Ronald Reagan's Legacy In California; The Business Of Bubbles: The Coca-Cola Company; A Journey Through The Chocolate Underbelly Of America
Ronald Reagan's Legacy In California
Larry Mantle explores Ronald Reagan's influence on the California political landscape with several guests familiar with the late president's early career in politics. Guests include Bill Boyarsky, author of Ronald Reagan: His Life and Rise to the Presidency, Alfred Balitzer, Professor of Government and Senior Research Fellow, Claremont Graduate University, Patt Morrison, columnist for the L.A. Times, and James Rogan, is a former Congressman and Reagan appointee.
The Business Of Bubbles: The Coca-Cola Company
Larry Mantle talks with Constance Hays, author of The Real Thing: Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company.
A Journey Through The Chocolate Underbelly Of America
Candy Historian and author Steve Almond joins Larry Mantle to discuss to fine and forgotten art of candy making in America. In his new book, Candy Freak, he takes a serious yet humorous look the candy business from various different angles touching on the effect of corporate consolidation that wiped out hundreds of smaller candy companies all of which produced their own bars with names like Tween Meals, Alabama Hot Cakes and Mallow Puff. Almond mourns the loss of so many delicacies and attempts to answer the larger question: where have all the candy bars gone?