Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Angry Voters and Political Engagement
After the presidential election is over, where will all the angry Trump and Sanders supporters go? If their candidates don’t win, will their political engagement end?
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenAfter the presidential election is over, where will all the angry Trump and Sanders supporters go? If their candidates don’t win, will their political engagement end? Then, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says he’s going to update the city’s outdated development guidelines. Will it do anything to cool a raging debate over density? In our weekly web roundup, the story of a journalist who’s going to jail for “hacking” the L.A. Times. Then, one journalist tells her story about fighting an internet troll. And finally, how do DJs
survive in a digital world?
In this episode
5 storiesWhere Will All the Angry Voters Go?
Voters are angry. One way to channel anger is by attending political rallies and demonstrating support for a presidential candidate. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are attracting record-breaking crowds at rallies across the country. Tonight, Sanders and Clinton are debating in Brooklyn.
Read the story10 minThe LA Development Fight
Should Los Angeles keep growing taller and denser or not? Some angry residents and activists say developers have been given carte blanche to make up their own rules. A group of them have written a ballot proposal for next March that would stop all big developments for two years.
Read the story9 minWeb Roundup: Hacking the LA Times
Journalist Matthew Keys has been sentenced to two years in prison, after being convicted last year of giving hackers administrative login information for the L.A. Times. But is the law he broke out of date? We discuss that story and other tech and web news in our regular Thursday roundup.
Read the story9 minFighting a Troll
Bloomberg journalist Dune Lawrence covers the nitty gritty financial details of Chinese business dealings here in the U.S. While writing about a company called AgFeed in 2013, Lawrence became the target of an all-out online trolling campaign by a guy named Benjamin Wey.
Read the story8 minDJing in a Digital World
The website Soundcloud recently announced that it’s starting its own music subscription service, joining a field already crowded with sites like Spotify, Pandora, and Apple. But Soundcloud has something none of the other music streaming services have: millions of recordings and remixes and DJ sets posted by its users.
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