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Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson talks with New York Times reporter Jennifer Medina about the past, present, and future of American unions, and their relationship with the American left. Labor is struggling to stay relevant, but by bringing in people who aren't in unions and by forming alliances with other organizations, the movement can again have power in American politics.

We know them when we feel them, or when we hear them blowing through the trees--and we can quote L.A. writers Raymond Chandler and Joan Didion on their power to inspire murderous thoughts and unease. But what exactly are the Santa Ana winds? How do they wreak destruction on Southern California? And why have their legends persisted? UCLA meteorologist Robert Fovell, L.A. County Fire Captain Drew Smith, and novelist Janet Fitch talked with Libros Schmibros founder David Kipen about the myths, history, and science of the Santa Ana Winds

We know them when we feel them, or when we hear them blowing through the trees--and we can quote L.A. writers Raymond Chandler and Joan Didion on their power to inspire murderous thoughts and unease. But what exactly are the Santa Ana winds? How do they wreak destruction on Southern California? And why have their legends persisted? UCLA meteorologist Robert Fovell, L.A. County Fire Captain Drew Smith, and novelist Janet Fitch talked with Libros Schmibros founder David Kipen about the myths, history, and science of the Santa Ana Winds

Zoobiquity coauthor Kathryn Bowers talked with Natural History Museum environmental educator Lila Higgins, City of L.A. wildlife specialist Greg Randall, and Beth Pratt, the California director of the National Wildlife Federation about the biodiversity hot spot that is Los Angeles. We share our city with mountain lions and bears, as well as amphibians, snails, and songbirds--and it's time we learn to appreciate these wild neighbors.

Zoobiquity coauthor Kathryn Bowers talked with Natural History Museum environmental educator Lila Higgins, City of L.A. wildlife specialist Greg Randall, and Beth Pratt, the California director of the National Wildlife Federation about the biodiversity hot spot that is Los Angeles. We share our city with mountain lions and bears, as well as amphibians, snails, and songbirds--and it's time we learn to appreciate these wild neighbors.

Los Angeles Times transportation reporter Laura J. Nelson talks with LADOT bicycle coordinator Nate Baird, director of advanced mobility research at Art Center College of Design Geoff Wardle, and Move LA executive director Denny Zane about whether the bicycle will ever become Angelenos' primary method of transportation. Even if that doesn't happen, though, the panelists agreed that it's time for a truce among bicyclists and drivers in Southern California. It's time, too, they said, to secure funding, build new infrastructure, and remake our city's culture to include more modes of transit.

Los Angeles Times transportation reporter Laura J. Nelson talks with LADOT bicycle coordinator Nate Baird, director of advanced mobility research at Art Center College of Design Geoff Wardle, and Move LA executive director Denny Zane about whether the bicycle will ever become Angelenos' primary method of transportation. Even if that doesn't happen, though, the panelists agreed that it's time for a truce among bicyclists and drivers in Southern California. It's time, too, they said, to secure funding, build new infrastructure, and remake our city's culture to include more modes of transit.

The 2013 decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court settled some questions: Federal discrimination against same-sex marriages is now unconstitutional. California must now reopen marriage to same-sex couples. But the decisions have also raised broad new legal and political questions—not to mention literally thousands of technical questions about how to apply existing statutes and regulations to same-sex marriages. L.A. Times federal courts reporter Maura Dolan talks with UCLA Williams Institute research director M.V. Lee Badgett, San Francisco chief deputy city attorney Therese Stewart, and UCLA Williams Institute legal director David Codell about the future of marriage rights in America.

The 2013 decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court settled some questions: Federal discrimination against same-sex marriages is now unconstitutional. California must now reopen marriage to same-sex couples. But the decisions have also raised broad new legal and political questions—not to mention literally thousands of technical questions about how to apply existing statutes and regulations to same-sex marriages. L.A. Times federal courts reporter Maura Dolan talks with UCLA Williams Institute research director M.V. Lee Badgett, San Francisco chief deputy city attorney Therese Stewart, and UCLA Williams Institute legal director David Codell about the future of marriage rights in America.

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