Femi Oke appears in the following:
Our recession hero: Behrooz the good broker
Thursday, March 26, 2009
This week, we sent Senior Editor Femi Oke out to bring your stories about the economic crisis back to the show. Sam Jordan was listening in New Jersey and sent us an e-mail. He wanted...
Chronicle of a Persian wedding
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Marjan Tehrani is an Iranian-American director/producer whose forthcoming documentary chronicles her brother Alex's wedding to Heather, an American woman from California. The couple t...
Greens, rice, fish...and Sean Penn: Cooking for Iranian New Year with filmmaker Marjan Tehrani
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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Marjan Tehrani is a documentary filmmaker. Born and bred in the United States, Marjan had an American mother and an Ir...
Channeling Kate Winslet and Mickey Rourke for our Takeaway red carpet Oscar questions
Friday, February 20, 2009
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Have a question for an Oscar nominee? Place your vote in our red-carp...
Inauguration Day
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Brian Lehrer Show’s special coverage of the presidential inauguration.
Back to the streets of Washington with Femi Oke
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
We return to The Takeaway's Femi Oke who is staked out on the crowded streets of Washington, D.C. She is shoving her microphone in front of anyone who will talk to her (and some who w...
An update from the crowded sidewalks of Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The streets and sidewalks of Washington, D.C. are filling up with excited people from across the nation and around the world as the final preparation for Barack Obama's swearing in as...
Backstage with the Lesbian and Gay Band Association
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
In just a few hours the Lesbian and Gay Band Association will be making history as the first gay band to be included in an inaugural parade. During the Clinton era the LGBA were invi...
Washington buzzes with excitement over impending Inauguration
Monday, January 19, 2009
As the nation prepares for a new President, Washington, D.C. is filling up with excited Inauguration attendees from across the country. We check in with Femi Oke who is roaming the st...
Bye bye Crawford. Hello Hawaii.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
As the Bush administration fades in history, so will the little town of Crawford, Texas. The equivalent refuge in the Obama administration isn't really known. Obama is from Chicago...but he's also from Kahului, Hawaii.
Video: Femi's Fab Five
Friday, December 19, 2008
The Takeaway’s news anchor Femi Oke remembers the five top stories that made the team smile in 2008.
The Singing Ambassador:
Producer Kent DePinto talks about booking the U.S....
Christmas Gifts Gone Wild
Friday, December 12, 2008
Takeaway culture correspondent Mary Elizabeth Williams looks off the beaten track to find you some of the coolest Christmas gifts around.
Layoffs hit the virtual world as Reuters closes its Second Life bureau
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Virtual reality world Second Life loses a news bureau.
Unconventional polls
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The most accurate polls around might be a little on the unconventional side: Halloween mask sales, schoolchildren, coffee cups, and cookies.
Mary Beth Williams hits the streets o...
CMJ
Friday, October 24, 2008
The 2008 CMJ Music Marathon has attracted more than 1,000 artists. The annual New York music festival has a national reputation for showcasing new bands. Takeaway musician Jack Grace...
Oil reserves bring billions into Nigeria, but also conflict with MEND
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Nigeria is the fifth-largest supplier of crude oil to the United States. (The United States is Nigeria's biggest single export market.) Behind this lucrative business relationship, ...
Musician Terence Blanchard uses jazz to rebuild New Orleans
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Terence Blanchard is a prolific composer and musician. He’s written film scores for over thirty movies including, “Malcolm X”, “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts”, “Insid...
The conflict in Georgia sends shudders through former Russian satellite states
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Guests: Peter Semneby, the European Union’s special representative for the South Caucasus
The Phelps Effect
Friday, August 15, 2008
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Tameka, age 9, and Kayarah, age 8, love to watch the Olympic swim t...
Doctors talk about the state of research and treatment at AIDS conference
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
The 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City runs August 3 to 8, 2008. This year’s conference coincided with the startling revelation that the Centers for Disease Control and...
