http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/22/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway062209a.mp3 This Week's Agenda with Marcus Mabry and Jonathan Marcus http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/22/weeks-agenda-marcus-mabry-and-jonathan-marcus/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/crystal-ball-2009-03-16-flickr-michaelmallat.jpg true 10163 segment Iran again tops this week's agenda and our guides Marcus Mabry, international business editor for the New York Times and Jonathan Marcus, diplomatic correspondent for the BBC, will take a look at the protests surrounding the disputed presidential election. Also on the agenda this week: the latest ne http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/crystal-ball-2009-03-16-flickr-michaelmallat_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/crystal-ball-2009-03-16-flickr-michaelmallat_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway062209b.mp3 The Sports Agenda http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/22/barnes-lead-soggy-us-open/ true 5836 segment The Takeaway's sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin ventured out to Bethpage Black golf course on Long Island to witness a very wet U.S. Open this weekend. He's here with the latest from the soggy tournament and a preview of tennis's premier event: Wimbledon. For more of Ibrahim's sports commentar http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway062209c.mp3 John Hodgman and the Media Geeks http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/22/media-hands-john-hodgman/ true 7911 segment Geeks deserve more credit than they probably get. That's the that argument John Hodgman — writer, actor, comedian, and self-professed nerd — took to the President this weekend, the supposed Nerd in Chief, when he was the keynote speaker at the annual Radio and TV Correspondents' dinner i http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway062209d.mp3 Like a Car? The Massachusetts Model of Health Care http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/22/health-and-cars-massachusetts-model-health-care/ true 7126 segment As President Obama and Congress work to reform health care, The Takeaway has been looking at possible models, at home and abroad, that could inform the debate. One possibility is the Massachusetts model for universal care. In April 2006, the Massachusetts legislature approved a bill that required al http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway062209e.mp3 A Revolution in the Making? The Latest from Iran http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/22/latest-iran/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/iran-protest-june-22-2009-ali-safari-afp-getty.jpg true 7687 segment We’re following the latest news from Iran. Authorities in Iran now acknowledge that the number of votes "cast" in 50 cities exceeded the actual number of voters. This comes after the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei asserted that the vote count in the presidential election was fair. T http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/iran-protest-june-22-2009-ali-safari-afp-getty_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/iran-protest-june-22-2009-ali-safari-afp-getty_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway062209f.mp3 Iranian-Americans Speak Out http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/22/iranian-americans-voice-their-opinions/ true 7463 segment The streets of Iran seem quiet for the moment, but Iranian Americans gathered in the streets of U.S. cities. One of the biggest gatherings was in Los Angeles, which almost 500,000 Iranian-Americans call home. Siamak Kalhor has lived in the U.S. for over 30 years and is a radio host for two technolog http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway062209g.mp3 Everything Sounds Better with AutoTune http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/22/everything-sounds-better-autotune/ true 6676 segment Let's say you're a musician and a news junkie, and you want to combine the two. If you were really talented, you might end up with something like the work of musical brothers Evan and Michael Gregory. They use the sound tool "Autotune," often used by rappers like T-Pain and Kanye West, to make music http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway062209h.mp3 Catch a Fire: The Cuyahoga River Lit Up http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/22/we-didnt-start-cuyahoga-river-fire/ true 10130 segment Forty years ago, the Cuyahoga River caught fire. The river, riddled with pollution, burned for 30 minutes. Time magazine covered the bizarre event and their article helped jumpstart the environmental movement of the late 60s. It has been 40 years of recovery for the Cuyahoga River. How far has the r http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway062209i.mp3 Trouble in the Caucuses http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/22/trouble-caucuses/ true 9879 segment The president of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, is in critical condition after an assassination attempt. Latest reports say a car loaded with explosives rammed the president's car as he was driving to work. Mr. Yevkurov is the third senior Ingushetian official to be http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway062209j.mp3 In Pakistan, a Secret Hostage Makes His Escape http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/22/pakistan-brave-escape-secret-hostage/ true 8443 segment In Pakistan on Friday, a hostage made an extraordinary escape from his Taliban captors. The hostage was a reporter for our partner The New York Times. David Rohde, a Pulitzer Prize winner, had been held by the Taliban since last November, when he was captured outside Kabul while working on a book ab