Sinopsis
The California Sun presents conversations with the people that are shaping and observing the Golden State
Episodios
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Randy Shaw on the sabotaging of California housing
24/04/2019 Duración: 29minRandy Shaw, executive director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, is a long-time housing activist in the Bay Area and author of the book, "Generation Priced Out." He shares his views about the controversial housing measure SB 50, gentrification, the tech boom, rent control, and the consequences of 30 years of failing to build enough housing in California.
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Richard Walker on the crises and contradictions of Silicon Valley
18/04/2019 Duración: 33minRichard Walker, professor emeritus of geography at U.C. Berkeley, is a student of the renown Marxist geographer David Harvey. Walker brings an approach to his analysis that includes, economics, urban design, politics, and the environment, as well as the history of California. He’s the author of several books, including his most recent: "Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Nancie Clare on Beverly Hills and the birth of celebrity politics
11/04/2019 Duración: 30minNancy Clare, a longtime Southern California journalist, explains why Beverly Hills is no ordinary city. She tells how the gilded enclave shaped the region's politics, movies, and the battle for water, and gave it a special place in the evolution of Los Angles.
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Audrey Cooper on the future of local news
25/03/2019 Duración: 23minAudrey Cooper, the editor in chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, reminds us that while we often turn our eyes toward Washington, it's local and regional journalism that actually shapes how we live, vote, and earn a living. She shares her vision of local news and the Chronicle's future.
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Dr. Tom Hoffman on the Mars-California connection
22/03/2019 Duración: 24minDr. Tom Hoffman has had an interplanetary journey without ever leaving NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. It’s taken him from Neptune to his current role as project director on the Mars InSight mission. He gives us an up-close look at Mars exploration and explains how JPL is ground zero in the quest for interplanetary travel.
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Mike Fitzgerald on Stockton and the "other California"
19/03/2019 Duración: 26minMike Fitzgerald just retired after 30 years as a reporter and columnist for the Stockton Record. He is one of those rare journalists who comes to embody the place he writes about. Fitzgerald discusses his hometown's branding problem and why he holds such a deep appreciation for Stockton, the Delta, and the San Joaquin Valley.
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Mike Davis and his alternative view of California
12/03/2019 Duración: 26minMike Davis, author, MacArthur fellow, and professor emeritus at U.C. Riverside, shares his alternative civic history of Southern California in which the rush to build edge cities, freeways, and subdivisions paved the way for what he sees as nature’s revenge. Davis’ literary tour de force against Los Angeles exceptionalism — 1990’s “City of Quartz” and 1998’s “Ecology of Fear” — remain as relevant as ever and inform his discussion in this week’s conversation.
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David Kipen shares five-hundred years of opinions about Los Angeles
08/03/2019 Duración: 18minDavid Kipen, author, journalist, and cultural historian of Los Angeles has scoured libraries, archives, and private estates to assemble a kaleidoscopic view of the unique city of Los Angeles. He shares 500 years of writings in and about the city and the distinct role it has played in the hearts, minds, and imaginations of the public.
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Miriam Pawel on the future of public education in California
01/03/2019 Duración: 25minTeacher strikes in Los Angeles and Oakland, along with charter school legislation now working its way through Sacramento, could reshape the future of public education in California. Mariam Pawel, Pulitzer-prize winning reporter and biographer of Cesar Chavez and the Brown family, joins us on this week’s podcast for a look at the roots of these movements, and how they are changing our perception of teachers.
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Dr. Kevin Starr on the California Dream
12/02/2019 Duración: 38minThere’s no better way to understand the issues and people shaping California today than through its colorful and complex history. Few understood the depth of that history better than Dr. Kevin Starr, the late author of a definitive eight-volume history of California. His work is the gold standard for the Golden State. Dr. Starr died two years ago, but we kick off the California Sun podcast with a special conversation I had with Dr. Starr about California from 1950 to 1963. As you will hear, it’s a time that shaped so much of the California we live in today.