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Cheating Scandal, Speed Skating & Leno's Last Hurrah

Feb. 06, 2014

A high school cheating scandal has rocked the community of Corona del Mar. We’ll get the fascinating details and find out why parents feel their kids are being unfairly punished. Plus, we meet a world-famous Olympic skate coach who draws students from around the globe to sunny SoCal for training. Musician Moby joins us to discuss why L.A. is better for artists than New York. And we discuss the future of late night T.V., sans Jay Leno.

Banner Image: Corona del Mar, credit: Andre Zanca

From this Episode:

Coaching Speed Skating in Sunny L.A.

Southern California is home to many a summer Olympian, but you don’t think of sunny L.A. as a haven for winter sports. But skating coach Wilma Boomstra is known around the...

11 min

Goodbye Leno

Jay Leno says goodbye (again) to late-night television tonight. Does his departure -- and the arrival of Jimmy Fallon -- mark the end of an era, or the continuation of one?

8 min

Moby's Los Angeles

Musician Moby says he left New York for L.A. because New York stopped being a creative place, and Los Angeles gives artists the opportunity to fail when they need to. Now...

8 min

Cheating Scandal at Corona Del Mar

11 students were expelled at Corona del Mar High after they were accused of hacking into teachers computers and changing grades. Apparently their tutor told them to do it....

6 min