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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Does Jerry Brown Have Any Answers?

    Twenty-eight years after his first two terms as Governor, Jerry Brown ran again, promising that experience and the wisdom that comes with age would allow him to solve California's perpetual funding crisis. A year and a half later, "Uncle Jerry's got the kids in the car and he's not bringing them back without ransom."

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

    Twenty-eight years after his first two terms as Governor, Jerry Brown ran again, promising that experience and the wisdom that comes with age would allow him to solve California's perpetual funding crisis. A year and a half later, "Uncle Jerry's got the kids in the car and he's not bringing them back without ransom." That's according to Joe Mathews with the New America Foundation writing in The Daily Beast. We hear from him and from Marc Cooper, who scored a rare lengthy interview with the Governor.

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    Governing California by Ballot Proposition
    1. 0:00Rampture: 405 Traffic Madness Starts This Weekend
    2. 5:39Does Jerry Brown Have Any Answers?You’re reading this
    3. 21:53Federal Judges Under Fire for Conference in Maui
    4. 26:19A Cascade of Secret Intelligence Leaks
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

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      Andrea Brody

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

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Joe Mathews

      Host, "Zocalo's Connecting California"

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      Marc Cooper

      University of Southern California

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Governing California by Ballot Proposition
    1. 0:00Rampture: 405 Traffic Madness Starts This Weekend
    2. 5:39Does Jerry Brown Have Any Answers?You’re reading this
    3. 21:53Federal Judges Under Fire for Conference in Maui
    4. 26:19A Cascade of Secret Intelligence Leaks
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