King/Drew Trauma Unit Closure; Orange County News; The Insurgency in Iraq; John Leland: The History of "Hip"
King/Drew Trauma Unit Closure
Larry Mantle discusses the vote by the L.A. County Supervisors to close the trauma unit at Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center, with the provision of saving the rest of the hospital now, and reopening the trauma unit later. He is joined by LA County Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and Yvonne Burke.
Orange County News
Larry Mantle talks with Orange County journalists Chris Reed, Orange County Register op-ed column editor, Jean Pasco, Los Angeles Times staff writer and Gustavo Arellano, Staff Writer for the OC Weekly, about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
The Insurgency in Iraq
Who are the “insurgents” in Iraq, what are their numbers, and how big a threat are they to peace in the region? Larry Mantle talks with Hal Kempfer, Lt. Colonel in the USMC Reserves and a commentator and military analyst for ABC 7 news, and Larry Goodson, PhD., Professor of Middle East Studies at the Army War College, about the nature of Iraq’s insurgency.
John Leland: The History of "Hip"
Author, pop culture expert and New York Times reporter John Leland joins Larry to talk about his new book, Hip: The History (Ecco/HarperCollins). Leland traces the African origins of the term “hip,” and discusses American hipsters such as Walt Whitman, Al Jolson, Muhammad Ali, Miles Davis, Elvis and even Bugs Bunny.