Miguel Contreras And His Labor Legacy; Governor To Reverse Some Spending Cuts; Inside The Wire; Everything Bad Is Good For You; The Death Of Disney Animator Joe Grant
Miguel Contreras And His Labor Legacy
Larry Mantle talks with experts Rafe Sonenshein, Professor of Political Science at Cal State Fullerton, Jack Kyser, Chief Economist with the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, Madeline Janis-Aparicio, Executive DirectorLAANE-Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, and Brendan Huffman, LA Area Chamber of Commerce about the life and legacy of Miguel Contreras who died on Friday evening at 52 of an apparent heart attack. Larry will also discuss organized labor’s influence in Los Angeles.
Governor To Reverse Some Spending Cuts
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to reverse some of the budget cuts that he had proposed in transportation and education due to some unanticipated money that has come into California coffers. Larry Mantle discusses this reverse in spending cuts and how the money will be used with H.D. Palmer, Deputy Director of External Affairs for the California State Department of Finance, John Laird, Democratic State Assemblyman representing the 27th district, and Jack Scott, Democratic State Senator representing the 21st district.
Inside The Wire
Army Sergeant Erik Saar, a military intelligence linguist, served six months at the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Larry talks with Sergeant Saar about Inside the Wire, his account of the goings on at Camp Delta, the special facility built at Gitmo for “the worst of the worst” al Qaeda and Taliban suspects.
Everything Bad Is Good For You
In spite of a proliferation of video games and reality TV shows, social and cultural critic Steven Johnson argues that our popular culture is actually making us smarter. Larry talks with Johnson about what he calls the Sleeper Curve, which, the author contends, enhances our cognitive faculties rather than dumb them down. Johnson is the author of Everything Bad is Good for You.
The Death Of Disney Animator Joe Grant
Larry Mantle talks with animation historian and critic Charles Solomon about the legacy of Disney animator Joe Grant who died on Friday.