The Takeaway: Story of the Day Podcast
1) MLK's Original 'I Have A Dream' Speech
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview. We all know Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech—it’s remembered nearly every January, when we celebrate the federal holiday de...Show More
2) Actor James Gandolfini Dead at 51
HBO's "The Sopranos" changed television, it changed the entertainment industry and actor James Gandolfini himself changed the character of the Italian-American made guy. News broke late Wednesday that...Show More
3) Immigrant Families Torn Apart by Deportation
In the small Mexican town of Malinalco Takeaway host John Hockenberry met Hermelinda Medina Millan. In April, 1997 when she and her husband first decided to migrate north, cross the border, and enter ...Show More
4) Was the I.R.S. Correct to Flag Certain Organizations for Additional Review?
Was the I.R.S. correct to flag certain organizations applying for tax-exempt status for additional review? New analysis from The New York Times finds that in many cases groups singled out by the IRS m...Show More
Was the I.R.S. Correct to Flag Certain Organizations for Additional Review?
08:18 | May 29th, 2013
5) The Mayor of Oklahoma City on How His City is Coping
Yet again the mayor of Oklahoma City has been tested and challenged by tragic circumstances. The latest giant tornado to strike the Oklahoma City area and its suburbs on Monday destroyed entire neighb...Show More
6) Why We Stay When We Know We Should Leave
We’ve all found ourselves in bad situations, and chosen not to get out. On a personal level, those situations might be a bad jobs or unfulfilling relationships. On a bigger level, they might be intern...Show More
7) Star Trek: Past, Present and Future
They vowed to go where no one has gone before. But can the crew of the Enterprise really go new places without paying tribute to the old? And what are those old places that brought us to where we are ...Show More
8) Sexual Assault in the Military: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s Proposals for Change
A recent Pentagon report demonstrates the severity of the problem: based on anonymous surveys, the Defense Department estimates that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in fiscal ye...Show More
Sexual Assault in the Military: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s Proposals for Change
0:00 | May 16th, 2013
9) Selling the Affordable Care Act
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act is the responsibility of the Department of Health and Human Services, which largely writes the regulations; oversees notifying hospitals and providers abo...Show More
10) Isabella Rossellini's 'Mammas'
This Sunday marks a year since last Mother’s Day, and while many of us say thanks in the form of a card, a text or a bunch of flowers, celebrated actress, model and environmental activist Isabella Ros...Show More