January 31 - February 4, 2005
Monday, Jan. 31
The Election in Iraq
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Larry talks with a variety of guests about Sunday’s Iraq election. How many people went to the polls? How much violence was there? And what is the short- and long-term significance of the election? Joining him is Michael Weiskopf, Senior Correspondent for Time magazine; Joe Cirincione, director of the Non-Proliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Michael Rubin, resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute, and Alyssa Rubin, co-bureau chief of the Baghdad Bureau for the Los Angeles Times.
SBC Communications Acquires AT&T
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SBC Communications is expected to acquire long-distance carrier AT&T, creating the largest telecommunications company in the United States. Larry Mantle talks with Steve Rosenbush of Business Week online, about how the merger would affect the telecommunications industry and consumers.
Teens and Sex on the Internet
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According to with Patricia Greenfield, Director of UCLA’s Children’s Digital Media Center, American children are exposed to a tremendous amount of pornography and other adult sexual media. Larry talks with the UCLA Psychology Professor about her research of what she calls “today’s all-pervasive sexualized media environment” and the influence it has on teens.
Michael Shermer
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Larry Mantle talks with Skeptic magazine’s Michael Shermer about his new book Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown (Owl Books). The book examines how scientists operate under pressure, during controversies and on the precipice of the unknown, turning a skeptical lens onto science itself. Shermer is a columnist for Scientific American, and he’s founder and director of the international Skeptics Society.
Tuesday, Feb. 1
Change in the Treatment of California Youth Authority Inmates
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Governor Schwarzenegger’s administration announced Monday that it will put therapy and positive reinforcement at the heart of the California’s Youth prison system, rejecting the present more punitive approach. Joining Larry is Nancy Lungren, CYA, Assistant Director for Communications and Public Affairs, Gloria Romero, State Senate Majority Leader and and Chair of the Senate Select Committee on the California Correctional System, David Steinhart, Director of the Commonweal Juvenile Justice Program, and Lance Corcoran, spokesman for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association.
Gang Injunctions
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The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office obtained a court-ordered gang injunction yesterday, issued to curb violence by the 42nd, 43rd, and 48th street gangs. The injunction creates a “safety zone” in South Los Angeles that is bounded by Washington Boulevard, Alameda Street, and Slauson and Florence Avenues—a large area. Joining the conversation is Jeff Grogger, professor of public policy at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. He has studied how injunctions work in Los Angeles. Larry also speaks with Marty Vranicar, Assistant City Attorney and the head of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Gang Unit, John Burris, a civil rights attorney in Oakland, California, who represented Rodney King, and Sister Menenhall, Vice Chair of the Watts Neighborhood Council and a Gang Intervention Counselor and Consultant.
Blogging
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The LA Press Club just added a new awards category: Weblogs! Whatever you think about them, Blogs are now an established new media. They have affected journalism in interesting ways, and connect local communities like never before. Larry Mantle speaks with Mark Frauenfelder and Kevin Roderick, the founders of two popular LA-based blogs, respectively, Boing Boing and LAObserved.com about blogs, bloggers and how they have affected our world.
Lewis & Clark Scholar: Landon Jones
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Larry Mantle talks with Lewis and Clark scholar Landon Jones about his new book William Clark and the Shaping of the West a biography of the co-captain of the most famous expedition in American history. In addition to being half of the fabled pair of explorers, William Clark, until his death in 1838, ranked as the leading federal official in the West. He was the point man for six presidents, from Jefferson to Van Buren. Clark was the one white man the Indians on both sides of the Mississippi thought they could trust. And yet, his treaties would extinguish Indian rights to millions of acres on either side of the Mississippi. It is this latter part, Clark’s controversial efforts to reconcile the clashing interests of Indians, westward moving settlers, and the federal government, that is least known and most eye-opening.
Wednesday, Feb. 2
Adelphia Cable to Offer XXX Porn
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Adelphia cable has announced that it will now offer triple-X programming to its subscribers. The cable company dropped all pornographic programming a few years ago, but now it will be the first cable company to offer triple-X porn in a major media market. Larry Mantle talks with Television Week editor Alex Ben Block.
Black Pastors Wooed By Bush Administration
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On Tuesday, 70 black pastors met at the Crenshaw Christian Center to voice their support of the Bush administration’s position opposing gay marriage. This is the first in a series of meetings to take place throughout the nation in an effort by Republican Party to expand its connections with Black conservative ministers and churches. Larry Mantle talks with Joe Hicks about Black churches and their solidarity with the President’s moral values platform.
Orange County Journalist Round Table
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Larry Mantle talks with Orange County journalists Chris Reed, Orange County Register op-ed column editor, Jean Pasco, Los Angeles Times staff writer and Gustavo Arellano, Staff Writer for the OC Weekly, about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
State of the Union Preview
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Larry talks with Arnold Steinberg, political consultant and writer, and Lisa Garcia-Bedolla, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Chicano Studies, UC Irvine, to preview tonight’s State of the Union Address.
American Mania
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Americans are known for our restless, mulit-tasking nature. There is growing evidence that this behavior is making us sick, both in body and mind. Larry talks with Dr. Peter Whybrow, author of American Mania: When More is Not Enough (Norton), about our country’s fast paced culture that is self-reinforcing and dangerously addictive. Dr. Whybrow is Director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.
Thursday, Feb. 3
The Demographic Diversity of Asians and Pacific Islanders in California
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Larry Mantle and a panel of experts discuss a report being released by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center about the demographic diversity of Asians and Pacific Islanders in California. The report “The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders in California” reveals how many ethnic groups within the Asian community don’t conform to stereotypical notions of Asians as affluent and extremely well educated. According to the demographic profile, there are 4.5 million Asians and Pacific Islanders living in California. They have the levels of linguistic isolation in the state and below average homeownership rates. AirTalk will broadcast the panel discussion live from the Ballroom of Our Lady of Angels Cathedral.
89.3 KPCC is a co-sponsor of this event. Joining Larry is Stewart Kwoh, President and CEO of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center; Kimiko Kelly, Co-author of demographic profile, Research Analyst Asian Pacific American Legal Center; Sukhee Kang, City Councilman from the City of Irvine, and Quoc Tran, coordinator for English Language Development for the Alhambra Unified School District.
Analysis of the State of the Union Address
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Last night President Bush gave his fifth State of the Union Address. Larry talks about the speech with Henry Waxman, United States Congressman representing California’s 30th district, and David Drier, United States Congressman representing California’s 26th district. Larry also talks with Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Political Analyst and Senior Scholar at the USC School of Policy Planning and Development, and Raphe Sonenshein, Professor of Political Science, Cal State Fullerton.
Friday, Feb. 4
Leimert Park Remote
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As part of the ongoing 20th anniversary remote broadcast series, Larry and a panel of guests gather at the Lucy Florence Coffee House in Leimert Park (3351 West. 43rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90008), for a round-table discussion of arts and culture in the black community. They discuss the Pan African Film & Arts Festival, and black arts and culture in LA. Joining Larry is Charmaine Jefferson, Executive Director of CAAM, the California African American Museum, located in Exposition Park, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, political analyst, radio host, TV commentator and noted author of nine books about the African American experience in America, and Terrell Tilford, gallery director and curator of the Tilford Art Group, a gallery at 5449 W. Pico Blvd. In the second hour, Mr. Ayuko Babu, Founder and Executive Director of the Pan African Film Festival, and Ms. Asantewa Olatunji, Program Director/General Manager PAFF.
FilmWeek
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Larry Mantle with critics
Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and
Jean Oppenheimer of New Times
discuss the new film releases for this week including
The Wedding Date, Rory O'Shea Was Here, Emile, Bendito Inferno, Swimming Upstream, Lost Embrace,
and The Nomi Song.
Jean Oppenheimer also reflected on her time at the
Sundance Film Festival.
