Donald Sterling, Mona Simpson & Toyota Goes to Texas

The racist rant allegedly spewed by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has created a firestorm around the team. What should fans, players, and the NBA do? In our weekly TV roundup: Daily Show alum John Oliver debuts his new news satire show Last Week Tonight on HBO. And Microsoft announces that its Xbox brand is going to join Netflix and Amazon in the TV production business. Toyota is pulling up stakes from the South Bay, along with possibly 5,000 jobs, and moving to Texas. The President nears the end of his trip to Asia: is the pivot finally happening? And finally, author Mona Simpson joins Madeleine Brand in KCRW’s studios to talk about her latest novel, Casebook, set right here in Santa Monica.

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