KCRW's Left, Right & Center
Summary: Provocative, up-to-the-minute, alive and witty, KCRW's weekly confrontation over politics, policy and popular culture proves those with impeccable credentials needn't lack personality. This weekly "love-hate relationship of the air" features three of the most insightful news analysts anywhere.
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Podcasts:
JP Morgan's losses from its hedge-managers-gone-wild London unit could go as high as $7 billion. Too big to manage? And Bain becomes Romney's bane...a-gain.
US jobs numbers stayed flat for June, and the Eurozone continues its downward slide. What's to become of America's middle class and who's to blame?
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision upholding (most of) President Obama's healthcare reform effort was a surprise for -- among other reasons -- who made up those five.
President Obama and challenger Romney talk to Latinos. Moody's is bearish on the big banks. The push and pull over Fast and Furious. And all eyes on SCOTUS.
Greece to vote on ditching the Euro. Egypt?s fledgling democracy faces a test. Obama by-passes Congress on immigration reforms. The GAO scorches Fed directors.
Democrats lose the Wisconsin recall. A drone strike takes out an al Qaeda leader. European economies slide. What will it mean for this fall?s election?
Ugly job and manufacturing numbers for May confirm that March and April weren't any statistical blip. Markets took a dive. So whose downturn is this anyway?
If politics makes for strange bedfellows, campaign fundraising can make for one heck of an awkward morning-after, as leading Democrats were reminded this week.
Facebook takes the leap. JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon takes one for the team. TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts gets rolled. Greece leaving the Eurozone?
President Obama goes public with his evolution on gay marriage; JPMorgan Chase loses and bank reformers gain; Europe's anti-social economy, and Sen. Lugar's lament.
April jobs numbers disappoint, a Chinese dissident exposes a sore spot in US-China relations and a Bain Capital-ist revives the argument for income inequality.
The economy slows as it grows. The Obama campaign plays the Bin Laden card. Romney takes five more primaries; Gingrich announces that he?ll announce he's out.
The squeaky clean Secret Service and General Services Administration are ensnared in scandals involving behavior befitting the bad guys they usually investigate.
North Korea's dud missile launch complicates an already difficult relationship with the international community.
President Obama took direct aim at presumptive GOP challenger Mitt Romney, and fended off criticisms over a weak jobs report and accusations that he stuck it to SCOTUS.
