Pop Sci editor Corinne Iozzio: a 19th-century magazine goes all 21st century on COVID-19 and more
Patt Morrison talks with Pop Science editor Corrine Iozzio.
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"Patt Morrison Asks," once a column by LA Times columnist Patt Morrison, is now a podcast!
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"World War Z" 's Max Brooks: For years, we've made plans for this crisis. Why haven't we used them?
Patt Morrison talks with actor and author Max Brooks about the coronavirus and social distancing. Max Brooks has a new book "Devolution" to...
Birdman Steve Holmer: with 3 billion birds vanishing from North American skies in 50 years, how do we keep them flying?
Patt Morrison talks with Steve Holmer who has over 25 years of experience working to conserve endangered wildlife. Steve heads the American...
Science writer Laura Spinney: how the 1918 flu epidemic gives us clues to our coronavirus reaction
Patt Morrison talks with Laura Spinney a British science journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer. Her latest book is Pale Rider: The Sp...
USC's Mindy Romero: can Super Tuesday see super turnouts of young, Latino and Asian-American voters?
Patt Morrison talks with Mindy Romero the founder and director of the California Civic Engagement Project at the University of Southern Cali...
Author Andrea McDonnell: Kobe Bryant and the fickle nature of fame
Patt Morrison talks with Author Andrea McDonnell. Andrea teaches communications and media studies at Emmanuel College in Boston and is co-au...
Sacramento's Daniel Zingale: the retiring adviser to governors leaves behind one last to-do list
Patt Morrison talks with Daniel Zingale a top advisor to the last three governors and to Maria Shriver, and a veteran of the Jerry Brown 1.0...
Recycling guru Richard Gertman: let's come clean about recycling, and rethink our consumer habits
Patt Morrison talks with Richard Gertman. Gertman has been recognized nationwide as a pioneer in the integrated waste management field.
Elections guru Richard Hasen: Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy 2020
Patt Morrison talks with Richard Hasen an American legal scholar and expert in legislation, election law and campaign finance.
Intelligence veteran Malcolm Nance's grand slam: President Trump, the military, and Putin's Russia
Patt Morrison talks with former United States Navy senior chief petty officer specializing in naval cryptology. Malcolm is an American autho...
Scott Galloway: California's gig economy, privacy laws will be the nation's "heavyweight prizefight"
Patt Morrison talks with Scott Galloway best selling author and professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business.
Composer, writer, "Python" comedian Eric Idle: his anarchic humor heads for the Huntington archives
Patt Morrison talks with comedian, actor, author, and musician Eric Idle. Eric Idel is the writer, for the music and lyrics , of the Broadwa...
Rep. Karen Bass: Impeach or not, Congress must fix democracy's "serious weaknesses" exposed by Trump
Patt Morrison takes with Congresswomen Bass about Trumps impeachment and several other issues facing Americans.
Director Scott Z. Burns: why "The Report" on CIA torture interrogation needed to be a feature film
Patt Morrison talks with American screenwriter, producer, and director Scott Z. Burns on his latest film "The Report".
GOP strategist Rick Wilson: warning signs and wreckage of Trump's "loud, messy, ugly" 2020 campaign
Patt Morrison talks with Rick Wilson a Republican political strategist, media consultant and author. Rick Wilson the author of "Everything T...
Lawyer Linda Coberly: what happens if the Equal Rights Amendment makes it into the Constitution?
Patt Morrison talks with Linda Coberly managing partner of Winston & Strawn on Equal Rights Amendment.
Activist Holly Jacobs on "revenge porn" and, post-Katie Hill, a federal law to protect victims
Patt Morrison talks with activist Holly Jacobs on non-consensual pornography or "revenge porn", and why it should be a federal crime. Holly...
ACLU's Matt Cagle: facial ID software opens your phone but can open you up to privacy intrusions
Patt Morrison talks with Matt Cagle.
Google ex-chief Eric Schmidt: why the market is the go-to answer for what ails the internet
Patt Morrison talks with Eric Schmidt former CEO of Google and former Executive chairman of Google's parent company Alphabet.
China scholar Kenneth Pomeranz: why that NBA team manager's tweet struck such a raw nerve there
Patt Morrison talks with Kenneth Pomeranz a Professor of Modern Chinese History at the university of Chicago.