On Point is a radio show produced by WBUR-FM in Boston and syndicated by American Public Media (APM). The show addresses a wide range of issues from news, politics, arts and culture, health, technology, environmental, and business topics, to many others. It is distributed to over 290 public radio stations across the United States by APM. On Point averages more than two million podcast downloads a month. The show was originally created by Graham Griffith, and first broadcast on September 17, 2001, to provide special coverage in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. The show's popularity led to it becoming a standalone program, first broadcasting under the On Point name on February 4, 2002. It was originally a two-hour call-in show, but the show transitioned to its current one-hour format in October 2020. Tom Ashbrook Tom Ashbrook was the long-running host from 2002 to 2017. Prior to that he was a foreign editor at The Boston Globe. Ashbrook hosted most weeks during his time with the show, but went on medical leave in November 2007, to undergo heart bypass surgery. He resumed full-time broadcasting January 2, when he discussed his medical journey in a show with his doctors and nurses. On November 5, 2014, Ashbrook announced a period of personal leave to care for his wife, Danielle, who had been suffering from cancer. She died the next day, November 6, 2014, at age 60. After nearly two months away, Ashbrook returned to On Point on January 2, 2015. Ashbrook was put on leave from On Point at the beginning of December 2017, when a group of current and former WBUR employees alleged he created a "toxic and emotionally unsafe work environment" for staff through bullying and publicly humiliating colleagues. Specific allegations filed by initially 11 (and later "at least 23") staffers included "Tirades directed at young women in the studio, name-calling, belittling critiques of show ideas during meetings, 'creepy' sex talk, inappropriate touching, hugs and back or neck rubs after a dressing down." Ashbrook denies the allegations. In 2018 the program commenced being hosted by fill-in hosts including Ray Suarez and Jane Clayson. On February 14, 2018, WBUR announced they had dismissed Ashbrook as a result of the complaints of the work environment. On Point since Tom Ashbrook's departure On July 25, 2018, WBUR's Meghna Chakrabarti (host of the local program Radio Boston) and David Folkenflik (NPR's media correspondent)