To the Point

The Year in Talking Points

Each day on our program we bring you a "Talking Point," about issues and events that help define the national conversation even when they're not leading the news. Today, a collection of our favorites.

By Warren Olney • Dec 31, 2015 • 52m Listen

We hear a report on how easy it is to build an assault rifle the government can't trace, and an argument for why the Middle East needs a sexual revolution. We talk with a civil rights lawyer trying to memorialize every lynching perpetrated on US soil. We ask National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates to make the case for reparations. And we listen to some Motown with biographer David Maraniss who has documented the rise and fall of Detroit.

Photo: Motown Museum (Joseph)

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster

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To the Point

The Year in Talking Points

Each day on our program we bring you a "Talking Point," about issues and events that help define the national conversation even when they're not leading the news. Today, a collection of our favorites.

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To the Point

The Year in Talking Points

Each day on our program we bring you a "Talking Point," about issues and events that help define the national conversation even when they're not leading the news. Today, a collection of our favorites.

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