• Google's CEO: 'The Laws Are Written by Lobbyists'

  

  Eric Schmidt on the power of lobbyists, a Google "implant", and how China resembles a big business

• Barbour: GOP Will Gain at Least Four Governorships

  

  Mississippi's governor on 2010, whether he'd run in 2012, and why Obama is mysterious

• Kenneth Feinberg Explains the Art of Compensation

  

  The "pay czar" on who should—and shouldn't —be paid, especially regarding the BP oil spill

• Spike Lee: 'People Are Dead Now' Because Bush Bungled Katrina Response

  

  The director reflects on the hurricane, the oil spill, and the Tea Party

• Holbrooke on U.S.-Pakistan Relationship: It's 'Complicated'

  Obama's man in Afghanistan talks to Christiane Amanpour

• David Rohde: 'What I Saw in Captivity' With the Taliban

  The reporter on the stunning ignorance of his captors when it comes to the world

• Bloomberg on 2012: 'Can't Win'

  The mayor of New York City responds to the question of whether he would run for president by dismissing his chances at victory

• Axelrod: Obama Hasn't 'Gone Washington'

  The president's senior adviser fights the charge that the White House is putting politics above the national interest

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Lineup

September 30

• Emanuel: White House Working on New Food Labels Sam Kass, White House Chef, and Ezekiel Emanuel, Special Adviser to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, with Corby Kummer, The Atlantic
• Fmr. Intelligence Director: New Cyberattack May Be Worse Than 9/11 Mike McConnell, Senior VP Booz Allen Hamilton, and Fran Townsend, Former Homeland Security Adviser, with Shane Harris, Washingtonian
• Bloomberg on 2012: 'Can't Win' Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City, with Chris Wallace, Fox News
• Axelrod: Obama Hasn't 'Gone Washington' David Axelrod, Special Adviser to the President, with Brian Williams, NBC News
• Graham: Obama's Right About Absorbing Terror Attack Lindsey Graham, Senator, South Carolina, with Greta Van Susteren, Fox News
• George Will: In Defense of Partisanship George Will, Columnist, Washington Post
• Obama Adviser: 'We Cannot Wait for Superman' to Save Education Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Adviser, The White House, with Andrea Mitchell, NBC News
• Carlyle Group's Rubenstein: How to Address Emerging Markets David Rubenstein, Co-Founder, The Carlyle Group
• Craig Newmark: NPR Will Be the Dominant News Force By 2020 Craig Newmark, Founder, Craigslist, with James Fallows, The Atlantic
• Arne Duncan: Education Documentary Is a 'Rosa Parks Moment' Arne Duncan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, with Michel Martin, NPR
• Geithner: A GOP Congress Can Support Obama's Policies Tim Geithner, Secretary U.S. Department of the Treasury, with David Leonhardt, New York Times
• Nassim Taleb: Don't Listen to Geithner or Krugman Nassim Taleb, Author, with Matthew Cooper, National Journal
• Bill Bratton: What Beat Cops Can Teach Counterterrorists Bill Bratton, Former Chief of Police, LAPD and NYPD, with Pierre Thomas, ABC News
• Bob Bennett, Washington's Super-Lawyer, Shares His Stories Bob Bennett, Partner, Hogan Lovells, with James Fallows, The Atlantic

October 1

• David Rohde: 'What I Saw in Captivity' With the Taliban David Rohde, Reporter, New York Times
• Holbrooke: U.S.-Pakistan Relationship Is the Most Complicated of His Life Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, with Christiane Amanpour, ABC News
• Spike Lee: 'People Are Dead Now' Because Bush Bungled Katrina Response Spike Lee, Director, with Douglas Brinkley, Vanity Fair and Professor, Rice University
• The Podestas Face Tough Questions About Lobbying Tony Podesta and Heather Podesta with Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
• Kenneth Feinberg Explains the Art of Compensation Kenneth Feinberg, Administrator BP Claims Fund, with Walter Isaacson, The Aspen Institute
• Barbour: GOP Will Gain At Least Four Governorships Haley Barbour, Governor, Mississippi, with Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
• Google's CEO: 'The Laws Are Written by Lobbyists' Eric Schmidt, CEO Google, with James Bennet, The Atlantic
• Webb: Obama Had Wrong Focus in the Beginning Jim Webb, Senator, Virignia, with John King, CNN
• Ahmed Chalabi: WMD Were 'Marginal' to Iraq Invasion Ahmed Chalabi, President, The Governing Council of Iraq, with Sally Quinn, The Washington Post
• The Pundit Consensus: Gridlock Ahead in Washington Margaret Carlson, Chuck Todd, Ronald Brownstein and Charlie Cook with John King, CNN

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