Off-shore Oil Drilling; Is The Price Of Gas Driving Us To Public Transit?; FDA to Regulate Tobacco; The Science Of Trust
Off-shore Oil Drilling
Guest host David Lazarus talks with experts about President Bush's assertion that we need to drill for oil off-shore immediately to alleviate rising gas and energy prices. Guests include Severin Borenstein, Director of the University of California Energy Institute, Ron Bailey, science correspondent for Reason magazine, and Daniel Heinerfeld, spokesman, for the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council).
Is The Price Of Gas Driving Us To Public Transit?
Recent statistics on public transit in Los Angeles give a conflicting message, as more people are riding trains and light rail but fewer are taking the bus. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) spokesman David Sotero joins David Lazarus this morning to share more details. And David opens the phone lines to find out if LA drivers are parking their cars and using public alternatives to get around town.
FDA to Regulate Tobacco
A bill before Congress would give control of tobacco products to the FDA. The agency would be able to reduce harmful ingredients in cigarettes, require new health warnings, and bar misleading labels such as "light" and "mild." Larry talks with Stephanie Saul, staff writer for the New York Times, Brad Sherman, Democratic Congressman, William S. Robinson, executive director of the African American Tobacco Prevention Network, and Mitch Zeller, Former Director of Tobacco Programs at the FDA.
The Science Of Trust
What makes us trust strangers with our children, work, and money? Research shows that trust is in our biology and it's largely determined by a brain chemical called oxytocin. Researcher Paul Zak has been studying this hormone and how it affects our personal lives and society at large: his most recent findings appear in this month's Scientific American. Zak joins guest host David Lazarus this morning to talk about oxytocin and how it affects the decisions we make everyday in relationships, politics and economics.