October 10 - Is the Supreme Court Poised to Strike Down Affirmative Action?; A Loophole in Oversight Leads to Meningitis Outbreak; "Do the Movies Have a Future?"

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Part 1	We begin with an analysis of the arguments today before the Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas which could spell an end to affirmative action. Erwin Chemerinsky, the founding dean and professor of law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, who has argued before the Supreme Court, joins us to discuss whether the conservatives on the court, who seemed skeptical of race as a factor in determining college admissions, strike affirmative action down.
Part 2	Then we look into the ongoing public health catastrophe from an outbreak of meningitis due to contaminated steroid shots 13,000 people have been exposed to that have caused 12 deaths nationwide. The former Associate Director for Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Human Research Protection within the Department of Health and Human Services Dr Michael Carome joins us to explain the loophole allowing manufacturers of this deadly, tainted product to escape regulation by the FDA.
Part 3	Then finally the film critic for The New Yorker, David Denby joins us to discuss the corporatization of our culture, in particular the movies, where mindless, heartless and pointless effects-laden event movies tailored for 14 year old boys have replaced movies with stories and characters that adults used to watch. We discuss David Denby’s new book “Do the Movies Have a Future?” and the difficulty of connecting under-served audiences with outstanding independent films that can’t find distribution.