St. Vincent's Liver Transplant Program; Senator Jack Scott; Improve Your Life In 2006; Misquoting Jesus
St. Vincent's Liver Transplant Program
A federal report says a climate of "fear and retribution" existed within the now-closed liver transplant program at St. Vincent Medical Center. According to the report, cited by the Los Angeles Times, hospital staff members were kept from speaking up about a major breach in national transplantation standards and were prompted to falsify documents as part of a cover-up. Guest-host Ted Chen discusses the report with Charlie Ornstein, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times who covers the health beat, and Tom Mone, CEO of OneLegacy, the federally-designated, non-profit organ procurement agency for Southern California.
Senator Jack Scott
Ted Chen talks with Democratic State Senator Jack Scott, who represents the 21st District, which includes Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, a portion of the City of Los Angeles, and other surrounding cities and communities. Senator Scott was elected to the Senate in 2000 and reelected in 2004. Ted will discuss the year in politics and what's ahead for the California Democrats in 2005.
Improve Your Life In 2006
Don't have a New Year's resolution yet? Is the idea of improving your life so daunting, you're not even sure where to start? Well, US News & World Report has some ideas for you – 50 of them. Eat Omega 3s, cut out the lying, pull the plug on high tech distractions, and floss, floss, floss those teeth. These are but a few of the entertaining self-help nuggets guest host Ted Chen will discuss with Marc Silver, Assistant Managing Editor at US News & World Report, who edited 50 Ways to Improve Your Life in 2006.
Misquoting Jesus
For centuries scribes copied the Greek manuscripts that eventually became the Bible. Ted Chen talks with renowned religion scholar, Bart Ehrman, about his new book, Misquoting Jesus: The Story of Who Changed the Bible and Why. After years of studying the surviving manuscripts, Ehrman found that the scribes were so deeply influenced by the cultural, theological, and political disputes of their day that they altered the texts of the Bible. The result, he argues, is that in some instances, the discrepancies profoundly affect religious doctrine.