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We are half tempted to play this video before our Live Talks event with Robert Reich on Sept 29. He has a great sense of humor….
Continue ReadingReich’s book, Aftershock, is reviewed in today’s NYT. Also in today’s NYT are excerpts from the book. Noted from the review: — Caught between rising aspirations and stagnant wages, Reich says, middle-class Americans have gone through a series of coping mechanisms. First, women joined the workforce, giving families a second income. Then husbands and wives…
Continue ReadingAn excerpt from Ken Follett’s Fall of Giants from the Wall Street Journal. Join us for a special evening with Ken Follett on September 30 at Zipper Hall at The Colburn School. Like all Live Talks events, the ticket proceeds support different causes. The Follett event supports the West Hollywood Library Fund which is…
Continue ReadingHere’s video of the Ken Follett interview on the Tavis Smiley show on PBS from Aug 17, 2010…Follett appears at Live Talks on September 30 at Zipper Hall. This event is supporting the West Hollywood Public Library.
Continue ReadingVideo of Carl Hiaasen in conversation with Carolyn Kellogg is now up in the Live Talks vimeo channel…
Continue ReadingWe have just added three new events to our fall series. Robert Reich in conversation with Kai Ryssdal on Sept 29; Ken Follett with Karen Grigsby Bates on Sept 30 — both at Zipper Hall at The Colburn School, downtown Los Angeles; and P.J. O’Rourke in conversation with Judy Muller on October 7 at Track…
Continue ReadingThe video from the Scott Turow event with Dustin Hoffman is online.
Continue ReadingCarolyn Kellogg has a nice write up of the Carl Hiaasen event this week. Nice that Carolyn also included some pics of Track 16, and the history of the Brown Derby sign. Proceeds from the event supported the wonderful work of Reading to Kids. Check them out. And video from the event coming soon…
Continue ReadingScott Turow whom we hosted this past June discussing his new book, Innocent, is quite familiar with ethics matters in Illinois. He served on on the state’s ethics commission for several years. Interesting commentary on the Blogojevich verdict and campaign finance laws by Turow in the …. “…the unwillingness of one or more jurors to…
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