Latest Patt the hat Podcast Episodes
Mike Madrid's New Year's resolution to save the California GOP: start all over again
Patt Morrison Asks - December 24, 2018 20:02 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Mike Madrid's on what New Year's resolutions California Republicans can make to save their party.
Linguist George Lakoff on why the GOP is better at messaging, and how Democrats can close that gap
Patt Morrison Asks - November 27, 2018 18:45 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with George P. Lakoff an American cognitive linguist and philosopher.
California law makes locking up guns easier than locking up possibly dangerous gun owners
Patt Morrison Asks - November 20, 2018 17:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Das Williams, an American politician who currently serves as County Supervisor on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.
Historian Mario T. Garcia: pioneering LA sanctuary priest Luis Olivares is worthy of sainthood
Patt Morrison Asks - November 13, 2018 17:29 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Mario T. Garcia a professor of History at UC Santa Barbara. Professor Garcia's new biography is about the amazing untold story of the Los Angeles sanctuary movement's champion, Father Luis Olivares.
Harvard's Yochai Benkler: analyzing the "propaganda feedback loop" of rightwing media
Patt Morrison Asks - November 06, 2018 17:43 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Yochai Benkler an author and the Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School.
Harvard's Yochai Benkler: analyzing the "propaganda feedback loop" of rightwing media
Patt Morrison Asks - November 06, 2018 17:43 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Yochai Benkler an author and the Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School.
Author Leo Braudy charts the family tree of Halloween monsters that we love to scare us
Patt Morrison Asks - October 30, 2018 16:36 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Leo Braudy about his most recent book Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds. Leo Braudy is a professor at the University of Southern California, where he teaches 17th- and 18th century English literature...
Starman Neil deGrasse Tyson on the overlap of astrophysics and the military
Patt Morrison Asks - October 16, 2018 15:53 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Neil deGrasse Tyson an astrophysicist, and the author of "Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military", about what role astrophysicists played in advancing military technology.
Susan Orlean "The Library Book," about the Los Angeles fire that made us love libraries better
Patt Morrison Asks - October 09, 2018 16:56 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Susan Orlean, author and staff writer for The New Yorker about her book "The Library Book," the story of the Los Angeles Public Library fire, how it started, and how it ended.
Historian Nicolas Wey-Gomez on how Columbus' exploits inspired early human rights laws
Patt Morrison Asks - October 02, 2018 16:39 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Caltech History Professor Nicolas Wey-Gomez about the odd legacy of Christopher Columbus. Nicolas Gomez is the author of The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies.
Songwriter Burt Bacharach , at 90 , composes a music video plea to stop school shootings
Patt Morrison Asks - September 25, 2018 21:15 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Burt Bacharach about and American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer. Burt composes a music video plea to stop school shootings. He is considered one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry on the "disarray" created by Donald Trump, and fixes for our "broken" politics
Patt Morrison Asks - September 18, 2018 18:26 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with former Secretary of Sate John Kerry about his thoughts on the approaching midterms, and President Trump. John Kerry, author of the book "Every Day Is Extra", tells the story of his remarkable American life.
Superfan Eliyannah Amirah Yisrael wants you to love the Harry Potter books - and Hermione Granger - as she does
Patt Morrison Asks - September 04, 2018 22:56 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Eliyannah Amirah Yisreal about her love for the Harry Potter books.
Immigration judge A. Ashley Tabaddor: Justice Department could make judges "prosecutors in judge's robes."
Patt Morrison Asks - August 28, 2018 18:39 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with immigration judge Ashley Tabaddor. Judge Tabaddor is the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, and talks about the rare step of making a labor grievance public.
Author Tom Lutz on how vacation season brings out Americans' inner slacker-- and inner workaholic
Patt Morrison Asks - August 21, 2018 16:44 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Tom Lutz an American writer and literary critic. Tom Lutz is the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books. Lutz wrote a book called "Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America"
Street artist Thrashbird takes his work to the streets - and on billboards above them
Patt Morrison Asks - August 14, 2018 16:29 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with LA based graffiti and street artist Thrashbird. Thrashbird is known for his billboard takeovers, stencils and wheatpastes.
Kids TV expert Dale Kunkel : FCC deregulation could nearly wipe out children's broadcast educational TV
Patt Morrison Asks - August 07, 2018 15:40 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talk with Dale Kunkel an expert on children's media topics, and the affects of television violence, sexual content, and advertising on young people. Dale Kunkel talks about how the FCC deregulation could wipe out children's broadcast educational TV.
Filmmaker Kimberly Reed: a documentary thriller on the Big Sky State vs. big "dark money"
Patt Morrison Asks - July 31, 2018 16:28 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Kimberly Reed an American film director and producer about her latest film Dark Money.
Filmmaker Boots Riley: the spectacle and the power of movies versus movements
Patt Morrison Asks - July 17, 2018 17:21 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Boots Riley, an American rapper, producer, screenwriter and film director. Boots is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. Riley is the writer and director of his first film Sorry to Bother you.
Political analyst Bill Schneider sizes up "America the Ungovernable"
Patt Morrison Asks - July 10, 2018 18:50 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Bill Schneider an American journalist about New America and Old America. Bill Schneider has a new book called "Standoff : How America Became Ungovernable." For nearly 20 years he was CNN's political analyst.
International scholar Ann Kerr: working to open the world, in spite of bans and walls
Patt Morrison Asks - July 03, 2018 17:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Fulbright Enrichment Coordinator Ann Kerr. Ann Kerr has dedicated her professional life to cultivating an informed understanding of the Middle East Mong Americans.
Former immigration chief Doris Meissner: border security shouldn't mean separating families and shutting out the world
Patt Morrison Asks - June 26, 2018 18:35 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Doris Meissner former commissioner of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Doris Meissner is a Senior Fellow at Migration Policy Institute, where she directs the Institute's U.S. immigration policy work.
Lawyer Daniel P. Tokaji on whether the right to vote is a use-it-or-lose-it proposition
Patt Morrison Asks - June 19, 2018 16:32 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Daniel P. Tokaji on whether the right to vote is a use-it-or-lose-it proposition. Daniel Tokaji is a professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of law and Senior Fellow of Election Law. He teaches courses on Election Law, Constitutional Law, Federal Law, Civil...
Equal Rights Amendment leader Jessica Neuwirth: not one more year's wait, let alone one hundred
Patt Morrison Asks - June 12, 2018 16:20 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Jessica Neuwirth, an Equal Right Amendment leader. Jessica is a co-founder of the international women's rights organization Equality Now, and author of "Equal means Equal: Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment Is Now"
Photojournalist Boris Yaro: the 50-year remembered pain of photographing the assassinated RFK
Patt Morrison Asks - June 05, 2018 16:53 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Boris Yaro, a photojournalist, about the night of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, on June 5, 1968.
Free-range kids advocate Lenore Skenazy: Stop thinking children need to be tracked like FedEx packages.
Patt Morrison Asks - May 29, 2018 22:28 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Lenore Skenazy, a columnist, author, and reality show host, about what outdoor liberties to allow there children and that the risks are exaggerated. Skenazy is the founder of the book, blog, and movement "Free Range Kids"
Women's and men's rights author Warren Farrell: what underlines the "incel rebellion"?
Patt Morrison Asks - May 15, 2018 18:05 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison talks with Warren Farrell, a high profile pioneer of feminist men, about his thoughts on why incels turn out the way they do. Warren Farrell is also an author of seven books on men and women's issues, including "The Myth of Male Power" and his latest book "The Boy Crisis: Why Our B...
California’s air quality chief: if Trump’s EPA gets its way, we’ll be “fumigated” again by pollution
Patt Morrison Asks - May 08, 2018 06:17 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAs chair of the Air Resources Board, Nichols wields "rock star" status. Nichols plays a central role in deciding where Californians get their energy, what fuel goes in their cars and how their homes are built. Nichols has held the post since 2007, when she was appointed by California Governor A...
Author Richard Powers’ novel about humans’ war against trees - and why both sides could lose
Patt Morrison Asks - May 01, 2018 19:14 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatt Morrison speaks with Richard Powers, author of "The Overstory," a monumental novel about trees and people by one of our most "prodigiously talented" (The New York Times Book Review) novelists.
Since Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts quit his job rather than give data to ICE, life has taken a turn
Patt Morrison Asks - April 17, 2018 20:26 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJordon Dyrdahl-Roberts is a husband, father, writer and – after quitting his job at the Montana Department of Labor and Industry rather than share information with ICE – an unintentional immigration advocate. “I loved my work at the Labor Department, but I can't be a part of breaking up familie...
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