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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Toyota Settlement, A Mystery Itch and Dodgers TV

    Toyota settles for $1.2 billion, a mysterious diseases emerges, Dodger TV launches, KCET's CEO steps down, and the Oscar Pistorius murder trial continues.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 19, 2014 • 52m Listen

    Attorney General Eric Holder announced a $1.2 billion settlement today with Toyota over how the company handled deadly malfunctions in 2009. We get the details and a rundown of other car news with our regular automotive commentator. Next, a mysterious disease is causing itching and rashes, but nobody can explain it. Is it real or psychosomatic? Plus, how the new Dodger cable network could change the way we watch all TV in the future. Also, the longtime CEO of KCET has stepped down. What does it mean for the future of public television in L.A? And we’ll hear about how the Oscar Pistorius murder trial has become South Africa’s version of the O.J. Simpson trial.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

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