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• Okay Dave. Sorry we couldn't help!
  in Streaming Music on the Internet
  Wednesday December 15, 2010, 08:12 AM
• Hi David. I'm emailing you now. -Jim
  in Happy Hanukkah from Ben Kweller: Remixing the Holidays
  Wednesday December 01, 2010, 11:12 AM
• You can get to all of those interviews here: http://www.thetakeaway.org/tags/flotilla/ Thanks for listening! -Jim (digital editor)
  in Israel's Move: Another Aid Ship Heads for Gaza
  Friday June 04, 2010, 08:06 AM
• I assume that baby picture is Todd, not President Obama.
  in Then and Now: Your Baby Pics Submission
  Friday May 07, 2010, 11:05 AM
• Richard, you're right. We updated the copy. Thanks!
  in Supreme Court to Consider Privacy for Ballot Petition Signers
  Wednesday April 28, 2010, 07:04 AM
• Thanks for all the great comments! We'll read as many as we can throughout tomorrow's radio show and later in the week. -Jim (digital editor).
  in What Do You Love About Detroit?
  Monday April 26, 2010, 09:04 PM
• We got this comment from Carla in Baltimore a few months ago: "I remembered being bullied by a former manager when I worked at a local hospital and it was a very very harmful experience. You should talk about how childhood bullies become adult manager bullies." We'll try to include this on air! -Jim (web editor)
  in States Act on Workplace Bullying
  Monday April 12, 2010, 10:04 AM
• Lise, here is Beth's answer. Thanks for the question! ------- Hi Lise, So glad you’re enjoying the series. Congratulations on attacking your credit card debt. You’re absolutely right to be trying to reduce the cost of that debt. If you can even get that rate down to 12%, you’d save $1,000 in interest, and pay off your card three months faster. Get that rate down to 10% and you’d save almost $2,500 and pay off that card in about three and half years. In terms of how to get a lower rate: call your lender and ask if they will lower your rate. (Stress that you pay on time—if that’s true—and say politely but firmly that you’ll consider moving to a lower rate card if they don’t bring down your rate.) If the first person you speak with says no, ask for a supervisor or call back and start the process over again. Then compare the interest rate they offer you to the rates on other cards available to you. (The way to shop around for credit cards is to look into credit card offers at websites like www.cardratings.com or www.indexcreditcards.com.) If you do qualify for a 0% offer, that makes sense, but be very careful to read the fine print! Sometimes they will charge you sky-high interest rates on future purchases, so know what you’re getting into. You didn’t mention your credit score (and we’ll be talking about scores on April 7), but improving a score could also mean you’ll qualify for better rates. The simplest way to improve your score is to keep paying those bills on time. So, if you keep up good financial habits, in a year you might have a better score and thus be likely to get even better offers. Best of luck, Beth
  in Ask Beth Kobliner: The Do It Yourself Bailout
  Tuesday March 30, 2010, 05:03 PM
• Thanks for your question, Douglas (and everyone else who asked). Unfortunately, we didn't have time for every question, but you can hear Secretary Duncan's response in the audio (which is online now). -Jim (web editor)
  in Education Sec. Arne Duncan on Education Reform
  Tuesday March 30, 2010, 09:03 AM
• Hey there. The podcasts are definitely still going. We recently changed the format of our podcast offerings, so that may have been the problem. We now offer every story on one main podcast, complete with detailed description -- we even added two original offerings! - all of which can be accessed on our podcast page (click "Podcasts" above, or paste this into your browser: www.thetakeaway.org/podcasts). Thanks for the feedback and apologies for any difficulties you've had with our the format transition! -Jim (web editor)
  in Questions Surround Increased US-Pakistan Cooperation
  Wednesday March 24, 2010, 02:03 PM
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