Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Defensive Architecture, Living in Cars, and Bad Medicine
LA’s law that bans people from living in their cars? Cities are creating “defensive architecture” to keep homeless from hanging out on the streets. We hear from family members of mass shooting victims dealing with grief. And, the weekly film roundup.
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenA federal court has struck down LA’s law that bans people from living in their cars. But will the law just get rewritten? Plus, we look at ways cities around the world are creating “defensive architecture” to keep homeless people for hanging out on the streets. We also hear from family members of mass shooting victims and how they deal with their grief before it swallows them whole. And we talk Frankie Valli and N.W.A. in our weekly film roundup.
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In this episode
5 storiesSleeping in Cars
A federal court has struck down LA’s law that bans people from living in their cars. But will the law just get rewritten? We take a look at the homeless population that’s living in their cars and what lawmakers are likely to do now.
Read the story9 minDefensive Architecture
Cities around the world are employing spikes, bumps, uncomfortable benches and other tactics to keep homeless people from sleeping or lying down in public. We take a look at the controversial techniques and if they’re working.
Read the story7 minN.W.A. and Frankie Valli On the Big Screen
The Clint Eastwood has turned the broadway hit Jersey Boys into a film, and it hits the big screen this weekend. We talk about that, and we get a sneak peak at the new N.W.A. biopic.
Read the story10 minLosing Loved Ones To Mass Shootings
It’s been nearly a month since a gunman killed six UC Santa Barbara students in Isla Vista. It happened just over a year since three people were shot and killed right here at Santa Monica College. And of course there’s Newtown, Columbine, Virginia Tech and so many more.
Read the story11 minSawbones
Once upon a time, people treated warts by rubbing them with a live fish, parents cut babies gums to help adult teeth come in, and doctors encouraged menstruating women to stand in a field of wheat in the rain to help the harvest. These are the types of topics discussed on the podcast “Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine.”
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