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The Catholic Church in Rome moves to scrutinize — maybe rein in — American nuns. We’ll talk with sisters on the front lines.

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya comes to Washington for help. We’ll ask what the coup against him means for Honduras, and for democracy in Latin America.

Writer Reihan Salam says that, as men lose jobs, the greatest effect of our Great Recession may be the “death of macho.”

President Obama, in Russia, talking nukes and geopolitics. We’ll hear from former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski and more.

The ‘King of Pop,’ dead at 50. We’ll look back at the career, the image, the person, and the impact on popular music.

On Point and Planet Money, together at last! We talk with NPR’s Adam Davidson and David Kestenbaum about what they’ve learned covering the economic crisis, and where it’s going.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, top economic and policy advisor to the 2008 McCain campaign, on Obama’s agenda — and the future of the GOP.

Novelist Joseph O’Neill’s award-winning novel, “Netherland,” has been on the president’s nightstand. We talk with O’Neill, and with writer James McBride, about its themes of American identity.

Nearly half the world lives on two dollars a day – or less. We’ll look at exactly how they do that. It’s surprising.

We talk with classical guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk, about the guitar as bridge between cultures. Plus: video of Fisk performing an encore in our studio.

Christina Romer, chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, joined us in our first hour today to talk about the economy and the debate over whether a second round of stimulus is needed. Asked about Vice President Biden’s recent remarks, that the administration had “misread how bad the economy was,” she replied:  “It’s important to realize [...]

Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski joined Tom from Washington, D.C. this morning and shared his impressions of President Obama’s first face-to-face meetings with Russia’s leaders. 

The passage of the House climate bill – discussed in our first hour today – has been greeted with enthusiasm in many quarters. But in some ways, the real question is whether a global framework can be established in Copenhagen in December, when countries will negotiate a new international treaty to curb greenhouse gases.

The week-in-the-news roundtable always involves tough choices on sound clips – what to include, what to leave out. Amid all the pressing hard news, we often give a nod to a notable person who’s passed away. But this week brought, well, a ridiculous range of choices.

On Wednesday night, June 24, On Point will tape a show before an audience in Boston with two stars of NPR’s “Planet Money,” Adam Davidson and David Kestenbaum. We need your online questions to put to them — about anything from the roots of the economic crisis to NPR’s coverage.

Call it a literary mashup hour. We asked author Joseph O’Neill, whose novel “Netherland” President Obama has been reading, and James McBride — of “The Color of Water” fame — to take a look at one another’s books and do a show together. They said, “sure!”