Podcast Episodes

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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 months ago

ICE released dying detainees, avoiding responsibility

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which detains hundreds of thousands of people nationwide, typically says fewer than a dozen detainees die i…

3 years, 11 months ago

Cryptocurrency's addiction problem

The ups and downs of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin can bring quick wealth — or quick bankruptcy. It's the hope for a huge payoff that keeps people…

3 years, 11 months ago

How California popularized the Great Replacement

On Saturday, a heavily armed 18-year-old white man rolled up to a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo, N.Y., and killed at l…

3 years, 11 months ago

Tijuana in the time of opera and cartels

In the late 1990s, a turf war between the Arellano-Felix and Sinaloa cartels in Tijuana led to mayhem and corruption. But as the cartel-fueled violen…

3 years, 11 months ago

The Future of Abortion Part 3: Money

Roe vs. Wade is expected to be struck down this summer, which would mean abortion will no longer be a federally protected right. If that happens, abo…

3 years, 11 months ago

Let's blame someone for California's drought

It’s barely spring in 2022 and California has already broken record heat and drought levels never before seen in 1,200 years. Major reservoirs across…

3 years, 11 months ago