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10:00The Politics of Health Care

Guest host: Steve Roberts

President Obama begins a new push to rally the public and Congress behind an overhaul of the U-S health care system. Guest host, Steve Roberts, and his guests look at the growing political debate over restructuring health care and opportunities for consensus.

Guests

Julie Rovner, health policy correspondent for National Public Radio, author of "Health Care Policy and Politics A-Z," and contributing editor for National Journal's CongressDaily.

Holly Bailey, covers the White House for "Newsweek" magazine.

Karen Tumulty, National Political Correspondent, "Time" magazine.

Linda Douglass, Communications Director, White House Office of Health Reform

Vin Weber, Republican consultant, former member of Congress representing Minnesota's 2nd district (1981-93)

11:00Michael H. Stone: "The Anatomy of Evil" (Prometheus Books)

Guest host: Steve Roberts

Inspired by Dante's Inferno, a psychiatrist developed a twenty-two-point scale for measuring evil – from justifiable homicide to torture and murder. He explains how society could use this new tool.

Guests

Michael H. Stone, MD, Professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons; author; host of the Discovery Channel's former series Most Evil

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