As heard on May 20 - May 24, 2002 on AirTalk®
Monday, May 20
Counterterroism Intelligence in Context
Questions abound regarding the Bush administrationÆs handling of information received in August regarding
the threat of a terrorist attack from Osama Bin Laden. Larry discusses the problem of putting intelligence
about terrorism in context and how the President could have possibly singled out this information on which
to act.
Cannes Film Festival Update
Larry Mantle checks in with film critic Henry Sheehan whoÆs at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Virtue in a Modern World
Larry Mantle talks with Harvard minister and professor Peter Gomes. GomesÆ believes college
curriculums have become too focused on preparing students for success in the marketplace, but
not at all prepared for success in life. His new book entitled The Good Life (Harper San Francisco)
explains why old-fashioned virtue is absolutely essential to achieving happiness in the modern world.
Tuesday, May 21
United Airlines Vs Southwest
United is a predominantly employee owned business. However, Southwest boasts a company that has encouraged its
employees to act like owners. Why is it that Southwest has become so successful while United Airlines is often plagued
with in-fighting and union power struggles? Larry Mantle speaks with Kevin Freiberg, co-author of Nuts!:
SouthwestsÆ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success (Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishers), and John
McCorkle, who writes a newsletter which covers the airline industry from the inside.
To subscribe to John McCorkleÆs newsletter, send an e-mail to jhmjr@compuserve.com.
Strange Myths and Curious Legends on the City Of Angels
What is it about LA that inspires people to refer to it by such monikers as La La Land, Hollyweird,
Plastic Land or even Paradise with a Lobotomy? Larry Mantle examines the culture of Los Angeles
through its urban myths legends and scandalous rumors with Paul Young, author of LA
Exposed (St. Martins Press).
Wednesday, May 22
L.A. County Health Services, Possible Layoffs?
Larry Mantle talks with L.A. County Chief Administrative Officer David Janssen, and the director of L.A.
County Department of Health Services, Dr. Thomas Garthwaite, about his recommendation that the department
may be laying off more than 5,000 employees due to state and federal cutbacks.
The State Budget
Larry Mantle discusses Governor Gray DavisÆ state budget and its proposed cuts and tax increases with budget reporter, John
Hill, from The Sacramento Bee, California State Senate Republican leader, James Brulte, and Chief Deputy of the State
Department of Finance, Betty Yee.
California History
Larry Mantle talks with Dr. Kevin Starr about his new sixth volume in his Americans and the California Dream
series, Embattled Dreams (Oxford University Press), that chronicles 1940Æs California, the war years, and its aftermath.
Thursday, May 23
CityBeat with New Times L.A. Columnist Jill Stewart
Valley Secession
Larry Mantle speaks with USC Law and Political Science Professor, Erwin Chemerinsky, about how he defines the drawbacks
of a possible Valley Secession.
The Value of Nurture
Larry Mantle speaks with world-renowned psychologist Shelley Taylor about her research confirming that tending
and nurturing are biological instincts hardwired into our genes and hormones, as important to human evolution as is
searching for food or sleeping. Her new book is The Tending Instinct (Time Books).
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle and critics
Charles Solomon, animation critic of amazon.com,
F.X. Feeney of the L.A. Weekly, and
Peter Rainer of New York Magazine
discuss this week's new film releases, including Insomnia, Enough, The Importance of Being Earnest,
Home Movie, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, CQ, The Komediant, Late Marriage, Master of the Flying Guillotine,
and Thirteen Conversations About One Thing.
Henry Sheehan of Fresh Air
joins us from France to talk about the
Cannes Film Festival.
Friday, May 24
The Andy Warhol Retrospective
Live Remote From MOCA, Larry Mantle looks at the acclaimed career of Andy Warhol.
FilmWeek
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.
