James Andrew Miller is a former television executive and writer whose most recent book (with Tom Shales) is Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN. Before participating in a panel on the state of television today, he talked about the journal he’s been keeping for decades, his insomnia, and life in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. …
Olivier Zunz is a University of Virginia historian and author of Philanthropy in America: A History. Before talking about the origins of U.S. philanthropy, he revealed that he donates to the American Heart Assocation—but not to Salvation Army Santas. …
Kim Masters is host of KCRW’s “The Business” and editor-at-large of The Hollywood Reporter. Before moderating a panel on whether we’re living in the golden age of television, she visited the green room to express her admiration for Stephen Colbert, Elizabeth Bennet, and Matt Damon—and to offer some sound advice from her mother on what not to do when you’re cut off on the road. …
Eric Avila is an urban and cultural historian of 20th century America at UCLA and author of Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight: Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles. Before participating in a panel on images of L.A., he fielded questions in the green room about white flight and L.A.’s golden age, as well as cures for insomnia and the species of animal he’d most like to see eliminated. …
Jennifer Watts is curator of photographs at the Huntington Library. Before participating in a panel on how images of L.A. influenced the rest of the world, she confessed in the green room that she’s a Lady Gaga fan, an advocate of the digital age—and that she’s quite careful when it comes to cooking bacon. …
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