Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Bullet Trains, The Gay Gene and Hollywood NIMBYs
California's bullet train hits another snag, Hollywood NIMBYs, the search for the "gay gene," a Led Zeppelin lawsuit, and our weekly film segment.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 51m ListenToday on Press Play, yet another lawsuit has been filed against California’s bedeviled bullet train. We take a look at where the project stands now. And Hollywood NIMBYs have successfully derailed Hollywood’s 2012 higher density zoning plan. What now? In our weekly film segment, The Fault in Our Stars, Edge of Tomorrow, Obvious Child, and Rigor Mortis. Also, the opening riff to Led Zeppelin’s classic “Stairway to Heaven” sounds suspiciously like a song by Spirit, a California band. Now there’s a lawsuit. And, nature vs nurture and the search for the “gay gene.”
Banner Image: Artist's rendering of the California High Speed Rail trainset and livery
