2009 March | Here & Now

A New Day for GM, Green Monster?, April Fools’ Computer Worm, Can Robots Help Autistic Children?, Balkan Rocker

We speak with one professor about his use of robots to help autistic children. Also- a mother on how robots have affected her autistic son.

Automakers Fail Test, Is the U.S. Another Argentina?, Flight to Mars Experiment, The Hallucinogenic Herb Salvia Divinorum, Earth, Wind and Fire’s Philip Bailey

Geithner Back on Capitol Hill, Can Beijing Stop the Buck?, Sweet Sixteen with Bill Littlefield, The Alaska Pipeline and Governor Palin, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

Delicate Diplomacy in Mexico, Atul Gawande on Solitary Confinement, Prepaid Tuition Plans in a Bad Economy, Ubiquitous Chinese Restaurants.

Bank Bailout Plan, Addiction in America, Exxon Valdez Plus 20, The Birthplace of Payday Lending, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

TARP, Part 2, Lessons From a Massachusetts School, Medical Records, Supreme Court Considers ‘Hillary: The Movie’, Financial Planner Advises Adding to 401k Plans, Alaskan Volcano and the Death of a Reality TV Star

Obama Video Message to Iran, Paroled Child Killer Moves into Pastor’s Home, Russia’s Military, Dying to be Thin, Obama Communication Problems, White House Vegetable Garden

Geithner’s Fate, Obama TV, Detainees Speak about ‘Black Sites’, Questions about Prostate Cancer Screenings, Economic Stories From the Mississippi Delta, Mexican Gangs and Love in ‘Sin Nombre’

Compensation at AIG, Renewing Detroit, Pope Benedict XVI Visits Africa, West Side Story Returns

A Detroit couple has started buying up foreclosed properties in Detroit with an eye to art and the environment.

Wall Street Bonuses, Economy and Security, Sheriff Halts Foreclosure Evictions, Life in Baghdad, The Future of Newspapers, The Return of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Sort of

Madoff Scandal, 10 Big Ideas, Stability In Pakistan?, Death on a Factory Farm, Rihanna and Chris Brown: Kids React

Why are nearly a hundred massive, yellow freight cars sitting idle in New Castle, Indiana?

What to Make of the Week’s Stock Market Rallies?, Biden’s Economic Advisor on the Economic Crisis and the Middle Class, Hospital CEO Calls for Pay Cuts to avoid Layoffs, March Madness Preview, Echoes of Dusty Springfield

Overseas Adoptions, An Adoptive Father’s Story, Gray Wolf De-Listing, Wildfire Strategy, McFlurries Anyone?

Madoff Victim, Public Pension Plans, Teaching Kids Financial Literacy, Security in Iraq, Return of the Troubles?, Pepping up Winter Cooking

Kathy Gunst takes us to the kitchen to spice up our winter cooking.

Creative Solutions to Congestion, Wind Technology Boot Camp, Should D.C. Residents Have a Vote in Congress?, Madoff in Court, Is It Ever Wrong to Do the Right Thing?

President Obama Reverses Stem Cell Ban, Sri Lanka Civil War, Airline Fare: How Low Can They Go?, Abandoned Freight Cars, Anne Heaton “Jumps” Right In