A bi-partisan panel investigating the financial crisis of 2008-09 that threatened to throw the economy into a depression will produce an "unvarnished" report that lays out what happened and points to where culpability should be laid, the commission's chairman tells NPR.

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission holds its first hearing next week. Chairman Phil Angelides (a Democrat and former California state treasurer) and Vice Chairman Bill Thomas (a Republican and former member of Congress) talked with All Things Considered co-host Michele Norris this morning. Here's Angelides pledging a thorough, warts-and-all inquiry that gets at the truth of what happened:

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Much more from Michele's conversation with the men is due on today's edition of ATC. Click here to find an NPR station near you. And later, ATC will post the interview here.