Category Archives: Author Interviews

Ken Layne Interviews Mike Davis

MayorSam reports: Los Angeles’ first blogger interviews Los Angeles’ first dystopian writer. In the debut issue of New Angeles (a downtown/eastside monthly), Ken Layne interviews Mike Davis—author of some of my faves, including City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear—on … Continue reading

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Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb

I heard author Nick Schou (an investigative reporter at the OC Weekly) speak on a journalism panel at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books April 29, 2007 at UCLA. Miles Corwin moderated the discussion among Mark Fainaru-Wada, Nick Schou, … Continue reading

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Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate

Sunday. 1 p.m. Journalism panel. Miles Corwin moderates Mark Fainaru-Wada, Nick Schou, Alicia C. Shepard and Lance Williams. Audio Alicia: "I was able to sit down with them for the magazine piece (2003). Woodward will try to talk you out … Continue reading

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Questioning Christopher Hitchens

Here’s the video at 54:35. Full story.

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How Do We Fan The Flames Of Hatred?

Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books. Sunday, April 29. 10:30 a.m. I get into all the panel discussions I want. I begin with God aka the panel on the place of religion (which is broadcast live on CSPAN). Thane Rosenbaum … Continue reading

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