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    Which Way, L.A.?

    A Grim Backdrop ahead of the State of the Union

    With all that's happened during the past year, it’s hard to believe that Barack Obama has yet to deliver his first address on the State of the Union .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    With all that's happened during the past year, it’s hard to believe that Barack Obama has yet to deliver his first address on the State of the Union.

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    The President Gets Ready to Speak; California Prison Reform
    1. 0:00A Grim Backdrop ahead of the State of the UnionYou’re reading this
    2. 28:30Reforming the California Prison System
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      John Mercurio

      The Hotline

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      Jonathan Cohn

      Senior National Correspondent at Huffington Post, where he writes about health care politics and policy; author of “The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage”

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      Philip Klein

      Washington Examiner

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    The President Gets Ready to Speak; California Prison Reform
    1. 0:00A Grim Backdrop ahead of the State of the UnionYou’re reading this
    2. 28:30Reforming the California Prison System
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