Guest: Mark Mazzetti, The New York Times

Guest: Martin Plaut, BBC

Guest: Maggie Jackson, journalist and author of "Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age"

What is the future of Iraq? And what is America’s role in it? As part of The Takeaway's ongoing conversation, John and Adaora talk with Paul Hughes, Senior Program Officer at the United States Institute for Peace.

Pixar's latest movie, WALL-E, is an environmental fable about a lonely robot who is left to clean up the rusty debris of a vacant Earth. Two real-life Wallys review the film for The Takeaway.

An article in Atlantic Monthly magazine has kicked off a firestorm of controversy. Author Hanna Rosin ties the demolition of public housing projects to a rise in crime in the city of Memphis. Rosin’s critics say she uses circumstantial evidence to unfairly implicate former residents of public housing.

Guest: Liz Blunt, BBC