Press Play with Madeleine Brand Culture of suspicion at the LA Times Jan. 29, 2018 Listen 49 min MORE LA Times building in downtown Los Angeles. From this Episode: LA Times has ‘a fire to put out in every corner,’ says USC journalism professor “The Los Angeles Times is like a Soviet circus right now” -- that’s what one current anonymous staffer told the Huffington Post. There are fears that the paper is building... 9 min Former USC medical school dean calls 911 about a ‘baby not breathing’ The LA County Sheriff’s Department wants to talk with former USC medical school dean, Carmen Puliafito, about the death of a 3-week-old boy in October. Puliafito made the... 9 min Koch brothers plan to spend $400 million on 2018 elections Big-time Republican donors Charles and David Koch hosted their semi-annual retreat this weekend outside of Palm Springs. Their network of deep-pocketed conservative groups... 8 min Tara Lipinski previews figure skating at Pyeongchang Olympics Figure skater Tara Lipinski won gold at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. She was 15 years old. She later became a commentator along with Johnny Weir at the 2014 Sochi Winter... 14 min The best documentaries at Sundance Matt Holzman, host of KCRW’s The Document, just got back from the Sundance Film Festival, where he judged the documentary competition. This means he got to see a lot of... 8 min Credits Host: Madeleine Brand Producers: Gina Pollack, Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Quinn O'Toole