Clinton is campaigning for women voters, but how effective is her strategy?; Hear tips and tricks on expanding your social circle as an adult; and identifying the facts and examine the politics related to the Porter Ranch gas leak.
Clinton surrogates walk fine line between drawing, repelling female voters with feminism
Hillary Clinton brought out heavyweights of feminism to her New Hampshire rallies over the weekend.
Gloria Steinem made an appeal to women to recognize the historic nature of Clinton's run. The first female US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright also was there. As she stood beside the candidate on Saturday, she addressed the crowd to “just remember, there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.”
Many women in the audience erupted in cheers but the backlash since then has been less enthusiastic, with many young women saying they’re offended by the notion that not choosing to vote for Clinton somehow means they’re betraying their gender.
Bill Clinton also got in on the gender issue, ripping Bernie Sanders supporters for what he called "sexist" comments. This all comes with polls showing Hillary Clinton badly trailing Sanders among young women.
If you’re a young woman supporting either Sanders or Clinton, how did you make your decision?
Guests:
Patrick Murray, director of Monmouth University poll based in New Jersey. Its latest focuses on New Hampshire primary
Regina Clemente, Community organizer who supports Bernie Sanders for President
Kate Maeder, Democratic political strategist for Storefront Political Media consultancy based in San Francisco; Maeder supports Hillary Clinton for President
Board of Supervisors to vote on historic homeless initiative--what’s different this time
For months the LA County Board of Supervisors and LA’s City Council have been going back and forth on a series of homeless initiatives to address the region’s fast growth of homelessness.
Tomorrow, they’ll be asked to approve the Homeless Initiative plan, a far-reaching umbrella including 47 recommended strategies to reduce homelessness. Despite the plan’s proposed $150 million tab, some homeless advocates say it won’t provide enough immediate relief.
We'll look into the plan’s priorities and costs, and where that money will come from.
Guests:
Sheila Kuehl, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing District 3, which includes the San Fernando Valley, the Westside of Los Angeles and coastal areas between Venice and the Ventura County Line. She is a former California State Senator
Rev. Andy Bales, CEO of Union Rescue Mission in downtown LA’s Skid Row
Why is it so hard for some of us to make friends as adults?
As a kid on the playground, we’re surrounded by potential friends.
Children of the same age may stay in the same school, run around the same neighborhood and ask their parents to make play-dates.
But in adulthood, people may branch out, move away to college, find a job in a new city, or just have less time to socialize; all of which could hinder finding new friends. Even Tinder-style smartphone apps like Hey! VINA are trying to address the challenges adults face finding people to connect with unromantically.
Larry Mantle speaks with friendship expert, Irene Levine, on today’s show, to discuss the challenges of making friends as an adult and how to overcome them.
Guest:
Irene Levine, Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine; Author of "Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend" and producer of TheFriendshipBlog.com
AirTalk election coverage 2016: What the candidates must do to secure victory in NH
We’re just a day away from New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, where Donald Trump hopes to make up for his loss to Ted Cruz in last week’s Iowa caucuses and Hillary Clinton hopes her momentum from a narrow win in Iowa will continue into the Granite State, where the Senator from neighboring Vermont has a double digit lead in the polls.
The outcome of Tuesday’s primary will have a big impact on the candidates’ momentum as they turn their focus to South Carolina, whose primary follows New Hampshire’s.
Who has the most to gain from a win in New Hampshire? Who has the most to lose from a poor performance? What are the issues that matter most to New Hampshire voters?
Guests:
Frank Cohen, associate professor of political science at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire
Lori Cox Han, professor in the Department of Political Science at Chapman University
Fact vs. Fear in the Porter Ranch gas leak
Last week the pile-on of lawsuits against Southern California Gas Company for its natural gas leak near Porter Ranch continued as California Attorney General Kamala Harris added her allegations of negligence and damage and L.A. County Dist.
Atty. Jackie Lacey filed four misdemeanor criminal charges against the gas company. Plaintiffs attorneys have been very active in the area, but as far as KPCC reporting has shown, most of the fear of health problems seems unsupported by the air monitoring thus far.
Meanwhile, more politicians are jumping in marked last week by L.A. City Councilman — and L.A. Board of Supervisors-hopeful — Mitch Englander.
Some of the actions could be seen as redundant. For instance, the gas company already said it's stopped injecting new gas into the storage fields. This was followed by a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) order, which was followed by legislation and then congressional action.
Today on AirTalk, we look at the fear vs. fact and the politics of the Porter Ranch gas leak.
Guests:
Sharon McNary, Infrastructure Reporter for Southern California Public Radio; she tweets from
Stephanie O’Neill, Health Care Correspondent for Southern California Public Radio; she tweets from
New book on Los Angeles looks at the fits of violence that created the city
Before Los Angeles became the world’s dream factory, before it was the idyllic paradise of surf and sun, the City of Angels started as one of the most violent places in America.
In the new book “Eternity Street,” John Mack Faragher retraces the history of L.A. -- from a small Mexican pueblo where tensions between Indians and Mexicans and Californios were constant, to a place where a county jailed was attacked by a Latino mob, to the Chinatown massacre of 1871, which led to the lynching of 18 Chinese men.
John Mack Faragher will be discussing and signing his new book, “Eternity Street,” tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb 9 at Vroman’s bookstore in Pasadena. Click here for more information.
Guest:
John Mack Faragher, author of “Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles” (W.W. Norton, 2016). He is also a history professor at Yale University