Larry Mantlle talks about President Barack Obama's press conference on health care reform, and his comments about the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, all the latest Orange County news, and talks with Ben Mezrich about his new book, "The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal".
President Obama’s press conference on healthcare reform
Larry and experts analyze President Barack Obama’s remarks and press conference on health care reform.
Jack Shaw, Capitol Hill reporter for Market News International
Gerald Kominski, Professor in the Department of Health Services at UCLA School of Public Health and Associate Director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Orange County journalists roundtable
Larry Mantle talks with Gustavo Arellano, OC Weekly staff writer, and Orange County Register senior editorial writer and columnist, Steven Greenhut, and OC journalist William Lobdell about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
Gustavo Arellano, staff writer for the OC Weekly and author of "Ask A Mexican"
Steve Greenhut, Orange County Register senior editorial writer and columnist
William Lobdell, Orange County journalist and author of "Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America - and Found Unexpected Peace"
President Obama’s remarks on the arrest of Henry Louis Gates
Larry opens up the phones to talk about President Obama's comments about the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates at his home in Cambridge. Did the police behave “stupidly” as the President implied? Would Professor Gates have been arrested if he were white? What if the policemen were African-Americans? How would you have acted in a similar situation? Post your comment here.
Facebook and "The Accidental Billionaires"
Facebook is the world's most popular social networking site, but it actually began as a college prank. In "The Accidental Billionaires", Ben Mezrich creates a dramatic narrative account of how two Harvard students started Facebook to get status, women, and money. But while Facebook succeeded at connecting millions of people, its success drove the two founders apart. Larry Mantle talks with Mezrich about his book.
Ben Mezrich, author of "The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal". Mezrich is a columnist for Boston Common and a contributor to Flush magazine