Press Play with Madeleine Brand
One year since the Porter Ranch gas leak, what’s changed?
The leak at Aliso Canyon was the worst natural gas leak in American history. One year later, residents of Porter Ranch have returned to their homes and the federal government is taking a closer look at other gas storage facilities across the nation.
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenA telecommunications giant wants to pick up a media behemoth. AT&T has offered more than $85 billion to buy Time Warner. Will Washington approve?
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4 storiesAT&T and Time Warner: The $85.4 billion deal
One of the nation’s biggest phone companies is getting hitched to one of the biggest media companies. AT&T has agreed to buy Time Warner for more than $85 billion. AT&T is the largest paid-TV provider in the US, and the second largest wireless provider. Time Warner owns many of the biggest TV brands, like HBO, CNN and Warner Brothers.
Read the story8 minThe Aliso Canyon gas leak one year later
One year ago, an aging natural gas well owned by the Southern California Gas Company sprung a massive leak, kicking off what would eventually become the largest leak of natural gas in U.S. history.
Read the story16 minMaria Semple’s ‘Today Will Be Different’
Today will be different. It’s the name of Maria Semple’s new novel, and it’s a promise that main character, Eleanor Flood, makes to herself first thing in the morning on October 8. Today Will Be Different charts a single day in the life of Eleanor, married to Joe, mother of Timby, former animator of a cult children’s show called Looper Wash.
Read the story15 minRemembering liberal icon Tom Hayden
Tom Hayden died yesterday at the age of 76. He’s most remembered for his radical activism for civil rights and against the war in Vietnam. The FBI file on Hayden ran 22,000 pages.
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