Courts To Review Israeli Security Fence; 9th Circuit Rejects Ban On Hemp Products; John Garamendi To Reveal New Workers' Comp Reform Plan; Swimming In Antartica; Natalie Wood
Courts To Review Israeli Security Fence
Civil rights groups in Israel have asked Israeli courts to review the location of the security fence separating parts of the West Bank from Israeli settlements. In addition, the International Court of Justice will consider whether the very existence of the security fence contravenes international law. Is the fence necessary to stem the current tide of violence? Is it a permanent demarcation? Experts Mark Rosenblum, founder and policy director of Americans for Peace Now, and Zvi Vapni, Deputy Consul General of the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles join host Larry Mantle to discuss the issue.
9th Circuit Rejects Ban On Hemp Products
On Friday, the 9th Circuit Court rejected a ban on domestic hemp consumption that was launched by the Drug Enforcement Administration in October 2001. This decision allows the sale of domestic hemp products such as soaps, energy bars, shampoo and oils but does not allow the domestic production of hemp. Larry talks with David Bronner, Chair of the Food and Oil Committee for the Hemp Industries Association and President of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, and John Roulac, founder and president of Nutiva, a Sebastopol California firm that makes hemp protein powder.
John Garamendi To Reveal New Workers' Comp Reform Plan
In a press conference on Tuesday morning, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi unveils his workers' compensation legislative reform package. He speaks with Larry about the reform package immediately before the scheduled press conference.
Swimming In Antartica
At age 15, she broke the men's and women's world records for swimming the English Channel. In 1987, she opened the U.S.-Soviet border for the first time in 48 years by swimming the Bering Strait from Alaska to Siberia. Most recently, she swam one mile in 32-degree water to the shores of Antarctica wearing only a bathing suit and swim cap. Southern California resident Lynne Cox, the world's most extraordinary open-water, long-distance swimmer joins Larry Mantle to talk about her life and her new book Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer.
Natalie Wood
Gavin Lambert, author the biography Natalie Wood: A Life joins Larry Mantle to discuss the life and career of actress Natalie Wood.