Friday, March 29, 2013

AirTalk for Monday, April 1, 2013

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Monday, April 1, 2013

 

11:06 –11:20

Topic:

Guest:  

 

11:20 -11:40

Topic: Tensions mounting between faculty and administration at Pasadena City College:

Guests: TBD

 

11:40-12:00

Topic: Unnecessary roughness against Pasadena girl for playing flag football?: The Sequoyah School in Pasadena is a small private school known for its progressive teaching environment, less so for its athletics. Yet, the school’s flag football team made it into the Los Angeles Times last week for its incredible winning streak. They went 8-0 this past season but the team of junior high school students had to forfeit all of their wins because having a girl on the team is against the Foothill Sports League rules. The Sequoyah School is now attempting to form an all girls team although just two girls have signed up so far. Should girls and boys be allowed to play on the same teams? Why did the Foothill Football League decide against co-ed teams? Is football too much of a contact sport for girls and boys to play against one another? What if a boy wanted to play on a girls team?

Guest: Jill Cucullu (koo-koo-YOO), Athletic Director at Bethany Christian School in Sierra Madre and a member of the Foothill Sports League. She is one of 12 athletic directors in the league and she voted against allowing girls to play with the boys. She is the mother of 3 girls.

BY PHONE

NOT CONFIRMED

Guest: Anthony Orona, Sequoyah School’s flag football coach

or Josh Brody, Director of Sequoyah School

BY PHONE

 

12:06 – 12:30

Topic: Will paid sick days for all NYC workers move across the country? New York City is set to pass legislation requiring thousands of companies to provide paid sick leave to their employees. City Council members struck a deal on March 28 to pass a measure that will kick in starting in April 2014, when businesses with 20 or more employees will be required to provide 5 paid sick days, while businesses under that size will be required to provide unpaid sick leave. By October 2015, the list of employers required to provide paid sick leave will include companies with 15 or more employees. Though mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to veto the measure, reports say the city council will have the two-thirds majority support it needs to override the veto. Some California cities have passed similar legislation, but many more initiatives here have failed. Why? After a long fight over this in NYC, how did stakeholders reach a deal?

Guests: TBD

 

12:30 – 12:40

OPEN

 

12:40 – 1:00

Topic: How the Information Age is changing everything:  

Guest: Kenneth Cukier, (pron: TBA) Co-Author, “Big Data: A revolution that will transform how we live, work, and thank;” Data Editor, the Economist, based in London

BY PHONE

 

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Jasmin Tuffaha    office: 626.583.5162

Producer, “AirTalk with Larry Mantle” 

 

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

AirTalk for Friday, March 29, 2013

Contact: Producers Joel Patterson, Jasmin Tuffaha

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SCHEDULE FOR AIRTALK WITH LARRY MANTLE

Friday, March 29, 2013

11:06 –11:20

Topic: OPEN

Guest: TBA

 

11:20 –11:40

Topic: Undefeated Pasadena flag football team forfeits entire season because a girl played on the team

Guest: TBA

 

11:40 –11:50

Topic: Mexico non-military police

Guest: TBA

 

11:50 –12:00

Topic: Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti on the coming season and the weight of expectation

Guest: Ned Colletti, general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers

 

12:00 – 12:40

Topic: FilmWeek: A Place Beyond the Pines, The Host, Blancanieves, and more: Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan to review this week’s releases, including A Place Beyond the Pines, The Host, Blancanieves, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!

Guest: Wade Major, film critic for KPCC and boxoffice.com

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

 

12:40 – 1:00

Topic: The troubled genius that was Dennis Hopper: BLURB TBA

Guest: Tom Folsom, Author “Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream,” (ItBooks, March 2013); Folsom is a writer, director, and producer of documentaries; his previous book, “The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe Gallo and the Revolution at the Edge of the Underworld” was a New York Times bestseller



Wednesday, March 27, 2013

AirTalk for Thursday, March 28, 2013

Contact: Producers Joel Patterson, Jasmin Tuffaha,

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SCHEDULE FOR AIRTALK WITH LARRY MANTLE

Thursday, March 28, 2013

11:06 –11:20

OPEN

 

11:20 –11:40

Topic: Mutiny on the high-speed rail project:  California’s high speed rail project has faced opposition from several constituencies throughout the state. But its toughest criticism yet comes from longtime proponents of the project who say that too many political compromises are undermining legal safeguards, among other complaints. One former high-speed rail backer recently filed a civil suit seeking to halt the project due to financial mismanagement. How will this division impact the future of California’s bullet-train? What is the California High Speed Rail Authority’s response to the criticism? Will high-speed rail get back on track?

 

NOT CONFIRMED

Guest: Ralph Vartabedian, LA Times reporter

 

CONFIRMED

Guest: Dan Richard, Chairman - California High Speed Rail Authority

BY PHONE

 

11:40 –12:00

Topic: How much are you willing to spend to extend your pet’s life? Dog owners today spend an average of $655 dollars a year on health care for their pets, up 50% from a decade ago. Health care costs for cats are up nearly 75%. Why is this? For one, veterinary medicine has advanced significantly in recent years, and so there are options for pet owners that just weren’t available 10 years ago. Veterinary hospitals have specialty doctors offering everything from oncology treatments to MRIs, these days very little is out of reach. Meanwhile, we seem to be treating our pets like family more than we ever have before, and we’re willing to go to greater lengths to care for them than ever before. But how far is too far? Individual specialty procedures can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and owners without pet insurance (which is still rarely purchased) will spend upwards of $1,000 per day to keep a pet in treatment, just to see the treatment fail. Is there a price that’s just too far? Are families only making the pain of losing a pet worse by adding a financial burden? Are veterinarians making the choices more painful by offering expensive treatments?

 

Guest: James A Serpell, (pron: TBA) Director, Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society at University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.

BY PHONE

 

12:00 –12:20

OPEN

 

12:20 – 12:40

Topic: LA restaurateur goes on Twitter tirade against no-shows: Imagine planning a delicious dinner party then suddenly your committed guests turn into no-shows and don't even call to cancel. Well restaurants deal with the problem on a nightly basis, but one Beverly Hills eatery has had enough. This past weekend, Noah Ellis of Vietnamese spot Red Medicine called out half a dozen Angelenos who made reservations for the hottest night of the week, then failed to materialize. In a statement, Red Medicine says, "We lost 20% of our total reservations on a Saturday, and a huge chunk of our prime-time bookings.... We understand emergencies happen, but most diners who no-show most likely don't think twice about it." They said the Twitter flaming won't be a regular practice, but they want to bring attention to the problem. Are we just less polite or thoughtful when it comes to dealing with businesses? We wouldn’t just no show to a dinner party, why would we do so with a restaurant? If restaurants adopted this more widely, would it prevent people from “no-showing?”

Guest: TBD

 

12:40 – 1:00

Topic: Changing sexual mores in the changing Arab world: Writer, journalist, and broadcaster Shereen El Feki spent five years exploring how the Arab world is changing, but she does it in the context of sex. El Feki felt sexual politics permeated the Arab world and affected its religion, politics, economics and culture. Although she focuses on Egypt, El Feki set out to understand public opinion on sex. She found religious laws that restrict nudity during sex, a Saudi Arabian man who was beaten and imprisoned for speaking about sex publicly, and young women with mutilated genitals to suppress sexual desire. The public also disapproves of homosexuality and single mothers, and many believe that husbands may beat their wives if they refuse sex. El Feki wrote her new book, “Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World” from her perspective as a Muslim woman with a Western education. In her book, she wanted to give voices to Arab women through interviews with virgins, housewives, and activists, and El Feki hopes that political change will eliminate sexual taboos. Are these views concerning sex rooted in history, culture, and religion? Do you think there’s the potential of change? And how does the Arab world’s view of sex compare with the Western world?

Guest: Shereen El Feki, (pron: shuh-REEN el FEH-kee) Author, “Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World;” Journalist; Vice-Chair, United Nations’ Global Commission on HIV & Law; Ph.D. in molecular immunology

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Warm regards,

Jasmin Tuffaha    office: 626.583.5162 

Producer, “AirTalk with Larry Mantle” 

 

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

AirTalk for Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Contact: Producers Joel Patterson, Jasmin Tuffaha

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SCHEDULE FOR AIRTALK WITH LARRY MANTLE

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

 

11:06 –11:40

Topic: High Court sets eyes on Defense of Marriage Act: [blurb coming]

 

EITHER

Guest:  Lisa McElroy, (MAC-ul-roy), Professor of Law, Earle Mack School of Law, Drexel University; Supreme Court scholar

Guest: Greg Stohr, Supreme Court reporter, Bloomberg News (Checking that Greg will be in court that day)

Guest: John Eastman, professor of law and former dean at Chapman University Law School; Chairman of the Board, National Organization of Marriage that lobbies against same-sex marriage; Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, a public interest law firm affiliated with the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy; Eastman authored an amicus brief for the Proposition 8 case and one for the Defense of Marriage Act case.(MUST CHECK WHETHER EASTMAN GETS INSIDE COURT)

Guest: David Cruz, Professor of law, The Gould School of Law, University of Southern California; Cruz was in Court today for the DOMA hearing; Constitutional law expert focusing on the First Amendment and civil rights.

 

11:40-12:00

Topic: Report Finds State Department of Parks and Recreation Mismanaging State Parks: “The old model is obsolete.” So finds the Little Hoover Commission report on California’s State Park lands. 1.5 million acres of land are designated as state park land, and the Little Hoover report says those state parks are in sorry shape, victims of incompetent management from the Department of Parks and Recreation.  Compounding the issue are economic factors: Tight budgets mean park facilities can’t be upgraded at a time when visitor numbers are falling, further dampening revenue generated by the parks. What should California do in response to this report? What are the best options for state parks? What other agencies, entities, and grassroots groups could do a better job? What could happen to 1.5 million acres of parkland if poor choices are made at this apparently critical time?

 

Guest: Stuart Drown, Executive Director of the Little Hoover Commission.

Guest: Craig Middleton, Executive Director of the Presidio Trust, a self-proclaimed “new” model of park management. He was interviewed as part of the Little Hoover report.

 

NOT CONFIRMED

Guest:  Anthony Jackson, director of the state parks department

 

12:06 – 12:20

Topic: Historic Supreme Court arguments on Marriage: [blurb coming]

EITHER

Guest:  Lisa McElroy, (MAC-ul-roy), Professor of Law, Earle Mack School of Law, Drexel University; Supreme Court scholar

OR

Guest: Greg Stohr, Supreme Court reporter, Bloomberg News (Checking that Greg will be in court that day)

 

12:20 – 12:40

Topic: The Long Beach school board has voted to start classes an hour later for middle schoolers: If the change is adopted, that dreaded morning bell would ring at 8.50 in the morning, later than the current 7.40am start time. The school board says it will help save money. Many experts say adolescent minds will learn better with the extra sleep. What about the parents who no longer can drop off their kids on their way to work? Will the school board help them work around their soon-to-be jammed up morning schedules? What about the effects of extracurricular activities that take place before and after school? Will there be enough time for sports and drama and band if school doesn’t finish until nearly 4pm?

Guest: Kyla [KHY – lah] Wahlstrom [WALL - strum], Director, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota.

 

12:40 – 1:00

Topic: Freelancer’s Bible

The Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Government Accountability Office estimate that there are more than 20 million contract workers in the United States. While contractors may have more flexibility than full-time staffers, they are exposed to greater economic vulnerabilities. The Freelancer’s Union based in Brooklyn is working to address contractor’s greatest concerns such as health insurance and other benefits. In her latest book, “The Freelancers Bible” Sara Horowitz, the executive director of the Freelancer’s Union offers tips on how independent contractors should navigate the world of freelancing. How do freelancers get health insurance? Should all workers unionize? How should a freelancer schedule her time? How fast is the freelance economy growing?

Guest: Sara Horowitz, Executive Director of the Freelancer’s Union

 

 

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Updated AirTalk for Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Contact: Producers Joel Patterson, Jasmin Tuffaha, Anny Celsi & Allen Williams

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

 

***Please Note: AirTalk will be playing the Prop 8 arguments in their ENTIRETY, beginning at 11:00am. We will not be carrying the usual NPR newsbreaks at the top of each hour. Larry and noted USC law professor Jody Armour (in studio) will provide play-by-play commentary as the arguments run. Arguments lasted around one hour 20 minutes. After arguments conclude, we’ll break for credits, then return to Larry and Jody plus we’ll have several experts join us by phone to analyze what we heard. We’ll break again for credits at 12:39pm, then resume our conversation and incorporate calls from listeners.

 

11:00 –12:20

Topic: Supreme Court oral arguments on California gay marriage ban

Guest: Kitty Felde, KPCC reporter who is attending oral arguments

 

IN STUDIO

Guest: Jody Armour, professor at the USC Gould School of Law

 

12:20 – 12:40

Topic: Supreme Court watchers analyze the high-profile hearing

Guest: Lisa McElroy, (MAC-ul-roy), Professor of Law, Earle Mack School of Law, Drexel University; Supreme Court scholar

Guest: Greg Stohr, Supreme Court reporter, Bloomberg News

 

12:40 – 1:00

Topic: Legal advocates weigh in on the fate of Prop 8

Guest: John Eastman, professor of law and former dean at Chapman University Law School

Guest: Tara Borelli, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal - National legal organization that advocates for civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people

Monday, March 25, 2013

AirTalk for Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Contact: Producers Joel Patterson, Jasmin Tuffaha, Anny Celsi & Allen Williams

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

 

11:00 –1:00

Topic: Supreme Court oral arguments on California gay marriage ban: After a long wait on both sides of the issue, California’s Prop 8 finally gets its day at the Supreme Court. During the first hour of our program, we’ll broadcast the recorded audio of oral arguments heard earlier in the day. After that, our team of experts will discuss, dissect, parse, and analyze what was said during the hour of arguments. Questions abound about how Chief Justice John Roberts will rule, as he is mostly a blank slate in this area. What can we tell from the oral arguments and the Justices’ lines of questioning? Will we be able to glean who is in support of a broad federal approach and who favors lighter footprint on behalf of the court? Many see this as the civil rights cause of this generation, and we’ll be dedicating our entire show to it.

 

Guest: Kitty Felde, KPCC reporter who is attending oral arguments

Guest: Lisa McElroy, (MAC-ul-roy), Professor of Law, Earle Mack School of Law, Drexel University; Supreme Court scholar

Guest: Greg Stohr, Supreme Court reporter, Bloomberg News (Checking that Greg will be in court that day)

Guest: John Eastman, professor of law and former dean at Chapman University Law School; Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, a public interest law firm affiliated with the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy; Eastman authored an amicus brief for the Proposition 8 case and one for the Defense of Marriage Act case.

Guest: Tara Borelli, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal - National legal organization that advocates for civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people.

 

 

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Updated AirTalk for Monday, March 25, 2013

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Monday, March 25, 2013

 

11:06 –11:25

Topic: SCOTUS Preview: Prop. 8, DOMA, and affirmative action: The Supreme Court is having a busy week, with two hearings scheduled on cases concerning marriage equality and an announcement today that the court will take on a Michigan affirmative action case. The hearing for Hollingsworth v. Perry, which addresses California’s Proposition 8 is set for Tuesday. On Wednesday, the court will rule on United States v. Windsor – the Defense of Marriage Act case. Hollingsworth v. Perry challenges the constitutionality of California’s ban on same-sex marriage. If the justices declare Prop. 8 unconstitutional, the ruling could affect similar laws in other states. Wednesday’s decision about whether or not to federally recognize all marriages will also carry serious weight. DOMA defines marriage as between a man and a woman, and prevents married same-sex couples from receiving more than 1000 federal benefits. Will the Supreme Court rule in favor of state’s rights, or gay rights? Does popular opinion have an effect on Supreme Court rulings? Should it? Eyes are on anticipated swing voters – Justice Anthony Kennedy and Chief Justice John Roberts – what factors will go into the court’s decision?

 

Guest: David Savage, Supreme Court reporter for the Los Angeles Times

 

BY PHONE

 

Guest: Frank Newport, Editor-in-Chief, Gallup polling

 

BY PHONE

 

11:25 - 11:30

Topic: UCLA fires basketball coach Ben Howland after early exit from NCAA tournament:

Guest: After a 20-point loss to lower-seeded Minnesota in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Friday, UCLA fired basketball head coach Ben Howland after ten years at the helm of the one-time college basketball superpower. But insiders see Howland’s firing as less of a punishment for the early tournament exit, and more of a move necessary to regain the prestige of UCLA basketball infused in the program by legendary coach John Wooden. In fact, Howland’s Bruins won the Pac-12 conference championship this year, and he took the team to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament three years in a row (2006-08), but Sunday’s firing is a powerful statement from the university that they want more. Coaches are already lining up for the prestigious job, with Virginia Commonwealth's Shaka Smart and Butler's Brad Stevens tipped as possible contenders. Was UCLA right to dismiss Howland? Will the school give the next coach the time, support, and resources to restore their program to its former glory? Who should lead the Bruins basketball program in the wake of Howland’s firing? Are the good ol’ days coming back, or is the legendary Wooden era at UCLA gone forever?

 

Guest: A. Martinez, co-host of Take Two on KPCC

 

IN STUDIO

 

11:30-12:00

Topic:  Does dual-immersion learning pay off in better test scores? [temp head]

Proposition 227 all but eliminated bilingual education in California schools in 1998. The law mandated that English be used as the primary language to teach non-English-speaking kids in schools. In recent years, a different form of secondary language acquisition has been gaining traction in Los Angeles public school system. They are called "dual language immersion" programs: classes are taught almost entirely in Spanish, Mandarin or another language, and they are designed to benefit both children who are learning English as a second language as well as those who are native English speakers. KPCC's Early Childhood Development Correspondent Deepa Fernandes has a piece today looking at one such program at Foster Elementary School in Baldwin Park. School officials there, mirroring what many researchers have found, say that kids in their dual language programs outperform those who are taught in just English-only classes. If dual language immersion programs are so successful, why aren't more California schools adopting them? What are some of the challenges and drawbacks? What are the benefits?

 

Guest: Karen Cadiero-Kaplan, (pron: kah-DAIR-oh) Director of the English Learner Support Division at the California Department of Education

 

BY PHONE

 

Guest: Roger Lowenstein, founder and executive director of Los Angeles Leadership Academy, a public charter school in Lincoln Heights that practices dual language immersion.

 

IN STUDIO                        Backup cell: 213-705-9153   

 

Guest: Karen Nemeth (NEM-meth) , co-founder of Language Castle. She is a dual language immersion consultant who works with school districts across the the country.

 

BY PHONE

 

12:06 – 12:20

Topic: Fresh and (not so) easy for British grocer to make it in the States: The British company Tesco had high hopes for its Fresh and Easy chain of grocery stores in Southern California. The store is a smashing success in its homeland, and the goal for Tesco was to position Fresh and Easy as an alternative to Trader Joe’s in California. Like the Southland favorite, Fresh and Easy specializes in prepackaged meals and fresh produce. To further ingratiate itself, Fresh and Easy spent years researching American consumer habits, even going so far as to shadow customers while they shopped at their local grocer. But things aren’t looking too good for the interloping competitor. For several reasons, Fresh and Easy has failed to connect with Americans in a significant way. Experts attribute the disconnect to some of the products the store sells, which are still quintessentially European, or the fact that produce comes in bags and can’t be purchased individually. Also, Fresh and Easy hit a snag with labor activists for being anti-union, since they depend on unmanned self-checkouts in all of their stores. The company also seemed to overshoot when it built its huge distribution center in Riverside County, and it failed to specialize its merchandise given the location of its stores. As a result, the chain is operating at a $2 billion loss. Is there a Fresh and Easy in your neighborhood? Were you impressed with the stores, or turned off? Why do you shop where you shop? What are you looking for in your local grocer?

 

Guest: Jim Prevor (PREE-vor), of PerishablePundit.com, a website and blog dedicated to the food marketing business

 

BY PHONE

 

12:20 – 12:40

Topic:  Do countries that are lax on tax drag the European Union down? Now that Cyprus has reached a solution to its debt crisis, announcing that it will levy a tax on his biggest, mostly offshore, investors, its less well-heeled citizens can relax.  Not so the rest of the European Union; other countries with an equally weak tax structure could conceivably throw the union into chaos yet again if their banking systems near collapse. Like the state-to-state differences here, each country in the EU has its own income, corporate and banking tax systems and there’s a tacit understanding that they won’t undermine each other. And while the patchwork of taxation didn’t cause the EU crisis, in cases like Cyprus it certainly exacerbates the situation.  There’s been talk of reforming the rules to make things more equitable across borders, but any substantial change is a long way off.  Will countries with a more robust economy, such as Germany, continue to hold up the roof for the EU?  Should all EU countries be forced to bring their tax rates up to the level of their neighbors?  Once the deluge of economic emergencies is over, what’s next for the euro?

 

Guest: Scheherazade Rehman, Ph.D.,  Director, European Union Research Center and Professor of International Finance at George Washington University

 

BY PHONE

 

12:40 – 1:00

Topic: Hunt for Dorner reward heats up: Three parties are fighting for the $1.2 million reward for the capture of ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner, but some donors are withdrawing their pledges. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa first announced that the reward would go to “information leading to Mr. Dorner’s capture,” but officials later amended that to “capture and conviction.” The police received thousands of calls, but the parties who believe they should receive the reward are Jim and Karen Reynolds, who were tied up by Dorner and later called the police, and Rick Heltebrake, who was carjacked by Dorner and then called the police. What was the intent of the reward money? Are these parties eligible to the money or were they fulfilling their civic duty? Would the issuing of the reward money have changed the outcome this case at all? How legally binding are pledges from donors? Who is ultimately responsible for issuing the reward money?

 

Guest: TBA