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February 3 - 7, 2003
Monday, Feb. 3
Voices of Dorsey High
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Kitty talks with students from Dorsey high about their silkworm experiment that was on board the Columbia space shuttle.
Promise of Wind Power
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Mayor Jim Hahn joined officials from Department of Water and Power to announce the city's plans for a wind farm to generate pollution-free electricity for the city of LA. Kitty talks with Martin Schlageter from the Coalition for Clean Air about todayÕs announcement.
The Power of a UN Veto
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What role does the veto play in the UN? As the Bush Administration speaks about disarming Saddam Hussein, what will happen if the France and Germany veto the escalation to war? Kitty speaks with Research Fellow from the Heritage Foundation, Brett Schaefer, and Fellow from the Institute for Policy Studies, Phyllis Bennis.
Population 485
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After a 12-year absence, author Michael Perry returns to his hometown of New Auburn, Wisconsin to try and reconnect with his past and his community. He serves as a volunteer fireman and emergency rescue worker in New Auburn, rediscovering his neighbors and balancing his recent life with his distant past. His story is told in his book, Population 485, Meeting your Neighbors One Siren at a Time (Harper Collins).
Tuesday, Feb. 4
Richard Navarro
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The former dean of Cal Poly Pomona's School of Education, Richard Navarro, has been tapped by the U.N. to oversee the reconstruction of Afghanistan's national school system. Navarro leaves for Afghanistan this Sunday, but takes a moment out his travel preparations to talk to Kitty about his expectations for the trip.
The Politics of Ethics/The Ethics of Politics
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The Politics of Ethics/The Ethics of Politics
The LA City Council voted last week to pass a package of reforms aimed at lessening the impact that lobbyist fund-raising and other political activity have on decision-making at City Hall. Will these measures be enough to counter the powerful role of money in politics? Who will benefit from these measures? Perhaps most importantly, considering that at the time of the package was proposed, two-thirds of the council members had hired political consultants who doubled as lobbyists, how do they differ from the original package the ethics commission had suggested? Kitty speaks with Executive Director of the LA City Ethics Commission, LeeAnn Pelham, and Director of UC BerkeleyÕs Institute for Government Studies.
Imagination in the Animal Kingdom
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Imagination in the Animal Kingdom
What is the imagination and what is its role in our lives as social creatures? A team of philosophers, neuroscientists, and anthropologists will gather at Claremont Graduate University to ponder these questions. Kitty speaks with expert on ape cognition, Sally Boysen, about the role of imagination in animal minds.
Visit Imagining Minds: A Bradshaw Conference for more information. The Conference runs through February 9th at the Claremont Colleges.
Wednesday, Feb. 5
Riverside Police Department Reforms
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From the University of California at Riverside, host Kitty Felde explores Riverside Police Department reforms. Police Chief Russ Leach, Riverside Mayor Ronald Loveridge, State-appointed police monitor Joseph Brann, and UCR professor Rene Lysloff join the discussion. What can other police departments learn from Riverside?
UCR's Writers Week
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In honor of UC RiversideÕs 26th Annual Writers Week, Kitty speaks with three talented local authors: RiversideÕs own Susan Straight (Highwire Moon), Aimee Bender (An Invisible Sign of My Own), and Lisa Teasley (Glow in the Dark).
For more information on UCR's 26th Annual Writers Week, visit www.ucr.edu.
Thursday, Feb. 6
Hospitals Refusing Smallpox Vaccine
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Citing everything from a lack of volunteers to requesting more time to study the vaccine's health risks and liability, 15 medical facilities in LA County refused to cooperate with Phase I of the Smallpox vaccination program, vaccinating all healthcare workers. Huntington Memorial Hospital is one of those 15 institutions. Kitty talks with the coordinator for Infectious Diseases at the Huntington, Mary Mendelsohn, about their stance.
EuropeÕs Mixed Support of US Policy
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While President Bush is enjoying support from eight European nations for his policy on Iraq, notably absent are France and Germany. The two nations are leading diplomatic efforts to postpone or abandon plans to invade Iraq. What does this division within the continent tell us? And while polls show that in most European nations 60 percent oppose a war, Britain will send 30,000 troops to the Gulf. Is this the end of an American era? Kitty speaks with senior fellow and director of Europe Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and Georgetown University professor Charles Kupchan.
Foster Care Forum
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Yesterday, a new director was selected for LAÕs troubled Department of Children and Family Services while internal audits are raising questions about the departmentÕs follow up and accountability. In conjunction tonightÕs Frontline documentary providing an unprecedented look behind the scenes of one stateÕs child welfare department, Kitty invites the interim director of the department and California Rep. George Miller, founding chairman of the House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, to take your calls on what works and what doesnÕt in Southern California and how the governorÕs latest round of budget cuts will affect programs. Interim director of LAÕs Department of Children and Family Services, Marjorie Kelly, also joins the conversation.
Frontline airs locally on KCET from 9-11PM tonight.
Friday, Feb. 7
StateÕs Credit Rating
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MoodyÕs Investors Services is poised to downgrade CaliforniaÕs financial rating from an A2 to an A1, making California, along with Louisiana and New York, the lowest rated state in the nation. Experts say that the move will have little affect on interest rates since the downgrade has already been anticipated for some time. Kitty talks with the senior economic advisor and business columnist for the Los Angeles Times, James Flanigan, about the stateÕs credit reputation and the future cost for the state to borrow money Š a necessity given our budget crisis.
Is There a Flu Epidemic in So Cal?
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Kitty asks deputy chief for acute communicable disease program of the LA County Department of Health, David Bassey.
David Scheffer: International Criminal Courts as an Alternative to War
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Kitty will investigate a number of theoretical scenarios with this frequent TOTC guest, including the possibility of going to war and capturing Saddam Hussein, what will happen next? She also talks about the International Criminal CourtÕs new appointments announced yesterday and today.
David Scheffer will be the keynote speaker at LMUÕs 2003 International Law Weekend West which takes place today and tomorrow at Loyola Law SchoolÕs downtown campus. For more information, visit Loyola Law School.
Book Club of the Air: The Island on Bird Street
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Actor Leonard Nimoy joins the book club of the air this month to read from The Island on Bird Street (Houghton Mifflin), the story of a Jewish boy surviving alone in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Students from Orange High School join Kitty for the discussion.
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