June 13, 2008 
North America, Politics , International , The Supreme Court, National , Terrorism and Security, Legal Affairs, Military
Supreme Court grants Guantánamo Bay detainees access to civilian court system
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Kent DePinto
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that suspected terrorists detained at a prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have the constitutional right to contest their detentions in U.S. civilian courts. Human rights lawyer Barbara Olshanski, who argued before the Supreme Court in a 2004 Guantánamo case, dissects Thursday's decision.
North America, Science
Flooding in Iowa
By John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji
View a slideshow of Iowa flooding photos on Flickr.
North America, Politics , International , The Supreme Court, National , Terrorism and Security, Legal Affairs, Military
The rights of military prison detainees
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Kent DePinto
Science , Space
The Takeaway... in... spaaaaaace... A NASA telescope looks at gamma-ray mysteries
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Chelsea Merz
This was a busy week for space news watchers. The GLAST gamma-ray space observatory blasted off, the International Astronomical Union dubbed dwarf planets "plutoids" in honor of the once-planet Pluto, and the Phoenix Mars Lander scooped up Martian dirt. The Takeaway goes behind these headlines with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium and host of NOVA ScienceNOW.
The Media, Business and Economy
Looking at new economic numbers amid a possible recession
By John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji
A mixed bag of economic indicators and the struggles of independent bank Lehman Brothers this week have resuscitated fears of recession. The Takeaway gets the perspective of The New York Times’s David Leonhardt.
Culture, Arts and Entertainment , Movies
Hulk SMASH! onto silver screen and physicist REVIEW! movie
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Jim Colgan
The Incredible Hulk, the do-over of 2003's Hulk, opens this weekend. The Takeaway sent nuclear physicist Tim Halpin-Healy, who (we think) has no anger management issues, to a press screening.
North America, Theater and Dance, Culture, Arts and Entertainment
The Takeaway goes Broadway for the 2008 Tony Awards
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Leo Duran
The Tony winners will be announced this Sunday, and one of the big prizes is Best New Musical. There are two front runners, "In the Heights" and "Passing Strange." They don’t sound like your grandparents’ musicals, either, because they’re shows that mix genres such as hip-hop and rock. John and Adaora talk to Jack Grace about the race and why the creator of one of the productions says he shouldn’t win.
Culture, Arts and Entertainment , Movies
The mother of all movie trailers: The Incredible Hulk, The Happening, and more
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Jim Colgan
This Monday, we want to highlight your thoughts on the weekend's biggest releases: The Incredible Hulk and The Happening.
Record your comment by calling 1-877-8-MY-TAKE. Spell your name and Web site so we can link to it. There's a 60 second limit on the call, so you probably won't have more than 125 words.
Or... Email an MP3 to mytake@thetakeaway.org. Include your name and Web site so we can link to it.
What to include in your review
By Sunday at 3 p.m. Eastern, tell us two things about whichever movie you saw (or avoided seeing):
1. ONE-PHRASE CAPSULE REVIEW -- IT'S QUICK AND EASY!
Say, "It was __________." Put an adjective or capsule review in the blank: "Good," "terrible," "a waste of money," "smashingly awesome," "not 'happening' for me," "a tradeoff between going to a movie with bad reviews or renting The Sixth Sense. I chose the Sixth
North America, Politics , International , The Supreme Court, National , Terrorism and Security, Legal Affairs, Military
Debating the writ of habeas corpus for Guantánamo detainees
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Kent DePinto
The Supreme Court ruled that suspected terrorists detained at a prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to contest their detention via U.S. civilian courts. Glenn Greenwald (Salon.com blogger and Bush administration critic) and Jed Babbin (Human Events editor and former deputy undersecretary of defense under President George H. W. Bush) take two views on the decision.
The Internet and Software, North America, Technology, Science ,
Iowaflood.com tracks flooding in Iowa through multimedia
By John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji
Watch a collection of video and images on Andy Brudtkuhl's iowaflood.com and view a slideshow of Iowa flooding photos on Flickr.
The show is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International,
in collaboration with The BBC World Service, New York Times Radio and WGBH Boston.
