SoCal Connected: In the Studio

The results are in! The voters have given President Obama another term. How will the Republicans interpret this message? Val Zavala talks to former California State Senator and Republican strategist Jim Brulte.

"Good ol' boy." "The Me Decade." "Radical Chic." "The Right Stuff." Do these phrases sound familiar? Author Tom Wolfe came up with all of them, and he's still going strong after 50 years. Madeleine interviews him and asks him about his new book "Back to Blood."

Last year, we did a months long investigation into HACLA. Now City Controller Wendy Greuel shares the results of her own investigation into the troubled agency.

Over the past 50 years, we've seen it over and over. First, a housing boom. Then -- well, we all know what comes after a boom. Can we avoid the bust this time? Chris Thornberg was one of the first to warn us about the coming sub-prime mortgage crash back in 2007. Madeleine interviews him about Southern California's crazy real estate market.

He's back on the big screen. Madeleine talks to one of the country's foremost Lincoln experts to find out what makes our 16th president so persistent in the public imagination.

In the '90s, Rice fought gang violence in L.A. and helped reform the city's troubled police department. In her new book she talks about a threat from the outside.

Madeleine sits down with Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez to talk about Prop 30 and the big money in the upcoming election.

Politicians from the governor of New York to former President Clinton are pointing to Hurricane Sandy as proof of global warming. But does science agree?

The presidential candidates and their PACs are spending more than $160 million on advertising just in the swing state of Ohio.

Early estimates are that Hurricane Sandy may cost as much as $50 billion. While insurance will pick up some of those costs, a lot of people will be on the hook for damages, repairs, lost wages -- the list goes on.

Madeleine talks to two of our favorite political prognosticators this election eve. Sherry Bebitch and Bob Stern talk presidential polls, voter demographics, and electoral predictions.

Seeking advice on building her Twitter presence, Madeleine reached out to her friend and Twitter "royal," comedian Michael Ian Black. This is a clip from their Google Hangout.

Special contributor Madeleine Brand talks to Gov. Jerry Brown about his controversial initiative, Prop 30, which would raise income taxes on the highest-earning Californians in order to close the budget gap and prevent further cuts to education.

Val and Madeleine talk to Brian Janosch, Managing Editor of The Onion, about their new encyclopedia "The Onion Book of Known Knowledge."