How will the Democratic nominee bridge the divide? Problems that may have led to Oxycontin becoming addictive, why 'moist' might be the most cringe-inducing word.
#BernieOrBust Democrats will probably vote Clinton come November
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are working hard to shore up votes in California ahead of the state primary next month.
While Clinton has a strong lead in the Golden State, some Sanders supporters say they won't vote for her in the general election.
For more on this chasm within the Democratic Party, Take Two spoke to Louis DeSipio, professor of political science and Latino studies at UC Irvine.
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Central Valley Republicans divided on Trump
The rise Donald Trump as the presumptive GOP nominee is causing concern in deeply red parts of California.
Some Christian conservatives and farmers in the Central Valley had hope to stop the billionaire's White House bid at the state primary next month. Now that this appears unlikely, what next for GOP supporters in parts of the Golden State?
Matt Artz from the San Jose Mercury News traveled to Tulare County to gauge the mood.
Chef Judy Joo demystifies Korean food in her new book
Korean food is about more than just good BBQ and Korean-American chef Judy Joo is trying to help those unfamiliar with the diversity of the cuisine better understand it with her new cookbook "Korean Food Made Simple."
Joo grew up in New Jersey, raised by first generation Korean immigrants, eating homemade kimchi and gochujang glazed meats. And while she made a detour to work on Wall Street, she eventually came back around to indulge in her love of food, attending cooking school, opening up two restaurants, writing a cookbook and starring in her own Cooking Channel television show.
In the book, readers will find dishes from Joo's childhood alongside classic and contemporary plates. Recipes for her mom's BBQ Chicken, late night naughty noodles and meaty dumplings all make an appearance.
Joo's spent a lot of time trying to appeal to those who want to both those who grew up with Korean food and to those who want to understand it better, as she recently explained to host A Martinez.
For those from Los Angeles, Joo thinks that her fried chicken recipe can stand up to KyoChon's, in part because of its inclusion of matzo meal (for extra crunch) and vodka (it evaporates faster than water, so it leaves the chicken less soggy).
Check out some of her recipes below.
Recipes from "Korean Food Made Simple" by scprweb
Human Voter Guide: How to register, change parties, request crossover ballot
The rise of Oxycontin addiction and abuse
Oxycontin is one of the most popular pain medications in the U.S.
If you have a sore back or are recovering from surgery, chances are you may get a prescription.
But according to a new investigation by the Los Angeles Times, the highly-addictive drug has also been a major player in the nation's struggle with abuse and drug-related death.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health reports that more than 7 million Americans have abused Oxycontin over the last 20 years. And now some of its central claims are being questioned.
Harriet Ryan is one of the reporters behind the story, she spoke to host A Martinez.
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San Diego DA: video of police shootings will be public
Over the weekend, police in Long Beach shot and killed a man after a caller described him as holding an Uzi in the street. The suspect turned out to have a pellet-gun replica.
It's the kind of deadly incident that video could potentially shed more light on. But the rules on how and when the public has access to police video is still being worked out.
In San Diego, the District Attorney has decided to make most videos of officer-involved shootings available to the public, marking a reversal from long-standing policy.
DA Bonnie Dumanis made the announcement last Friday and said that unless the officer is to be charged with a crime, her office will release video to the public.
For more, we're joined by Greg Moran, staff writer for the investigative team at the San Diego Union Tribune.
Jumps in Hyperloop development announced this week
Driving from L.A. to San Francisco is a slog, clocking in over five hours on the 5 on a good day.
But Hyperloop, the project funded by Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk, would slice that time to around a half-hour using tubes.
This week, big news comes from two L.A.-based start-ups working to bring this technology into reality.
Alex Davies, a tech transportation reporter for Wired Magazine, joins Take Two with more.
Does the word 'moist' make you cringe? Here's why.
It has been described as the equivalent of nails on a chalkboard.
Among the most averse, it elicits reactions of "visceral disgust" and outcries of, "Eww!" and "Yuck!"
People Magazine 2013 sexiest men say 'moist'
Not even People Magazine's sexiest men of 2013 could make the word sexy. But what is it about the five letter word that literally sets people on edge?
Is it the sound of it? Or the connotation?
Paul Thibodeau led the study A Moist Crevice for Word Aversion: In Semantics Not Sounds, to get to the bottom of just that. Two-thousand five hundred unique subjects participated in the study, which took place over four years, to lead to some enlightening conclusions.
Professor Thibodeau joined the show to discuss his findings and shed some light on why "moist" has such a bad rep.
Interview Highlights:
How did 'moist' earn the status of nails on a chalkboard?
I think there's absolutely a generational effect going on. I think there's a kind of cohort effect, and we have some data that supports that interpretation. So people who are younger, more educated, females in particular are more likely to report this experience that the word 'moist' drives them crazy.
Some hypotheses on why the words were aversive:
We asked some very specific research questions and our goal was to figure out whether this aversion stemmed more from the sounds of the word and that's kind of an explanation you get from the people who find the word aversive. This long vowel sound juxtaposed against a harsh consonant, for some people elicit this nails on a chalkboard experience.
Another possibility the study looked into, which actually helped them reach the study's conclusion:
Another was that the connotation was driving the aversion, either a connotation with sex or bodily function. And so we had people evaluate words that describe disgusting bodily functions, words like 'phlegm' and 'vomit' and 'puke.' And people who found moist aversive also found those words relatively aversive, more aversive than people who said that moist didn't bother them. And so that seemed to support the idea that moist was partly aversive with its association with bodily function.
Who is most likely to deal with some kind of word aversion?
So, we found that younger people...so in particular the people in sort of the 20 to 30 age range, people with more education, females, people who scored a little bit higher on a measure of neuroticism, which is one of the big five personality traits. So, those were all personality and demographic factors that would predict this aversive experience. And we also found that context mattered.
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