As heard on April 22 - April 26, 2002 on AirTalk®
Monday, April 22
Results of the SAG Membership Vote on the Agency Franchise Agreement
Larry Mantle discusses the result of the vote by SAG members that rejected the agency franchise agreement
that would have allowed investments by advertising companies and producers in Hollywood talent agencies. He
speaks with Premiere magazine columnist, Anita Busch.
The History and Future of Feminism
Larry Mantle discusses the history and future of the Feminist movement with Estelle Freedman, author of No Turning Back (Ballantine).
Tuesday, April 23
LAFCO Valley Secession Study
Larry Mantle takes listener thoughts and opinions about the recent state agency study citing that the Valley would be
a financially viable entity were it to secede from Los Angeles. Larry Mantle also breaks for latest news on the
Placentia Metrolink accident.
Henry Ford and the Jews
Larry Mantle talks with author Neil Baldwin about his new book, Henry Ford and the Jews (Public Affairs),
that examines how Henry Ford promoted a virulent brand of anti-Semitism, disseminating his point of view through
a privately published newspaper, The Dearborn Independent, and how the Jewish American community
responded.
Wednesday, April 24
Orange County Edition
Larry Mantle talks with Chris Reed of the Orange County Register about the latest Orange County
news. This weekÆs topics include: Train Tragedy; El Toro Decision; Supervisor CoadÆs Aboutface; Toll Road
Goes Public; and, Lake Forest Sells ItÆs Sole.
Portland Chief of Police, Mark Kroeker
Larry Mantle talks with current Portland, Oregon Police Chief and former L.A.P.D. Deputy Chief,
Mark Kroeker, about his plans to apply for the position Police Chief of Los Angeles.
Branding & Corporate Identity
What is branding and corporate identity? How does a designer create a logo to encapsulate a business?
Larry Mantle speaks with design gurus Gregory Thomas of Gregory Thomas Associates and Russell Banks,
the creative director of Siegel and Gale, and asks these questions and more.
Thursday, April 25
Town Hall Meeting on Race Relations on 10th Anniversary of LA Riots
As Los Angeles prepares to mark the tenth anniversary of the 1992 riots, AirTalk hosts a special town hall meeting
on race relations in the city from Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Koreatown. Larry Mantle moderates a discussion by a panel that includes:
Joe Hicks, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture; Rev. Leonard Jackson, Minister of Community
Outreach at First AME Church; Stewart Kwoh, President and Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center; and
Jaime Regalado, Executive Director of the Pat Brown Institute.
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle and critics
Jean Oppenheimer of Screen International
and Peter Rainer of New York Magazine
discuss this week's new film releases, including Life or Something Like It, The Salton Sea,
Night at the Golden Eagle, Dogtown and Z-Boys, The Other Brother, and Peter discusses some of the movies he saw at
The Bermuda Film Festival.
Larry and the critics also discussed a couple of the more notable video releases for the week.
Friday, April 26
San Francisco Today
The high-flying days of the bottomless seed money for internet start-ups are over in San Francisco. Many early
eclectic residents of San Francisco fled before the bubble burst, squeezed out of an increasingly expensive city.
Now, many new economy workers follow in their wake. Who is left in the City? What's San Francisco like today?
Larry Mantle takes a look at recent San Francisco history up to current day and speaks with Craigslist.orgÆs Craig
Newmark and California State Librarian, Dr. Kevin Starr.
FilmWeek
Friday is a repeat broadcast of FilmWeek's original Thursday 7-8PM broadcast. For a list of reviews, please refer to Thursday's schedule.
