• Money Takeout: Newsweek columnist Dan Gross says it's no surprise that two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were acquitted on Tuesday. He says the roots of the financial collapse are stupidity, not criminality.
  
• Sports Takeout: Our sports commentator, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, gives his mid-season assessment of the NFL.
• Listener Takeout: Listeners tell us the difference that "Sesame Street" has made in their lives.

Cookie Monster now eats vegetables, and various faces have come and gone, but  the core values and missions of Sesame Street aren't much different from when the show was first broadcast four decades ago. We look back at the show’s influence with original cast member Bob McGrath, who is still with the show today. We also look at the future of children's television in America with TV blogger Delaina Dixon.