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Gut hacks, polarized jury rooms, Food Friday, FilmWeek and more
What’s made the biggest difference for your gut health?
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Today on AirTalk: Gut talk: what works for your gut; are jury rooms becoming more polarized? Food Friday; FilmWeek, and an interview with the stars of Tuner.
Gut Talk: What actually works for your gut?
The topic:
Health advice is everywhere on the web, including advice on the gut. According to Medscape, influencers are driving misinformation, which can cause confusion when all you really want is help. As we round out our series on the gut, we cut through the noise and talk with an expert about the gut health hacks that work.
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Guest: Sean Gibbons, associate professor at the Institute for Systems Biology
Join the conversation: We want to hear from you! What’s made the biggest difference for your gut health? What is a food product or substitute that has made the biggest difference for your gut? Give us a call at (866) 893-5722 or email us at atcomments@laist.com
Are jury rooms becoming more polarized?
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In a recent Wall Street Journal piece, trial lawyers and consultants who size up jurors say that jury deliberations are growing angrier, more polarized and more prone to deadlock. Today, we look at what’s changing in jury rooms and the reasons behind those changes.
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Guests: Dan Simon, professor of law and psychology at USC, and Mark Phillips, managing director and senior consultant for Trial Behavior Consulting
Why it matters: Juries decide everything from criminal guilt to civil damages worth hundreds of millions of dollars. If deliberations are breaking down, the cost falls on everyone.
The questions: Are post-pandemic jurors really more rigid in their views and quicker to distrust the system? And does the picture look different in Los Angeles County, where the jury pool is among the most diverse in the country and the courts handle some of the nation's most-watched trials?
Join the conversation: Have you served on a jury recently? What was the room like? Give us a call at (866) 893-5722 or email us at atcomments@laist.com.
Food Friday pub crawl: Lucky Baldwins Pub
This week on Food Friday, we talk to Lucky Baldwins.
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For those hanging out in the San Gabriel Valley and looking for a local pub, you're likely familiar with the British pub, Lucky Baldwins. In our ongoing Food Friday pub crawl, we speak to the owners.
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Guests: Peggy Simonian, owner-operator of Lucky Baldwins Pub, and Patsy Sutton, general manager of Lucky Baldwins Pub
Restaurant details:
- Lucky Baldwins has two Pasadena locations and one in Sierra Madre.
- It first opened in 1996.
- They're an official bar partner with LAFC.
- They host: Pasadena Reds, a local Liverpool FC support group; Los Angeles Hammers, a West Ham FC support group; and Eastside Gooners, a local support group for Arsenal FC.
- They also have special events tied to the Belgian Beer Festival and Oktoberfest.
Location and hours (Old Towne Pasadena):
17 South Raymond Ave., Pasadena
Monday–Sunday: 9 a.m. - 1:30 a.m.
FilmWeek: ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,’ ‘I Love Boosters,’ ‘Passenger’ and more!
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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire, Lael Loewenstein and Maureen Lee Lenker review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.
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Guests: LAist film critcs Christy Lemire, Lael Loewenstein, and Maureen Lee Lenker
The films:
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu, Wide Release
- Tuner, AMC Grove & AMC Century City|Expands May 29
- I Love Boosters, Wide Release
- Passenger, Wide Release
- Ladies First, Streaming on Netflix
- Saccharine, In Select Theaters
- The Travel Companion, Lumiere Music Hall [Beverly Hills]
- Diamonds, Laemmle Royal [West LA]
- Magic Hour, Landmark Nuart [West LA]
- Stolen Kingdom, Laemele Glendale|Available on Digital & VOD Jun 16
Feature: The stars of ‘Tuner’ talk about striking the perfect chord on screen
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Larry Mantle speaks with the stars of the new film Tuner, about a piano repair apprentice who suffers a unique hearing condition that makes him extra sensitive to sound, a useful skill for tuning pianos as well as cracking safes.
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Guests: Leo Woodall, actor and star of the film Tuner, and Havana Rose Liu, actor and co-star of the film
The plot: Leo Woodall, plays Niki, a former music virtuoso now serving as an apprentice to the vivacious but stubborn piano technician Harry Horowitz, played by Dustin Hoffman. Niki’s hearing condition and secret extracurriculars isolate him from his budding relationship with music composition student Ruthie, played by Havana Rose Liu.
Tuner is playing at the AMC Grove and AMC Century City. It expands to more theaters May 29.
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Today on AirTalk: The current state of the job market, what makes a good sequel, fusion restaurant Rasarumah, FilmWeek and romance movies adapted from novels.
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