Morning Edition - Monday, April 28, 2008
America's Hosts: Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne; Newscasts: Carl Kasell and Jean Cochran
Northern California Host: Donna Apidone; Newscasts: Steve Shadley
StoryCorps, NPR's oral history project, is in Sacramento through mid-May. Find out more at capradio.org.
Here are highlights of today's show:
How would you feel about sharing your doctor visit with 15 strangers? KXJZ Health Care Reporter tells us about group patient visits, this morning at 6:33 and 8:33.
Today we're kicking off a week-long series on Americans in debt. Co-host Steve Inskeep talks to Tim Harford, a columnist and economist at the Financial Times, about why many people aren't saving money. They also discuss the reasons why people get into debt and how to balance savings and spending. That's at 6:21 and 8:21.
India's got a lot of new problems, including being one of the world's biggest contributors to global warming. But it's also got a new gang of problem solvers: young Indians born in America, Britain, and Australia, who are traveling back to help. NPR's Robert Krulwich reports on India's "climate change generation" in the latest installment of our Climate Connections series with National Geographic. We'll har that story at 5:21 and 7:21.
Thanks for listening!