Today on AirTalk, guest host Kyle Stokes sits down with a panel of experts to discuss the latest on Governor Newsom's executive order to create a master plan for aging by October 2020. We also examine the geopolitical temperature of U.S./Iran relations after Iran reportedly shot down a US Military Drone; and more.
Reading The Geopolitical Temperature After Iran Reportedly Shoots Down US Military Drone
Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. drone on Thursday amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over the collapsing nuclear deal with world powers, American and Iranian officials
"CENTCOM confirms that a U.S. Navy drone was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile system while operating in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz at approximately 11:35 p.m. GMT on June 19, 2019https://t.co/VTKoYtyf0u
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 20, 2019
, though they disputed the circumstances of the incident.
The Guard said it shot down the RQ-4 Global Hawk drone over Iranian airspace, while the U.S. said the downing happened over international airspace in the Strait of Hormuz. The different accounts could not be immediately reconciled. Later, the U.S. military's Central Command released a statement calling the downing an "unprovoked attack."Previously, the U.S. military alleged that Iran had fired a missile at another drone last week that was responding to the attack on two oil tankers near the Gulf of Oman. The U.S. blames Iran for the attack on the ships; Tehran denies it was involved. President Donald Trump
Iran made a very big mistake!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 20, 2019
Thursday that "Iran made a very big mistake" in shooting down the drone.
The attacks come against the backdrop of heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran following President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Tehran's nuclear deal a year ago. Iran and its proxies have been pushing back against the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" campaign, raising fears that a miscalculation could trigger armed conflict. Iran has been blamed by the U.S. for recent attacks on other nations' shipping vessels, but the downing of the huge drone was the first direct Iranian assault against the United States
With files from the Associated Press
With guest host Kyle Stokes
Guests:
Bryan Bender, defense reporter for POLITICO Pro; he tweets
Margaret Talev, senior White House correspondent for Bloomberg; she tweets
Aaron David Miller, vice president for New Initiatives at the Wilson Center, a Washington-based non-partisan policy forum that tackles global issues through independent research; former advisor to Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State on Middle East policies; he tweets
A Look At The Megachurch That Calls Redding Home: Bethel Church
Bethel Church isn’t your mother’s Pentecostal church – it’s also a musical empire and a group of schools ranging in specialty from supernatural ministry to technology.
It originally was an Assemblies of God church, but in early 2006, the congregation voted to withdraw from the denomination. Now the church is led by Bill Johnson and his wife, Beni.
But Bethel isn’t unique. It’s part of a movement author and researcher Richard Flory calls Independent, Network, Charismatic (INC) Christianity – meaning the church doesn’t belong to a denomination, but it does interact with similar churches that are also non-denominational and led by individuals.
AirTalk sits down Vanessa Rancaño, who reported on Bethel Church for the California Dream collaboration, and Richard Flory, author of “The Rise of Network Christianity: How Independent Leaders are Changing the Religious Landscape.”
If you live in Redding, do you belong to Bethel Church? If you don’t belong to the Church, what have your interactions been with them? Call us at 866-893-5722.
With guest host Kyle Stokes
Guests:
Vanessa Rancaño, education reporter at KQED who recently reported on Bethel Church; she tweets
Richard Flory, senior director of research and evaluation at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture and author of many books on religion, including “The Rise of Network Christianity: How Independent Leaders are Changing the Religious Landscape” (Oxford University Press, 2017); he tweets
Governor Newsom Just Called For A Master Plan For Aging. What Does That Mean?
This month, Governor Newsom signed an executive order to create a Master Plan for Aging by October 2020 -- the idea being that local governments as well as private institutions could use it as a guide to create healthy circumstances for getting older.
Experts have said that about half of the elderly in California cannot afford base level needs. Many seniors are on the hunt for jobs, there’s a shortage of caregivers in the state and in certain areas, seniors are the fastest growing population of the homeless. These are just a few of the issues that are being addressed by the working group which will take on the development of the plan.
We gather a panel of stakeholders to discuss the needs of the elderly in California, as well as the goals of the master plan and how it plans to achieve them.
We invited Governor Newsom as well as California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly to participate in our conversation, but they were not available for our discussion.
With guest host Kyle Stokes
Guests:
Amita Sharma, reporter for the California Dream collaboration covering wealth and poverty at KPBS, the San Diego NPR affiliate; she tweets
Michelle Faust-Raghavan, KPCC health care reporter; she tweets
Bruce A. Chernof, president and chief executive officer of The SCAN Foundation, an independent public charity based in Long Beach working to transform care for older adults; he has advised the Governor’s Office on the development of a Master Plan for Aging; he tweets
Donna Benton, research associate professor of gerontology at USC; she tweets
The Valerie Dessert Project: Food Historian & Renowned Chocolatier Teams Up With LAist To Revive A Sweet Treat From Years Past
Ever wished you could bring back a dessert from years past that went away when the local bakery or restaurant that was known for it shut down or moved?
Well, LAist and local confectionery legend Valerie Gordon of Valerie Confections in Silver Lake have teamed up to create “The Valerie Dessert Project,” where we’ll revive a dessert from years gone by, and we want YOUR help!
Gordon says her dessert revival project started a decade ago in 2009 when The Los Angeles Times approached her about resurrecting Blum’s Coffee Crunch Cake from Blum’s Bakery, which had L.A and San Francisco locations before it closed in the 1970s, for a wedding cake story. Gordon, who had grown up eating the cake and knew it well, obliged. The result was such a hit that she made it a permanent fixture at her shop, where you can still find it today. Since then, Gordon has made it her mission to find and resurrect locally-made desserts that can’t be found anymore.
Do you have a favorite dessert from the past that isn’t available anymore but that you’d love to see resurrected? Join the conversation by calling 866-893-5722 and share with us which dessert you’d like to see brought back. LAist food editor Elina Shatkin and Valerie will gather the submissions and select one to resurrect. Then, later this year, we’ll announce which dessert we chose, Valerie will recreate it, and we’ll have a special event to try it out!
To find out more about The Valerie Dessert Project, click here
With guest host Kyle Stokes
Guests:
Elina Shatkin, food editor at LAist; she tweets
Valerie Gordon, food historian, chocolatier and owner of Valerie Confections, an artisan confectionery in Silver Lake; she tweets