Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How hard have trade agreements hit Motor City?
Both Clinton and Trump outline their economic policy plans in Detroit this week, as both candidates try to woo blue collar voters hit hard by manufacturing job losses.
By Madeleine Brand • • 53m ListenDonald Trump unveiled details of his economic policy plan Monday in a speech in Detroit, and Hillary Clinton is expected to lay out her economic plan there later this week. Michigan has become an important focus for both campaigns, which are wooing so-called blue collar voters hit hard by manufacturing job losses. How hard have trade agreements hit Motor City? Also, Donald Trump has repeatedly complained that the upcoming Presidential election will be “rigged.” Saying that may or may not be an effective way to sway voters to vote for him. But there are security analysts who believe that it wouldn’t be too hard to hack not the political system... but the vote itself. Then, KCRW producer Matt Holzman accompanies Art Talk host Edward Goldman to St. Petersburg and his beloved Hermitage Museum. Next, Mary Elizabeth Williams had terminal, stage-four melanoma before she joined a clinical trial for immunotherapy treatment. She’s in complete remission today, and for her, immunotherapy has been nothing short of miraculous – but she’s the exception not the rule. And finally, NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans gives us the lowdown on Netflix’s The Get Down.
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5 storiesHow hard have trade agreements hit Motor City?
Donald Trump unveiled details of his economic policy plan Monday in a speech in Detroit . Some of the details of Trump’s plan are typical Republican fare – an across-the-board tax cut, reforming the tax code, and repealing and replacing Obamacare. But there were also some departures from the Republican play book.
Read the story10 minCould hackers disrupt election day?
Donald Trump has repeatedly complained that the upcoming presidential election will be “rigged.” Saying that may or may not be an effective way to sway voters to vote for him. But there are security analysts who believe that it wouldn’t be too hard to hack not the political system, but the vote itself .
Read the story8 minTouring the Hermitage Museum with Art Talk's Edward Goldman
Edward Goldman has been talking about art on KCRW with his distinctive Russian accent for almost three decades. That accent is no affectation. Goldman grew up in St. Petersburg, and that is where he fell in love with art as a kid visiting the Hermitage Museum.
Read the story9 minThe promise of immunotherapy
Six years ago, the writer Mary Elizabeth Williams got a terrifying diagnosis. She had melanoma, a deadly skin cancer. It eventually spread to stage 4, and the prognosis was terminal. As a last-ditch effort, Williams joined a clinical trial for a still-novel treatment called immunotherapy .
Read the story14 minThe lowdown on Netflix's 'The Get Down'
Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann explores the birth of hip-hop – 1977 in the South Bronx – in the new Netflix series The Get Down . Luckily, the series employed an impressive list of collaborators and consultants, including Grandmaster Flash and Kurtis Blow, who weren’t just there for the birth of hip-hop – they fathered it.
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