March 28, 2002

On the sunny porch of his Santa Monica cottage, a scruffy-looking Harry Shearer, Los Angeles\’ preeminent satirist, is describing his fascination with an all-male power retreat called the Bohemian Grove. It began about nine years ago when the caustic, 58-year-old humorist started interviewing Grove guests — and hookers — about the super-exclusive Northern California resort. The interviews eradicated every conspiracy theory he\’d had about the place: \”These guys aren\’t micromanaging the world,\” says Shearer, best known for voicing myriad \”Simpsons\” characters and for his National Public Radio program, \”Le Show.\”