Katherine Lanpher

The head of Georgia's national security council, Alexander Lomaia, says about 50 Russian tanks have entered the strategic city of Gori despite a cease-fire agreement. Lomaia claims th...

Takeaway science correspondent and science writer Jonah Lehrer, author of "Proust Was a Neuroscientist"

Guest: Chad Hart, agricultural economist, Iowa State University, in Ames, Iowa

Guest: Anne Barnard, The New York Times

Guest: Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Guest: Mitch Lawrence, NBA columnist for the New York Daily

Guest: Ollie Williams, BBC Olympics blogger

Guests: Stephen Eke, BBC Russian Affairs Analyst, and James Collins, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia.

Guest: Anne Barnard, The New York Times, in Moscow, Russia

Guest: Jeremy Schapp, ESPN

Guest: Matthew Collin, BBC World Service correspondent, in Tbilisi, Georgia

When former Senator John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama back in May, it was seen as a boon for Obama’s support among white working-class voters. Now that Edwards is in the throes of a sex scandal, what will those voters do?

Guest: Bill Woodcock, research director for Packet Clearing House, a non-profit group that advises Internet companies and governments about cyber attacks.

The BBC's Ollie Williams takes The Takeaway behind the scenes of The Games in Beijing, including the story of the gold-winning Thai weightlifter Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon, who ...

For the fifth week in a row, gas prices fell. And it looks like the nation owes a tip of the hat to the dollar.

Guest: Americo Martins, a BBC Editor for the Americas Region

Guest: M.J. Gohel, director of the Asia-Pacific Foundation, a London-based international affairs think tank

James Traub, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine says the hostilities between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region South Ossetia should not come as a surprise.

Isaac Hayes took the sound of Memphis around the world before dying Sunday at age 65. It was a sad day for soul fans and the end of a pioneering career.