Founding Director of the Producers Program, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Founding Director of the Producers Program at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and author of The Power of Film
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Howard Suber
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FROM Howard Suber
Which Way, L.A.?
Writers' Strike Update With writers and others marching with picket signs outside their doors, major studios are planning to suspend long-term production deals with so-called "showrunners." They are producers and writers , and the studios reportedly expected them to continue performing the production part of their jobs.
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
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Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?
Left, Right & Center
President Trump: US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord Trump says he was elected to serve Pittsburgh, not Paris.
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Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.