As heard on August 19 - August 23, 2002 on AirTalk®
Monday, August 19
Robert Putnam
Esteemed political scientist Robert Putnam, author of the best-selling Bowling Alone, joins Larry Mantle to talk about his new book, Democracies in Flux.
In it, leading scholars reveal that participation in unions, churches and political parties is declining all over the world. What does this mean for the future of democracy?
Simon Winchester and his Best-Selling Book, The Map That Changed the World
Larry Mantle talks with best-selling author and journalist Simon Winchester about his book that chronicles the finding of the first geological map
of anywhere in the world. This map was of a hidden world lying beneath the surface of Britain that contained the rock strata, fossils and minerals.
The finding of the map eventually led to an entire new science known as geology. Simon Winchester is the author of The Map That Changed
The World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (Perennial-and imprint of HarperCollins), and previous author
of The Professor and the Madman, and journalist who has written for many publications including the New York Times, HarperÆs,
The Atlantic Monthly, The Spectator, among others.
Tuesday, August 20
Special Broadcast from Catalina Island
CATALINA ISLAND: HISTORY, CULTURE, COMMERCE
Larry Mantle and guests talk about the history of Catalina Island, including a look at the reign of the Wrigleys and the advent of the Catalina Island
Conservancy. They also discuss the issues related island demographics and culture and the development and evolution of the island as a tourist
destination. Guests include: Stacey Otte, Director of the Catalina Island Museum; Rudy Piltch, a life-long Catalina resident who retired from the planning
department of the Catalina Island Company and served on the Avalon City Council for several years; Ralph Morrow, the Mayor of Avalon and
resident since 1972
THE CATALINA ISLAND ECOLOGY
Larry Mantle discuss the ecology of Catalina Island with experts on issues of preservation, land usage and sea life of the island. Guests include Deb Jensen,
Director of Education for the Catalina Island Conservancy and Kathy Ann Miller, Director of Education for the Wrigley Institute for
Environmental Studies.
Wednesday, August 21
Special Broadcast from Leisure World
SENIOR POLITICAL POWER
Larry speaks with his guests on the clout of senior voters. Guests include Fernando Torres-Gil, Associate Dean of Academic
Affairs and Professor of Social Welfare and Policy Studies at UCLA; Bob Ring, City Council Member from Laguna Woods; and Ernie Powell,
Advocacy Representative for AARP in California.
SENIOR FINANCE AND ECONOMICS
On the topic of senior finance and economics, Larry speaks with guests Randall Lee, Regional Director for the Pacific Region
of the SEC; Neal Stoughton, Professor of Finance at UC IrvineÆs Graduate School of Management; Neal Cutler, who holds the Boettner/Gregg
Chair in Financial Gerontology at Widener University in Chester, PA; and Helen Dennis, a specialist on Aging, Employment, and Retirement.
Thursday, August 22
Burbank Airport Expansion
Does the Airport Authority really need to have 40,000 more square feet to comply with FAA security requirements? Will air traffic increase at the airport?
This is a citizensÆ group (ROAR) vs. the Airport Authority, with the City of Burbank caught in the middle. Larry speaks with guests Victor Gill,
Spokesperson for the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority and Howard Rothenbach, founder and chairman of ROAR (Restore
Our Airport Rights) committee.
Orange County Edition
Larry Mantle talks with Chris Reed of the Orange County Register about the latest Orange County news.
The Charles Schulz Museum
Larry Mantle and animation historian Charles Solomon discuss the life of œPeanuts” creator Charles Schulz and the new Charles M. Schulz
Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa with guests Ruth Eegell, Director of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, and
Jerry Scott who writes the cartoons œBaby Blues” and œZits.”
Friday, August 23
Immigrant Labor and the Making of Greater Los Angeles
Historian Matt Garcia joins Larry Mantle to talk about his new book, A World of Its Own: Race, Labor and Citrus in the Making of Los Angeles,
1900-1970 (University of North Carolina Press), which tells how Mexican and Asian citrus laborers helped make Los Angeles the expansive, diverse,
culturally rich metropolis it is today.
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle with critics
Jean Oppenheimer of Screen International,
Andy Klein of New Times L.A.,
and Charles Solomon, animation critic of amazon.com
discuss this week's new film releases, including S1m0ne, One Hour Photo, Little Secrets, Serving Sara,
Undisputed, The Chateau, Lan Yu, and
Mostly Martha.
Jean caught up with last week's release Pluto Nash. Also discussed were the life of Doris Wishman and
the special 70mm screening of Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty, this week at
The El Capitan
