Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has won the bidding war after offering $2 billion to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers. What changes will this bring for the team? How much more would you be willing to pay for electricity to mitigate global warming? Later, it's Filmweek on AirTalk! Larry and the critics discuss Maleficent, A Million Ways to Die in the West and more!
Steve Ballmer makes $2 billion winning bid to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has won the bidding war after offering $2 billion to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers. Donald Sterling is being pressured to sell the team after he was banned from the NBA due to racist remarks he made leaked to the public.
If the bid is accepted, the Sterlings will make a profit of 15,900 percent after selling the team. Sterling originally purchased the Clippers for $12.5 million in 1981, according to the Los Angeles Times. The bid is also four times more than the highest NBA purchase of $550 million paid earlier this month for the Milwaukee Bucks.
With the previous purchase being so much less, how did the league come up with a $2 billion purchase price? How can Ballmer truly make money off of the Los Angeles Clippers after such a huge investment?
Guests:
Geoffrey Rapp, Co-Editor, The Sports Law Blog; Harold A. Anderson Professor of Law and Values, The University of Toledo
Mike Ozanian, Managing Editor, Forbes Sports Money
How much more would you be willing to pay for electricity to mitigate global warming?
President Obama is set to issue an executive order Monday on new carbon pollution regulation that will impact the nation's 600 coal-fired power plants.
The new regulation, drafted by the Environmental Protection Agency, aims to cut up to 20% of carbon dioxide emitted from coal plants--a sizable amount representing the toughest action yet on rolling back climate change undertaken by an American president.
The plan calls for the creation of a state cap-and-trade program, part of a slate of options states have to cut emissions that includes bringing more solar and wind power alternatives online.
Guests:
Nick Loris, Fellow, The Heritage Foundation and an economist who focuses on energy, environmental and regulatory issues
Robert Stavins, Professor, Business & Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
CA Senate passes bill mandating 'affirmative sexual consent' between college students
The California Senate passed a bill Thursday, which requires colleges to incorporate an "affirmative consent standard" when investigating sexual assault complaints.
State lawmakers say college campuses need a cultural change to prevent sexual assaults. Senators Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) and Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) - co-authors of SB 967 - say sexual relations between students should not leave room for ambiguity.
We know that "No means No," but is there more than one way to give consent to sex? Is this bill primarily about spurring a new attitude toward sex for college students? How would complainants prove they never said Yes, and vice versa? What's your stance on this legislation?
Guests:
Kevin de Leόn, (D-Los Angeles) California Senator who co-authored SB 967
Mark Hathaway, private defense attorney in Los Angeles whose practice includes students and others accused of sexual misconduct.
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Filmweek: Maleficent, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Night Moves, and more
Larry and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Lael Loewenstein review this week’s releases including “A Million Ways to Die in the West,” “Maleficent,” “Night Moves,” and more. TGI-Filmweek!
Maleficent
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Night Moves
Guests:
Claudia Puig, film critic for KPCC and USA today
Lael Loewenstein, film critic for KPCC and Variety
The princess and the villain -- who are the strongest women in fantasy?
In fantasy stories aimed at children, the fairy princess often a necessary element. Girls have long modeled themselves after the princess characters from fairy tales and Disney films -- rags to riches young women who are saved by a prince, gentle, pretty, passive heroines.
Characters from more recent Disney features like Brave and Frozen raise the bar for female characters in fantasy, but it’s frequently the female villains who are the strongest and most complex characters. These characters have power, complicated backstories, and charisma.
Modern fairytales are refocusing, honing in on darker characters instead of the traditional princess. How are fairy tales changing? Will young girls and their parents gravitate towards complicated villains, or will the classic princess always be the feminine ideal?
Guest:
Peggy Orenstein, author of The New York Times best-sellers “Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture” and “Waiting for Daisy.”
Claudia Puig, film critic for KPCC and USA today
Lael Loewenstein, film critic for KPCC and Variety
AirTalk Quiz: Test your June 3 California primary election knowledge!
California's state primary elections are coming up on Tuesday, June 3 -- Have you been paying attention?
If you have, then you may be able to answer at least a few questions about the quirkier races, like: What city could elect either its first gay mayor or first African-American mayor? Or which candidate is facing prosecution for stealing his opponent's lawn signs?
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Join Larry Mantle and Patt Morrison Monday for a round of Election Trivia and participate in the meantime. Take the quiz, below then post your answers in the comments and you could win a KPCC coffee mug! We'll post the answers to this page Monday after the show and announce the winner here and on our Facebook and
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