Tag: Responses

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Takeouts: Movie Award Season, the NFL, and Your Responses

Friday, January 01, 2010

  • Movies Takeout: With award season quickly approaching, film critic Rafer Guzman tell us what movies to watch out for.
  • Sports Takeout: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, on the eve of his wedding night, previews the last week of the NFL regular season where teams are still vying for the playoffs.
  • Responses Takeout: We hear from you, our listeners, as you respond to some of the week's segments, including multiple ideas for how to improve airline security.

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Takeouts: Pizza Changes, College Football, Listener Resolutions

Friday, January 01, 2010

  • Pizza Takeout: After 50 years in business, Dominos Pizza says they're changing nearly everything about their pizza -- iconic for some, the late night option of last resort for others. We speak with Dominos' Chief Marketing Officer Russell Weiner.
  • Responses Takeout: We hear from you, our listeners, as you tell us what your New Year's resolutions are.
  • Sports Takeout: It's New Year's Day and many college football games are happening today and tonight. Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin has your essential guide to all the action.

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Takeouts: Health Care, ORU Hoops and Joe Lieberman

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

  • Washington Takeout: Todd Zwillich has the latest from Capitol Hill in the fight for health care reform.
  • Sports Takeout: On the day after famous evangelist Oral Roberts died, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin discusses Oral Roberts University's basketball legacy. 
  • Listener Takeout: Takeaway listeners are talking about fine print at their ATMs, and share some harsh words for Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and his stance on health care.

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Takeouts: NewsCorp v. Google, NFL, Listeners

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

  • Business Takeout: Forget Mac vs PC; the newest fight in tech is NewsCorp v. Google. Louise Story of The New York Times tells us about media giant NewsCorp's move towards Microsoft's "Bing" search engine: It's the first time a major company has turned down Google placement and said they don't want to be so "googleable."
  • Sports Takeout: Sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin has the latest on Monday Night Football, which pitted the Houston Texans against the Tennessee Titans.
  • Listener Takeout: Stories of how Takeaway listeners have had to ration their own health care keep coming in, as do topics to avoid at Thanksgiving ... Plus Karen, a Utahn soccer fan, auditions for Ibrahim's job as sports contributor.

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Takeouts: Bank Execs' Bankrolls, Jimmie Johnson, Listeners on Oprah

Monday, November 23, 2009

  • Money Takeout: A new Harvard study proves what most of us could have guessed: the executives of Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns are still rich, even though they lost $900 million in stocks with the two bankruptcies. Louise Story, of The New York Times, explains.
  • Sports Takeout: Our own Ibrahim Abdul-Matin talks NASCAR's record-making Jimmie Johnson, and responds to a listener's comment on football helmets.
  • Listener Takeout: We hear more reactions to Oprah's announcement that she'll end her show in 2011.

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Listener Takeout: Responses to President's Nobel Award

Monday, October 12, 2009

Your calls and emails came in all weekend about the news of President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. We listen to what you had to say and compare responses from pundits and talk show hosts.

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Listener Takeout: Afghanistan Stories

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

All this week we've been talking about the war in Afghanistan, eight years since it first began. It's the war that might have been forgotten in the shadow of the Iraq War. We hear some of the stories you've been sending us.

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