http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway082109a.mp3 Health Care Reform: The Week in Review http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/health-care-week-review/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/Health Care Org Chart.jpg true 7150 segment Today we're recapping what's happened this week in the debate over health care reform.  During a meeting last Saturday, President Obama asked the American people to lower the temperature a little at health care town halls. So-called "death panels," health care co-ops, Republican options, and fo http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/Health Care Org Chart_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/Health Care Org Chart_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway082109c.mp3 Both Leading Afghan Candidates Assert Victory http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/both-leading-afghan-candidates-assert-victory/ true 5967 segment Despite threats of violence from the Taliban, Afghans headed to the polls yesterday to vote in the country's second-ever presidential election. The votes are still being counted, but both of the leading candidates, incumbent Hamid Karzai and ex-foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, are claiming victor http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway082109d.mp3 Your Fantasy League is in Good Hands http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/fantasy-league-good-hands/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/fantasy-football-2009-august-21-flickr-slightly-north.jpg true 6723 segment The salaries of sports players have for many decades caused non-athletes' jaws to drop, but owners have always justified the expense as an investment. Way back in 1869, for example, members of the Cincinnati Red Stockings were payed $11,000: around $175,000 in today's dollars and many times more tha http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/fantasy-football-2009-august-21-flickr-slightly-north_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/fantasy-football-2009-august-21-flickr-slightly-north_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway082109e.mp3 Life Lessons from Jayson Blair http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/life-lessons-from-jayson-blair/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/parachute-blair-2009-august-21-flickr-stewart-leiwakabessy.jpg true 7737 segment In early 2003, Jayson Blair went from writing headlines for the New York Times to making headlines when it was discoverd that he had plagiarized dozens of stories. It was a scandal the Times itself called "a low point in the 152-year history of the paper." Blair "resigned under pressure" from the Ti http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/parachute-blair-2009-august-21-flickr-stewart-leiwakabessy_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/parachute-blair-2009-august-21-flickr-stewart-leiwakabessy_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway082109f.mp3 'Cash for Clunkers' Cashed Out http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/cash-clunkers-cashed-out/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/clunkers2-2009-august-21-flickr-billaday.jpg true 6089 segment We’ve heard it before, but this time it might just stick: The Department of Transportation announced yesterday that the popular Cash for Clunkers program, which allows you to trade in your old gas-guzzler for up to $4500 towards a new fuel efficient car, is done as of Monday, August 24th. Alth http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/clunkers2-2009-august-21-flickr-billaday_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/clunkers2-2009-august-21-flickr-billaday_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway082109g.mp3 Reflecting on the Financial Meltdown http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/reflecting-financial-meltdown/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/bernanke-with-hand-raised.jpg true 8813 segment Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is in Jackson Hole, Wyoming today at the annual meeting of economists and central bankers. Bernanke will address the group with a speech entitled “Reflections on a Year of Crisis.” We speak with Jesse Eisinger, a senior reporter at ProPublica, asking http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/bernanke-with-hand-raised_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/bernanke-with-hand-raised_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway082109h.mp3 Plaxico Burress Plea Bargain: 2 Years http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/2d2-plaxico/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/plaxico-2009-august-21-flickr-jacorbett70.jpg true 5375 segment Former New York Giants wide-reciever Plaxico Burress accepted a plea bargain yesterday which will send him to prison for 2 years after pleading guilty to a weapons charge.  As you might remember, Burress walked into a nightclub in New York City last November with a gun tucked in the waistband o http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/plaxico-2009-august-21-flickr-jacorbett70_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/plaxico-2009-august-21-flickr-jacorbett70_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway082109j.mp3 Credit Card Reform Act in Effect Today http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/credit-card-reform-act-effect-today/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/credit_cards_flickr_Andres Rueda_111308_437b.jpg true 6352 segment The first phase of the "Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009" goes into effect this week. While some major provisions of the law won't kick in until next year, credit card companies have to make some immediate changes, including giving cardholders advance not http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/credit_cards_flickr_Andres Rueda_111308_437b_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/credit_cards_flickr_Andres Rueda_111308_437b_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway082109k.mp3 On Screen: 'Passing Strange,' 'Inglourious Basterds' http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/on-screen-strange-basterds/ true 8394 segment Wesley Morris is a film critic for the Boston Globe and he joins us for a look at the movies opening this weekend. Spike Lee is back in theaters, albeit in limited release, with his take on the Broadway play Passing Strange. Will this be the film to bring Lee back into the spotlight? Also returning http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway082109b.mp3 Movies that Span Generations http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/movies-that-span-generations/ true 8042 segment Our panel of critics discuss the controversy over Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, a darkly twisted look at the hunt for Adolph Hitler. We also look at Shorts, a new kids' film that has appeal for adults, and Robin Williams’ newest movie, indie-festival darling World's Greatest http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway082109l.mp3 Lawrence Bender on Making 'Inglourious Basterds' http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/aug/21/lawrence-bender-on-the-making-of-inglourious-basterds/ true 7696 segment Inglourious Basterds, the long-anticipated return to screen for director Quentin Tarantino, has been making waves since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. As it's said, though, no man is an island: not even Tarantino, who directed such huge hits as Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Reservoir Dogs.