Security Breach At Los Alamos; AIDS And "Closeted" Gay Culture In Black America; The Meaning Of Place In Los Angeles; Huntington-USC Partnership
Security Breach At Los Alamos
In yet another security breach at Los Alamos National Laboratory, officials discovered that scientists sent classified e-mails out over an un-classified e-mail system. Earlier this month, officials disclosed that two computer discs, containing sensitive information about weapons systems, are missing from Los Alamos. Mark Hertsgaard, author and investigative journalist joins Host Larry Mantle to discuss the story, especially the culture at Los Alamos that would allow such breaches of security to happen in the first place.
AIDS And "Closeted" Gay Culture In Black America
The AIDS rate among black women is three times higher than Latina women and eighteen times higher than among white women. What's astounding is that 75% percent of black women who have contracted the disease have acquired it from heterosexual sex. Larry Mantle talks with AIDS activist and author J.L. King, who blames this problem on the "closeted" culture of sex between black men who lead "straight" lives. J.L. King is the author of On the Down Low: A Journey into the Lives of "Straight" Black Men who Sleep with Men.
The Meaning Of Place In Los Angeles
Larry Mantle talks with author D.J. Waldie about his most recent collection of stories Where We Are Now: Notes From Los Angeles, that explores this meaning of "place" in Los Angeles.
Huntington-USC Partnership
Monday, USC and the Huntington Library announced their newly created collaboration, the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West whose primary mission to "establish a new scholarly center for the study of California's history, economy, cultural influence, demographics and prominence on the world stage." Larry Mantle talks with the Institute's new director, Bill Deverell and State Librarian and USC Professor Kevin Starr about this unique partnership between the Huntington with its vast western history collections and USC with its expert faculty and resources.