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Emily Anne McDonald Guest
Emily Anne McDonald

UC San Francisco

Cultural anthropologist at the University of California, San Francisco

FROM Emily Anne McDonald

E-Cigarettes
Press Play with Madeleine Brand

E-Cigarettes The LA City Council voted unanimously yesterday to ban e-cigarettes wherever regular cigarettes are banned. That means no more ‘vaping’ at workplaces, restaurants, bars and other public spaces. And LA’s not the only one -- New York and Chicago already have similar restrictions.

8 min, 39 sec Mar 05, 2014

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An unscripted bonanza
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An unscripted bonanza Mysterious singers, more performance shows and relationship reality series to boot. No, it's not the year 2000, but it sure feels like it--at least in terms of the resurgence of unscripted television.

Jan 21, 2019

Left, Right & Center presents: Two Years, Diaries of a Divided Nation
Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Left, Right & Center presents: Two Years, Diaries of a Divided Nation Listen to America change… one person at a time. For these six people, the politics of the Trump era have changed everyday life. Follow them in real time through the tumultuous two years since he became president.

42 min, 4 sec Jan 21, 2019

Julia Collin Davison, the shutdown’s effect, and a visit to Fiona
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Julia Collin Davison, the shutdown’s effect, and a visit to Fiona America’s Test Kitchen host Julia Collin Davison drops by to talk recipe testing and Cook’s Illustrated, which recently turned 25. We’re also looking at how the federal government shutdown affects what’s on our plates.

56 min, 36 sec Jan 18, 2019

Preparing LA buildings for the Big One
Design and Architecture

Preparing LA buildings for the Big One On January 17, 1994, Angelenos were awoken at around 4:30 am by the earth shaking beneath us. The Northridge earthquake and its aftershocks killed 57 people, injured thousands, and toppled and damaged tens of thousands of buildings.

4 min, 27 sec Jan 16, 2019

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