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Aired: Monday, October 06, 2003 8-9PM ET
On the eve of the California recall election, the Golden State feels edgy and more than a little ornery, wrapped once again in its own special provenance and its consequences. Joan Didion's continent-crossing ancestors came early to California. The state, and its state of mind, have figured prominently in the life and work of the celebrated novelist and essayist.
Now, at 69, Joan Didion is turning around to fundamentally reconsider California, from its founding mythologies, to her own family's role, to her own writing on the state. In her new memoir, "Where I Was From," Didion challenges all of it, demanding a reassessment of what California was and is.
Click the "Listen" link to hear Joan Didion make the case on why Californa is not sure it has ever properly understood itself.
| · | Joan Didion, author, "Where I Was From" | | · | Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and a senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly |
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With just hours to go until California voters take to the polls, gubernatorial recall candidates are stumping across the state tonight, getting out their final messages before the vote.
Hear the voices of California Governor Gray Davis, Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, Republican candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger and some California voters as they turned up the political heat in this last day of campaigning.
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Californians go to the polls tomorrow in a wild recall battle. Tim Grieve, political reporter for Slate.com, discusses the latest on the race.
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