http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/jul/01/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway070108a.mp3 An update on the California fires http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/jul/01/an-update-on-the-california-fires/ true 5658 segment California is ablaze with more than 1,200 wildfires. The flames, touched off by lightning, are threatening the resort town of Big Sur. As the fires rage into their second week, Jason Kirchner, of the U.S. Forest Service in California, says this could be the largest number of concurrent fires in the http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway070108b.mp3 Where in the world is John McCain... and why? http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/jul/01/where-in-the-world-is-john-mccain-and-why/ true 10285 segment Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain travels to Columbia and Mexico this week... and many people are asking why. The Takeaway looks at what McCain hopes to achieve there and opportunities for the senator to make headlines. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway070108c.mp3 California hospitals disclose their medical errors http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/jul/01/california-hospitals-disclose-their-medical-errors/ true 6031 segment Guest: Joe McCannon, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway070108d.mp3 A look at Charles Darwin's legacy as the theory of evolution turns 150 http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/jul/01/a-look-at-charles-darwins-legacy-as-the-theory-of-evolution-turns-150/ true 5547 segment One hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection were presented at the Linnean Society of London. A year and a half later, Darwin published what is now a monumental work: "The Origin of the Species." The Takeaway looks at Darwin's legacy and the continuin http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway070108e.mp3 Everyday voters show the messy business of modern elections in new documentary http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/jul/01/everyday-voters-show-the-messy-business-of-modern-elections-in-new-documentary/ true 6675 segment Democracy is messy business and few places illustrate that better than the polls. On November 2, 2004, director Katy Chevigny set out to capture a cross-section of American voters, in hopes of moving beyond the horse race and red-state–blue-state debates. “Election Day” focuses on 11 American http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway070108f.mp3 Chinese and Tibetan envoys talk in Beijing, but agenda and goals remain secret http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/jul/01/chinese-and-tibetan-envoys-talk-in-beijing-but-agenda-and-goals-remain-secret/ true 6166 segment Guest: Michael Bristow, BBC, in Beijing, China http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway070108g.mp3 Starbucks to remove CD racks from its coffee shops http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/jul/01/starbucks-to-remove-cd-racks-from-its-coffee-shops/ true 9254 segment Guest: Bill Wyman, Hitsville.org