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The complex role of political surrogates
This election cycle, political surrogates have been out in full force, touting the messages of the presidential candidates.
The role of the political surrogate may seem obvious — after all, no candidate can be in two places at once. However, since the advent of the 24-hour news cycle, the need for a prominent spokesperson has only grown.
Surrogate roles aren't one-size-fits-all. Sometimes, a particular proxy is required to appeal to specific groups or to bring a candidate's platform to a portion of the population that might not otherwise pay attention. For example, a civil rights leader might convey a campaign's message better in African American communities while a movie star might help engage younger voters.
Christian Grose specializes in political representation and is an associate professor of political science at USC. He joined Take Two to discuss the different types of political surrogates deployed this year.
Press the blue play button above to hear the interview.
Deportation near Cal State Long Beach raises concerns ahead of commencement
Back in February, 53-year-old Jose Alvarez was pulled over by the Cal State Long Beach police department for a broken headlight
Soon after, he was in the university jail. A day later he was deported to Mexico.
Officers alerted Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents when they discovered Alvarez had a detainer request against him going back more than two decades.
The move has raised concerns at Cal State Long Beach - around 900 students are undocumented
For more on the situation, we're joined by two members of the Daily Fourty-Niner, the campus newspaper for Long Beach.
Kevin Flores and Ariana Sawyer are the recently graduated special features editor and news editor, respectively, for the publication.
The audio mistakenly identifies Kevin Flores as a staff writer for the Daily 49er. KPCC regrets the error.
The audio also notes that Jane Close Conoley declined to comment, when she actually was working with the commencement ceremony and did not have time to join us for a live or taped conversation.
New regulations encourage small time investors to get in on the tech game
We all want to be a part of the next big tech thing, make a pile of cash and live happily ever after.
And up until a few days ago you had to have a lot of money to get in on early stage investing. But new financing rules mean anyone can technically throw some funds behind a business they believe in.
Ruth Simon is covering the new rules for The Wall Street Journal and she joins Take Two to talk about them.
If you'd like to hear the entire conversation click on the audio embedded at the top of this post.
New music from Corinne Bailey Rae, Chance the Rapper and more
If you don't have the time to keep up with the latest in new music, we've got the perfect solution for you: Tuesday Reviewsday. Every week our music experts come in to talk about the best new tunes in one short segment. This week, and music supervisor join A Martinez with their top picks.
Morgan's Picks
Artist: Corinne Bailey Rae
Album: "The Heart Speaks in Whispers"
Song: "Green Aphrodisiac"
Artist: Kandace Springs
Album: "Soul Eyes"
Song: "Soul Eyes"
Artist: Atlas Bound
Album: "Lullaby EP"
Song: "Criminal"
Oliver's Picks
Artist: Chance the Rapper
Album: "Coloring Book"
Song: "How Great"
Artist: The Jack Moves
Album: "The Jack Moves"
Song: "Being With You"
Artist: De La Soul
Song: "Sho Nuff"
Entertainment executive Nina Tassler on 'What I Told My Daughter'
These days, bookstores are teeming with titles on how to parent.
There are plenty of books advising you on how to get your kid to eat or sleep or get into college.
But what about some of life's bigger lessons? Like how to raise a child who will do well in the world? Be a leader? Be happy? Especially if that child is a girl?
Television executive Nina Tassler, along with writer Cynthia Littleton, recently published such a book. It's called "What I Told My Daughter: Lessons From Leaders on Raising the Next Generation of Empowered Women."
The book is a collection of short essays written by all sorts of mothers— from Madeleine Albright and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Pat Benatar and Whoopi Goldberg.
Tassler and one of the book's contributors, TV host and music manager Sharon Osbourne, joined Take Two to talk about some of the lessons they hope to pass on to their daughters.
Interview highlights:
Nina Tassler on her criteria for selecting the book's contributors
The first most important element was diversity. I wanted to have women who came from very diverse backgrounds. Not only in terms of their ethnicity, but it terms of their work orientation, their levels of success, did they work public sector private sector, were they in politics, were they in entertainment, where they in philanthropy, were they in academics. I wanted to make sure that we really ran the gamut in terms of representing different voices, different mothers, with different relationships with their daughters.
Nina Tassler on what the book's contributors have in common
What I love is that what Sharon [Osbourne] describes is very much what Ruth Bader Ginsburg described about the work/life balance. That she didn't fit really into either world. And you know, decades later, people would ask her 'Have you had it all in your long lifetime?' and she said 'Yes, I have, just not at the same time.'
Whomever you are and whatever your relationship is to work, I think we all have suffered from being over hyphenated. You know, 'working-mom,' 'tiger-mom,' 'stay-at-home-mom'... how about 'mom'? You know, like Nancy Pelosi says, you don't have 'working-dads.'
Sharon Osbourne on teaching her daughters about feminism
For me the first thing that comes in is that you want to be treated the same way as men. I am one for, a job that I do that a man does, I want to earn the same amount of money, I want the same respect. And Nina knows this inside out, more than me, but you know, when guys are tough they're great businessmen and when women are tough we're bitches. And I think it still very much exists in this day and age and I think it's something that I hope our daughters' generation will not have to deal with like we did.
Interview excerpts edited for length and clarity.
CA primary system will likely yield two Democrats in race to replace Loretta Sanchez
For decades, Orange County has had a reputation as a Republican stronghold in a largely Democratic state.
But this year, for the first time, voters in the county's 46th Congressional District will likely have no Republican option come November.
With Democratic Representative Loretta Sanchez giving up her House seat to run for U.S. Senate this year, it's looking as though the choice for voters will come down to two Democrats.
Joining Take Two to discuss:
- Martin Wisckol, politics editor for The Orange County Register
To hear the full interview, click the blue player above.
The guidebook that kept African Americans safe on Route 66
Traveling through the US as a black person in the Thirties was very different to today
As a result, Victor H. Green, a postal worker from New York, compiled "The Negro Motorist Green Book"
The publication listed hundreds of services along Route 66 deemed friendly towards people of color -- including over 200 locations in Los Angeles
Many have long gone, but there's a new effort to protect some of LA's significant historic structures, including some featured in the Green Book.
For more, Take Two's Josie Huang spoke Louis Sahagun. He wrote about this for the LA Times.