people
Sally Pipes
President, CEO and Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute; healthcare advisor for the Giuliani presidential campaign; author of 'Miracle Cure: How to Solve America's Health-Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn’t the Answer' and 'The Way Out of Obamacare'
Chris Pirie
As Business Development Director at Seattle-based design consultancy Teague, Chris Pirie works closely with Managing and Creative Directors to identify new opportunities, scope design programmes and lead deal negotiations; he also manages the business development process as well as the tools required for consistency, efficiency and enhanced communication with Teague’s broad range of clients.
John Pirozzi
Director of the documentary Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll
Jane Pisano
President and Director of the Natural History Museum of LA County
Mark Pisano
Senior fellow at the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development; former Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments
Mike Piscal
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ICEF Public Schools, a charter school operator
Florencia Pita
architect and co-founder of the research-based collaborative Pita & Bloom, and principal of FPmod
Steve Pitman
President of the Orange County chapter of the National Association on Mental Illness
Jack Pitney
Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College
Ben Pitterle
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
Lari Pittman
Renowned Los Angeles, California-based contemporary artist and Professor of Art at UCLA
Mark Pittman
Financial reporter for Bloomberg News
Jamie Pittock
Director of the Global Freshwater Program for the World Wildlife Federation and co-author of its recent report, " Rich Countries, Poor Water ," highlighting the problems of using water efficiently around the world
Lawernce Pitts
Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs for the University of California system
Peter Pitts
Former Associate Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration; Co-Founder and President of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest
Michael Piuze
Attorney representing several of the victims of the farmers' market crash and part of the steering committee of lawyers involved in the case
Pixies
American alternative rock band
Jennifer Pizer
Law Professor and legal director of the Williams Institute at UCLA; former National Marriage Project Director for Lambda Legal , an LGBT legal defense organization
Sam Pizzigati
Associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and editor of the online newsletter Too Much
PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey performs solo on autoharp, electric guitar, piano and more when she returns to Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am.
Arielle Plachta
Reporter, LA Daily News
Phil Plait
Astronomer and author, he writes the Bad Astronomer blog for Slate
Valerie Plame Wilson
Former CIA Operations Officer; her life, along with that of her husband, Joe Wilson , is portrayed in the new movie Fair Game , which was based, in part on her book, Fair Game : My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House
Alex Plank
Autism advocate and filmmaker
David Plank
Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and Executive Director of Policy Analysis for California Education
Robert Plant
English musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin
David Plante
American novelist
Guadalupe Plascencia
Citizen held by ICE
Bill Plaschke
Sports columnist at the Los Angeles Times
Dick Platkin
Former LA city planner who writes articles on planning issues for CityWatch
Anthony Platt
Professor Emeritus at Cal State University Sacramento, Author
John Platt
Blogger with Scientific American, he writes the Extinction Countdown
Marc Platt
Producer (Legally Blonde, Empire Falls) based at Universal who was originally developing Wicked as a film and went on to produce it for the stage
Welton Pleasant II
Pastor of Christ Second Baptist Church
Julie Plec
American television producer and writer; showrunner and executive producer of "The Vampire Diaries" and "The Originals"
Emanuel Pleitez
Candidate for mayor of Los Angeles
Sergei Plekhanov
Associate Professor or Political Science at York University in Toronto. He formerly served as the Deputy Director of the Institute for United States and Canadian Studies in Russia.
Danielle Pletka
Senior Vice President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute; former senior staffer for Near East and South Asia on Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1992-2002)
Rebecca Plevin
Reports on immigration for the Desert Sun
Trish Ploehn
Director of Los Angeles County's Department of Children and Family Services
David Plouffe
Senior advisor at AKPD Message and Media, former campaign manager for Barack Obama 's 2008 presidential campaign and author of The Audacity to Win : The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
Dennis Pluchinsky
Consultant with TranSecur , a private security firm
Brad Plumer
climate desk reporter for the New York Times: former senior editor at Vox; former reporter for the Washington Post
Chuck Plunkett
Politics Editor for the Denver Post
Travis Plunkett
Legislative Director for the Consumer Federation of America
Rick Pluta
State Capitol Bureau Chief for Michigan Public Radio
Bill Plympton
American animator and filmmaker
Jerald Podair
Professor of history at Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin and author of 'City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles'
John Podhoretz
Editor of Commentary magazine, a conservative publication. Also writes for the New York Post and the Weekly Standard
Pavel Podvig
Researcher at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation and co-author of Russian and Chinese Responses to US Military Plans in Space, which was just published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Greg Poehler
Creator and star of the sitcom Welcome to Sweden
Marco Poehner
Teacher who specializes in bi-lingual education in Monterey, California; US-born, Colombia-reared, he operates small farms in South America (Democrat)
Elizabeth Poett
Cattle farmer at Rancho San Julian
Michael Pogano
Dean of the Public Affairs School at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Sylvia Poggioli
Senior European correspondent in Rome for National Public Radio
Bill Pohlad
American film producer and director
Laura Poitras
American documentary film director and producer
Joe Pojman
Executive director of the Texas Alliance for Life
Matthew Polacheck
Clinical psychologist and director at the Betty Ford Center in Los Angeles
Kristoffer Polaha
Actor
David Poland
Editor of Movie City News
Lydia Polgreen
West Africa Bureau Chief for the New York Times
Patty Polinger
Co-owner of Vidiots , an indie video store in Santa Monica, California, she's working on creating a Vidiots film school
Mark Polish
Actor and screenwriter who wrote and stars in For Lovers Only , his other films include Twin Falls Idaho and Northfolk; brother of Michael Polish
Michael Polish
Director of For Lovers Only , his other films include Twin Falls Idaho and Northfolk, as well as the upcoming Kerouac movie, Big Sur; brother of Mark Polish
James Politi
US economics and trade correspondent for the Financial Times
Sam Polk
Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit Groceryships; former hedge-fund trader
Jon Poll
Producer, writer, director, editor and cinematographer
Andrew Pollack
Correspondent for the New York Times, covering the business and science of biotechnology
Craig Pollack
Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a primary care doctor
Gina Pollack
Producer of KCET’s “Under Pressure”
Harold Pollack
Helen Ross Professor at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago and an Executive Committee member of its Center for Health Administration Studies
Jonathan Pollack
Interim SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies in the Center for East Asia Policy Studies and senior fellow of the China Center at the Brookings Institution; author of 'No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons and International Security'
Joshua Pollack
Senior research associate at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey and editor of the the Nonproliferation Review
Kenneth Pollack
Senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy
Ron Pollack
Founding Executive Director of Families USA, a national, nonprofit healthcare-advocacy group for consumers
Kevin Pollak
American actor, impressionist, comedian and host of Kevin Pollack's Chat Show
Michael Pollan
Contributing writer to the New York Times ; Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley; author of several books on food, including The Omnivore's Dilemma , In Defense of Food : An Eater's Manifesto, The Botany of Desire : A Plant's-Eye View of the World and Cooked : A Natural History of Transformation