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Television producer and KCRW's "car guy"
PROFILE
Tod Mesirow
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FROM Tod Mesirow
The Mixer
Trump & the auto industry The auto industry is a $2.3 trillion global business, and close to 3.5% of the total U.S. economy . What will it look like in the coming Trump Era? Tod Mesirow joins Steve Chiotakis to look into it.
The Mixer
A Massive Airbag Recall... Is Your Car at Risk? A recall of millions of automobiles in the United States could get much bigger. So far 30 million cars and trucks have already been identified as having faulty, potentially deadly airbags. And federal officials say the maker of those bags, Takata, may have to recall tens of millions more.
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To the Point
The longest US war: Will Trump send more troops to Afghanistan? The Trump White House is divided over the Pentagon's request for more troops in Afghanistan—where the US has been fighting for the past 16 years. Is there a formula -- either for "victory" or a political settlement? Is there an end in sight for America's longest war?
To the Point
Who's to blame for the opioid crisis? Some of the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are now going after Big Pharma. It’s all about the deadly epidemic of opioid use. Are the drug companies to blame? What about the users? Later, on today’s Talking Point: making sense of Britain’s upset election.
To the Point
Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.