KCBS Radio In Depth

We're talking about the impact of the targeted marketing of tobacco on the African American community.  Jane McMillan is joined by Lincoln Mondy, the film-maker behind the new documentary Black Lives, Black Lungs...and by Carol McGruder, Co-Chair of the African-American Tobacco Control Leadership Council.

What makes us who we are, how we think, why we do what we do, is all centered in that three pound organ housed in our noggins. We continue our discussion with Stanford neuroscientist, researcher, and best-selling author, Dr. David Eagleman, an internationally renowned brain expert, offering scientific explanations of human behavior from crime to race relations to political persuasion to creativity and innovation.  And, as he explains to In Depth host Jane McMillan, this knowledge offers solutions for a better future.

What makes us who we are, how we think, why we do what we do, is all centered in that three pound organ housed in our noggins. Stanford neuroscientist, researcher, and best-selling author, Dr. David Eagleman is an internationally renowned brain expert, offering scientific explanations of human behavior from crime to race relations to political persuasion to creativity and innovation.  And, as he explains to In Depth host Jane McMillan, this knowledge offers solutions for a better future.

As more and more well-paying jobs require college degrees and certified skills, California's Community Colleges are playing a bigger and more critical role in preparing the state's workforce.

The Chancellor of California's Community Colleges, Eloy Ortiz Oakley tells KCBS Radio's Jane McMillan it's time to look at this new role of his campuses in the overall state system of higher education, and expand access to every Californian, regardless of legal status or financial situation.

Cleaning up and rebuilding. The people of Houston and the surrounding region are looking to the future after Hurricane Harvey.    But, rebuilding should include changes to make the community safer like building standards, geographic disclosures about potential dangers from natural disasters, or man-made ones, such as proximity to tindustry toxins.  Doctor Richard Jackson is a public health and disaster preparedness expert  who says when it comes to public safety, regulations should be seen as protections. He discusses this, and the other elements needed for successful community disaster recovery, with Jane McMillan.