HOLY GAS PRICES; STATE OF THE CITY PREVIEW; DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR DNA IS?; ET PHONE HERE?
HOLY GAS PRICES
It'd be hard to miss it…gas prices are breaking three dollars and crude oil is passing $70 a barrel. We know the reasons: increased demand from China. Running out of easy sources. And a war in Iraq and the volatile situation in Iran are causing instability in the markets. Oil companies, meanwhile, are making record profits. Will prices come down? And if so, when, and how much? And how long can the economy handle this? Guest-host Judy Muller talks to experts about this expensive trend.
STATE OF THE CITY PREVIEW
Tonight at 5:30, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will deliver his first annual State of the City address. The Mayor is sure to talk about some of his key programs, including reform of the Los Angeles Unified School District. We'll also hear from community activists: what is the state of the City? Guest-host Judy Muller talks with city watchers about the upcoming speech and the state of LA.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR DNA IS?
Did you know that once tissue or blood is removed from your body, you no longer own it, and doctors and researchers are free to study it and profit from it? AirTalk guest host Judy Muller talks with experts about the legal and moral issues surrounding the afterlife of tissue.
ET PHONE HERE?
It's the age-old question: are we alone in the universe? For decades, scientists have searched for radio signals from alien races…so far, no signs of ET. But this month the Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts turned on a brand new telescope that looks for life in a completely new way: it scans for light signals. The theory is that lonely aliens may be using signal lights to announce their existence. The telescope was funded by Pasadena's Planetary Society, and is part of the SETI project, or search for extraterrestrial life. Guest-host Judy Muller talks to Dr. Louis Friedman, Executive Director of the Planetary Society and former JPL scientist, about this new telescope and the search for intelligent life.