101 Freeway Expansion; SARS Update; The Dangers Of Genetic Technologies
101 Freeway Expansion
CalTrans proposes to widen the 101 Freeway from Studio City to Thousand Oaks to relieve traffic congestion. But at what cost? Homeowners' Associations, including the Sherman Oaks HOA and the San Fernando Valley Federation, oppose the plan, citing that it will demolish nearly 800 homes, as well as schools, parks, churches and much more. Who will benefit from this freeway expansion plan, and who will suffer? Joining host Larry Mantle are Rose Casey from Caltrans, Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association President Richard Close, and Calabasas City Councilmember Dennis Washburn.
SARS Update
New information is surfacing regarding the SARS virus. Is it more potent than previously thought? Why is the death rate higher among the elderly? Why is U.C. Berkeley banning students from China and other regions of Asia affected by SARS from attending their summer school programs? Larry Mantle talks with Dr. Peter Katona, Assistant Clinical Professor of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, and Dr. Peter Dietrich, Medical Director, University Health Services, University of California, Berkeley.
The Dangers Of Genetic Technologies
Author Bill McKibben joins host Larry Mantle to discuss the dangers of genetic technologies--from genetic engineering to thinking machines to humans grown in a lab. McKibben, author of ENOUGH: Staying Human in an Engineered Age, posits that these scientific advances make us rethink just what it means to be ‰ÞÏhuman.‰Þð Should these technologies be limited and contained? How will they alter our relationship to the environment and to each other?