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As heard on April 1 - April 5, 2002 on Talk of the City
Monday, April 1
Jihad by Ahmed Rashid
After September 11th, many Americans scrambled to make sense of the turmoil in distant lands that would reverberate on U.S. soil. Many turned to
Ahmed Rashids book Taliban to get a better understanding on the political structure of Afghanistan. His new book is Jihad. Ahmed Rashid
joins host Kitty Felde in discussion about the political turmoil of the countries of Central Asia.
Author James McBride
On the heels of the huge success of his nonfiction memoir, The Color of Water, author James McBride joins Kitty for a discussion of his latest novel, Miracle
at St. Anna, about black American soldiers fighting the German army in December 1944 around the village of St. Anna of Stazzema in the mountains of Italy.
Author Richard Ford
Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Ford joins Kitty for a discussion of his latest collection of stories, A Multitude of Sins.
Tuesday, April 2
Fighting for Flights in Long Beach
Economist Jack Kyser and airlines spokesman Ed Faberman join Kitty to discuss the battle for the
41 flights that take off each day from Long Beach airport. Is the success of Jet Blue the only reason
airlines are clamoring for spots?
Roy Romer on school bus strike
An update on LAUSD response to todays strike
Russian Classical Music Archives
A trove of Russian classical music archives initially amassed over 50 years ago and then
forgotten about deep inside a Russian vault are finally being released to the public by Pipeline
Music. The collection, much of which has never been heard, includes thousands of live
orchestral performances from artists like Rachmaninoff, Richter and Rostopovich. Kitty talks to
Pipeline President and Grammy award winning record producer, Denny Diante, about the
acquisition of the archive and painstaking restoration process. For more information, visit
classicaltreasures.com.
Corporate Cynicism
Why are the ˛DilbertÓ cartoons so popular? Is it because it hits the jugular of corporate cynicism? Kitty talks with
author Richard Hadden about his new book, Contented Cows Give Better Milk! (Williford Communications),
and discusses the disconnect between employers and employees today, why and how companies fail and what
can be done.
Wednesday, April 3
Foster Care Series: Family Care v. Foster Care
Here in LA, relatives such as grandparents take care of more than 50 percent of children removed from their homes. Yet programs and services for these
kinds of foster families are being reduced and thousands of dollars of state funds earmarked for such support are being returned to Sacramento.
Meanwhile Orange County, while ineligible for such funds due to smaller numbers, has an impressive array of programs and services. Well find out
why. Plus, well look at grandparents as parents with Joel Jessen who has lived with his grandparents since age 9 and Wanda Cooper
who is guardian of her 4-year old grandson. The following resources were mentioned during the broadcast: The Los Angeles Department of Family
Services Kinship Resource Center 1-888-MY-GRAND (1-888-694-7263); Family Care Not Foster Care c/o Community Coalition 323-750-9087;
Orange County Families and Communities Together (FACT) Kinship Programs 714-480-6373; Grandparents As Parents 818-789-1177 / 310-839-2548 / 562-924-3996.
Brush with the Law
Whats it like to be young, smart and in an Ivy League law school? Not as hard as youd think according to the authors of Brush with the Law (Renaissance).
Jaime Marquart and Robert Byrnes join Kitty to dish on why the hardest year of their lives wasnt nearly as tough as their post graduate work as bike messengers.
Thursday, April 4
Graham Fuller on US Policy in the Middle East
Kitty speaks with former Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA, Graham Fuller, about US policy and the administrations
role in the Middle East on the heels of President Bushs speech this morning.
Collecting
Whether its beanie babies, McDonalds Happy Meal toys or fine art, Americans love to collect. Author Howard Means collects collectors, you could say,
and he joins Kitty to look at some of the most extraordinary collectors in the world featured in his new book, The Banana Sculptor, the Purple Lady, and the All-Night Swimmer:
Hobbies, Collecting, and other Passionate Pursuits. Featured collector and LA resident Henry Sakaida is in studio to discuss
his hobby of reconnecting former combatants in WW II dogfights - 80 reunions and counting. Kitty also take calls on what YOU collect.
Friday, April 5
The Art of Horse Breeding
Kitty talks with Kevin Conley, a New Yorker editor and the author of Stud: Adventures in Breeding, a look inside the strange and seductive world of horse
breeding. The interview is especially timely as Saturday is the Santa Anita Derby, a day of thoroughbred racing
with a purse of $750,000 and the claim to fame of having featured in the last four years three Kentucky Derby winners.
Kitty also talks to Trudy McCaffrey, a thoroughbred
breeder and owner whose horse 'Came Home' will run in the derby.
Kerry Mazzoni: CA Secretary of Education
Kitty talks education with the California Secretary of Education, Kerry Mazzoni, who advises Governor Davis on all policy
matters relating to Californias system of public schools, colleges and universities.
Book Club of the Air for Young Adults: Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
Kitty convenes a group of students from Lindero Canyon Middle School in Agoura Hills to discuss this months Book Club of the
Air selection, Dragonwings by Laurence Yep. Chinese-American playwright David Henry Hwang also reads a selection from the story.
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