Delegates from around the world are in Doha this week for UN talks on climate change. With the Kyoto Protocol set to expire this year, countries will discuss plans for a new climate deal to begin in 2015, but there are already fears that talks may be derailed over a dispute regarding funding. Roger Harrabin is the BBC's environment correspondent, and he says the lack of political engagement is also hurting the chances of a successful climate change deal in Doha. 

Climate change never found its way into the 2012 presidential campaign, but college students across dozens of campuses have launched a campaign of their own. Their goal is to divest university endowments of holdings in fossil fuel companies.

Twenty years ago this month, Palestinians and Israelis managed to come together in secret talks that concluded with the Oslo Accords the following September. Ron Pundak served as chief negotiator for Israel throughout the Oslo peace process. He says that when talks began in December 1992, Israelis and Palestinians "never thought it would take so long, or that the hurdles would be so huge."

We all have them in our families: the black sheep, the eccentric relative who breaks from the norm, who may become the butt of jokes, or is whispered about at the dinner table. As we approach the holidays, Takeaway listeners share their family stories, along with host John Hockenberry.

Today, the Golden Spike Company is expected to announce their plans to become the first commercial enterprise to undertake a private flight to the moon. Co-founder Doug Griffith discusses the the company's plans. 

In 1939, just weeks before England was pulled into World War II, a historic meeting took place between King George VI of England and the president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was the first time that a sitting British royal had ever visited the U.S. and the king, fearing the impending threat of Germany, was eager to gain the president’s support. The story of this meeting is depicted in the new movie “Hyde Park on Hudson.”

We all have that member of the family who doesn’t quite live up to the family name. Maybe it’s an aunt who drinks too much or a cousin who has a rap sheet. Maybe it’s a black sheep who can’t quite get his life together. Maybe it’s even you. In Marc Asnin’s family, that person is his godfather, Charles Henschke.