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Remembering Dick Enberg, sportscaster extraordinaire

By AirTalk Staff

Published Dec 22, 2017 9:14 AM

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 29: San Diego Padres announcer Dick Enberg waves to the crowd during a ceremony held before a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers at PETCO Park on September 29, 2016 in San Diego, California. The Padres held the pre-game ceremony to honor Enberg's last home game as the team's primary play-by-play man for television broadcasts. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)

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AirTalk wants to hear your memories of legendary Southern California sportscaster Dick Enberg, who died Thursday at 82. We also dive into a new age discrimination lawsuit alleging companies like T-Mobile and Amazon are only targeting younger Facebook users with their hiring ads; review this week’s movie releases on FilmWeek; and more.

Remembering Dick Enberg, sportscaster extraordinaire

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Remembering Dick Enberg, sportscaster extraordinaire

Legendary announcer Dick Enberg, whose amazing sportscasting career spanned six decades, died Thursday at the age of 82.

He did play-by-play for college basketball, college and professional football and Major League Baseball. He also called other sporting events such as boxing, tennis, golf, horse racing and the Olympics.

Enberg retired from his TV job with the San Diego Padres in October 2016.

Larry and our SoCal listeners remember Enberg.

Read the full story here.

Age discrimination lawsuit against big employers exposes snag in Facebook’s targeted ad system

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Age discrimination lawsuit against big employers exposes snag in Facebook’s targeted ad system

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday against T-Mobile, Amazon, and Cox Communications that place job ads through Facebook, claiming that these companies run afoul are engaging in age discrimination in their hiring practices.

The suit came in the wake of an investigation by the New York Times and ProPublica that alleges that Facebook, through the algorithms that target particular users, is showing these ads only to users that fall within younger age groups. The investigation questions whether the practice runs afoul of age discrimination laws.

Facebook is not a defendant in the lawsuit filed Wednesday.

How would the lawsuit and increased attention on its targeted ad practice impact Facebook? Could Facebook also be legally liable? How does Facebook’s targeted ad system work?

We reached out to Facebook for comment and did not receive a response for the airing of this segment.

Guests:

Ramit Mizrahi, employment lawyer with Mizrahi Law in Pasadena; she tweets

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Josh Constine, editor-at-large for TechCrunch who’s been following the story; he tweets @JoshConstine

Congress wants to create a ‘space corps’. What does it mean, and will it happen?

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Congress wants to create a ‘space corps’. What does it mean, and will it happen?

Earlier this month, President Trump signed into law a bipartisan defense bill that includes a roadmap to potentially create a fourth military department: space.

Congress has been critical of the Pentagon for not prioritizing space security in recent years, which is crucial to U.S. Military operations as a whole. The House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) originally approved for a new space corps under the Air Force, similar to the Marine Corps of the Navy, but it was dropped in the Senate bill passed last November.

However, the final bill mandated an independent study by the Pentagon to look into long-term prospects of establishing a department completely dedicated to space operations, separate from the Air Force.

What would the militarization of space look like and what are the resources we would need? Could it spark an international arms race? How have rivals like Russia and China reorganized their operations towards space security? Host Larry Mantle speaks with a space security expert on the specifics of the NDAA and what this means for the country’s space defense policies moving forward.

Guest:

Todd Harrison, director of the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank

FilmWeek: ‘The Post,’ ‘Phantom Thread,’ ‘Molly’s Game’ and more

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FilmWeek: ‘The Post,’ ‘Phantom Thread,’ ‘Molly’s Game’ and more

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s new movie releases.

"The Post" at ArcLight Hollywood, ArcLight Sherman Oaks & The Landmark Theatre
- Listen to The Frame's round table discussion with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Amy Pascal here.
"Phantom Thread" at The Landmark Theatre starting Monday 12/25
"Molly's Game" at AMC Century City, ArcLight Hollywood & ArcLight Sherman Oaks on Sunday 12/24; expands to over 200 theaters on Monday 12/25
"All The Money In The World" in wide release starting Monday 12/25
"The Greatest Showman" in wide release
"Pitch Perfect 3" in wide release
"Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" in wide release
"Downsizing" in wide release
- The Frame's host, John Horn, interviewed "Downsizing" star Hong Chau. You can listen here.
"Bright" on Netflix
"Father Figures" in wide release
"Happy End" at Laemmle's Royal Theatre
"Hostiles" at AMC Century City