Podcast Episodes

Covering COVID on ‘sacred ground’

The U.S. has lost more than 1 million people to COVID — and the virus isn’t done with us yet. Frontline hospital workers have experienced the devasta…

3 years, 8 months ago

Queer Ukrainians on the frontlines

Ukraine was never a utopia for gays and transgender people, but activists there say things have improved over the years. Now, though, people are worr…

3 years, 9 months ago

A new militia at the U.S.-Mexico border

Patriots for America patrols the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, stops migrants, and questions children. They call it faith-based ministry work; civil r…

3 years, 9 months ago

California's historic water restrictions

Unprecedented water restrictions in Los Angeles County are going to ensure the slow demise of lawns. And now, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is ready t…

3 years, 9 months ago

The pickleball pickle

It’s pitting neighbors against neighbors in suburbs across the United States. Tempers are flaring. Tension is high. And nope, all the drama has nothi…

3 years, 9 months ago

A visit to Vancouver's safe injection site

Overdose deaths in the United States have risen rapidly during the pandemic. It’s a trend driven largely by the spread of fentanyl.

In California, the…

3 years, 9 months ago

California’s gun control wars sway the U.S.

Today we talk about California’s huge role in influencing gun control laws in the U.S. and about the backlashes. We discuss the state’s historic 1989…

3 years, 9 months ago

L.A. mayoral candidates debate homelessness

Last week, we partnered up with KCRW for a live mayoral debate with some of the city’s top candidates for the top job.

It was the final group debate b…

3 years, 9 months ago

Tijuana's toughest time

In this episode of the “Border City” podcast from our sister paper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, longtime U.S.-Mexico border reporter Sandra Dibble b…

3 years, 9 months ago

Desperately seeking restaurant workers

The pandemic has made a lot of us rethink a lot of things. On the forefront of that existential rethink: restaurant workers. 
This realignment of prio…

3 years, 9 months ago