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10:00am PDT

Citizens Influencing Change: Activism Past and Present - Conversation 1051 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Marcus Anthony Hunter • Adam Hochschild • Jennifer L. Eberhardt • L.A. Kauffman • Christopher Noxon

10:30am PDT

Exposing Truths: The Stories Affecting America - Conversation 1001 - REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Robert Lee Hotz • Mona Hanna-Attisha • Eliza Griswold • Beth Macy Laurie Halse Anderson, Author of "Shout," and Roxane Gay, Editor of "Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture," in Conversation with Robin Abcarian - Conversation 1041 - REQUIRES TICKET Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3Robin Abcarian • Laurie Halse Anderson • Roxane Gay Susan Orlean, Author of "The Library Book," in Conversation with Julia Turner - Conversation 1021 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Julia Turner • Susan Orlean

12:00pm PDT

A Swiftly Heating Planet: Writing Climate Change Across Genres, presented by the National Book Foundation - Conversation 1092 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Carolyn Kellogg • Arlie Russell Hochschild • Claire Vaye Watkins Feminisms in Motion: Intersectional Voices for Social Change - Conversation 1132 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Daria Yudacufski • Jessica Hoffmann • Erin Aubry Kaplan • Stephanie Abraham • Randa Jarrar Terry Tempest Williams, 2018 Robert Kirsch Award Winner, in Conversation with Tom Curwen - Conversation 1112 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5Tom Curwen • Terry Tempest Williams

12:10pm PDT

A Window Into the Future: The Evolution of Work and Business in Los Angeles LA Times LiveSam Dean • Margot Roosevelt • Johana Bhuiyan • Meg James

1:00pm PDT

The Second Amendment: A Discussion of Guns In America - Conversation 1053 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Kurtis Lee • Jennifer Carlson • Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • Alex Kotlowitz • Igor Volsky

1:30pm PDT

WHEN NETWORKS FAIL. A discussion about how social media manipulates our perception of news and society with Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Executive Chairman of the Los Angeles Times, and Roger McNamee, author of “Zucked... Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Roger McNamee • Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong John Carreyrou, Author of "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup," in Conversation with Frances Dinkelspiel - Conversation 1023 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Frances Dinkelspiel • John Carreyrou Writing The Epic American History - Conversation 1003 - REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Elizabeth Taylor • Anna-Lisa Cox • James Donovan • Duncan Ryuken Williams

2:30pm PDT

The Internet: How Technology Shapes Our Lives - Conversation 1054 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Johana Bhuiyan • Jeff Kosseff • Roger McNamee • Jennifer Rothman • Andrew Smith

3:00pm PDT

Excavating The Past: Writing International Histories - Conversation 1004 - REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Bill Boyarsky • Ruby Lal • Scott Martelle • Priya Satia

3:30pm PDT

Lawrence O'Donnell, Author of "Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics," interviewed by Norman Pearlstine LA Times Main StageNorman Pearlstine • Lawrence O'Donnell

3:45pm PDT

Lydia Cacho Author of "#EllosHablan: Testimonios de hombres, la relación con sus padres, el machismo y la violencia" Interviewed by Editor Alejandro Maciel (Spanish) LA Times En Español StageAlejandro Maciel • Lydia Cacho

4:30pm PDT

Entertainment, Information, and Addiction: Our New Digital, Social World - Conversation 1135 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Varun Soni • Ali Abbas • Julie Albright • David Craig

4:45pm PDT

Anabel Hernandez, Author of "A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty-Three Students" (Spanish) LA Times En Español StageAnabel Hernandez