AirTalk for Monday, May 20, 2013

Contact: Producers Joel Patterson, Jasmin Tuffaha, Fiona Ng

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Monday, May 20, 2013

 

11:06 –11:20

Topic: Politics update post Sunday talk shows: (TEMP HEAD)

Guest: Jonathan Wilcox, Republican Strategist; former speechwriter for Governor Pete Wilson

Guest: Matt Rodriguez, Democratic strategist; former senior Obama advisor in 2008, who now runs the Los Angeles office for the Dewey Square Group

 

11:20 -11:40

Topic: Abercrombie – marketing angles, etc (TEMP HEAD)

Since his 2006 interview with Salon resurfaced last week and went viral, Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Michael S. Jeffries has faced a slew of backlash and protests towards his blunt comments regarding the company’s marketing strategy. In the interview, Jeffries says, “Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.” The CEO has faced controversy and lawsuits in the past for discriminating against employees and employee candidates based on their physical appearance or their age, and for refusing to produce plus-sized clothing. Amid the recent backlash, Jeffries released a statement Thursday (5/16) claiming that the quotes were mostly taken out of context and gave no indication that the company would change course. Should they? Where do you draw the line between focusing on a particular demographic and being an exclusionary company? To what extent should a company be responsible for being inclusive? Have Jeffries’ candid remarks actually helped his company? Would you shop at Abercrombie? Would you let your kids shop there?

Guest:  Gabriella Santaniello, Senior Vice President of Retail Market Research at Wedbush Securites

 

11:40-12:00

Topic: OPEN

Guest: TBA

 

12:06 – 12:25

Topic: Alhambra Police Department implements “predictive policing”:  

It's straight out of the mind of sci-fi writer Phillip K. Dick, but “predictive policing” is not just a nifty plot device. Since late 2011, the Los Angeles Police Department has been using the tool in a number of geographic areas. The software, also called PredPol, is developed by a team of academics and uses police data to predict and map where crime will likely happen. The algorithm’s latest convert is the city of Alhambra, which has become the first place in Southern California to implement its use on a city-wide scale. Research has shown that police officers perform significantly better with the the help of PredPol, but critics worry that its use might lead to racial profiling and violations of the 4th Amendment.

Guest:  Mark Yokoyama, Alhambra Police Chief

Guest: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Professor of law at the University of the District of Columbia . He recently published a paper on prediction policing and possible 4th amendment issues in Emory Law Journal.

 

12:25 – 12:45

Topic: District 6 School Board Debate: [Temp head]

Guest: Monica Ratliff, candidate for school board

Guest: Antonio Sanchez, candidate for school board

 

12:45 – 1:00

Topic: Rock the Vote puts its imprint on the the Los Angeles city election

Guest:  Heather Smith, President of Rock the Vote

 

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AirTalk for Tuesday, May 14, 2013

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

11:06 –11:20

Topic: OPEN

Guest: TBA

 

11:20 -11:40

Topic: Mandating a “living wage” for Los Angeles hotel workers: Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel said over the weekend that she supports a plan to extend the city's "living wage" requirement so all hotel workers in the city. The city already requires hotels along Century Boulevard near LAX to pay their employees $12 an hour. Greuel said over the weekend that she wants to expand that. Hotel workers say higher wages will pump much-needed cash into the Los Angeles economy but business leaders argue that it will drive employers outside of the city. Greuel says she supports the higher wages but Eric Garcetti has not taken a position. Will this issue drive a wedge between the two candidates in the run up to the election? Should the "living wage" be extended to all hotel workers? Will hotel owners be able to afford the increases and remain profitable?

Guest 1:  Tom Walsh, president of UNITE HERE! Local 11

Guest 2: TBD

 

11:40-12:00

Topic: California Condors versus Wind Farms

Guest:  Ashley Richman, Director of Siting Policy at The California Wind Energy Association

 

12:06 – 12:20

Topic: How will California spend its budget surplus?

Guest: TBA

 

12:20 – 12:40

Topic: How are travellers impacted by lack of airport competition?

Guest: William Swelbar, Research Engineer in MIT’s International Center for Air Transportation

Guest: Brian Sumers, Airports and Airlines Reporter, Los Angeles News Group

 

12:40 – 1:00

Topic: Cyborg Neil Harbisson listens to color: Neil Harbisson was born completely colorblind, but with a machine he helped invent called the "eyeborg" he can now hear in color. Harbisson says he was inspired by the idea of expanding his perception: his eyeborg machine perceives a wide spectrum of colors, including some that the human eye can't detect, and translates them into sound. Each color matches up with a tone and pitch, and using bone conduction in the back of his skull, Harbisson is able to listen to the colors the machine is seeing. Harbisson has been wearing his eyeborg for more than a decade, and over time has adapted it to see more and more. The eyeborg can detect some colors that only insects and birds can see, as well as infrared, which Harbisson says is his favorite color because of its low tone. Harbisson, a former music student, has used his expanded senses as a cyborg to contribute to his art. He paints famous speeches and works of music. He has spent time listening to famous faces -- Prince Charles has a nice sound to him -- and looking at beautiful vistas, though Harbisson says his favorite views are at the supermarket, where pure white light enhances bright colors. While many are fascinated by the eyeborg, Harbisson says that cyborgism hasn't quite caught on. There are developments to be made in the medical field for those wishing to use technology to enhance their sense. Harbisson has also been outspoken about cyborg rights; he has often been discriminated against by store owners and law enforcement officers who assume the eyeborg is a camera. What is the future of cyborgism? How can people enhance their perception with technology? Neil Harbisson joins us for a conversation about his experience as the world's first recognized cyborg.

Guest:  Neil Harbisson, Cyborgist and Colorologist

 

AirTalk for Friday, May 10, 2013

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Friday, May 10, 2013

 

11:06 –11:30

Topic: (To be announced - USC - UCLA story)

 

TENTATIVE

Guest:  Sanden Totten, KPCC Science Reporter

Guests: TBA

 

11:30 -11:50

Topic:  McCain introduces bill that overhauls cable TV business:

Guest:  Carmen Balber (BAHL-buhr), executive director of Consumer Watchdog

Sent request out to McCain.

Guest: Steve Effros (ehf-FRAWS), cable industry analyst and he headed the Cable Telecommunications Association for 23 years.

 

11:50-12:00

OPEN

 

12:06 – 12:40

Topic: Filmweek: The Great Gatsby, And Now a Word from Our Sponsor, Aftershock, and more: Larry and KPCC critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan review this week’s releases, including The Great Gatsby, And Now a Word from Our Sponsor, Aftershock and more. TGI-FilmWeek!

Guest: Wade Major, film critic for KPCC and Host/Producer, IGN DigiGods

Guest: Henry Sheehan, film critic for KPCC and dearhenrysheehan.com

 

12:40 – 1:00

Topic: It’s a family affair: The Source Family makes a second run at fame: [blurb needed]

Guest: Jodi Willie, director of The Source Family

Guest: Isis Aquarian, Source Family member

Guest: Electricity Aquarian, Source Family member

 

AirTalk for Thursday, May 9, 2013

­­Contact: Producers Joel Patterson, Jasmin Tuffaha, Fiona Ng, Jerry Gorin

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

 

11:06 – 11:20

Topic: OPEN

Guest: TBA

 

11:20 – 11:40

Topic: Governor Brown proposes to amend Prop 65, toxicity disclosure law: The governor has proposed a serious overhaul to the decades-old Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act that requires product manufacturers, retailers and property owners to post signs warning the public if goods or premises contain toxic chemicals. While most agree that the law has forced businesses to eliminate or reduce toxic chemicals, for years many have complained that the law has been heavily abused by private lawyers who make frivolous “shake-down” lawsuits. Governor Brown wants to ensure, among other things, that attorney’s fees are capped for Prop 65 related cases, and to require stronger demonstration by plaintiffs that they have information to support claims before litigation begins.

Guest: Tom Scott, Executive Director for California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse

Guest: (tentative) David Roe, attorney for Environmental Defense Fund and principal draftsman of Prop 65 law

 

11:40 – 12:00

Topic: NRLB unionization notice (temp head)

Guest: Karen Harned (HAHRN-nehd), Executive Director of the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center. NFIB is one of the plaintiffs in the case.

2^nd Guest: TBA

 

12:06 – 12:20

Topic: OPEN

Guest: TBA

 

12:20 - 12:40

Topic: Is there a "re-Latin-ization" of "lohz AHN-hell-uhz" place names? Newbies and tourists in Los Angeles easily betray themselves when they spit out the Spanish pronunciation of what we know as San Pedro (san PEE-droh) or Los Feliz (los FEE-lus). Resident Angelenos anglicized those locales so long ago that  native Spanish speakers get corrected for saying "sahn PAY-dro" or "lohz fay-LEES." But that could be changing. As Marisa (mah-REE-sah) Gerber of the LA Times writes, "A younger generation -- perhaps more sensitive to the region's history -- favors truer Spanish pronunciation. L.A.'s growing Latino population helps propel the new pronunciations, too." Have you noticed a trend? What's your prefered style? How do you pronounce Hermosa Beach? What about Cesar E. Chavez Avenue or the Chavez Ravine?

Guest: Marisa Gerber, (mah-REE-sah) Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times

 

12:40 - 1:00

Topic:  Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic opens at the Autry:

Guest: Karen Wilson, UCLA historian and co-curator “Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic”

Guest: Carolyn Brucken, co-curator “Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic”

 

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AirTalk for Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Contact: Producers Joel Patterson, Jasmin Tuffaha, Fiona Ng, Jerry Gorin

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

 

11:06 –11:20

OPEN

 

11:20 -11:40

Topic: How can the U.S. military fight sexual assaults within the ranks? [blurb coming]

Guest: TBA

 

11:40-12:00

Topic: Why is Chris Christie getting flak for weight-loss surgery?  For years, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been mocked and criticized for weighing upwards of 300 pounds. The health and fitness of political leaders - especially those with rumored presidential aspirations - isn't necessarily superficial. When Christie faced a punishing schedule during Hurricane Sandy, former White House doctor, Dr. Connie Mariano, told CNN, “I’m worried he may have a heart attack [or a stroke.]" Many in the Garden State are perturbed at the suggestion. They have witnessed Governor Christie's boundless energy and stamina for decades. Christie told the New York Post he underwent the lap-band surgery at the urging of family and friends, not for political optics. "For me, this is about turning 50 and looking at my children and wanting to be there for them," he says. Does this increase the odds Christie is seeking a presidential run? Does this increase his chances of a successful bid? Did Christie take the easy way out by having surgery instead of losing weight by dieting or working out? Is this a case of "Damned if you do and damned if you don't?"

Guest:  TBA

 

12:06 – 12:20

Topic: (TBA) LA County Newser

Guest: Deepa Fernandes, Reporter, KPCC

BY PHONE

 

12:20 – 12:40

Topic: Could the Washington Redskins become the Washington ‘Redtails’?: Washington D.C. councilman David Grosso has put forth a new resolution asking the city’s pro football team to change its name. Though there’s some debate as to the origin of the term ‘Redskins’, the phrase has often been described as offensive to Native Americans. Team owners have refused to address the issue, however, and a recent poll by the AP shows that 79% of Americans nationwide support the name and don’t think the team should be forced to change it. American Indian advocate Susan Shown Harjo has stated that “it’s not up to the offending class to say what offends the offended.” Is she right? Or does a widespread community of football supporters have more stake in a name that represents their team and their traditions?

Guest: Ray Smith, Founder and Editor of SonOfWashington.com, a Washington Redskins blog.

BY PHONE

Guest: Kevin Blackistone, Sports Journalism Professor at Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

BY PHONE

 

12:40 – 1:00

Topic: Is there a "re-Latin-ization" of "lohz AHN-hell-uhz" place names? Newbies and tourists in Los Angeles easily betray themselves when they spit out the Spanish pronunciation of what we know as San Pedro (san PEE-droh) or Los Feliz (los FEE-lus). Resident Angelenos anglicized those locales so long ago that  native Spanish speakers get corrected for saying "sahn PAY-dro" or "lohz fay-LEES." But that could be changing. As Marisa (mah-REE-sah) Gerber of the LA Times writes, "A younger generation -- perhaps more sensitive to the region's history -- favors truer Spanish pronunciation. L.A.'s growing Latino population helps propel the new pronunciations, too." Have you noticed a trend? What's your prefered style? How do you pronounce Hermosa Beach? What about Cesar E. Chavez Avenue or the Chavez Ravine?

Guest: Marisa Gerber, (mah-REE-sah) Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times

BY PHONE

 

 

Warm regards,

Jasmin Tuffaha    office: 626.583.5162 

Producer, “AirTalk with Larry Mantle” 

 

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AirTalk for Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Contact: Producers Joel Patterson, Jasmin Tuffaha, Fiona Ng

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

 

 

11:06 –11:20

Topic: OPEN

Guest: TBA

 

11:20 –11:40

Topic: Three bills seek to ban fracking temporarily

The controversial oil extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is again coming under scrutiny in California. Last week, the Assembly Natural Resources Committee okayed three measures that would place a moratorium on fracking until its environmental impacts are fully understood. California is in the early stages of regulating fracking. And the fight over fracking in the state has been centered around the Monterey Shale in the San Joaquin Basin, which contains about 15 billion barrels of oil. These three bills were not the first bills to make it out of committee this year, but they are the toughest. Last year, the California Legislature killed a proposed temporary ban on the practice.

Guest: Holly Mitchell, Assemblymember for California’s 47^th district, with Culver City as its center. Author of AB1323, one of three measures proposing a fracking moratorium in CA.

Guest: Tupper Hull, Vice President, Strategic CommunicationsWestern States Petroleum Association

 

11:40 –12:00

Topic: OPEN

Guest: TBA

 

12:06 – 12:20

Topic: In the wake of the AP Twitter hack, should high-frequency trading be regulated?

Guest: TBA

 

12:20 –12:40

Topic:  Zero-emission vehicle credits: Do they unfairly penalize non-electric car companies?

Guest: Jerry Hirsch, LA Times reporter (He wrote the Tesla credits piece for the paper)

Guest: Eileen Tutt, Executive Director of the California Electric Transportation Coalition, a non profit organization. Their members include utilities and automakers.

 

12:40 –1:00

Topic:  (tentative – DO NOT PROMOTE) Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body rejected for burial at Boston cemeteries.

Guest: David Sloane, Professor at USC’s Price School of Public Policy, and author of  The Last Great Necessity: Cemeteries in American History

 

AirTalk for Thursday, May 2, 2013

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

11:06 –11:20

OPEN

 

11:20 –11:40

Topic: Is the California Fire Fee an unfair tax on homeowners in danger zones:

Guest: Marc Lifsher, reporter at the Los Angeles Times

BY PHONE

Two bills are moving through the legislature to repeal the fee now.

 

11:40 –12:00

Topic: Forget QWERTY! Introducing KALQ: The QWERTY keyboard is for big, chunky computers. But as more and more us turn to our smartphones and tablets for daily computing, doesn’t it make sense to come up with a new, smaller keyboard that is also more thumb-friendly? That’s exactly what University of St Andrews lecturer and research fellow Per Ola Kristensson and his team did. It’s called KALQ, named for the last line of the letters on the keyboard. This invention is supposedly more ergonomic and efficient, but it takes at least 8 hours of practice to master its usage. Kristensson and his team plan to release the keyboard as an Android application in the next month or so. Are you frustrated by the QWERTY keyboard on your tablet and smartphone? Would you switch to the new KALQ keyboard? What is the design principle behind KALQ?

 

Guest: Per Ola Kristensson, Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction and a Research Fellow in the School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews in England. Also the inventor of the KALQ keyboard.

BY PHONE

 

12:06 – 12:20

Topic:  California prison population’s midnight deadline: A federal court has given the state of California until midnight on Thursday to come up with a plan for how it's going to reduce its prison population by 9,000 inmates. The Brown administration must make the cuts to the prison population by the end of the year to comply with a court order. The state is weighing its options including shortening prison sentences for low risk offenders, transitioning prisoners who are nearing their release date to house arrest with a GPS monitor or sending prisoners out of state. What will the state plan look like? Has the changes that the state has made so far worked? What are the risks involved in shifting these inmates out of state prisons?

 

Guest:  Julie Small, KPCC's Sacramento reporter

Sacramento Bureau ISDN

 

12:20 –12:40

Topic: How are workers with alcoholism protected by disability law?: A police officer fired for driving drunk, while off duty, is suing his Oregon employer for discriminating against his alcoholism disability. In early 2011, Jason Servo, 43, was at a bar with colleagues after firearms training. He later crashed his unmarked police car in a ditch then was arrested. Servo's lawyers say he immediately quit drinking, entered treatment then was diagnosed as an alcoholic. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does apply to the disease of alcoholism, but does not prohibit employers from firing employees whose drinking problems interfere with work. When the ADA was drafted, negotiations went to pains to ensure that alcoholics were a protected class a people, but that the associated behaviors were not protected necessarily. What if Servo had been an undiagnosed epileptic who crashed his car after a seizure? Could he still be fired? Are different disabilities treated differently? How far can employers stretch to accommodate employees with unpredictable disabilities?

 

90% CONFIRMED

Guest:  Jason Short, Attorney for Jason Servo; Partner with Short Law Group based in Portland

BY PHONE

 

TENTATIVE

Guest: Karla Lopez, Staff Attorney, Legal Action Center based in NYC; Lopez specializes in legal issues surrounding substance abuse

BY PHONE

 

12:40 –1:00

Topic: NYC company offering a raise in return for a logo tattoo. A New York City company is offering its employees a 15 percent raise if they get a tattoo of their company’s logo. Rapid Realty owner Anthony Lolli says the bonus plan will encourage employee loyalty and be a great ambassador for the company. There are no restrictions on size or location and forty employees are now sporting fresh new 'Rapid Realty' ink. Would you get a company logo tattoo in exchange for a raise? How much would it take for you to get a company tattoo? Do you have any tattoos that you regret?

 

Guest: Anthony Lolli, owner of Rapid Realty, a real estate company in New York City

BY PHONE

 

 

Warm regards,

Jasmin Tuffaha    office: 626.583.5162

Producer, “AirTalk with Larry Mantle” 

 

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