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Femi Oke

New Podcast: ‘Chatter From America’ Featuring Stephen Merchant

The Takeaway is launching a new podcast series with a distinct UK flavor, or as the English would write “flavour.”   Chatter from America is an irreverent review of news and life in the United States, co-hosted by three ex-pat Brits. Every week The Economist’s Matthew Bishop, Henry Timms from New York’s famous 92nd Street Y […]

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New York City airports ready to resume operations after Hurricane Irene

Environment

A Nigerian Royal ‘Mum’ On The Royal Wedding

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The race to achieve millennium development goals by 2015

Global Politics
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World Cup 2010: rooting for South Africa in New York

Arts, Culture & Media
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Takeouts: USAID, NFL, civil rights on MLK day

Arts, Culture & Media

Weekday, morning drive-time, live news program for engaged listeners (ongoing)

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Takeouts: the week, Congress, Haitian community

Global Politics

GOOD WEEK/BAD WEEK: Our regulary segment with The Week Magazine. We reflect on the past seven days to see who had a good week and who didn’t. We’ll take your nominees anytime. CONGRESS TAKEOUT: Lawmakers, labor leaders, and President Obama were on Capitol Hill last nigth saying significant progress has been made towards a final […]

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Grim scene on the ground in Haiti

Environment

The situation on the ground is grim. We hear from Christina Boyle a reporter for The Daily News who landed in Port-au-Prince last night. We also talk to Takeaway contributor Femi Oke, who spent the evening with Haitian immigrants in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

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Holiday shoppers surge, safely, to sales

Business, Economics and Jobs

Last Thanksgiving, a crowd of thousands crushed into a Wal-Mart store in search of holiday sales, killing a 34-year old man. That incident has made stores around the country look at ways to keep customers and staff safe this shopping season.

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Takeouts: Oprah announces end of show, college basketball, Michelle Obama dolls

Business, Economics and Jobs

Media Takeout: Oprah Winfrey’s production company announced an end date for her talk show: September 9, 2011, Winfrey will reportedly start her own cable channel. Brian Stelter, who writes the Media Decoder blog for The New York Times, tells us whether this apparent end is really just a new begininng. Sports Takeout: Our own Ibrahim […]