Press Play with Madeleine Brand Fighting for the soul of the California Democratic Party May. 22, 2017 Listen 51 min MORE Photo of the California State Capitol Building in Sacramento, CA, courtesy of Christopher Padalinski. From this Episode: New California Democratic Party leader Eric Bauman welcomes recount Eric Bauman won this weekend’s election to become the new chairman of the California Democratic Party. He won by just 62 votes -- out of about 3000 -- against progressive... 9 min Kimberly Ellis keeps fighting to lead California Democratic Party Kimberly Ellis lost a tight race against political veteran Eric Bauman to be chair of the California Democratic Party. She’s calling for an audit of the votes. She discusses... 9 min Why D.O.J. is trying to stop lawyers from representing immigrants in Seattle When President Donald Trump first tried to roll out his travel ban, lawyers rushed to airports nationwide to help those caught in the middle. Among them was the Northwest... 8 min HBO's Sheila Nevins on having power in a man's world Sheila Nevins has been president of HBO Documentary Films for three decades, she’s won 32 Primetime Emmys and 26 Oscars. In her new book of personal essays, she writes about... 15 min Apple's new headquarters: Vision from the future or vision of excess? Apple’s new Cupertino headquarters has been called the “mothership.” It looks like a circular spaceship. Some 14,000 employees will land there. Designed by architect Norman... 8 min Credits Host: Madeleine Brand Producers: Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Gina Pollack