http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509a.mp3 How Bill Clinton Did It: A Guessing Game http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/how-bill-clinton-did-it-guessing-game/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/bill-nkorea-2009-august-5-getty-nkns.jpg true 7255 segment Yesterday former President Bill Clinton embarked on a surprise mission to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American journalists imprisoned there. Less than 24 hours later he is returning victorious, with the two women safely aboard his plane. How did he do it? Was the deal pre-cooked? Why http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/bill-nkorea-2009-august-5-getty-nkns_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/bill-nkorea-2009-august-5-getty-nkns_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509c.mp3 Gun Owners Packing Heat In Record Numbers http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/gun-owners-carrying-record-numbers/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/bronson-guns-2009-august-5-flickr-hryck.jpg true 7086 segment Gun owners across America are carrying guns in record numbers. This June, parts of Missouri, North Carolina, Texas and Utah all saw record numbers of applications for concealed weapons, according to a USA Today article. In Clay County, Missouri, the sheriff’s office had to hire two additional staffe http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/bronson-guns-2009-august-5-flickr-hryck_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/bronson-guns-2009-august-5-flickr-hryck_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509b.mp3 Rocky Start for Ahmadinejad's Second Term http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/rocky-start-ahmadinejad-2nd-term/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/iran-inauguration-2009-august-5-behrouz-mehri-afp-getty.jpg true 8949 segment Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was officially inaugurated to his second term as President of Iran today under a dark cloud of voter irregularity and popular dissent. And that dissent is going all the way up the ranks of power. In silent protest, several senior figures, members of Parliament and high ranking cl http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/iran-inauguration-2009-august-5-behrouz-mehri-afp-getty_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/iran-inauguration-2009-august-5-behrouz-mehri-afp-getty_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509d.mp3 President Obama Working to Keep Indiana Blue http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/obama-visit-elkhart-indiana/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/indiana-2009-august-5-flickr-kevindooley.jpg true 8342 segment During the 2008 presidential election, Indiana turned purple. The formerly solid red Republican state voted for President Obama. Now the President is working to keep the battleground state on his team. He visits Elkhart, Indiana, today, where the unemployment rate is one of the highest in the countr http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/indiana-2009-august-5-flickr-kevindooley_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/indiana-2009-august-5-flickr-kevindooley_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509f.mp3 The Coneheads: Chefs are Rethinking Ice Cream http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/coneheads-chefs-are-rethinking-ice-cream/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/ice-cream-2009-august-5-flickr-jelene.jpg true 6257 segment I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Baskin Robbins pushed the flavor profile of ice cream with its 33 varieties; Ben and Jerry upped the ante with cool names and unexpected mash-ups. (Peanut-butter-and-pretzel ice cream, anyone?) Now foodies are engineering new kinds of ice cream. Joi http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/ice-cream-2009-august-5-flickr-jelene_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/ice-cream-2009-august-5-flickr-jelene_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509e.mp3 The State of Power in Iran http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/state-power-iran/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/ahmadinejad-2009-august-5-behrouz-mehri-afp-getty.jpg true 9261 segment Today Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for his second term as Iran's president. Have the weeks of post-election protests undermined Ahmadinejad's power and status in his own country? And what would a weakened Tehran mean for global diplomacy? The Takeaway talks to Roger Hardy, Middle East analyst fo http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/ahmadinejad-2009-august-5-behrouz-mehri-afp-getty_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/ahmadinejad-2009-august-5-behrouz-mehri-afp-getty_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509i.mp3 Diplomacy: Secretary Clinton's Africa Agenda http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/mrs-clinton-goes-africa/ true 8047 segment Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Africa for the Obama administration’s first serious tour of the continent. Jendayi Frazer, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under President George W. Bush talks with The Takeaway about the significance of Clinton's visit and the is http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509g.mp3 Redefining U.S. Relations with North Korea http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/redefining-us-relations-north-korea/ true 8803 segment Bill Clinton’s brief trip to Pyongyang secured the freedom of two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were imprisoned in North Korea. But what does the visit between Clinton and the elusive Kim Jong Il say about the future of U.S.- North Korean relations? The Takeaway's guest, Profess http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509h.mp3 Senator DeMint on the Obama 'Rampage' http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/demint-president-obama-health-care-and-cash-clunkers/ true 6442 segment Last Fourth of July, South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint published Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide into Socialism. Senator DeMint (ranked by National Journal as the Senate’s most conservative member), has been making headlines as one of President Obama's most vocal critics on everything fr http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509j.mp3 Iranian Paranoia: Is It Justified? http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/all-pres-men/ true 5541 segment Earlier this summer, protests spilled onto the streets of Tehran in the days following Iran's June 12 presidential elections. At the time, some voices inside Iran's halls of power alleged that outside influence was to blame for the seemingly spontaneous uprisings. The Iranian intelligence chief clai http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509k.mp3 Health Care Reform: Protests and Pushback http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/health-care-reform-hits-streets/ true 7140 segment As the debate over health care reform has followed Congresspeople to their home districts, some of the conversations have gotten ugly. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a Democratic congressman from Texas, held a town hall where constituents became unruly. He joins The Takeaway with his thoughts on why this issue http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509l.mp3 On the Road with the Thomases http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/road-thomases/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/RV-2009-august-5-flickr-house-of-sims.jpg true 8938 segment As the president prepares to speak at an RV manufacturing plant in Elkhart, Indiana, we wanted to talk to some real-life RV enthusiasts about life on the road. The Takeaway is joined by Ginni Thomas. She and her husband, Clarence Thomas, the U.S. Supreme Court Justice, head out on the open highways http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/RV-2009-august-5-flickr-house-of-sims_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/RV-2009-august-5-flickr-house-of-sims_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509m.mp3 President Obama and the Clintons: Frenemies? http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/president-obama-and-clintons-enemy-mine/ true 8642 segment Michael Crowley, a senior editor of The New Republic, joins The Takeaway with a look at the recent adventures of Bill and Hillary Clinton. The couple are dominating the headlines this week with Bill Clinton's coup in North Korea and Hillary Clinton's lengthy trip to Africa. Has the president decided http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080509n.mp3 Free at Last: Euna Lee and Laura Ling Back in the U.S. http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/05/free-last-euna-lee-and-laura-ling-back-us/ true 6889 segment Former President Bill Clinton's plane landed in Los Angeles this morning with American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. The two had been held captive in North Korea after being accused of illegally crossing the border into the communist nation. Clinton's surprise trip to North Korea led to the w