Press Play with Madeleine Brand
OC Jailbreak, Oil and Gas, Transgender Athletes and Sundance
Today we learn how three men are still on the run after escaping from Orange County Men’s Central Jail last week. Then, what is the city of Los Angeles doing to track gas and oil production following the massive Porter Ranch gas leak?
By Steve Chiotakis • • 53m ListenToday we find out how three convicts are still at large after escaping from Orange County Men’s Central Jail last Friday. The men are reportedly “armed and very dangerous.” Then, following the Porter Ranch gas leak, activists and residents in Los Angeles want the city to look at its own rules surrounding gas and oil production. Next, we look at the International Olympic Committee’s new policy that allows transgender athletes to compete without restrictions. We wrap up with Madeleine’s take from her first Sundance Film Festival and then a TV roundup.
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5 storiesOrange County Jail Break
Three convicts are still at large since escaping from Orange County Men’s Central Jail last Friday. Police say the men are “armed and very dangerous.” They got out by cutting through half-inch steel bars. Then, they used a rope they made from bed sheets to get around barbed wire and climbed down four stories from the jail’s roof.
Read the story10 minL.A. Oil and Gas
Over the weekend, city officials ordered the leaking Porter Ranch gas well to be shut down permanently after it’s fixed. But the whole debacle has made activists and residents question how the city of Los Angeles is dealing with its oil and gas production.
Read the story9 minInternational Olympic Committee and Transgender Athletes
This weekend the International Olympic Committee announced that it would change its policy on transgender athletes competing in the Olympics. What does that mean? Officials say athletes who transition from female to male will be able to compete “without restrictions.”
Read the story6 minSundance Film Festival Round 1 with Madeleine Brand
Madeleine is at the Sundance Film Festival this week. It’s her very first Sundance festival. You’ll hear about that experience. She also interviews the directors behind the new Robert Mapplethorpe documentary that is being screened at the festival. The documentary is called Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures.
Read the story17 minTV Roundup: The X-Files returns
After 13 years, The X-Files returns to TV with a six-episode event. There have been two movies in between, but FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully still have some awkward tension between them. We find out whether the series premiere lived up to expectations. And is Julianna Margulies leaving The Good Wife?
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