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Hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti, On Point is a unique, curiosity-driven combination of original reporting, newsmaker interviews, first-person stories, and in-depth analysis, making the world more intelligible and humane. When the world is more complicated than ever, we aim to make sense of it together. On Point is produced by WBUR.
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Americans are now more likely to use cannabis than alcohol on a daily basis. But as cannabis use continues to climb, are research and policies keeping up?
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty has been finding his own sense of spiritual fullness in poetry, inspired by philosopher Charles Taylor’s recent book, Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment.
Argentina's president Javier Milei cut 30,000 government jobs. The country’s inflation rate dropped more than 20%, but poverty is soaring.
Trump advisors Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy celebrate Milei as the perfect model to slash government in the U.S.
UnitedHealth is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company misused AI to deny specific insurance claims.
The suit raises questions about how health care companies use AI and how it affects the care people receive.
Three term Democratic Representative Andy Kim is now New Jersey's newest Senator. He’s been listening to Americans who supported both himself and President-elect Donald Trump. His lessons from those conversations.
The New York Police Department says it utilizes the largest networks of cameras, license plate readers and radiological sensors in the world.
So, how did the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s alleged killer manage to escape the city before his arrest in Pennsylvania?
2On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Secretary of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer and what that could mean for American workers.
Trump has said America should have its own Bitcoin stockpile and even created his own cryptocurrency company. Crypto fans are cheering the incoming administration, but others worry this could be a dangerous scam.
Homelessness is on the rise. So are encampment sweeps. What does this mean for our cities and the people living on their streets? It’s our latest collaboration with the investigative newsroom, ProPublica.
Conservative politics and labor advocacy don't often go hand in hand, unless you are columnist Sohrab Ahmari.
Ahmari says conservative politicians have the chance to change material conditions for workers. And labor advocates have the chance to forge a new political path.
In 'We Have Never Been Woke,' sociologist Musa al-Gharbi argues the so-called “woke elite” pursue two conflicting desires – to be elite and egalitarian. But the desire to be elite always wins, hurting the communities they vow to help.
South Korea recently declared and then lifted martial law for the first time in more than 40 years. What led to it -- and what it tells us about the state of democracy in a key U.S. ally.
For the first time in decades, drug overdose deaths are decreasing in the U.S. Federal data show a roughly 15% drop from 2023 to 2024. What's driving the decline?
Robbie Parker lost his daughter Emilie in the Sandy Hook School shooting more than a decade ago. Parker is still battling Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist who claimed the shooting was staged.
Meghna has a family tale to tell about why the Jackpod is extending its Thanksgiving break.
Rebroadcast: 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?
The Republican commissioner says his top priority is to bring down the “censorship cartel." What will his plan mean for the future of the internet?
Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat was one of many who warned about Trump and his authoritarian leanings. But this didn’t seem to matter for the nearly 77 million Americans who voted for him. What conversations about authoritarianism should we be having in the U.S.?
Developers of Artificial Intelligence have made big promises about how transformational AI will be. But what it can really deliver may be something else — and that difference could impact your life.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised tax-free Social Security benefits. No taxes mean more money for individuals – but fewer funds going into the Social Security pool. A look inside how Social Security really works to figure out how best to save it.
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consider doing a podcast on the world and local population. your show and other media nibble at the edges like your conversations on migration and declining birthrates. what is the goal? how many people? Shall we continue to displace forests and farmland with densely placed people? until they are gone? Population is a causal factor in housing, hunger, global warming and more. I believe we should talk about it.
Conservative Christian fundamentalism exhibits a disheartening lack of critical thinking.
It's infuriating when folks say we need to increase Social Security payments to "save" it. We could actually lower contributions by removing the cap for rich people. They need to pay their fair share instead of relying on the backs of working-class Americans. While we're at it, let's ditch this greed-driven healthcare system for a nationalized one. Our current setup treats basic needs like luxury items, prioritizing profits over care.
we don't have to work today. that is what makes us human. we can say fuck you. today or another we shall overcome.
what is up with the description and picture for this episode?
If you asked that question in any sport and one side refused to accept the outcome of the competition, it's disqualifying. Period.
So, Biden can't get the facts out about what he's accomplished because of his antler problem and you spend so much time talking about his antlers! I'm glad you finally got to how this is comparing apples to kumquats.
Such an interesting topic and discussion!
a hopeful deacon who wants to work with boyscouts? hide your sons.
The problem is overwhelming because of animal agriculture! 50% of water use in the US is for animal agriculture. It also uses 83% of US farmland, causes 60% of global warming yet only provides 18% of total calories.
Now listened to this program twice and still just as incensed. The author assumes a post feminist world when we still have a very long way to go. I personally am from a family where the males are catered to and females are on their own! I make half as much money as my partner when I have a masters degree, he has "some college." What is the distribution of male versus female top executives even now in 2023.? Maybe if we stop catering to men and boys and favoring then. Realize we're finally in a society where the bar isn't kept artificially low for men at the cost of women, we'll see change!? It's women who have always carried society, we're just now seeing the results of a society where women aren't financially shackled to a lifestyle of servitude!
outstanding
The guest states that 80% of water use is from agriculture, but how much of that is specifically animal agriculture. In the U.S., 50% of all water use is for animal agriculture only. The amount of water it takes to make just one lb of meat is equal to the average American showering for 4-5 months! Reducing meat consumption can help with the water scarcity issue in the west!
Disappointed! Talked only about black victimhood while not addressing "replacement theory" in it's modern context at all.
they really pummeled this guy when I feel he had some good points.
absolutely excellent worth a listen
Most insightful program I have heard in a very long time.
They missed a real opportunity here. Why do politicians and academics always want to throw money at a problem!? How's about they work on generational poverty by ensuring less disparity in education? Some common sense programming like I had in school, how to balance a checkbook, pay taxes...add in job skills etc. I personally grew up in desperate poverty, left home to join the military at 17 pursued college and a career now have a master's degree and 18 year career under my belt. These things are not learned through osmosis, had I not had these experiences in my education I would have had zero life skills too...wealthy and upper middle class people don't realize that not every one has a dad who takes them aside to learn how to pay bills or change a tire! The problem is the policy makers have no personal experience with these issues. The first caller was correct just listen to the half baked lifestyle of "Violet" she is on her FIFTH child!!!!! But insists on doing a "fun" job while her h
I really dislike these first person additions to the feed. I heard the person during the regular program, I don't want to sit through it again. I'd just go past it, but it always seems to happen while I'm driving. I wonder if there's a way to filter it out.
Strange timing to invite this discussion. Strange to listen to the shadenfreude of your Kenyan satirist while the country at such a serious moment.