Held captive in Libya

New York Times correspondent, Anthony Shadid, was held in captivity for 7 days by Libyan authorities. Listen to a gripping interview with Shadid on the On Point podcast.

Listen to the full podcast now or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 4/4/11.

Why the revolution?

Thousands of news stories have been done about the ongoing revolutions in the Middle East, but 95% of them say the same thing: the revolution was caused by facebook, wikileaks, bad dictators, good media coverage, and a fruit vendor in Tunisia. In Tom Friedman's latest article, he discusses some of the contributing factors largely ignored by the media.

Planet Money on Libya

What is day to day life in Libya like? Why has the revolution there been so much bloodier than those in Egypt, Bahrain, and Tunisia? This episode of Planet Money answers those questions.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/25/11.