Writers Strike Update; Economy Woes; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; Lou Dobbs; Gerald Ford's Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations
Writers Strike Update
As the writers' strike enters its fourth day, we're likely to see TV reruns much sooner than initially expected. The networks had estimated that a backlog of finished scripts and completed episodes would keep most series on the air until early 2008. However the fact that many show runners are refusing to supervise non-writing services on their programs has stopped production on several series. Larry gets an update on the strike from LA Times writer John Horn, and show runner of Private Practice on ABC, Marti Noxon.
Economy Woes
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said today that business growth will slow noticeably in coming months. This announcement follows Wednesday's news of a 360 point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, record-high trading in oil prices, and a further devaluation of the dollar. Are we headed for recession? Larry talks with Felix Salmon, finance blogger for Portfolio.com, and Chris Thornberg of Beacon Economics.
Orange County Journalists Roundtable
Larry talks with William Lobdell, City Editor of the Orange County Edition of the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register senior editorial writer and columnist, Steven Greenhut, and OC Weekly senior editorial writer, Scott Moxley, about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
Lou Dobbs
In his new book Independents Day (Viking), Lou Dobbs examines the public policy choices that have, in his opinion, eroded individual liberties, disenfranchised the middle class, reduced worker rights and pay, and led our nation into social and political division at home and around the world. Dobbs, the anchor and managing editor of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, is well known for his stance on illegal immigration and in this book, puts forth his views on the subject and why he believes it's of paramount importance to reform our immigration laws and secure our borders and ports. Larry talks with Dobbs about his new book.
Gerald Ford's Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations
In 1974, award-winning journalist and author Thomas DeFrank, then a young correspondent for Newsweek, was interviewing Vice President Gerald R. Ford when Ford blurted out something astonishingly indiscreet related to the White House but immediately told the reporter he could not leave the room until he promised not to publish it. "Write it when I'm dead," he said-and that agreement formed the basis for their relationship for the next thirty-two years. In an extraordinary series of private interviews, conducted over sixteen years, the thirty-eighth president of the United States revealed a profoundly different side of himself to Thomas DeFrank, who has compiled these conversations in his new book Write It When I'm Gone (Putnam). DeFrank joins Larry to talk about his private conversations with Gerald Ford.
Writers Strike Update
As the writers' strike enters its fourth day, we're likely to see TV reruns much sooner than initially expected. The networks had estimated that a backlog of finished scripts and completed episodes would keep most series on the air until early 2008. However the fact that many show runners are refusing to supervise non-writing services on their programs has stopped production on several series. Larry gets an update on the strike from LA Times writer John Horn, and show runner of Private Practice on ABC, Marti Noxon.
Economy Woes
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said today that business growth will slow noticeably in coming months. This announcement follows Wednesday's news of a 360 point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, record-high trading in oil prices, and a further devaluation of the dollar. Are we headed for recession? Larry talks with Felix Salmon, finance blogger for Portfolio.com, and Chris Thornberg of Beacon Economics.
Orange County Journalists Roundtable
Larry talks with William Lobdell, City Editor of the Orange County Edition of the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register senior editorial writer and columnist, Steven Greenhut, and OC Weekly senior editorial writer, Scott Moxley, about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
Lou Dobbs
In his new book Independents Day (Viking), Lou Dobbs examines the public policy choices that have, in his opinion, eroded individual liberties, disenfranchised the middle class, reduced worker rights and pay, and led our nation into social and political division at home and around the world. Dobbs, the anchor and managing editor of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, is well known for his stance on illegal immigration and in this book, puts forth his views on the subject and why he believes it's of paramount importance to reform our immigration laws and secure our borders and ports. Larry talks with Dobbs about his new book.
Gerald Ford's Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations
In 1974, award-winning journalist and author Thomas DeFrank, then a young correspondent for Newsweek, was interviewing Vice President Gerald R. Ford when Ford blurted out something astonishingly indiscreet related to the White House but immediately told the reporter he could not leave the room until he promised not to publish it. "Write it when I'm dead," he said-and that agreement formed the basis for their relationship for the next thirty-two years. In an extraordinary series of private interviews, conducted over sixteen years, the thirty-eighth president of the United States revealed a profoundly different side of himself to Thomas DeFrank, who has compiled these conversations in his new book Write It When I'm Gone (Putnam). DeFrank joins Larry to talk about his private conversations with Gerald Ford.