The Gist

On the Show This Week

I'm on the air this week, breaking down the news and following the political campaigns, with the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary just days away. Obviously today we'll be discussing the big news out of Pakistan, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

We're also doing a lot of looking back on 2007, playing clips of some of my favorite -- and often wacky -- interviews. And our Holiday Book Bonanza moves into the Book Bundle phase. We're giving away lots of books each hour, all by authors who've been on the show throughout the year. The bundles -- three books per bundle --are books all about specific topics. Today we'll be giving away four bundles: The God-Is-Dead Bundle (includes When Religion is an Addiction, by Robert Minor, whose interview I'll be replaying), The Fabulous Bundle (includes DeLuxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster by Dana Thomas, whose interview we'll be replaying), The CIA (Corrupt, Incompetent Assholes)Bundle, and The Organic Bundle.