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Program Information

Airs: Monday - Friday 8:00 PM- 10:00 PM
Host: Tom Ashbrook
Produced by: NPR/WBUR
Link: On Point
Contact: onpoint@wbur.org


Today on On Point

8:00 PM - Week in the News

Obama abroad. McCain on the homefront. The House passes a housing bill. Karadzic caught. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Guests:
Gerald Seib - assistant managing editor at The Wall Street Journal, he writes the "Capital Journal" column and is co-author of "Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power"
Michael Kranish - Washington correspondent for The Boston Globe
Jack Beatty - On Point news analyst and senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly

9:00 PM - The Marriage Benefit

A defense of marriage. A new book says staying in that long-term relationship can give purpose and meaning.

Guests:
Mark O'Connell - psychologist, clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School, and author of "The Marriage Benefit: The Surprising Rewards of Staying Together"

On Point, Monday-Friday from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM on WUSF 89.7(2), your NPR Station.


Show Description and Host Information

Tom Ashbrook

On Point covers each day's important news developments and conducts conversations with newsmakers and thinkers from all around the world. On Point host Tom Ashbrook, combines his journalistic instincts with a listener's openness and curiosity to dig past the surface and into the core of a subject, exposing each of its real world implications.

News analyst Jack Beatty, Senior Editor at the Weekly Atlantic Monthly, also guides the program by providing his own unique perspective to the conversation.