Report on Latino Housing; Stem Cell Research; Jack Miles Becomes a MacArthur Fellow; Spirituality and Patriotism
Report on Latino Housing
Larry Mantle talks with Joel Kotkin about a new study that focuses on the shortfall in affordable housing for Latinos in Los Angeles. Kotkin is a Senior Fellow with both Pepperdine University's Davenport Institute for Public Policy and the Milken Institute, as well as a Research Fellow in urban policy at the Reason Public Policy Institute. He serves as director of content for Prime Ventures LLP, a venture capital partnership specializing in new media ventures.
Stem Cell Research
Larry Mantle discusses the legislation that Governor Gray Davis recently signed, aimed at positioning California at the forefront of the controversial biomedical field of stem cell research. The bill, Senate Bill 253, will pave the way for millions of state biomedical research dollars to flow into stem cell research. Larry speaks with Dr. Stephen Forman, director of the bone marrow transplant program at the City of Hope Cancer Center in Los Angeles and co-author of the definitive textbook on stem cell transplantation.
Jack Miles Becomes a MacArthur Fellow
Larry Mantle speaks Jack Miles, author and essayist who “moves effortlessly between the intellectual world of literary scholarship and contemporary social issues.” He just became a MacArthur Fellow.
Spirituality and Patriotism
Larry Mantle talks with the senior Minister of All Souls Church in New York, Forrest Church about his new book The American Creed: A Spiritual and Patriotic Primer (St. Martin’s Press). It examines the intersection between our faith and our freedom as Americans.