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September 23 - 27, 2002
Monday, Sept. 23
Environmental Consequences of War
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When we weigh the consequences and the risks of waging war we focus on the obvious - the lives lost, the money spent - but what about the toll on the environment? From the Kuwaiti oil wells set on fire after the Gulf War to the discarded shells and land mines from old wars that continue to claim innocent lives, how much do we weigh the environmental impacts during our calculations of waging war? Kitty Felde speaks with Carl Bruch, Senior Attorney at the Environmental Law Institute in D.C., and author of The Environmental Consequences of War (Cambridge University Press); David Usher, President of Marine Pollution Control, who helped clean up the oil spills caused by the Persian Gulf War; and, John Walsh, International Projects Director, World Society for the Protection of Animals.
The Age of Gold
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Best-selling author H.W. Brands joins Kitty Felde to discuss his latest book on the California Gold Rush, The Age of Gold (Doubleday). Brands chronicles the mass movement of the hundreds of thousands of men and women who changed the shape of the nation in pursuit of striking it rich.
Tuesday, Sept. 24
Inside Scoop on the LA Police Chief Candidates
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Who better to dish about the three candidates for LA Police Chief than beat reporters from the candidates’ hometowns? Kitty talks with reporters from the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Ventura County Star and New York Observer about John Timoney, Art Lopez and William Bratton respectively.
Fibroid Tumors
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In the past, when a woman was diagnosed with fibroid tumors, often a hysterectomy would be the prescription. As more women are interested in keeping their fertility options open, treatment is changing. Host Kitty Felde takes a look at the developments in treatment and more with the Clinical Director from the Center for Uterine Fibroids, Dr. Elizabeth Stewart, and Huntington Memorial staff intervention radiologist, Dr. Richard Reed. To contact Dr. Reed for more information on uterine artery embolization, call 626.397.8550.
Gardening Series: Outdoor Rooms
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Do you have dreams of extending your house? Learn how to do it without building walls. Stylist Susie Coelho joins Kitty Felde to talk about designing outdoor rooms.
Wednesday, Sept. 25
Local Genius—Liza Lou
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Kitty congratulates local artisit Liza Lou on her recent MacArthur fellowship and talks about her meticulous bead work.
Preemptive Strike Strategy
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In 1991, a National Security Guideline was prepared for the Pentagon laying out the United States’ plan for a preemptive strike strategy. As the Bush Administration continues to make a case for war against Iraq, the decade old document has been thrown into the limelight. Kitty Felde takes a look at the history behind the preemptive strike strategy and how unprecedented a first strike attack by the U.S. would be. She speaks with Claremont McKenna Professor of Government Ed Haley and Pomona History Professor Victor Silverman.
Carolyn See
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Looking for some inspiration to fuel your writing? Kitty Felde speaks with novelist, essayist, and UCLA creative-writing professor Carolyn See about her new book Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers (Random House).
Thursday, Sept. 26
Entrepreneur Study
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A new study reports that minorities, African–Americans in particular, are more likely to start a business than whites. Kitty talks with Operation Hope founder, chairman and CEO, John Bryant, about the study’s findings. To read the study, visit the Panel of Entrepreneurial Dynamics website.
Water Wars
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Kitty takes a look at the world's limited supply of water and how issues like population growth and climate change will affect our future water resources with the author of Water Wars (Riverhead Books) Diane Raines Ward.
LA’s First Dutch Film Festival
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This weekend, UCLA will host the first ever Dutch Film Festival in Los Angeles. The selected films all share one common theme: The Second World War, and the horrific events of occupation and the struggle for Europe. The selection of films Includes the 1986 Oscar winning film, The Assault by Fons Rademachers and the acclaimed Soldier of Orange by Paul Verhoeven, who is perhaps better known for his more mainstream Hollywood films like Basic Instinct and Total Recall.
The Dutch Film Festival runs from Friday Sept 27 through the 29th with screenings at the James Bridges Theater at UCLA, with the exception of the opening night event, a screening of Paul Verhoeven’s Soldier of Orange on Friday night, which will be shown at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. For more information or to purchase tickets to the screenings, call 310-794-4432 or visit www.dutchfilmfestival.org.
Friday, Sept. 27
Jack Shaw on CA Democrats
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Kitty takes the pulse of the California delegation’s split on supporting the war in Iraq with Capitol Hill Reporter, Jack Shaw.
Marijuana in the News
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Will it be legalized in the state of Nevada? Will Californians succeed in blocking DEA raids on medical marijuana cooperatives? Or, will the trend of Californians seeking refugee status in Canada where the drug is more readily available, and the government is more lenient on medical use, continue to rise? As the medical and political debates rage on, what does science have to add to the arguments? Kitty asks these questions and more of USC associate professor and author of Understanding Marijiuana (Oxford), Mitch Earlywine; Law Enforcement Against Prohibition spokesman, Jack Cole; and, Will Glasby from the DEA.
Art Lord
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Kitty remembers Arthur Lord, former NBC LA bureau chief and an accomplished Vietnam War correspondent, who shared his experiences on covering wars earlier this year on Talk of the City.
Sarah Vowell
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Sarah Vowell, of This American Life fame, joins Kitty in studio to share insights culled in the last year on a tour of the US. In this time of heightened patriotism, her take on the ludicrous and heart-warming aspects of what she encountered on her trip coupled with her obsession with historical monuments, is more relevant than ever. Her book is The Partially Cloudy Patriot (Simon and Schuster).
Sarah appears with David Rakoff for an evening reading on Saturday, September 28, at 8:00PM at Royce Hall, UCLA. Call 310-825-2101 for tickets. This American Life is heard on KPCC on Saturdays at 3:00PM.
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