Jerome Vaughn

Fifty years ago this week, virtuoso jazz pianist Thelonious Monk gave a landmark concert at New York City’s Town Hall. Monk’s 1959 concert marked bebop’s shift from New York’s nightclubs to center stage. Guest: Terrance McKnight.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh warned that she’d take tough action against a mutiny by paramilitary border security guards if they did not surrender their weapons immediately. New York Times reporter Somini Sengupta joins the show.

After eight long months recuperating from reconstructive knee surgery, Tiger Woods returned to the green yesterday. For more we turn to Karen Crouse, a sports reporter for the New York Times who is in Arizona to watch Tiger Woods first day back.

Reem Asaad, a finance lecturer at Dar al-Hikma Women’s College in Jeddah joins The Takeaway with the story of a campaign she is leading to defend the right of women to buy their lingerie from other women. Currently currently only men can sell women’s underwear.

For a preview of President Obama’s national budget outline, we are joined by Jay Newton-Small, a reporter for Time Magazine. The Takeaway discusses how his health care plan and his projections for the budget actually match up.