Discussing the dynamics of how families influence the youth on the subject of politics; a new procedure could mean living kidney transplants could be available from anyone, and TGI-FilmWeek with "The Hollywood Reporter's" favorite movie quotes.
How families shape our politics
Think back to your first political memory...what is it?
Maybe you overheard your parents discussing candidates at dinner or a relative screaming incredulously at the TV screen during a presidential debate. For many, political ideologies are shaped in large part from what we learn as kids from parents and other relatives.
Whether we carry these ideologies or beliefs with us throughout adolescence and into adulthood varies from person to person, but there’s no question that family plays an important role during a child’s formative years in terms of planting the seeds of political ideologies.
During an election season full of intense rhetoric and hyper-partisanship, there are no doubt plenty of parents whose kids are asking pointed questions about candidates and policies as they hear family members at home or friends at school talking about it.
But what’s the best way to approach talking to your kids about elections? How different is it from the way your parents talked to you about politics and elections? Do you impart your own values on your children in the hopes they’ll take root, or do you let your kids find their own way to conclusions? How do you handle it if your kids’ political values don’t match your own?
Guest:
Lynn Vavreck, professor of political science at UCLA
Landmark procedure lets kidney transplant candidates get organs from incompatible donors
For years, candidates for kidney transplants have had to bide their time on the waiting list until someone who’s a match donates a kidney.
However, new research out this week sheds light on what many experts are calling a groundbreaking procedure that could allow eligible candidates to receive a kidney from a donor who isn’t compatible.
The study from the New England Journal of Medicine details a procedure called “desensitization,” which basically alters a patient’s immune system so that it will accept a kidney from a donor who isn’t a match.
For many people, getting a kidney from an incompatible donor isn’t an option because they have antibodies that will attack a transplanted organ. In the process of desensitization, doctors filter out antibodies from the patient’s blood and introduce different antibodies for protection while the immune system regenerates those antibodies. For some reason that is still unknown, the regenerated antibodies aren’t as likely to attack the transplant organ
For many transplant candidates, the procedure could mean the difference between getting a kidney and having to spend the rest of their lives on dialysis, which can cost $70,000 a year for life. The desensitization procedure costs $30,000 and a transplant around $100,000, so many experts say it’s cheaper in the long run.
Guests:
Dr. Dorry Segev, abdominal transplant surgeon and associate professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; he’s the lead author of the study “Survival Benefit with Kidney Transplants from HLA-Incompatible Live Donors”
Dr. Krista Lentine, transplant nephrologist, medical director of living donor evaluation, and professor of medicine at St. Louis University
FilmWeek: '10 Cloverfield Lane,' 'Eye in the Sky,' 'The Brothers Grimsby' and more
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Lael Loewenstein reviews this weekend's new movie releases including the mysterious sci-fi fronted by John Goodman, "10 Cloverfield Lane;" a thrilling drama about drone-warfare starring Helen Mirren, "Eye in the Sky;" Sacha Baron Cohen in an action comedy "The Brothers Grimsby" and more.
TGI-FilmWeek!
Claudia's Hits:
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This week's misses:
"Eye in the Sky" trailer:
"City of Gold" trailer:
"Hello, My Name is Doris" trailer:
Guests:
Lael Loewenstein, Film Critic for KPCC
Claudia Puig, Film Critic for KPCC; she tweets from
Cinephiles and 'The Hollywood Reporter' curate their 100 favorite movie quotes
For the latest issue of "The Hollywood Reporter," the trade magazine surveyed more than 1,600 producers, directors, actors, agents, publicists, craft workers, and, of course, writers.
From the valley girl slang in "Clueless" to Marlon Brando lamenting his has-been status in "On the Waterfront," memorable movie dialogue stays with audiences long after the credits role. "As if" you can't quote your favorite movie lines - by heart and in character.
The feature also includes backstories behind some of those terrific lines.
What would top your list?
Caller Comment
Rob in Burbank: You aren’t too smart, are you? I like that in a man. - "Body Heat.”
This story has been updated.
Guest:
Rebecca Sun, Senior Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter; she tweets from