Disaster Relief Efforts to Help Earthquake Victims in Southern Asia; Ukraine Elections; Garment Industry Woes; The Best Books of 2004
Disaster Relief Efforts to Help Earthquake Victims in Southern Asia
A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Southern Asia on Sunday, causing tsunamis to hit coastal areas from Indonesia to as far away as Somalia. The quake, the largest in the world in over 40 years, killed 22,000 people and counting. Guest Host Patt Morrison speaks with Mike Kiernan, spokesman for Save the Children, and Washington-based Devasish Ray, special correspondent with The India Post and foreign correspondent for The Week in India, about efforts on the ground to help victims of this disaster.
Ukraine Elections
Patt Morrison speaks with David Holley, LA Times Staff Writer in Kiev, about the latest information from the presidential elections in the Ukraine.
Garment Industry Woes
Quotas on imports of apparel and textiles will be lifted by the U.S. on January 1st. How will this affect L.A.’s ailing garment industry? Patt Morrison talks with Ilse Metchek of the California Fashion Association, Jack Kyser, Chief Economist for the LA Economic Development Corporation, and UC Santa Barbara sociologist Richard Applebaum.
The Best Books of 2004
AirTalk guest host Patt Morrison talks with LA Times book columnist Jonathan Kirsch, and New York Times Book review staff editor Dwight Garner, about the best fiction and non-fiction books of 2004.