Todd Zwillich appears in the following:
Sports: Olympic Bids and Baseball's Playoff Push
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
As Chicago tries to drum up support for its bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Paddy O'Connell, host of the BBC radio program Broadcasting House, joins us with a look at the challeng...
Health Care and the States
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Most of the debate on health care reform has focused on the federal government and the individuals who might get new coverage. But today we ask a different question: what are individu...
House Votes to Reprimand Rep. Joe Wilson
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
With a roll call vote of 240-179 mainly along party lines, the House of Representatives yesterday passed a resolution of disapproval of Congressman Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina). Wils...
A Can-Do Way to Keep Fruit and Veg
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
For many of us, saying 'so long' to summer is not an easy thing. But there is one way to capture the sunny season in a bottle – or a jar, at least. With the abundance of wonderful fru...
Is Somalia the Next Afghanistan?
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The small East African nation of Somalia is once again becoming a big problem for the United States, this time in the fight against terrorism and al-Qaida. There is enough fear that t...
Next (Small) Steps for NASA
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
NASA has long been the government agency meant to lead the charge to the future, at least in the public's imagination. A report to Congress from an independent body of experts has put...
South Carolina and the Woe of Wilson
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday reprimanding South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" to the president during his address to the joint se...
A Team By Any Other Name
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The regular baseball season is winding down, but the excitement for fans is far from over. Both the American and National League teams are making their big push for the playoffs and t...
Changing Wall Street, One Regulation at a Time
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Louise Story, finance reporter for The New York Times, joins us with a look at the changing banking regulatory regime in Washington. It's been a year since a complicated crisis of cre...
Unpacking the Health Care Debate
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
After over three months of bipartisan negotiations the U.S. Senate's Finance Committee is expected to unveil their much-anticipated plan for reforming the nations's health care system...
Union Yes! President Takes His Message to Workers
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
President Obama is traveling across the nation to rally people behind health care reform. One of this biggest stops happened yesterday, with a speech in Pittsburgh before hundreds of ...
Your Health Care Questions Answered
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Yesterday, we asked listeners to send us questions about health care. From "insurance co-ops" to "sole proprietorship," our very own Washington correspondent and healthcare whiz Todd ...
Health Insurance Co-ops
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
This week, the Senate Finance committee is set to release the first draft of their health care bill. In fact, the proposed legislation was originally slated to be released today ... s...
Answering Your Health Care Questions
Monday, September 14, 2009
Last week, President Obama addressed the nation before a joint session of Congress in an attempt to answer some questions and alleviate any doubts about his plan to overhaul the natio...
Waiting on Washington: Health Care and Financial Regulation
Monday, September 14, 2009
Our Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, looks at the chances that Congress will reach an agreement on a health care bill this week. Then Louise Story, Wall Street and finance rep...
Outbursts, Apologies and Incidentally, Health Care
Friday, September 11, 2009
The president laid out his plans for health care reform Wednesday night — or at least he tried to. He woke up Thursday morning to see that the headlines were stolen by an outburst fro...
Undecided Listeners React to President's Speech
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Last night President Obama used his bully pulpit to make a very specific pitch for health care reform before a joint session of Congress... and, incidentally, the watching American pu...
Electronic Footprints: What Your Messages Say about You
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Call it Big Brother or call it being a conscientious employer, but there's a new kind of software that monitors your use of email and online messaging: how many messages you send, how...
Detroit Health Care Townhall
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Our Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, finds himself far outside the Beltway today. He is in Detroit after attending a townhall held last night on health care reform. While the ...
President to Congress: Give Me the Dang Ball
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Last night in front of a rare joint session of Congress, President Obama addressed the issue that has been on everyone's minds: health care reform. His speech was to-the-point, tackli...