Trump’s travel ban goes before the 9th circuit – what will the three-judge panel decide?; we analyze Russia’s aspirations and motivations in 2017; we interview the creator of an app that guides users through heartbreak; and more.
Trump travel ban stay heads to Ninth Circuit court: here’s a preview
President Trump's travel moratorium goes before appellate judges in San Francisco this afternoon.
A three-judge panel of the 9th circuit will hear 30-minutes of oral argument via phone from both sides to decide whether to overturn a stay issued by a federal judge in Seattle. It's possible the Presidential order will end up at the US Supreme Court. Right now, the presidential order has been stopped by a federal judge in Seattle.
This afternoon, the appellate judges will decide whether to remove that stay and allow the ban to go back into effect. At issue is the Constitutionality of the moratorium.
What are the Constitutional issues at play? How much weight does the temporary nature of the ban get? How quickly might a decision come? What legal challenge comes next?
Guests:
Rich Lowry, editor of National Review
Margaret Hu, assistant professor of law at Washington and Lee University School of Law
Irvine-based, most popular TV maker in the US settles suit for spying on customers
Vizio is settling a this week with the Federal Trade Commission and the New Jersey attorney general’s office, over a privacy suit.
The FCC said that the Irvine-based television manufacturer Vizio, spied on its customers with 11 million TV sets. Vizio was accused of collecting and selling customer information, which has become a rising concern with smart home devices, according to a recent Los Angeles Times article.
So what does this suit mean for the future of these in-home smart products? Larry speaks to Devindra Hardawar of Engadget to find out more.
Guest:
Devindra Hardawar, senior editor at Engadget
Oscar-nominated 'Extremis' director illuminates life-or-death moral dilemmas
The Oscar-nominated documentary "Extremis" reveals the most personal, intimate, heartrending moments found in the Intensive Care Unit at Oakland's Highland Hospital.
With the guidance of palliative care specialist Dr. Jessica Zitter, the film follows patients, families, and medical teams navigating the critical moments after fatal diagnoses. The short documentary offers a glimpse into what each of us might face for ourselves and our loved ones as we choose how much or how little medical intervention is best. Larry Mantle interviews filmmaker Dan Krauss who has made a specialty of turning his lens on critical moral dilemmas.
AirTalk plans to interview each of the Academy nominees in the category of Best Documentary Short Film.
“Extremis” is available on Netflix. All the Oscar-nominated shorts will be showing at theatres this weekend, including at Laemmle’s Royal, Playhouse 7, and Claremont 5, plus South Coast Village 3 in Santa Ana.
Guest:
Dan Krauss, Director, Writer, Producer, "Extremis" - a short documentary nominated for an Academy Award; Krauss' previous credits include the Oscar-nominated "The Death of Kevin Carter."
A primer on Russia's aspirations in 2017
AirTalk takes a step back to analyze how the Kremlin sees Russia's place in the world in 2017.
While many analysts consider Russia's hacking of the Democratic National Committee a victory for the Kremlin, it's a small one overshadowed by existential threats to its borders. A new paper by counter terrorism expert Brian Michael Jenkins cites General Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of the Russian General Staff, who in 2013 reflected on the Arab Spring and the "color revolutions" in Ukraine, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan. Gerasimov wrote: "[A] perfectly thriving state, in a matter of months and even days, can be transformed into an arena of fierce armed conflict, become a victim of foreign intervention, and civil war.... The very 'rules of war' have changed. The role of nonmilitary means of achieving political and strategic goals has grown, and in many cases, they have exceeded the power of force of weapons in their effectiveness."
These comments can be interpreted as both a worry for Russia (nearby conflicts could bleed into its territory) and a strategy (instability serves Putin in countless ways).
Larry and Russian experts debate Russia's aspirations for 2017 -- how instability in neighboring countries influences Putin's calculus, whether and how Russia is a threat to its neighbors, its own citizens, and global peace.
Guests:
Anton Fedyashin, professor of Russian History, American University in Washington, D.C.
Molly K. McKew, advises governments and political parties on foreign policy and strategic communications; she was an adviser to Georgian President Saakashvili’s government from 2009-2013, and to former Moldovan Prime Minister Filat in 2014-2015; she tweets
Going through a breakup? There’s an app for that
When she turned to the internet for post-breakup advice, former Google employee Ellen Huerta came up short – so she decided to fill that void herself.
What started as a newsletter, became an app and a website, a place to go for personalized training, advice and community, and, as the name suggests, to “Mend.” According to Huerta, the personalized training includes advice, journaling and various ex detoxes.
Would you try an app for heartbreak? We want to know how technology has changed the way you deal with breakups. Did you set aside the ice-cream and use an app to scrub your ex’s digital footprint from your browser? Or did you stalk them for too many months after they’d exited your life?
Has technology helped you overcome a breakup? Has it hindered? What would you want to see from a post-break up app?
Guest:
Ellen Huerta, creator of Mend, the “personal trainer for heartbreak” app and website; she tweets