KCBS Radio In Depth

Jane McMillan is joined by Dr. Abbas Milani, director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution.

Dr. Milani explains the oppressive economic and cultural life most Iranians have been enduring for decades, and why he sees this latest round of protests as being deeper and more widespread than in the past, with more possibilities for long term change.

The new year brings the legalization of marijuana, for adult use, in the Golden State.  As of 1/1/18, all growers, shippers, labs and dispensaries must be state licensed and all legal pot products will be taxed.  Jane McMillan is joined by Harborside Health Center CEO Steve De Angelo, a life-long legal cannabis advocate, to go through the new reality of marijuana use in California.

       It was an event that would change the course of world history; the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941.

Jane McMillan hears the stories of two local survivors of that day, 

Concord resident Chuck Kohler was a 17-year-old sailor on Ford's Island in the middle of Pearl Harbor when the attack began, while San Leandro's Mickey Ganitch was in the crow's nest of U-S-S Pennsylvania, the flagship of the fleet and a priority target for the attackers.  

These heros continue to share their personal stories so those who were lost at Pearl Harbor are never forgotten.  

Regardless of political party, most people would agree that the Presidential election year of 2016 rocked most political, social and electoral norms.
But the nation has gone through foundation-rattling turbulence before, and many of the seeds of America today were sewn in the upheaval of 1968. 
It's all documented in the new book, "Playing With Fire:The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics."
This is Jane McMillan's conversation with it's author, MSNBC Host of The Last Word, Lawrence O'Donnell.

The headlines have been dominated by accounts of sexual harrasment and sexual assault by polticians, hollywood celebrities, and media moguls. While these accusations and cases grab attention, we know that inappropriate and intimidating behavior goes on in everyday life and in the everyday work place.  How to recognize it and deal with it is discussed as Jane McMillan is joined by Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law and the Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings College of the Law.