Protests remain strong in Egypt with striking workers joining in and even bigger actions planned for this Friday. Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman issued a threat Tuesday, saying there could be a coup if protesters don't engage in dialogue with the government soon. New York Times reporter Mona El Naggar joins us from Cairo to discuss the latest developments.
Concerns have been raised about financial links between AEG, who've announced plans to build a new football stadium in downtown Los Angeles and members of a commission set up by Mayor Villaraigosa to analyze the proposal. Professor of Political Science at California State University, Fullerton, Raphael Sonenshein joins us to discuss the issues.
They're tiny, only about an eighth of an inch long, but they can be a huge nuisance, especially when they come marching determinedly through your kitchen. Argentine ants: they've formed a "super colony" here in California. Now, a team of biologists has unlocked clues in the ant's genome that explain why they are such super pests. Neil Tsutsui, a biologist at UC Berkeley who mapped the ants' genes, joins us to give us clues as what might stop them.
Writer Peter Mehlman is famous for creating phrases such as Yada Yada Yada and Sponge-worthy while writing for the TV comedy, Seinfeld. Now, about to turn 55, he finds himself estranged from the medium that made him so successful. That's because, he says from an advertiser's perspective, 55 is pretty much the same as being dead.
So much happens behind closed doors in suburban neighborhoods across Southern California. But how often does the scene involve a minature horse and grilled meat? Madeleine Brand spent an afternoon discovering how one woman from Mexico is making it in America with delicious barbeque.
Gamer and author Jane McGonigal believes that games aren't just an escapist alternate reality, they can help develop skills and confidence that help us solve real-world problems. She joins us to discuss her new book, <i>Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World</i>.
1 in 50 warriors in Afghanistan is a robot. Burn your sinful objects -- it's the anniversary of the original 1497 bonfire of the vanities in Florence. It's Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam of The Dinner Party Download. To top it off, they rank the most depressing mayors of FourSquare. Who wants to have the most "check ins" at Rikers Island Correctional Facility?
