November 25 - Michael Hiltzik sits in for Ian Masters: The Election and what it Wrought

Full Program	LISTEN TO FULL PROGRAM with Guest Host Michael Hiltzik
Part 1	First, we are joined by Eric Laursen, the author of "The People's Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan". We discuss the dangers to Social Security and to Medicare from the debate over the 'fiscal cliff', and how all the discussion in Washington about cutting the deficit, at a time when we still need government stimulus to promote job creation and economic recovery, is really a stalking horse for an attack on what are sometimes known as entitlements - those programs that are really crucial for keeping millions of Americans out of poverty and ensuring a comfortable retirement when declined corporate pensions and the financial markets have left American struggling.
Part 2	Then we speak with Michael Grunwald about economic recovery and the government's role. Michael Grunwald is a national correspondent for Time Magazine, and his latest book, "The New New Deal", is a terrific examination of how crucial the Obama stimulus program was to the economic recovery after 2008, and since my latest book is "The New Deal: A Modern History," which deals with FDR's new deal, we compare and contrast these two.
Part 3	Then finally we look into the defeat of Proposition 37 which would have required labels on a wide range of genetically modified foods, though not all GMOs, which was just one of the problems with Proposition 37. We are joined by Michael Eisen, a Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California Berkeley, who was one of the most articulate opponents of Proposition 37. We talk about how to create legislation dealing with scientific issues that is based on genuine science, not junk science.