http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509a.mp3 Afghanistan Troop Level Debate Heats Up http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/debate-over-troop-levels-afghanistan-heats/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/afghanistan2.jpg true 6416 segment This week will mark the eight-year anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, and the casualty rate is ticking upward. The United States lost eight troops in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, lending more urgency to the debate over what the Obama administration's next steps will be in Afghanistan. We tal http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/afghanistan2_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/afghanistan2_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509b.mp3 Washington Takeout: Health Care Reform Update http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/takeout-health-care-reform/ true 9405 segment Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich updates us once again on the slow, slow movement of health care reform through the Senate. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509c.mp3 Business Takeout: Treasury Department Funds Misleading? http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/business-takeout-treasury-dept-funds/ true 6014 segment We speak with Louise Story, finance reporter for The New York Times, about new findings that say the Treasury Department may have misled the country when it declared some of the nation's largest banks "healthy." http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509d.mp3 Sports Takeout: NFL Results and Baseball's End of Season http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/sports-takeout-nfl-results-baseballs-end-season/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/lego-baseball.jpg true 9229 segment Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin joins us to talk about some of the big games in the NFL last night, and the wild finish in baseball's AL Central race. http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/lego-baseball_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/lego-baseball_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509e.mp3 The Week's Agenda With Marcus Mabry and Jonathan Marcus http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/agenda-marcus-mabry-jonathan-marcus/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/crystal-ball-2009-03-16-flickr-michaelmallat.jpg true 5501 segment We look at what's coming up this week with Marcus Mabry, international business editor for The New York Times; and from London we speak to Jonathan Marcus, diplomatic correspondent for the BBC. On the agenda: the latest with Iran and their nuclear program; the eighth anniversary of the war in Afghan 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/takeaway100509f.mp3 Typhoon's Devastation in Manila http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/typhoon-strikes-manila/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/parma.jpg true 9909 segment Observers say the high winds and heavy rain that have ravaged Manila have caused more damage than Hurricane Katrina did to New Orleans. Tropical storm Ketsana (locally called Ondoy) hit Manila last month, driving over 80,000 families out of their homes and into evacuation centers on higher ground. T http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/parma_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/parma_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509g.mp3 Sibling Rivalry Frequent but not Foregone http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/siblings-why-they-fight-and-how-get-them-just-get-along/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/sibling.jpg true 9135 segment Experts say that the way siblings treat each other early in life can be a good predictor for how they'll relate to each other down the road. The relationship you start out with, though, doesn't have to be the one in which you wind up: Parents, it turns out, can take a more active role to help kids c http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/sibling_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/sibling_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509h.mp3 Supreme Court: Sotomayor Starts, Stevens Leaving? http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/supreme-court-now-session/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/supreme_court.jpg true 9351 segment The Supreme Court begins its annual term this morning with a packed agenda. Among other cases, they'll be hearing about gun rights, dog-fighting videos, corporate political contributions and the First Amendment. Plus, it's Justice Sonia Sotomayor's first day on the job, and there are rumors that Jus http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/supreme_court_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/supreme_court_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509i.mp3 When Is It Okay to Date the Boss? http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/when-is-it-ok-to-date-boss/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/letterman.jpg true 10276 segment Comedian David Letterman and Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) were both recently blackmailed for what's long been considered taboo: consensual relationships with their employees. But is it really that bad to date someone you work for or who works for you? For some answers we talk to Liz Shalet, an employme http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/letterman_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/letterman_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509j.mp3 Washington Takeout: Congress Eyes Benefits, Iran http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/washington-takeout-iran-ensign/ true 10110 segment Our Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, joins us to talk about the latest in Washington's steps toward extending domestic unemployment benefits and discussion of potential sanctions on Iran. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509k.mp3 Sports Takeout: A Big Week for Minnesota http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/sports-takeout-big-week-minnesota/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/vikings.jpg true 9225 segment Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin talks about Minnesota's next two days of sports drama. Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings will host his former team, the Green Bay Packers, today, and on Tuesday, the Minnesota Twins host the Detroit Tigers in a one-game playoff for the AL Cent http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/vikings_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/vikings_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509n.mp3 Bomb Blast at UN World Food Office in Pakistan http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/bomb-blasts-un-world-food-programme-pakistan/ true 5957 segment A bomb exploded in the lobby of the offices of the United Nations' World Food Programme in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. At least three people have been killed and several others injured. We speak with the BBC's correspondent in Islamabad, Shoaib Hasan, for the latest news. Read an official stateme http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509l.mp3 Listener Takeout: More Driving While Distracted Responses http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/listener-takeout-distracted-driving-cont/ true 7752 segment We’re still getting responses to the conversation we had last week about "Driving While Distracted." Since that segment, the Obama administration banned all federal employees from texting while driving, and calls are growing for a nationwide ban. We hear some more of what our listeners had to http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509m.mp3 Date Set for IAEA to Inspect Iran's New Nuke Facility http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/iran-lets-inspectors-see-secret-facility/ true 7472 segment The director of the U.N. nuclear agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, says that Iran has set a date for inspectors to visit that country's newly revealed uranium enrichment plant, outside the city of Qom. That news comes as a relief to some analysts. But a leaked report by the agency says that Iran possesses http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway100509o.mp3 In Memphis, Gay Marine Speaks Out http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/oct/05/gay-marine-featured-defaced-billboard-speaks-out/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/billboard.jpg true 6948 segment Less than one month before Tim Smith was supposed to be deployed to Iraq, he was discharged from the Marines under the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy when someone decided to tell. Last month, to protest that policy, he appeared on a billboard sponsored by the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Comm http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/cache/billboard_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/cache/billboard_26_square.jpg