ACLU’s Matt Cagle: facial ID software opens your phone but can open you up to privacy intrusions
Patt Morrison talks with Matt Cagle.
Patt Morrison Asks
A companion podcast to L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison's weekly interview series "Patt Morrison Asks." Patt Morrison is a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist who has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes. Her broadcasting work has won six Emmys and 11 Golden Mikes. Her book about the Los Angeles River was a bestseller, and she was the first woman in nearly 25 years to be honored with the L.A. Press Club’s lifetime achievement award. Pink’s, the legendary Hollywood hot dog stand, named its veggie dog after her.
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Episodes (180)
Google ex-chief Eric Schmidt: why the market is the go-to answer for what ails the internet
Patt Morrison talks with Eric Schmidt former CEO of Google and former Executive chairman of Google's parent company Alphabet.
China scholar Kenneth Pomeranz: why that NBA team manager’s tweet struck such a raw nerve there
Patt Morrison talks with Kenneth Pomeranz a Professor of Modern Chinese History at the university of Chicago.
Never Trumper Sarah Longwell: getting the GOP to stand up to Trump for constitutional conservatism
Patt Morrison talks with Sarah Longwell first woman to head the National Log Cabin Republicans Group, publisher of the Bulwark conservative website, and executive Director of Defending Democracy Together.
Ed Avol and Chip Jacobs: Trump’s smog decree vs. your lungs, and seven startling LA smog facts
Patt Morrison talks with Ed Avol Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine at USC Keck Medical School, about the LA smog and how the future air could look like the past. She also talks with Chip Jacobs an Los Angeles based author and journalist. Chip Jacobs author of the book "Smogtown", gives you seven LA smog facts that you may not have known.
Salman Rushdie: a hero’s quest in a reality-TV world, and what wouldn’t be in an authentic LA novel
Patt Morrison talks with Salman Rushdie a British Indian novelist and essayist.
Author Dana Thomas: Fast fashion is cheap, wasteful, and hurting the planet -- and you can stop it
Patt Morrison talks with fashion and culture journalist Dana Thomas on her book Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes.
MIT’s Sinan Aral: you can measure election interference – if the “transparency paradox” allows it
Patt Morrison talks with Professor Sinan Aral. Aral is a Professor of Marketing and Analytics at MIT and is a leading expert on social networks, social media, and digital strategy.
Director Tom Donahue: Hollywood’s labor problem is a gender bias problem
Patt Morrison talks with film director and producer Tom Donahue on his latest documentary "This Changes Everything" about systemic gender bias and discrimination against women in Hollywood and entertainment.
Conspiracy analysts Joseph Uscinski: 21stcentury American fears trade on “invasion, white genocide”
Patt Morrison talks with Joseph Uscinski and American political scientist who specializes in the study of conspiracy theories. He is co-author of the book American Conspiracy Theories.
Author Susan Phillips: A century-long fight for public space and recognition in Los Angeles graffiti
Patt Morrison talks with Author Susan Phillips about her latest book "The City Beneath: A Century of Los Angeles Graffiti".
Theane Evangelis: Asking the Supreme Court what’s constitutional in fixing homelessness homeless
Patt Morrison talks with constitutional lawyer Theane Evangelis with Gibson Dunn, and Crutcher. Boise, Idaho asks the Supreme Court to reverse the Ninth Circuit's ruling on homelessness issues. Theane Evangelis is partnering with renowned lawyer Theodore Olson to take on this case that could radically once again change how Los Angeles and nine other western states deal with there homeless.
Author David Runciman: a century of surviving crises leaves democracy too confident-and vulnerable
Patt Morrison talks with Professor David Runciman who teaches politics and history at Cambridge University. David talks about his book "How Democracy Ends".
Author Douglas Brinkley: JFK and America’s grand, improbable race to put men on the moon
Patt Morrison talks with author Douglas Brinkley on his latest book, "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race".
Citlali Fabian: using old equipment, a Oaxacan photographer records her even older culture
Patt Morrison talks with Citlali Fabian a Oaxacan photographer.
PETA's Ingrid Newkirk: doing whatever it takes to protect animals, ugly ones as well as cute ones
Patt Morrison talks PETA's president and cofounder Ingrid Newkirk. Ingrid has led the worlds largest organization for more than 35 years.
Media law prof Doreen Weisenhaus: journalism and justice in Assange and San Francisco cases
Patt Morrison talks with Doreen Weisenhaus Associate Professor and Director of the Media Law Project at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong.
Trump's master fact-checker Daniel Dale: untruth and consequences
Patt Morrison talks with Daniel Dale the Toronto Star's Washington bureau chief, covering U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and other stories in the United States.
MPAA's Joan Graves : 30 years of watching three movies a day -- and assigning them parental ratings
Patt Morrison talks with Joan Graves Senior Vice President of the Motion Picture Association of America and Chairman of its Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA)
Norman Mineta – Pearl Harbor and 9/11 as defining moment in a statesman’s life
Patt Morrison talks Norman Mineta an American Politician. Mineta tells legacy in his documentary, "Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story,” a documentary portrait of the American statesman and trailblazer. Mineta most recently served in President George Bush's Cabinet as the United States Secretary Transportation, the only Democratic Cabinet Secretary in the Bush Administration.