California Gay Couples Urged Not To Sue For Recognition; Los Angeles Photos At The Huntington; America's Long-Term Military Presence In Iraq; The Rise Of Clear Channel And The Fall Of Commerical Radio
California Gay Couples Urged Not To Sue For Recognition
Next week California will become the second state to allow same sex marriages. Nine major gay rights groups have joined together to ask couples not to sue the federal government or other states to have their California nuptials recognized. Larry talks with James Essex of the ACLU about the six-page memorandum which warns that legal action could harm the marriage equality movement. If you would like to volunteer to be deputized as a commissioner of civil marriages please call 562.462.2081.
Los Angeles Photos At The Huntington
Larry Mantle talks with co-curators Jenny Watts and Claudia Bonn-Spector of the largest exhibition of Los Angeles photography ever mounted which opens on Saturday, June 14 at the Huntington Library. "This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs" explores the dynamic relationship between the city and the art of photography from the 1860s to the present, The exhibit features some 250 images from the Huntington's collection as well as from loans from other institutions, collectors, and artists.
America's Long-Term Military Presence In Iraq
U.S. and Iraq are working to finalize a long-term security pact between the two countries by the end of next month. The agreement may ensure long-term U.S. political and military support for Iraq and could help ease Arab concerns that the country would fall under Iranian domination if U.S. troops leave. It would also provide a legal basis for keeping U.S. troops here after the United Nations mandate expires at the end of the year. Larry talks with Ned Parker, Los Angeles Times reporter in Baghdad, James Phillips, Senior Research Fellow in Middle Eastern Affairs at the Heritage Foundation, and Laurence Korb, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a Senior Advisor to the Center for Defense Information.
The Rise Of Clear Channel And The Fall Of Commerical Radio
Critics have blamed Clear Channel for the downfall of American culture while its fans have hailed it as a business dynamo. Founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays, Clear Channel Communications has evolved from a local Texas radio broadcast operation to the fourth largest media company in the nation. As one of the largest, most profitable and most loathed corporations in America, Clear Channel's success has redefined America's corporate and cultural landscapes. Author Alec Foege joins Larry Mantle to examine how the Mays family used rapacious financial engineering and centrally automated music programming to become America's radio behemoth. Foege's new book is "Right of the Dial: The Rise of Clear Channel and the Fall of Commercial Radio."