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As heard on April 8 - April 12, 2002 on Talk of the City
Monday, April 8
African Americans and Post 9/11 Patriotismô..
ô.will be just one of the topics Kitty will tackle with Lani Gunier, civil rights expert, Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania and onetime Clinton
nominee to the post of Attorney General for civil rights. Guinier is in town to put forth her controversial argument that ²color-blindÓ solutions are not
²attaining racial justice and ensuring a healthy democratic process." Arguing for a multifaceted conception of "biological race, political race, historical race,
cultural race," Guinier is for moving toward a society that values (rather than just tolerates) difference. Her latest book, along with Gerald Torres,
is The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy.
A History of Genocide
April is Holocaust Remembrance Month, and the 24th of April marks Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
Filmmaker Robert Emery discusses his latest project, a four-hour miniseries called
The Genocide Factor, scheduled to air on
eighty-plus PBS stations in early April. For more information or to purchase the series, call 888-886-7793.
Also, on Friday, April 12 at 8pm, a production of Micheline Aharaonian Marcoms novel, Three Apples Fall From Heaven,
also about the Armenian Genocide, will be performed at the Beverly Hills Public Library. For more information, call 323-662-7900.
Tuesday, April 9
Fahrenheit 451: One Book, One City Initiative
One Book, One City LA is the first-ever citywide reading initiative that invites all Angelinos to read the Ray Bradbury
classic Fahrenheit 451 during the month of April. To kick it off, Kitty Felde convenes students, First Amendment expert
Erwin Chemerinsky and KPCC listeners for a live two hour literary discussion with Ray Bradbury, focusing on the
issue of censorship--arguably more important now than ever before. Special guest readers include actor Joe Mantegna,
the cast of Culture Clash, the ACLU's Ramona Ripsten, and Rebecca Constantino from
Access Books.
Wednesday, April 10
Is There a Nursing Crisis is Southern California? A Health Dialogues Special
Late January Governor Davis announced his plan for establishing minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in California hospitals.
Once the rules go into effect, California will be the first state to establish minimum nursing staffing standards in the nation.
The news is good for nurses and patients, but how can California hospitals meet these requirements in the midst of a nursing
shortage, and financial difficulties?
Kitty speaks with a panel of guests: Katherine Iorio, an Emergency Room Nurse at a local
trauma center; Debbie Rowlett, a former hospital floor nurse who is now a laser hair removal technician; Jill Furillo, the Director
of Government Relations for California Nurses Association; Jim Lott, the Executive
Vice President of Healthcare Association of Southern California; Kathleen Winston, Director of the Nursing
Program at Pasadena City College; Judy Papen Hausen, Director of the California Association of Colleges of Nursing;
and two current nursing students, Roberto Mulato from LACC and Susan Holley from PCC. The guests recommended two
web sites for information on nursing school scholarships:
Discover Nursing and Registered
Nursing California Associate Degree program.
The show is a special in our continuing Health Dialogues series on KPCC. Tonight at 7pm, host Scott Schaefer of The California Report moderates a
public forum on Californias Nursing Shortage. Listeners can call-in toll free form anywhere in the state at 800-811-6830.
Thursday, April 11
How to Secede in LA (without really consulting the Mayor)
Mayor Jim Hahns biggest challenge, in spite of recent battles over LAPD chief Parks, may well be the attempts of three separate breakaway movements
throughout LA. Kitty convenes a round table of local reporters covering their respective areas attempts to secede: Rick Orlov, the City Hall reporter
for The Daily News; James Preston Allen, the Executive Editor and Publisher of Random Lengths News; and Marc Haefele of LA Weekly .
Presidential Daughters
Kitty Felde talks with writer Susan Ford, ²first daughterÓ of President Gerald Ford, about her first novel, Double Exposure. Kitty talks with Ms.
Ford about her young life in the White House and its parallels with her mystery novel - the books heroine is also the ²first daughterÓ.
Double Exposure is the newest of a tradition of mysteries written about the White House and its intrigues by presidential offspring.
Josh Stamburg and Dominic Fumusa in Tape
Josh Stamburg, son of NPRs Susan Stamburg, and his best friend, Dominic Fumusa, star in the new critically acclaimed off-Broadway hit, Tape written
by Stephen Belber about a shocking sexual encounter. The play opens Thursday, April 11 at 8pm at The Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood, 8325 Santa
Monica Boulevard. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 323-856-4200.
Friday, April 12
Milestone for International Criminal Courts
A recent poll showed that 61% of Americans have not yet heard of the International Criminal Court. But this week, the
60th ratification was received by the UN to allow the first global tribunal, the first since the World Court set up shop a
century ago. David Sheffer, senior Vice President of the UN Association of the United States and former Ambassador at
large for War Crimes issues joins Kitty to mark the day.
Space Day
Today is ²Space DayÓ, a holiday held each year in observation of mans first flight in space achieved by Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin on this day in 1961.
To mark the occasion, Kitty talks to photographer Adam Bartos whose collection of photographs of the Soviet Space program are on view at the
RoseGallery in Bergamont Station. Kitty also talks to the director of the 3-D IMAX Space Station opening
next week at the California Science Center. Adam Bartos Kosmos is on view at the Rose Gallery
through May 28. For more information, call 310-264-8440. A host of
Yuris Night celebrations around the world also kick off tonight.
The Republic of East LA
Kitty talks to acclaimed writer and poet Luis Rodriguez about The Republic of East L.A., his latest collection of short stories
centered on the barrio.
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