In Depth: Vaccine Update, Mars, SECTOR

Hal is joined by UCLA Emergency Medicine doctor Matthew Waxman. Waxman talks about the new Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine, which he calls remarkably effective.

In Depth: Cracking down on fentanyl overdoses

Sam Chapman and his wife lost their son to an accidental overdose just weeks ago. They describe what happened and how their son obtained counterfeit drugs laced with fentanyl through Snapchat.

In Depth: Fentanyl overdoses

Hal is joined by DEA Agent Bill Bodner and grieving father Sam Chapman.  Chapman and his wife, therapist Dr. Laura Berman, lost their son to an accidental overdose just weeks ago. Berman describes what happened, and how their son obtained the counterfeit drug laced with deadly fentanyl through a Snapchat contact.

In Depth: Offshore drilling, Hidden bias, New Drive-in

Hal is joined by Pete Stauffer, the Environmental Director of the Surfrider Foundation. Topics of discussion include President Biden’s Executive Order halting offshore drilling and what that means to us on the West Coast.

In Depth: Black History Month, medical distrust and civil rights

Hal is joined by Dr. Victor Waters, the Chief Medical Officer of St. Bernardine’s Medical Center in San Bernardino. Dr. Waters explains the historic mistrust of the medical profession that the Black community has carried for generations.

In Depth: Kamala Harris

Hal is joined by Stacey Johnson-Batiste, a life-long friend of Kamala Harris. Batiste says that the minute Joe Biden chose Harris, she felt a sense of hope for the future. She says she and Harris have managed to stay friends despite time and distance.

In Depth: The aftermath of the US Capitol riot

Political consultant and Political Science Professor Bob Shrum and co-founder of the Lincoln Project Mike Madrid joins Hal to talk about the violent   demonstration in Washington D.C on Wednesday.