Recall Update; Shortness: The Disease?; The Modern American Megalopolis: Los Angeles & New York
Recall Update
Sacramento Bee journalist Margaret Talev joins host Larry Mantle to discuss the latest recall news, including an analysis of the most recent debate and the Field poll results, in which Arianna Huffington got only 3%, and Bustamante and Schwarzenegger have 30% and 25% respectively. Ueberoth got 7% in the Field poll--and then he dropped out of the gubernatorial race! Who will drop out next?
Shortness: The Disease?
The FDA recently approved the use of humatrope, a human growth hormone, for treating the shortest 1.2% of children. Previously, human growth hormone was approved only for children who failed to produce enough of the hormone naturally. Should we be treating shortness as a disease? Larry talks with Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He's an endocrinologist, and he chaired the FDA advisory panel that reviewed humatrope, Dr. Neal Barnard, President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine, and Dr. Felicia Cohn, Director of Medical Ethics for the University of Irvine College of Medicine.
The Modern American Megalopolis: Los Angeles & New York
Los Angeles and New York are the most interesting urban developments in America. One exemplifies a network of fragmented, yet vital, urban peripheries; the other, a return to the urban core. A fragmented city, Los Angeles is working on developing an urban core, as well as mass transit and a move to crate urban parks. New York already operates with a vital urban core, as it explores having the rich, the poor and immigrants live side-by-side. Both cities enjoy vibrant cultural scenes, and both continue to explore ways to improve public education. Larry talks with David Halle, Professor of Sociology and Director of the LeRoy Neiman Center for the Study of American Society and Culture at the University of California, Los Angeles. He edited a book called New York & Los Angeles: Politics, Society, and Culture: A Comparative View, Andrew Beveridge, Professor of Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York, and demography consultant for the New York Times, Andras Szanto, Deputy Director of the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University, and Julia Wrigley, Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.