http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709a.mp3 Swine flu outbreak causes global concern http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/swine-flu-outbreak-causes-global-concern/ true 9376 segment An outbreak of swine flu that started in Mexico appears poised to spread across the globe, with confirmed cases in California, Texas, Ohio and New York. The possibility of a pandemic is causing worldwide concern. The Center for Disease Control joins The Takeaway to talk about what you need to know t http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709b.mp3 Highlights and lowlights of the NFL draft http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/nfl-draft/ true 8200 segment The NFL Draft took place this weekend. The focus was on the big spending Detroit Lions, who after going 0 and 16 last season, ponied up a guaranteed $41.7 million for Georgia quarterback Matt Stafford. Also making headlines? The New York Jets, who traded with Cleveland (whose coach they fired in Jan http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709c.mp3 The Takeaway checks in with enterpreneur Jim Svetz and student Jesse Acosta http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/takeaway-checks-enterpreneur-jim-svetz/ true 9385 segment This week we’re marking The Takeaway's one-year anniversary by checking in the people who have been, in many ways, the backbone of the show. We’re not talking about the newsmakers, we’re talking about the folks who have been living the news. From the plummeting economy to the Presidential election, http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709d.mp3 U.S. automakers facing federal deadlines http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/us-automakers-facing-federal-deadlines/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/pontiac-car-advertisement.jpg true 9990 segment Chrysler and the United Auto Workers have reached an agreement that will allow the automaker to receive more federal funding. The deal eliminates some of the non-salary benefits the autoworkers had earned over the years, but even with these concessions it is likely that Chrysler will still seek Chap http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/pontiac-car-advertisement_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/pontiac-car-advertisement_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709e.mp3 This week's agenda with Marcus Mabry http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/weeks-agenda-marcus-mabry/ true 10154 segment It’s Monday, and time for our weekly agenda segment—a look ahead at important events of the next five days. This week New York Times International Business Editor Marcus Mabry examines some of the tests President Obama will face as he reaches the 100-day mark of his presidency on Wednesday. Am http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709f.mp3 The global response to the swine flu outbreak http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/global-response-swine-flu-outbreak/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/sars-2009-april-27-flickr-richard-winchell.jpg true 6998 segment While Mexico struggles to manage the outbreak of swine flu and is rushing to confirm cases by sending samples to the United States, Hong Kong is already performing genetic tests and has mobilized their hospitals and medical facilities to test and track any possible outbreak. Hong Kong has contingenc http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/sars-2009-april-27-flickr-richard-winchell_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/sars-2009-april-27-flickr-richard-winchell_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709g.mp3 The Released: A new Frontline documentary on life after prison for the mentally-ill http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/released-new-frontline-documentary-looks-life-after-prison-mentally-ill/ true 8824 segment Five years ago, in the FRONTLINE documentary, The New Asylums, filmmakers Karen O’Connor and Miri Navasky, documented how the Ohio prison system struggled to provide care to thousands of mentally ill inmates. This year, in the new FRONTLINE documentaryThe Released, they return to Ohio to investigate http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709h.mp3 Round two on the Kyoto Protocol http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/round-two-kyoto-protocol/ true 8959 segment The beleaguered Kyoto Protocol, enacted in 1992 to limit global greenhouse gas emissions, but was never ratified by the United States, is back up for negotiations this year. Will the U.S. be a real partner to the cap-and-trade agreement? In advance of the new Kyoto discussions, President Obama is me http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709i.mp3 The Takeaway checks in with small business owner Laura Richards http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/takeaway-checks-small-business-owner-laura-richards/ true 9387 segment This week we’re marking our one-year anniversary by checking in the people who have helped us understand the lives behind the numbers on the news. Real people with real stories about every issue from the Presidential campaign to the impact of the housing crisis to the state of the economy. Laura Ric http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709j.mp3 Don't panic! Pandemics and epidemics throughout history http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/fear-or-not-fear-pandemics-and-epidemics-throughout-history/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/swine-flu-masks-mexico-city.jpg true 6741 segment An outbreak of swine flu is raising alarms from Mexico to New Zealand. But this isn’t the first epidemic to cause widespread concern. From the great influenza pandemic of 1918 to the much-hyped, but far less deadly bird flu outbreaks, we’re nothing if not prepared to worry about a global disease thr http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/swine-flu-masks-mexico-city_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/swine-flu-masks-mexico-city_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709k.mp3 Swine flu update with epidemiologist Dr. Richard Wenzel and BBC's Ros Atkins http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/swine-flu-update-epidemiologist-dr-richard-wenzel-and-bbcs-ros-atkins/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/flubug-2009-april-27-flickr-augapfel.jpg true 9379 segment We are closely tracking the swine flu outbreak in Mexico that is rapidly spreading across the globe. There are confirmed cases in the United States and Canada and now Spain's health ministry has confirmed that nation's first case. World health officials are bracing for a potential worldwide pandemic http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/flubug-2009-april-27-flickr-augapfel_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/flubug-2009-april-27-flickr-augapfel_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709l.mp3 Swine flu update with Laurie Garrett and Keith Bradsher http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/swine-flu-update-laurie-garrett-and-keith-bradsher/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/flu shot.jpg true 9380 segment We are continuing our coverage of the swine flu outbreak. The flu started in Mexico, which is reporting over 1600 people believed to have contracted the virus resulting in 103 deaths. The flu has since spread across the United States from New York to California and there are now confirmed cases in C http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/flu shot_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/flu shot_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042709m.mp3 Rudy Maxa answers your flu-related travel questions http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/27/rudy-maxa-answers-your-flu-related-travel-questions/ true 8962 segment In the wake of an outbreak in swine flu in Mexico that has been spreading, a health official for the European Union urged Europeans to avoid non-essential travel to the United States and Mexico. And here in the United States many of our listeners are concerned about travel to Mexico. Rudy Maxa is th