The California Budget; Jim Hightower: An American Populist; FilmWeek
The California Budget
The Recall election has brought the California economy and budget into sharp relief. Candidate interviews are filled with questions about California's slumping economy and budget crisis as the candidates are forced to express their views on how to fix the State's fiscal woes. Patt Morrison and Carl D. DeMaio, President and Founder of The Performance Institute and a Senior Fellow with the Reason Foundation, and Daniel J.B. Mitchell, Ho-Su Wu Chair in Management and Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior at UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management and School of Public Policy & Social Research explore the connection between the State budget and the State economy and talk about how the California's economy reflects national economic and budgetary trends.
Jim Hightower: An American Populist
Jim Hightower is an angry man. He's angry with the Bush Administration; he's angry at moneyed elites, and he's going to tell guest host Patt Morrison all about it. Jim Hightower's new book is called Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country and It's Time to Take It Back.
FilmWeek
Guest host John Rabe and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new film releases, including Jeepers Creepers 2, Civil Brand, Friday Night, Gasoline, Km. 0, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, The Other Side of the Bed, Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator, and The Weather Underground.
John and the critics also discuss this week's new videos, including the first release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.