Press Play with Madeleine Brand LA 2028: Summer Olympics comes to Los Angeles Jul. 31, 2017 Listen 48 min MORE Photo: Olympic Torch Tower of the Los Angeles Coliseum on the day of the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics. (Courtesy of Defense Imagery Management) From this Episode: John Kelly in as Chief of Staff, 'The Mooch' out as Communications Director Perhaps the shortest tenure ever for a White House official, Anthony Scaramucci is out as Communications Director. He was there for a little over a week. Apparently new... 10 min Court says public officials who block people on Twitter violate First Amendment Police are pushing back against President Trump’s comments that it’s okay to rough up suspects. And a court finds that public officials cannot block people on social media. 9 min How will LA prepare to host the 2028 Olympics? The summer Olympics are coming back to Los Angeles -- 11 years from now. The International Olympic Committee has been talking to LA and Paris for years. Paris will get the... 9 min Is there a real market for Google Glass? Google Glass -- those wraparound glasses that let you live in the real and virtual world simultaneously -- were a major dud when they were rolled out to the public. People... 7 min Remembering playwright Sam Shepard and actress Jeanne Moreau Sam Shepard earned an Oscar nomination for his role in “The Right Stuff.” But his plays, short stories, screenplays, and essays won most of his awards. He died at 73 from... 12 min Credits Host: Madeleine Brand Producers: Gina Pollack, Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Quinn O'Toole