The Conversation

"The Conversation" is an online meeting place for WAMU 88.5 listeners, producers, hosts, and reporters. WAMU 88.5 is the leading public radio station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington D.C. area.

Latest Activity

This morning on the domestic hour of Diane Rehm's Friday news round-up, the three guests are from Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Examiner. That makes The Wall Street Journal the middle of the road politically, as far as Rehm ...
10 hours ago
Dear Steve, Please contact me in the news room . 885-1233. Or meymo@wamu.org. Thanks, Meymo Lyons
11 hours ago
Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5) added a discussion
Today @ 10 a.m. (EST) on the Diane Rehm Show's Friday News Roundup: Senate Democrats unveil their healthcare proposal and a government task force proposes controversial new guidelines on mammograms. What's your reaction to the new mammogram recom...
11 hours ago
12 hours ago
Rebecca Storrings, PAIRS Foundation, Johnaton Peter and 2 more joined The Conversation
12 hours ago
Early intervention through effective education and skills training is critical for combat veterans and family members.
yesterday
Holidays can be a time of wonderful celebration, sharing and connection, but for many it can also be a time of added anxiety and stress as extended families come together around the dinner table. The nonprofit PAIRS Foundation is now offering a se...
yesterday
Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5) added 2 discussions
yesterday
Jeanne Sloane, Bruce Gollub MD, cts22554 and 3 more joined The Conversation
on Thursday
Since Maine can choose not to award the contract to Catholic Charities, of course they can condition the award on the provision of those benefits.
on Wednesday
I'm saying that the city cannot condition its contract on compliance with anything to do with employee health and pension benefits. Everything else, yes, but not that. This is exactly what the Maine case was about -- a contract between Portland an...
on Wednesday
Yes, I understand ERISA and preemption, as once upon a time I was a pension consultant. But I am not talking about state or local regulations, I'm talking about contracts. By it's very nature, a contract is an agreement between parties to perform ...
on Wednesday
 

New Commentary Forum

In order to make some of the discussions here a little easier to follow, we've started a completely new forum dedicated to commentaries that aired on WAMU 88.5. You can also suggest your own commentary ideas there.

The rest of our forums remain the same: Start Your Own Conversation is dedicated to the topics of your choice; Participate in the Process is where you can help out our producers by responding to their queries or topics; and, Hosted Chats is a convenient place for us to archive the live chats we've produced with Diane Rehm, Kojo Nnamdi, and others.

Forum

John McDiarmid

NPR political slant 6 Replies

I was struck by the conversation during the NPR Ombudsman segment on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on Tuesday, October 20, especially by the last two callers who perceived a political slant to the right in ...

Started by John McDiarmid in Start Your Own Conversation. Last reply by John McDiarmid 10 hours ago.

Meymo Lyons

Have a news tip or story idea ? 234 Replies

The WAMU news team will check this site frequently. Feel free to contact us with local news tips or story ideas. Reach out with confidence if you wish to remain anonymous to meymo@wamu.org. Otherwi...

Started by Meymo Lyons in Start Your Own Conversation. Last reply by Meymo Lyons 11 hours ago.

Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5)

Friday News Roundup: Healthcare

Today @ 10 a.m. (EST) on the Diane Rehm Show's Friday News Roundup: Senate Democrats unveil their healthcare proposal and a government task force proposes controversial new guidelines on mammograms...

Tagged: women, Friday News Roundup, breast cancer,, health care,, mammogram,

Started by Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5) in Start Your Own Conversation 11 hours ago.

Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5)

Military Mental Health 1 Reply

Today at 10 a.m. (EST) on WAMU 88.5's The Diane Rehm Show: Mental health in the military: Increasing rates of suicide, depression, and substance abuse raise concerns about mental illness in the arm...

Tagged: suicide,, depression,, armed forces, war,, soldier,

Started by Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5) in Start Your Own Conversation. Last reply by PAIRS Foundation 1 day ago.

Suzannah

Catholic Charities and D.C. 16 Replies

It is my understanding that as a faith based organization, Catholic Charities operates as a tax free operation. So I don't understand why Catholic Charities thinks it should be able to garner polit...

Started by Suzannah in Commentary Forum. Last reply by Harlan Messinger Nov 18.

Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5)

9/11 Terror Suspects on Trial 13 Replies

Today at 10 a.m. (EST) on WAMU 88.5's The Diane Rehm Show: Analysis of Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute the alleged masterminds of the September 11 attacks in a civilian court i...

Tagged: Attorney General Eric Holder,, September 11, Diane Rehm Show,, civilian court,, terror suspects,

Started by Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5) in Start Your Own Conversation. Last reply by ibc Nov 18.

jim

American Taliban 3 Replies

When will the people rise up and crush the American Taliban. Instead of Cowtowing to their Do-As-I-Say not as I Do decisions on our lives ?

Started by jim in Commentary Forum. Last reply by Hewitt Rose Nov 18.

Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5)

New Mammogram Guidelines 1 Reply

Today at 10 a.m. (EST) on WAMU 88.5's The Diane Rehm Show: The new guidelines on mammograms, recommending women between 40 and 50 forgo annual screenings. Many are skeptical about the shift. What ...

Tagged: women, breast cancer,, health care,, mammogram,, The Diane Rehm Show,

Started by Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5) in Start Your Own Conversation. Last reply by John Antonelli Nov 18.

Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5)

Obama's Trip to China

Today at 10 a.m. EST on WAMU 88.5's The Diane Rehm Show: President Obama travels to China seeking common ground on issues like climate change, human rights, and trade. What do you think are the mo...

Tagged: climate change, trade, human rights,, President Obama,, Diane Rehm Show,

Started by Anne Stopper (WAMU 88.5) in Start Your Own Conversation Nov 17.

Mark N. Katz

Obama's Foreign Policy Obstacles

by Mark N. Katz Many in the U.S. and around the world prefer President Barack Obama’s multilateral foreign policy approach to President George W. Bush’s unilateral one. Bush’s foreign policies gen...

Tagged: Obama's foreign policy

Started by Mark N. Katz in Commentary Forum Nov 15.

 
 

© 2009   Created by WAMU 88.5

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy  |  Terms of Service