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David Auerbach
Writer of the Bitwise column for Slate
Marshall Auerback
Market analyst and investment strategist based in Denver, Colorado
John August
Screenwriter/playwright whose credits include Go, Charlie's Angels, Go Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Augustines
American indie rock group
Thomas Aujero Small
Los Angeles correspondent for The Classical Music Network
Ken Auletta
Author and contributor to the New Yorker
Maureen Aung-Thwin
Director of the Burma Project , part of the Soros Foundation
Anna Auriolio
Legislative Director of the US Public Interest Research Group , a nonprofit, nonpartisan consumer and environmental advocacy group
Kate Aurthur
Chief Los Angeles correspondent for BuzzFeed News
Michael Auslin
Columnist for the Wall Street Journal and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute
Richard Ausness
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law
Ian Austen
Canada correspondent for the New York Times
Paul Auster
American author
Austin Peralta
Seventeen-year old jazz pianist Austin Peralta guests, performing live-on-tape at 2 pm.
Ben Austin
Executive Director of Parent Revolution
Charlotte Austin-Jordan
Founder, Save Our Future
Paul Austin
Executive Director of Conservation Minnesota
John Authers
Senior investment commentator at the Financial Times, he writes the Short View column
Autolux
American alternative rock band
The Avalanches
Australian electronic music group
Deborah Avant
Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, specializing in military change; author of The Market for Force : The Consequences of Privatizing Security
Kris Avedisian
Filmmaker, "Donald Cried"
Tony Avellar
Owner of My Almond Tree , a small farm near Sacramento, California
Ana Avendano
Director of the Immigrant Worker Program at the AFL-CIO
Laura Avery
Market supervisor for the Santa Monica Farmers' Market
Avett Brothers
American folk rock band
Avi Buffalo
The members of Avi Buffalo may be just out of high school, but their music defies their age, with mind blowing guitar solos, intriguing lyrics and songs so catchy we can't stop playing them. Tune in for a live session on Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am.
Eric Avila
Professor of History, Chicano Studies, and Urban Planning at UCLA
Shlomo Avineri
Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; former Director-General of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1976-1977)
Jenni Avins
Lifestyle reporter for the business news site Quartz
Jody Avirgan
Host and producer of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight; longtime ultimate frisbee player and coach of several international teams
Bernard Avishai
Author of The Hebrew Republic : How Secular Democracy and Global Enterprise Will Bring Israel Peace at Last and blogger at BernardAvishai.com ; Contributing Editor of the Harvard Business Review ; journalist who formerly covered the Middle East for Harpers and the New York Review of Books
Diana Aviv
President and CEO of the Independent Sector, a coalition of hundreds of nonprofits, foundations and corporate-giving programs, that advocates for nonprofits in Washington, DC
John Avlon
Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Beast and contributor to CNN
Benny Avni
United Nations Correspondent for the New York Sun and New York Correspondent for Israel Radio
Alex Awad
United Methodist Missionary in Jerusalem and Dean of Students at Bethlehem Bible College in Bethlehem in the West Bank; Christian Palestinian
Nihad Awad
Co-founder and Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
Aaron Axelrod
Artistpainting, installation, performance, sculpture and video art
David Axelrod
American composer, arranger and producer
Josephine Axt
Chief of Planning for the Los Angeles District of the Army Corps of Engineers
Emily Ayala
Citrus farmer in Ojai, she helps run the family-owned Friend's Ranch
Francisco Ayala
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California at Irvine; author, most recently, of Darwin and Intelligent Design and the forthcoming Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion ; former ordained Catholic priest, he also holds professorships in Philosophy and Logic at UC Irvine
Bim Ayandele
Vice President at Winner and Associates, a strategic communications and public affairs firm in Los Angeles, California; former associate at the White House Office of Public Engagement during Obama's first 100 days; co-founder of 008 and Generation Obama , the volunteer arm of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign
Asli Aydintasbas
Senior columnist for the Turkish daily Milliyet
John Ayers
Father of two children at Beethoven Street Elementary School in Mar Vista
Hussam Ayloush
Executive director of the Greater Los Angeles Office of the Council on American Islamic Relations and national chair of the Syrian American Council
Thompson Ayodele
Director of the Initiative for Public Policy Analysis , an independent think-tank in Lagos, Nigeria, examining economic issues in Africa
David Ayon
Director of the 'Focus Mexico/Enfoque México' project at Loyola Marymount University's Center for the Study of Los Angeles; son of Mexican immigrants
Keith-Thomas Ayoob
Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York, he has served as a paid consultant for the dairy industry
Nabil Ayouch
Filmmaker and director of Horses of God
Bob Ayres
Associate Fellow in International Security at Chatham House
Whit Ayres
President of North Star Opinion Research, a Republican polling firm based Alexandria, Virginia
Pablo Azar
Mexican actor and Telenovela star
Julia Azari
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and co-editor of 'The Presidential Leadership Dilemma: Between the Constitution and a Political Party'
Lawrence Azerrad
Grammy Award-winning Creative Director, Graphic Designer. Owner of LADdesign, and author of “Supersonic: The Design and Lifestyle of Concorde.”
Malik Aziz
Deputy Chief of the Dallas Police Department; Executive Director and former National Chair of the National Black Police Association
Masood Aziz
Former diplomat in Afghanistan's Embassy in Washington; founder and Executive Director of the Afghanistan Policy Council, and contributing author to The Silk Roads : Transport and Trade in Greater Central Asia
Baher Azmy
Legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights; former professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School, and attorney representing former Guantánamo detainee Murat Kurnaz
Pierre Azoulay
Associate professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
Baaba Maal
Senegalese superstar Baaba Maal's music has been featured on KCRW's airwaves since the 80's. He has helped propel world music to an international audience and tackles politics in Africa on his new tracks, which we’ll hear on Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am.
Iwan Baan
Photographer based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands known globally for his architectural photography
Jed Babbin
Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (George H.W. Bush Administration); writer of the "Loose Canons" column for the American Spectator
Bruce Babcock
Professor of Economics at Iowa State University and former director of its Center for Agricultural and Rural Development ; farmer who grows soy and corn
Donald Babers
Board Chair of the Housing Authority of New Orleans , appointed by the Office of Housing and Urban Development after Hurricane Katrina
Charles Babington
Political reporter for Associated Press
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Judy Baca
Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Chicano Studies and World Arts and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles; founder and Artistic Director of SPARC, The Social and Public Art Resource Center
Lee Baca
Los Angeles County Sheriff and co-chair of the No on Prop 19 campaign
Ricardo Baca
Marijuana editor at the Denver Post, where he writes The Cannabist blog
Amy Bach
United Policyholders
Sebastian Bach
Former frontman of the band Skid Row, author of “18 and Life on Skid Row”.
Julia Bacha
Documentary filmmaker and Creative Director at Just Vision, a nonprofit organization that documents and disseminates the work of Palestinians and Israelis working nonviolently to the end the occupation and the conflict
Jeff Bachman
Professorial lecturer in Human Rights at the School of International Service at American University, and Director of its Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs Program
Michele Bachmann
Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota and member of the House Financial Services Committee
Paolo Bacigalupi
Author of The Water Knife
Glenn Backes
Policy consultant to the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ; opponent of California's Proposition 9
Lois Backon
Vice President of the Families and Work Institute, a research think-tank studying the workplace, workforce, families and communities
Perry Bacon, Jr.
White House reporter for the Washington Post
David Bacon
reporter and author of “The Right to Stay Home: How US Policy Drives Migration.”
Edwin Bacon
Director of All Saints Church , an Episcopal church in Pasadena, Southern California
Kevin Bacon
Actor, director and musician ; founder of the website SixDegrees.org , which facilitates online fundraising for a variety of nonprofits
BadBadNotGood
Canadian band
Gary Baddeley
President of the Disinformation Company , the North American distributor of the documentary World Cup Soccer in Africa : Who Really Wins?
Christine Bader
Author of 'The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil;' former Director of Social Responsibility at Amazon (2015-2017)