Foreign Nationals in California Jails; Is Europe the Next Superpower?; FilmWeek
Foreign Nationals in California Jails
State Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on the California Correctional System, held a hearing yesterday to discuss why California houses thousands of foreign nationals in state prisons with little reimbursement from the federal government. Senator Romero joins Host Larry Mantle to discuss plans to reform California’s prison system, which is about $200 million over budget.
Is Europe the Next Superpower?
Larry Mantle talks with accomplished journalist and author T.R. Reid about his new book THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy (Penguin).
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss this week's new film releases, including The Aviator, Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Spanglish, Million Dollar Baby, Beyond the Sea, Imaginary Heroes, The Sea Inside, and the A Tale of Two Sisters.