Femi Oke
Femi Oke joined CNN International in 1999, where she reported on science and feature stories, and most recently worked in the Johannesburg, South Africa bureau. She also hosted weekly award-winning show "Inside Africa," a feat of ingenuity and creativity carried out with almost no resources. Previously, she worked for the BBC, where she helped launch the popular Five Live Radio channel, and broadcast for London Weekend Television and Carlton Television in the UK. Oke began her career at 14, as a junior reporter for the UK's first talk radio station LBC. She holds a degree from Birmingham University.
Technology, Culture, Arts and Entertainment , Music
You're on candid camera... and making a music video
The Takeaway speaks with British rock band The Get Out Clause. They've made innovative use of CCTV cameras in their home city of Manchester to create a music video for their new song.
Space, Science
Phoenix Lander reaches Mars, begins search for life in polar ice
The Phoenix Mars Lander launched Aug. 4, 2007, in a quest to find life on Mars. After a 10-month journey, the lander successfully touched down on the planet's northern polar surface last night. CNN's technology and environment correspondent Miles O'Brien has been at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory since Friday. He joins us live from Pasadena, Calif.
Pictured: The Phoenix Lander's Delta 2 launch vehicle taking off; an artist's rendering of the lander itself, and one of the very first images sent back from the lander this morning after its successful touchdown last night.
North America, National , Environment
Polar bear 'endangered' decision approaches
The battle over global warming is being fought over a large white mammal — the polar bear. The polar bear's habitat is melting away and a collection of environmental groups including Greenpeace and the Center for Biological Diversity have come together to pressure the government to list polar bears as an endangered species.
International , Oil, Region
Taxis toil over oil
Gas prices in America have jumped to an average of more than $4 a gallon for the first time. But gas prices aren’t just a problem in the United States. The Takeaway hears from taxi drivers from around the world, whose job depends on the price of gasoline.
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We have remarkably powerful tools, but the science is still in its infancy. "by Dr. George Daley (on The Takeaway)
on Thinking outside the embryo
- The price of food has a human cost
- The latest restaurant trend: Eat now, pay whatever
- Financial illiteracy in America and economic crises
- The songs that torture us
- Investigative report: Hastiness in natural gas drilling jeopardizes local water
- Video: Classic food jingles
- The Takeaway for July 22, 2008
- Mornings need a make over. What would you change?
- "The Measure of America" finds disparities in our standards of living
- At 2008 Olympics, diversity goes to the mat
The show is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International,
in collaboration with The BBC World Service, New York Times Radio and WGBH Boston.
by James Politi (on The Takeaway)
on The House’s hopeful plan for the housing crisis