TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012
Hour 1
Trillions of bacteria live in our bodies. They outnumber our human cells, 10 to 1. So who’s in charge? What are we?
Hour 2
German e-book sensation Oliver Pötzsch, of “The Hangman’s Daughter,” is back. We’ll look at Germany, Europe, and the human condition.
RECENT
SHOWS
From Woody Allen’s latest “To Rome With Love,” we talk with young actresses Ellen Page and Greta Gerwig.
We’ll go deep inside Mexico’s multi-billion-dollar drug trade, and the American market that drives it.
The Obama administration ends deportation of young, clean-record illegal immigrants. We’ll look at the policy and the politics.
Revolution, democracy and coup d’etat all on a high wire in Egypt.
Environmental champion Bill McKibben joins us on fracking, pipelines, and Mother Earth now.
PRODUCER
PICKS
Rick Perry says educate the children of illegal immigrants, all the way to college. Mitt Romney says no. We’ll talk with a Mexican-American brain surgeon who jumped the fence.
“True Colors” Grammy winner Cyndi Lauper on life, activism, and now singing the blues.
What is the enduring legacy of the bungled break-in that toppled a president?during legacy of the bungled break-in that toppled a president? 
A conversation with novelist Paul Theroux about searching for inspiration in sex, drugs and blindness. 
Dr. Atul Gawande on Health Care & the Age of Reform. On Point Blog
