Perspective Podcast - September 28, 2012
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In this edition of Perspective...
Theft Inside the TSA
If you've ever lost an item at the airport, you might wonder where it ended up. Well, in some cases your high-priced electronics could land in the hands of the TSA officers that screen your luggage. Thanks to the help of simple tracking technology and some tempting bait, ABC News Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross brings us the details.
JFK Tapes
And now a trip back to the 1960s and the presidency of John F. Kennedy. ABC News has learned President Kennedy had secretly installed microphones in the oval office. They're responsible for over 200 hours of recordings -- from national crisis to tender family moments, including time with his daughter Caroline Kennedy, who spoke with ABC's Diane Sawyer about her father.
JK Rowling
She's arguably the most popular writer on the planet -- the woman who brought the world Harry Potter has now written her first novel for adults, and it sold more than one million copies before it even hit the shelves. ABC's Cynthia McFadden traveled to Scotland to talk to JK Rowling about her latest work.
Plate Debate
A food fight is breaking out in school cafeterias across the nation. It's been a month since new federal guidelines mandating healthy school lunches went into effect, but many students are already finding them hard to swallow. Calorie restrictions have some claiming their lunches don't fill them up, and they are turning to YouTube to make their voices heard. Here's ABC's Jim Avila.
Food Fix
Many doctors have argued that sugary, processed foods can be addictive, affecting your brain the same way as drugs. Others says addiction does not apply, but ABC's Juju Chang spoke to one woman who embraced the addiction theory and lost more than one hundred pounds.
Sell That House
There is more optimism for the housing market this week, as new data shows home prices have risen from last year. While it could mean good news for the roughly two million Americans with homes on the market, there are also cheap and easy ways you can raise your home's value ... sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. ABC's Sharyn Alfonsi has the story of one homes 48 hour makeover.
Mormon Bachelor
It's a new twist in the looking for love reality TV genre, taking a page from the Bachelor playbook but adding a religious spin. It brings together singles in search of life-long love, and ABC's David Wright tells us about the contestants and the mastermind behind the show.
Host: Cheri Preston
Producer: Colin Tipton
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