Recall Update: The ACLU Lawsuit and Follow the Money; No-Kill Animal Shelter Policy; The Destruction of the California Indians; Mary Magdalene: Saint or Sinner?
Recall Update: The ACLU Lawsuit and Follow the Money
Kim Alexander, President of the California Voter Foundation, joins guest host Patt Morrison to give an update on the latest news surrounding the ACLU lawsuit to delay the recall vote. They also ask where the recall candidates are getting their campaign funding, and what can we learn about the candidates by looking at campaign contributions?
No-Kill Animal Shelter Policy
This past Thursday, Mayor Hahn announced that the City of Los Angeles will work to implement a no-kill policy for adoptable animals within the next five years. The Mayor tasked the Department of Animal Services to meet with animal experts and humane groups to develop a plan in the next ninety days. But animal rights groups say this no-kill policy will be business-as-usual. What does a no-kill policy mean? What are adoptable animals? Who determines which animals are adoptable, and how? Jerry Greenwalt, General Manger, Animal Services for the City of Los Angeles, Dr. Jerry Vlasak, a member of Animal Defense League of Los Angeles, and Daniel Crain, President of the San Francisco SPCA, a shelter with a no-kill policy for adoptable animals, join guest host Patt Morrison to discuss the issue.
The Destruction of the California Indians
Patt Morrison talks with William Secrest about his new book titled When the Great Spirit Died: The Destruction of the California Indians, 1850-1860 (Word Dancer Press). The book chronicles the almost total obliteration of the Indian tribes of Central California during the Gold Rush. Patt Morrison also talks to historian George Phillips, an expert on the fate of Southern California Indians.
Mary Magdalene: Saint or Sinner?
Mary Magdalene's image has been changing over recent years. The trend in Christianity is to revise the place and role of women in the Bible and Biblical tradition. Mary Magdalene, as a harlot, is not mentioned in the Bible. In fact, it's hard to know who the harlot was exactly. Scholars think that Mary Magdalene, the fallen woman, is an amalgam of three Biblical women. Jeffrey Kirsch, author, book columnist for the LA Times, and David Van Biema, journalist and author of a recent Time magazine article about Mary Magdalene, joins guest host Patt Morrison to discuss the icon.