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14/10/1999

Wayne Johnston

Wayne Johnston "The; Colony of Unrequited Dreams" (Doubleday); "The; Divine Ryans" (Anchor) In each of these novels a secret is revealed-a secret history in one, a family secret in the other. But why has this Canadian novelist, of the quality of Robertson Davies or Margaret Artwood, remained a secret to Americans?
15/09/2016

Is Putin a presidential role model for Trump?

Unlike Republicans before him — or Democrats, for that matter — White House candidate Donald Trump has been full of praise for the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. What's the attraction? And how is it resonating in this year's presidential campaign?
$Trump, the Mormons and a fractured GOP$

15/08/2016

Trump, the Mormons and a fractured GOP

Utah has gone almost unnoticed in presidential campaigns, because it's been so reliably Republican Red. Now Donald Trump is turning it into a battleground state. We hear what that has to do with the Mormon Church and how it reveals the depths of divisions within the GOP.
06/12/2021

Buying a Christmas tree? Expect price hikes and slimmer pickings

Christmas tree shoppers have to dig a little deeper in their pockets this year for the perfect tree, or settle for one that doesn’t quite reach the ceiling. That’s due to supply chain problems and drought. Meanwhile, a local tree farmer and a home decor business are having to adapt. On the second season of the “Lost Hills” podcast, a mother and son from Malibu drowned off the coast of Santa Cruz Island in 1981. The husband has been in prison for their murder. Did he do it? And at Mater Dei High School, a football player suffered a traumatic brain injury and a broken nose in a hazing incident. The family says the school tried to minimize the situation and didn’t cooperate with a police investigation.
13/05/2019

Facing automation, port workers fight for their jobs

While a dispute between China and the US means tariffs and perhaps fewer imports, there’s another potential jobs killer at the Port of LA: automation. Should workers at risk of getting replaced by robots fight or adapt?
06/02/2017

Trump's First Constitutional Confrontation

President Trump has the Executive Branch of Government in a bitter battle with one federal judge, and the Ninth Circuit is now reviewing his controversial ban on refugees and travelers from seven other Muslim countries. We look at the law and the politics.
04/10/2009

How Can We Better Remember to Take Our Medication?

This may be going too far...
02/12/2012

New Hospital Discharge Rules

Hospitals may be forced to work as part of a system...
22/03/2010

Betting on the Box Office; Movie Music

It's a gamble every time you buy a movie ticket. But a new financial market will make it possible to actually bet on the box office. Plus, making movie music with Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino.
11/09/2014

Joyce Carol Oates: Prison Noir

Our discussion of this anthology, written by incarcerated men and women, divides between the shocking realism of the stories and Oates’ experience as editor of the collection.

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