On Point with Tom Ashbrook | Podcasts

Going back to Lead Belly. The blues legend is back. His influences, as big as ever.

"The Girls" "Some Possible Solutions" "The Sunlight Pilgrims"-- we're talking best summer reads of 2016.

Istanbul terror. The Benghazi report. A big abortion ruling by the Supreme Court. Brexit fallout. And Michael Phelps heads to his fifth Olympics. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

The science of tasty grilling. We put a barbecue master and a physicist together for the perfect summer grill.

Volkswagen and Takata airbags are just the biggest in a long list of recalls from the auto industry. We explore why.

Philosopher Martha Nussbaum with a deep meditation on anger and forgiveness. She join us.

The long-awaited House Benghazi Report finds no new evidence of failure by Hillary Clinton. We'll read the fine print and look at the big picture.

Fifteen million Americans now have food allergies—including one in every 13 kids. We'll ask why and what can be done.

As this Supreme Court term draws to a close, we look at the major Texas abortion case decision and the impact of a divided, eight-Justice bench.

The new, wider, deeper Panama Canal is open for business. We'll look at the ripples.

With Britain's vote to leave the European Union, is the West coming apart? We'll take the big view.

Big global voices on the Brexit and how it impact global markets, world politics and more.

The U.K. votes for Brexit. A sit-in in Congress over guns. Trump, short on cash and hard on Clinton. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Internet shaming. It's on a roll and can take a heavy toll. We'll look at the evolution of the mob online.

Real life in the "Gig Economy," and how American labor laws might change to make it better.