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AirTalk for February 11, 2008

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WGA Strike Settlement; Detainees Charged; Primary Results And Upcoming Previews; An Eater's Manifesto
WGA Strike Settlement; Detainees Charged; Primary Results And Upcoming Previews; An Eater's Manifesto

WGA Strike Settlement; Detainees Charged; Primary Results And Upcoming Previews; An Eater's Manifesto

WGA Strike Settlement

AirTalk for February 11, 2008

Larry Mantle talks with Patric Verrone, President of the WGA West about the details of the strike settlement.

Detainees Charged

AirTalk for February 11, 2008

The Pentagon said this morning that it will seek the death penalty for six Guantanamo Bay detainees. These detainees will be charged with murder and war crimes in the September 11th terrorist attacks. Larry talks with Charles Stimson, Senior Legal Fellow at the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation, and Charles Doskow, Professor of Law at the University of La Verne College of Law.

Primary Results And Upcoming Previews

AirTalk for February 11, 2008

Larry Mantle talks with Jonathan Martin, senior political writer, from Politico.com, and Doyle McManus, Washington Bureau Chief for the L.A. Times about the results of the Primaries over the weekend.

An Eater's Manifesto

AirTalk for February 11, 2008

Author Michael Pollan joins Larry Mantle to talk about what to eat, what not to eat and how we should think about our health in today's daunting dietary environment where most of what we're consuming is not food but rather "nutrients" or "edible food substances." His new book, "In Defense of Food" is a response to his national bestseller The Omnivore's Dilemma and tells us to "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."