-world-of-chess</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Chess is an ancient game of grand masters, now being upended in the digital domain. To add to the upheaval, grand master Hans Niemann has been accused of cheating in more than 100 games. Danny Rensch, Levy Rozman and Anna Cramling join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:01:18 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Big money and big temptation in the world of online chess ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Chess is an ancient game of grand masters, now being upended in the digital domain. To add to the upheaval, grand master Hans Niemann has been accused of cheating in more than 100 games. Danny Rensch, Levy Rozman and Anna Cramling join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Chess is an ancient game of grand masters, now being upended in the digital domain. To add to the upheaval, grand master Hans Niemann has been accused of cheating in more than 100 games.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Chess set ready for players to compete during the 17th edition of the 'Carlos Manzur Simón In Memoriam' Speed Chess Tournament, which takes place at the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY) in Merida.
On Saturday, February 19, 2022, in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:32</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Chess is an ancient game of grand masters, now being upended in the digital domain. To add to the upheaval, grand master Hans Niemann has been accused of cheating in more than 100 games. Danny Rensch, Levy Rozman and Anna Cramling join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial columnist Rana Foroohar's lessons for localizing a global economy in 'Homecoming']]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/18/columnist-rana-foroohars-lessons-for-localizing-a-global-economy-in-homecoming</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[If the U.S. is to be less reliant on global supply chains, businesses and consumers are going to have to change expectations. Rana Foroohar joins us to discuss what it'll really take to rebuild the economy at "home." Rana Foroohar and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:25:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Financial columnist Rana Foroohar's lessons for localizing a global economy in 'Homecoming' ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[If the U.S. is to be less reliant on global supply chains, businesses and consumers are going to have to change expectations. Rana Foroohar joins us to discuss what it'll really take to rebuild the economy at "home." Rana Foroohar and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[If the U.S. is to be less reliant on global supply chains, businesses and consumers are going to have to change expectations. Rana Foroohar joins us to discuss what it'll really take to rebuild the economy at "home."]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Containers are transported at a port in Lianyungang, eastern China's Jiangsu province on January 19, 2016. China's GDP grew at its slowest in a quarter of a century last year, creating pressure for more stimulus policies to ensure a soft landing for the economy that is a crucial driver of global growth. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:21</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[If the U.S. is to be less reliant on global supply chains, businesses and consumers are going to have to change expectations. Rana Foroohar joins us to discuss what it'll really take to rebuild the economy at "home." Rana Foroohar and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Voter roundtable: Listening to Latino voters from across the country]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/17/voter-roundtable-listening-to-hispanic-voters-from-across-the-country</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Political analysts call the Hispanic vote a ‘sleeping giant.’ Most still vote Democratic, but the GOP is gaining ground. We'll listen to Hispanic voters from across the country. Rick Sanchez, Veronica Lopez, Iris Ramos-Jones and Doni Curkendall join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:25:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Voter roundtable: Listening to Latino voters from across the country ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Political analysts call the Hispanic vote a ‘sleeping giant.’ Most still vote Democratic, but the GOP is gaining ground. We'll listen to Hispanic voters from across the country. Rick Sanchez, Veronica Lopez, Iris Ramos-Jones and Doni Curkendall join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Political analysts call the Hispanic vote a ‘sleeping giant.’ Most still vote Democratic, but the GOP is gaining ground. We'll listen to Hispanic voters from across the country.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Supporters cheer as Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden speaks during a drive in rally in Miramar, Florida on October 13, 2020. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:17</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Political analysts call the Hispanic vote a ‘sleeping giant.’ Most still vote Democratic, but the GOP is gaining ground. We'll listen to Hispanic voters from across the country. Rick Sanchez, Veronica Lopez, Iris Ramos-Jones and Doni Curkendall join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What we learned from the Jan. 6th committee's likely final public hearing]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/14/jan-6th-committee-public-hearing-trump</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In the likely final hearing of the January 6th House Committee, the members laid out their key findings – detail after detail. Eric Cortellessa, Elaine Kamarck, Sarah Longwell and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2022 11:43:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What we learned from the Jan. 6th committee's likely final public hearing ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the likely final hearing of the January 6th House Committee, the members laid out their key findings – detail after detail. Eric Cortellessa, Elaine Kamarck, Sarah Longwell and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the likely final hearing of the January 6th House Committee, the members laid out their key findings – detail after detail.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Members of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol vote unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump during a hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on October 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:18</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the likely final hearing of the January 6th House Committee, the members laid out their key findings – detail after detail. Eric Cortellessa, Elaine Kamarck, Sarah Longwell and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Young people think the country's moving in the wrong direction. Will they show up to the polls?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/13/voter-roundtable-young-americans-are-voting-less-why</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Who is least likely to vote in the midterms next month? Young Americans. But are politicians any more likely to listen to young Americans if they don't turn up at the ballot box? Fana Haile-Selassie, Tinisee Buckman and Troy Simpson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:59:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Young people think the country's moving in the wrong direction. Will they show up to the polls? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Who is least likely to vote in the midterms next month? Young Americans. But are politicians any more likely to listen to young Americans if they don't turn up at the ballot box? Fana Haile-Selassie, Tinisee Buckman and Troy Simpson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Who is least likely to vote in the midterms next month? Young Americans. But are politicians any more likely to listen to young Americans if they don't turn up at the ballot box? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA["I voted" stickers by the ballot box at the Boston Public Library. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:18</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Who is least likely to vote in the midterms next month? Young Americans. But are politicians any more likely to listen to young Americans if they don't turn up at the ballot box? Fana Haile-Selassie, Tinisee Buckman and Troy Simpson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/12/pres-biden-wants-to-end-u-s-reliance-on-china-could-beijing-show-us-the-way</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Key parts of our economy and defense rely on imports from China. President Biden wants to end that dependence. On the flipside, President Xi has been trying to untangle China’s economy from ours for years. How’s that working out? Hung Tran and Elaine Dezenski join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:05:31 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Key parts of our economy and defense rely on imports from China. President Biden wants to end that dependence. On the flipside, President Xi has been trying to untangle China’s economy from ours for years. How’s that working out? ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside one developer's big bet on affordable housing in Los Angeles]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/11/los-angeles-affordable-housing-public-funding</link>
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<description><![CDATA[A California entrepreneur says he's building affordable homes in South Central LA at half the usual cost. How? By saying no to public funding. Martin Muoto and Mike Loftin join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:37:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Inside one developer's big bet on affordable housing in Los Angeles ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A California entrepreneur says he's building affordable homes in South Central LA at half the usual cost. How? By saying no to public funding. Martin Muoto and Mike Loftin join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A California entrepreneur says he's building affordable homes in South Central LA at half the usual cost. How? By saying no to public funding.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Chile is a democracy that fell into dictatorship for nearly two decades. What were the warning signs? Robert Funk, Peter Siavelis and Heraldo Muñoz join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:01:18 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What the U.S. can learn from the fall of democracy in Chile ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Chile is a democracy that fell into dictatorship for nearly two decades. What were the warning signs? Robert Funk, Peter Siavelis and Heraldo Muñoz join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Chile is a democracy that fell into dictatorship for nearly two decades. What were the warning signs?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[In its last term the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, limited the authority of the EPA and expanded gun rights. In its new term, the court faces decisions on voting rights, affirmative action, gay rights. Amy Howe, Carolyn Shapiro and Erwin Chemerinsky join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:35:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ A report card on week one of the Supreme Court’s new term ]]></itunes:title>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In its last term the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, limited the authority of the EPA and expanded gun rights. In its new term, the court faces decisions on voting rights, affirmative action, gay rights.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[In 'Illustrated Black History,' artist George McCalman paints Black Americans onto our nation’s canvas]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/06/painting-black-americans-back-onto-our-nations-canvas</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Portraits are about far more than pencil or paint.
But for most of our nation’s history, Black Americans were denied that public honor.
Now, with a collection of 145 portraits of America’s iconic and unsung Black heroes -- one artist is setting out to change that. George McCalman joins Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:24:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ In 'Illustrated Black History,' artist George McCalman paints Black Americans onto our nation’s canvas ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Portraits are about far more than pencil or paint.
But for most of our nation’s history, Black Americans were denied that public honor.
Now, with a collection of 145 portraits of America’s iconic and unsung Black heroes -- one artist is setting out to change that. George McCalman joins Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[With a collection of 145 portraits, an artist sets out to illustrate and elevate America’s Black pioneers. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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But for most of our nation’s history, Black Americans were denied that public honor.
Now, with a collection of 145 portraits of America’s iconic and unsung Black heroes -- one artist is setting out to change that. George McCalman joins Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Long COVID is generally defined as having symptoms that persist for more than four weeks. Hanna Tripp has lived with COVID symptoms since March 2020, just as the pandemic began. Hear her story in today's 'First person' diary. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:28:37 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Long COVID is generally defined as having symptoms that persist for more than four weeks. Hanna Tripp has lived with COVID symptoms since March 2020, just as the pandemic began. Hear her story in today's 'First person' diary.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Long COVID is generally defined as having symptoms that persist for more than four weeks. Hanna Tripp has lived with COVID symptoms since March 2020, just as the pandemic began. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/05/how-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-is-helping-doctors-understand-long-covid</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Americans suffer from long COVID, and doctors still don’t understand it. But researchers who’ve spent decades studying Chronic Fatigue Syndrome say they have some answers. Dr. David Putrino and Dr. Lucinda Bateman join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2022 12:31:09 -0400</pubDate>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Thousands of Americans suffer from long COVID, and doctors still don’t understand it. But researchers who’ve spent decades studying Chronic Fatigue Syndrome say they have some answers.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Voter roundtable: Conservative voters on what's motivating them to vote in the midterms]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/04/voter-roundtable-conservative-voters-on-whats-motivating-them-to-vote-in-the-midterms</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Republicans have a chance to take back the U.S. House and Senate in November’s midterm elections. We sit down with conservative voters across the nation to hear what’s on their minds.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:23:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Voter roundtable: Conservative voters on what's motivating them to vote in the midterms ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Republicans have a chance to take back the U.S. House and Senate in November’s midterm elections. We sit down with conservative voters across the nation to hear what’s on their minds.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Republicans have a chance to take back the U.S. House and Senate in November’s midterm elections. We sit down with conservative voters across the nation to hear what’s on their minds.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Voters cast their ballots on Tuesday at a polling station in Derry, N.H. (Charles Krupa/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:46:55</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Iran's women in revolt]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/03/iran-protests-women-islam-hijab-protests</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Women across Iran have taken to the streets after the death of a young woman in police custody. Their government says it will ‘mercilessly confront’ them: dozens have been killed. Neither side is backing down: what’s next for the women of Iran? 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:37:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Iran's women in revolt ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Women across Iran have taken to the streets after the death of a young woman in police custody. Their government says it will ‘mercilessly confront’ them: dozens have been killed. Neither side is backing down: what’s next for the women of Iran?
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Women across Iran have taken to the streets after the death of a young woman in police custody. Their government says it will ‘mercilessly confront’ them: dozens have been killed. Neither side is backing down: what’s next for the women of Iran?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in support of Amini, a young Iranian woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic's morality police, on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul on September 20, 2022. - Amini, 22, was on a visit with her family to the Iranian capital when she was detained on September 13 by the police unit responsible for enforcing Iran's strict dress code for women, including the wearing of the headscarf in public. She was declared dead on September 16 by state television after having spent three days in a coma. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Women across Iran have taken to the streets after the death of a young woman in police custody. Their government says it will ‘mercilessly confront’ them: dozens have been killed. Neither side is backing down: what’s next for the women of Iran? 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How a Texas law could impact First Amendment rights and content moderation online]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/30/how-a-texas-law-could-impact-first-amendment-rights-and-content-moderation-online</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In Texas, large social media platforms may soon lose the right to moderate their own content. We discuss NetChoice v. Paxton – and how a Texas law could impact First Amendment rights and content moderation online. Alan Rozenshtein and Julie Owono join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 11:47:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ How a Texas law could impact First Amendment rights and content moderation online ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Texas, large social media platforms may soon lose the right to moderate their own content. We discuss NetChoice v. Paxton – and how a Texas law could impact First Amendment rights and content moderation online. Alan Rozenshtein and Julie Owono join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In Texas, large social media platforms may soon lose the right to moderate their own content. We discuss NetChoice v. Paxton – and how a Texas law could impact First Amendment rights and content moderation online.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[In this photo illustration, social media apps are seen on a mobile phone on July 29, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:13</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The danger of being a journalist in Mexico]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/29/the-danger-of-being-a-journalist-in-mexico</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In Mexico, more than a dozen journalists have been murdered a year, every year, for two decades. In 2012, Regina Martinez was one of them. One reporter wanted to know why. Katherine Corcoran joins Kimberly Atkins-Stohr. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 11:53:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The danger of being a journalist in Mexico ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Mexico, more than a dozen journalists have been murdered a year, every year, for two decades. In 2012, Regina Martinez was one of them. One reporter wanted to know why. Katherine Corcoran joins Kimberly Atkins-Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In Mexico, more than a dozen journalists have been murdered a year, every year, for two decades. In 2012, Regina Martinez was one of them. One reporter wanted to know why. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Journalists and supporters protest the murders of their colleagues Lourdes Maldonado and Margarito Martinez, in front of the federal prosecutors building in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on January 25, 2022. - So far in 2022 in Mexico three journalists have been murdered- Lourdes Maldonado, Margarito Martínez, and Jose Luis Gamboa. Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries to practice journalism. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP) (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In Mexico, more than a dozen journalists have been murdered a year, every year, for two decades. In 2012, Regina Martinez was one of them. One reporter wanted to know why. Katherine Corcoran joins Kimberly Atkins-Stohr. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Behind supervised injection sites: A controversial solution to overdose deaths]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/28/the-u-s-with-supervised-drug-injection-sites-to-combat-overdose-deaths</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Only one city in the U.S. has supervised drug injection sites to combat overdose deaths. We discuss a life-saving solution that’s seemingly too controversial. Peter Davidson and Ronda Goldfein join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:59:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Behind supervised injection sites: A controversial solution to overdose deaths ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Only one city in the U.S. has supervised drug injection sites to combat overdose deaths. We discuss a life-saving solution that’s seemingly too controversial. Peter Davidson and Ronda Goldfein join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Only one city in the U.S. has supervised drug injection sites to combat overdose deaths. We discuss a life-saving solution that’s seemingly too controversial.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Only one city in the U.S. has supervised drug injection sites to combat overdose deaths. We discuss a life-saving solution that’s seemingly too controversial. Peter Davidson and Ronda Goldfein join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[America’s climate havens of the future]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/27/americas-climate-havens-of-the-future</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Millions of climate refugees are expected to move north from the South and West in years to come. The mayor of Buffalo, New York says they’ll be welcome. Maria Agosto, Matt Hauer and Beth Gibbons join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:37:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ America’s climate havens of the future ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Millions of climate refugees are expected to move north from the South and West in years to come. The mayor of Buffalo, New York says they’ll be welcome. Maria Agosto, Matt Hauer and Beth Gibbons join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Millions of climate refugees are expected to move north from the South and West in years to come. The mayor of Buffalo, New York says they’ll be welcome.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Millions of climate refugees are expected to move north from the South and West in years to come. The mayor of Buffalo, New York says they’ll be welcome. Maria Agosto, Matt Hauer and Beth Gibbons join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What's behind the recent increase of Venezuelan migrants in Texas]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/26/immigration-surge-of-venezuelan-refugees-in-el-paso-texas</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Every day, U.S. border patrol drops off hundreds of Venezuelan refugees in downtown El Paso. From then on, they’re the city’s responsibility. But why? Uriel Garcia, Molly O'Toole and Niurka Meléndez join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:47:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ What's behind the recent increase of Venezuelan migrants in Texas ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Every day, U.S. border patrol drops off hundreds of Venezuelan refugees in downtown El Paso. From then on, they’re the city’s responsibility. But why? Uriel Garcia, Molly O'Toole and Niurka Meléndez join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Every day, U.S. border patrol drops off hundreds of Venezuelan refugees in downtown El Paso. From then on, they’re the city’s responsibility. But why?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Janell Rodriguez hands out humanitarian aide to migrants from Venezuela who are staying at a hotel provided by the El Paso Office of Emergency Management on September 21, 2022 in El Paso, Texas. The Venezuelans stay for a day or two at the hotel before being sent on to a city where their sponsors live. In recent weeks, Venezuelans have arrived in increasing numbers in El Paso. The city has had to scramble to find housing and other aid for the migrants. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[In 'Secret City,' author James Kirchick traces the unknown history of gay Washington]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/23/rebroadcast-in-secret-city-author-james-kirchick-traces-the-unknown-history-of-gay-washington</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Post-World War II, there was something seen as even worse than being a communist in U.S. politics: being gay. We discuss how lives and careers were lost through decades of bipartisan homophobia. James Kirchick joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:17:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ In 'Secret City,' author James Kirchick traces the unknown history of gay Washington ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Post-World War II, there was something seen as even worse than being a communist in U.S. politics: being gay. We discuss how lives and careers were lost through decades of bipartisan homophobia. James Kirchick joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Post-World War II, there was something seen as even worse than being a communist in U.S. politics: being gay. We discuss how lives and careers were lost through decades of bipartisan homophobia.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[With Russia’s military setbacks in Ukraine, there’s been increasingly open criticism of President Putin and his war. We examine Putin's pressure points. Nikolas Gvosdev and Olga Ivshina join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:41:24 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Pushback in Russia on Putin's war ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[With Russia’s military setbacks in Ukraine, there’s been increasingly open criticism of President Putin and his war. We examine Putin's pressure points. Nikolas Gvosdev and Olga Ivshina join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[With Russia’s military setbacks in Ukraine, there’s been increasingly open criticism of President Putin and his war. We examine Putin's pressure points.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[In ‘Lady Justice,’ Dahlia Lithwick profiles women who used the rule of law to challenge Trumpism]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/21/journalist-dahlia-lithwick-profiles-women-of-courage-in-lady-justice</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Law journalist Dahlia Lithwick profiles female lawyers and judges who challenged the Trump administration in her new book, 'Lady Justice.' 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2022 12:11:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ In ‘Lady Justice,’ Dahlia Lithwick profiles women who used the rule of law to challenge Trumpism ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Law journalist Dahlia Lithwick profiles female lawyers and judges who challenged the Trump administration in her new book, 'Lady Justice.'
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Law journalist Dahlia Lithwick profiles female lawyers and judges who challenged the Trump administration in her new book, 'Lady Justice.']]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Equal-Arm Balance on US Constitution]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:24</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Law journalist Dahlia Lithwick profiles female lawyers and judges who challenged the Trump administration in her new book, 'Lady Justice.' 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/20/rebroadcast-in-work-pray-code-author-carolyn-chen-reflects-on-what-happens-when-we-worship-work</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Many Silicon Valley companies want their software engineers to live for their jobs. And they offer them everything from meals to dry cleaning to spiritual coaches. But is the office really the place to find a life’s worth of fulfillment? Carolyn Chen and Lauren Padron join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:53:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Rebroadcast: In 'Work Pray Code,' author Carolyn Chen reflects on what happens when we worship work ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many Silicon Valley companies want their software engineers to live for their jobs. And they offer them everything from meals to dry cleaning to spiritual coaches. But is the office really the place to find a life’s worth of fulfillment? Carolyn Chen and Lauren Padron join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Many Silicon Valley companies want their software engineers to live for their jobs. And they offer them everything from meals to dry cleaning to spiritual coaches. But is the office really the place to find a life’s worth of fulfillment?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:32</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Essential trust: Trust in the animal kingdom]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/19/essential-trust-trust-in-the-animal-kingdom</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Jane Goodall formed incredible bonds with chimpanzees in the wild. But were those bonds similar to what we humans experience as trust? It's the first episode of our series "Essential trust."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 12:25:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Essential trust: Trust in the animal kingdom ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jane Goodall formed incredible bonds with chimpanzees in the wild. But were those bonds similar to what we humans experience as trust? It's the first episode of our series "Essential trust."
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Jane Goodall formed incredible bonds with chimpanzees in the wild. But were those bonds similar to what we humans experience as trust?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Remarkable science: How to prepare for the fall season of infectious diseases]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/16/remarkable-science-how-to-prepare-for-the-fall-season-of-infectious-diseases</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Our series of podcast-only episodes called Remarkable Science features conversations with scientists about their work, recorded in front of a virtual audience at WBUR’s CitySpace venue in Boston. 
Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University, and Dr. Albert Ko, professor of public health and epidemiology and medicine at Yale, explore how we should all go about living in a time of outbreaks, pandemics and other infectious threats.

About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2022 02:49:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Remarkable science: How to prepare for the fall season of infectious diseases ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our series of podcast-only episodes called Remarkable Science features conversations with scientists about their work, recorded in front of a virtual audience at WBUR’s CitySpace venue in Boston.
Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University, and Dr. Albert Ko, professor of public health and epidemiology and medicine at Yale, explore how we should all go about living in a time of outbreaks, pandemics and other infectious threats.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Our series of podcast-only episodes called Remarkable Science features conversations with scientists about their work, recorded in front of a virtual audience at WBUR’s CitySpace venue in Boston.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University, and Dr. Albert Ko, professor of public health and epidemiology and medicine at Yale, explore how we should all go about living in a time of outbreaks, pandemics and other infectious threats.

About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jackson, Mississippi water crisis and America's crumbling water system]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/16/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis-and-americas-crumbling-water-system-america</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Jackson, Mississippi hasn't had safe drinking water for weeks. The city's mayor says the problem's decades in the making. That makes Jackson a lesson for the entire country. Donna Ladd, Aaron Packman and Catherine Coleman-Flowers join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:05:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Jackson, Mississippi water crisis and America's crumbling water system ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jackson, Mississippi hasn't had safe drinking water for weeks. The city's mayor says the problem's decades in the making. That makes Jackson a lesson for the entire country. Donna Ladd, Aaron Packman and Catherine Coleman-Flowers join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Jackson, Mississippi hasn't had safe drinking water for weeks. The city's mayor says the problem's decades in the making. That makes Jackson a lesson for the entire country. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[President Biden's anti-crime bill: Will it make America safer?]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[President Biden's $37 billion anti-crime plan includes funding to hire 100,000 more police. What's actually in the plan? Richard Rosenfeld and Elie Mystal join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:01:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ President Biden's anti-crime bill: Will it make America safer? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[President Biden's $37 billion anti-crime plan includes funding to hire 100,000 more police. What's actually in the plan? Richard Rosenfeld and Elie Mystal join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[President Biden's $37 billion anti-crime plan includes funding to hire 100,000 more police. What's actually in the plan?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Biden's $37 billion anti-crime plan includes funding to hire 100,000 more police. What's actually in the plan? Richard Rosenfeld and Elie Mystal join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside Europe's energy crisis]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Crime & Justice]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Russia has cut off energy supplies to Europe. It's causing a crisis. How long can Europe hold on? Suriya Jayanti and Tim McPhie join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2022 11:31:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Inside Europe's energy crisis ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia has cut off energy supplies to Europe. It's causing a crisis. How long can Europe hold on? Suriya Jayanti and Tim McPhie join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Russia has cut off energy supplies to Europe. It's causing a crisis. How long can Europe hold on?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:16</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Russia has cut off energy supplies to Europe. It's causing a crisis. How long can Europe hold on? Suriya Jayanti and Tim McPhie join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Can political ads influence the outcome of an election?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/13/do-political-ads-even-work</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The midterms are coming, and your TV's already been flooded with campaign ads. But do the ads even work? Do they sway voters at all? Christopher Warshaw and Dan Bayens join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2022 11:59:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Can political ads influence the outcome of an election? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The midterms are coming, and your TV's already been flooded with campaign ads. But do the ads even work? Do they sway voters at all? Christopher Warshaw and Dan Bayens join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The midterms are coming, and your TV's already been flooded with campaign ads. But do the ads even work? Do they sway voters at all?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:27</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The midterms are coming, and your TV's already been flooded with campaign ads. But do the ads even work? Do they sway voters at all? Christopher Warshaw and Dan Bayens join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Solutions and next steps in saving the U.S. postal service]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[This year, Congress actually came up with a solution to help the U.S. Postal Service. A bipartisan bill passed that's the biggest financial reform of the Post office in 20 years. What's been fixed? Jacob Bogage and Paul Steidler join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:05:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Solutions and next steps in saving the U.S. postal service ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This year, Congress actually came up with a solution to help the U.S. Postal Service. A bipartisan bill passed that's the biggest financial reform of the Post office in 20 years. What's been fixed? Jacob Bogage and Paul Steidler join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This year, Congress actually came up with a solution to help the U.S. Postal Service. A bipartisan bill passed that's the biggest financial reform of the Post office in 20 years. What's been fixed?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[United States Postal Service mail carrier Frank Colon delivers mail amid the coronavirus pandemic in El Paso, Texas. (Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:27</itunes:duration>
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About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Bin Laden papers, and the inside story of al-Qaida's fall]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/09/the-bin-laden-papers-and-the-inside-story-of-al-qaedas-fall</link>
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<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[One decade and 6,000 pages of documents later, the Bin Laden papers have upended our understanding of al-Qaida. Nelly Lahoud joins Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 12:11:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ The Bin Laden papers, and the inside story of al-Qaida's fall ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One decade and 6,000 pages of documents later, the Bin Laden papers have upended our understanding of al-Qaida. Nelly Lahoud joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[One decade and 6,000 pages of documents later, the Bin Laden papers have upended our understanding of al-Qaida.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Los Angeles-area newspapers headline the death of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. (Nick Ut/AP)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:25</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[One decade and 6,000 pages of documents later, the Bin Laden papers have upended our understanding of al-Qaida. Nelly Lahoud joins Meghna Chakrabarti. 
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Censorship wars: Why have several communities voted to defund their public libraries?]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/08/censorship-wars-defund-public-libraries</link>
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<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Some school libraries have been forced to remove controversial books. The threat now is on public libraries, where some communities have recently taken another step -- they've voted to defund their local libraries. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Patrick Sweeney and George M. Johnson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2022 12:13:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Censorship wars: Why have several communities voted to defund their public libraries? ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Some school libraries have been forced to remove controversial books. The threat now is on public libraries, where some communities have recently taken another step -- they've voted to defund their local libraries. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Patrick Sweeney and George M. Johnson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Some school libraries have been forced to remove controversial books. The threat now is on public libraries, where some communities have recently taken another step -- they've voted to defund their local libraries.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Banned books are visible at the Central Library, a branch of the Brooklyn Public Library system, in New York City on Thursday, July 7, 2022. The books are banned in several public schools and libraries in the U.S., but young people can read digital versions from anywhere through the library. The Brooklyn Public Library offers free membership to anyone in the U.S. aged 13 to 21 who wants to check out and read books digitally in response to the nationwide wave of book censorship and restrictions. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:31</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some school libraries have been forced to remove controversial books. The threat now is on public libraries, where some communities have recently taken another step -- they've voted to defund their local libraries. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Patrick Sweeney and George M. Johnson join Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Education reporter Anya Kamenetz on how the pandemic changed public education]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/07/education-reporter-anya-kamenetz-on-how-the-pandemic-changed-public-education</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic completely upended children’s lives as they knew it. What did they lose? We talk to a longtime education reporter about how the pandemic changed her view of public education. Anya Kamenetz joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:13:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ Education reporter Anya Kamenetz on how the pandemic changed public education ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic completely upended children’s lives as they knew it. What did they lose? We talk to a longtime education reporter about how the pandemic changed her view of public education. Anya Kamenetz joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic completely upended children’s lives as they knew it. What did they lose? We talk to a longtime education reporter about how the pandemic changed her view of public education.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Third Grade students participate in the US National Anthem at Highland Elementary School in Las Cruces, New Mexico on March 4, 2022. - In late January, amid staffing shortages due to COVID-19, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham called in National Guard soldiers to fill the rolls of substitute teachers in order to avoid shutting down schools and making children return to remote learning. (Photo by Paul Ratje / AFP) (Photo by PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:34</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic completely upended children’s lives as they knew it. What did they lose? We talk to a longtime education reporter about how the pandemic changed her view of public education. Anya Kamenetz joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[In 'Survival of the Richest,' author Douglas Rushkoff examines the escape plans of the tech elite]]></title>
<link>https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/09/06/survival-of-the-richest</link>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[WBUR]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[In Douglas Rushkoff’s latest book: “Survival of the Richest," we hear how the tech elite are planning to escape the destruction they had a hand in creating.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 12:29:58 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:title><![CDATA[ In 'Survival of the Richest,' author Douglas Rushkoff examines the escape plans of the tech elite ]]></itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Douglas Rushkoff’s latest book: “Survival of the Richest," we hear how the tech elite are planning to escape the destruction they had a hand in creating.
About:
On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In Douglas Rushkoff’s latest book: “Survival of the Richest," we hear how the tech elite are planning to escape the destruction they had a hand in creating.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<media:description><![CDATA[SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gives an update on the next-generation Starship spacecraft at the company's Texas launch facility on September 28, 2019 in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas. The Starship spacecraft is a massive vehicle meant to take people to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. (Photo by Loren Elliott/Getty Images)]]></media:description>
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<itunes:duration>00:47:11</itunes:duration>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In Douglas Rushkoff’s latest book: “Survival of the Richest," we hear how the tech elite are planning to escape the destruction they had a hand in creating.
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.]]></content:encoded>
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