University of Southern California; Credit: Allen J. Schaben/LA Times via Getty Images AirTalk® It’s been nearly two years since the Los Angeles Times revealed the drug-fueled secret life of USC’s former medical school dean, but scandals involving the elite private university only continue to surface. The two most prominent scandals have dominated headlines for months: […]
Uber Drivers Protest Ahead Of Stock Market Flotation; Credit: Peter Summers/Getty Images AirTalk® Uber and Lyft drivers around the world are protesting the ride-hailing giants today. Drivers turned off their apps and held demonstrations in 10 U.S. cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, as well as some European locations like […]
The Morning Edition logo; Credit: NPR AirTalk® For the first time in 40 years, NPR’s Morning Edition has changed its tune. The classic B.J. Leiderman theme has been replaced on Monday with a new jingle, intended to sound younger and more diverse, according to the program’s executive producer Kenya Young. As might be expected, listeners […]
Mushrooms for sale are displayed in the smartshop Innerspace in Amsterdam 18 October 2007. ; Credit: AFP/AFP/Getty Images AirTalk® Psychedelic mushrooms were federally banned in the seventies, but there is a resurgence of interest in increasing access to “magic mushrooms.” On Tuesday, Denver voters will decide whether the naturally occurring drug should be decriminalized, which […]
(L-R) Nato President & CEO John Fithian, SVP & Chairman of CARA for the MPAA Joan Graves, and MPAA Chairman & CEO Charles Rivkin pose onstage at CinemaCon 2019 ; Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for CinemaCon AirTalk® The longtime chair of the the Classification and Rating Administration for the MPAA is retiring after 30 years […]
(L-R) Nato President & CEO John Fithian, SVP & Chairman of CARA for the MPAA Joan Graves, and MPAA Chairman & CEO Charles Rivkin pose onstage at CinemaCon 2019 ; Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for CinemaCon AirTalk® The longtime chair of the the Classification and Rating Administration for the MPAA is retiring after 30 years […]
People ride bikes past Hoover Tower on the Stanford University campus.; Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AirTalk® It hasn’t even been two months since federal prosecutors charged 50 people in the largest college admission scandal ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice – but a lot has happened. Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times identified the Chinese […]
An attendee takes a photo of the instagram logo during a press event at Facebook headquarters on June 20, 2013 in Menlo Park, California; Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AirTalk® Instagram is testing out a new feature in Canada. Its newest addition is actually taking something away — public likes. The announcement, which came yesterday at […]
An artist’s rendering of an asteroid flying be close to Earth.; Credit: ESA/P.Carril AirTalk® Michael Bay’s 1998 film “Armageddon,” about humanity’s attempt to save itself from an asteroid the size of Texas that’s on a collision course with Earth, might have seemed like a far-fetched concept to some, but for the attendees of the 2019 […]
An artist’s rendering of an asteroid flying be close to Earth.; Credit: ESA/P.Carril AirTalk® Michael Bay’s 1998 film “Armageddon,” about humanity’s attempt to save itself from an asteroid the size of Texas that’s on a collision course with Earth, might have seemed like a far-fetched concept to some, but for the attendees of the 2019 […]
