Patt Morrison Videos

Same show, new cast – it's Ask the Chief with new LAPD chief Charlie Beck – a monthly opportunity for Patt's questions and yours about policing the city of angels; and is all that careful parenting backfiring? Is 25 the new 15? A new book argues that protecting America's young people from difficult realities may actually doom them to a perpetual adolescence. Sound familiar?

THURSDAY: Patt talks to Sen. Barbara Boxer about the vanishing jobs; Dr. Brad Spellberg about the rise of the "superbugs"; and Michael Masserman about Obama's plan to curb D.C.'s lobbyists.

WEDNESDAY: What is so attractive about gold? You can’t eat it. It doesn’t keep you warm. And yet it’s the economic commodity of last resort…the market mystique of the element Au

Dan Rather famously wore Afghan robes when he reported on the Soviet invasion more than 20 years ago – he's gone back to Afghanistan as more American forces are about to be sent in and Patt checks in for the newsman's take then and now; and the Estate Tax is set to expire at the end of the year. Right now it applies only to 1% of all Americans - those worth more than $3.5 million. Should it be renewed? Scaled back or stepped up?

Patt previews the expected surge of U.S. troops in Afghanistan; Robert Lacey takes us inside the absolute monarchy of Saudi Arabia; and a humanists' organization is putting ads on buses reading…"No God? No problem!" A deity-free humanist holiday campaign hits the streets from New York to LA

Obama’s impossible task: Global environmental action in a skeptical U.S., Green Maven, Will the United Nations be anything more than a spectator? Can green energy still be profitable energy? Preparing for the worst: Adapting to climate change, then Animals need hope too and an Amazonian perspective on climate change.

Vice President Al Gore with "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" and No home for Thanksgiving—the plight of the world’s unwanted children.

A new pill gets women in the mood by working on the biggest sex organ of all, the brain, but is pathologizing desire a problem?; Ayelet Waldman STILL loves her husband more than her children, and is here with her new book; And Mozza/La Brea Bakery's Nancy Silverton and J.A.R.'s Suzanne Tracht talk turkey with Patt

A new smart phone app offers safe trails, water supplies and poems of welcome to people crossing the border illegally - is it for real? And the credit card industry is unhappy with new regulations, while consumers complain it's hurrying to beat the deadline by levying new costs - a look at "The Card Game"

Fatherhood - what is it? Patt, Tom Leykis and Gloria Allred discuss in light of over-the-counter DNA tests; and New York Times financial reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin explains the financial meltdown with his new book "Too Big to Fail: the inside story of how Wall Street and Washington fought to save the financial system - and themselves"

New Yorker writer Hendrik Hertzberg talks about his new book OBAMANOS!:The End of a Political Era; and a federal judge says the army corps of engineers is responsible for the deadly flooding during Hurricane Katrina. The liability could be tremendous and it could alter the way government agencies do their work – or don't do it.

Patt checks back in with the UC Regents at UCLA and also with students protesting the 32% fee increases; She also talks with former LAPD Chief Bill Bratton and the director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) about predictive policing; and we check in on reports of internal conflict between the county and the forest service over how the Station Fire was fought

Sir Richard Branson changed the face of marketing and of aviation with his Virgin empire, now he takes us on a journey into the future of flight, including the kind that goes straight up - into space; and New York Times columnist Gail Collins was there When Everything Changed - that's her new book about the lightning bolt that was the Women's movement

Patt Morrison broadcasts live from the UC Regents meeting at UCLA Student and faculty groups are incensed about the proposed fee increase, while the Regents claim they have no choice. They’ll all sit down with Patt Morrison live at UCLA.

MONDAY: From Petraeus to Abizaid, "The Fourth Star" author Greg Jaffe looks at what makes a general; President Obama tries to rebalance the global economy; and the movie 2012 may bomb, but apocalyptic rumors persist - we find out what that's all about

FreedomWorks head and former GOP Congressional leader Dick Armey talks tea party movement and health care; Seymour Hersh examines Pakistan's relationship with the U.S.; and Activision's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" earns $310 million in 24 hours, making it the biggest release of an entertainment property. Ever.

Al Gore joins Patt to talk about how policies and attitudes have changed since the realities of global warming made their way into public policy. And not since the printing press has any device changed the world as much as Google has: Ken Auletta talks about its operating system

Veteran's Day Celebration, and we take a look at our increasing National Debt

Why, with 6 months to prepare, are we still so short of H1N1 vaccine? With more Americans turning to alternative medicines than ever before, should the FDA rethink their regulation? And "A Country Called Amreeka" tells the stories of Arab Americans in the U.S., from the racial divides of the deep south of the 1960s to post 9/11 America

The Metropolitan Water District is considering charging its customers to help a private company build a desalination plant in Carlsbad; and author Jonathan Safran Foer is here to talk about "Eating Animals" – exactly how does the factory farming meat machine take a living creature and get it to your plate?