Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Defusing Ukraine, Space Twins and Stupid Condors
Defusing tensions in the Ukraine, suing General Mills, funding the arts, launching rockets to space, and bringing condors back from the brink of extinction.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenPutin says he has the right to send Russian troops into Eastern Ukraine, and John Kerry spent five hours today meeting with diplomats in Geneva about growing tensions in the region. General Mills says that if you “like” us, you can’t sue us. LA controller Ron Galperin has discovered a $10M stash of unused arts funding that can’t be spent. In our Lab Rats science segment, we look at the latest Space X rocket launch, private space exploration, and a year-long experiment on astronaut twins Mark and Scott Kelly. Also, condors have been brought back from the brink of extinction. But raising them in captivity using hand puppets has made them kinda... well... stupid.
