Podcast Episodes

An existential crisis for the Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has added and subtracted elements to this year’s Oscars. A roundtable of L.A. Times film and televisi…

3 years, 11 months ago

Where's Jack?

What lengths would you go to find someone you love? Even as their disappearance edges closer and closer to becoming a cold case? Today, we have the s…

3 years, 11 months ago

The medieval prince that Putin adores

In the war for Ukraine, it’s Zelensky versus Putin. Two men with essentially the same first name fighting for their place in history — not just for t…

3 years, 11 months ago

Disney's stumbles on "Don't Say Gay" bill

For the past two decades, Disney’s reputation in the LGBTQ community has been stellar. It was one of the first Fortune 500 companies to offer same-se…

3 years, 11 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson is feeling supreme

Today, hearings will begin to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the seat of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Jackson’s …

3 years, 11 months ago

Townies versus gownies battle for Berkeley

Thousands of students apply to UC Berkeley every year. It’s one of the most applied-to universities in the entire U.S. But the city of Berkeley is al…

3 years, 11 months ago

Another scandal for L.A. Fire Department

Last May, the Palisades fire ripped through the Santa Monica Mountains. About 1,000 people were put under mandatory evacuation orders, and about 500 …

3 years, 11 months ago

China's influence grows in Central America

There’s been a new Cold War brewing for years now between the United States and China. And a big battleground on that front is Central America.

Today,…

3 years, 11 months ago

Hotel housekeeping is dirtier than ever

Something disturbing has happened since the last time most of us took vacations — it’s getting harder to clean rooms because of COVID-19 protocols. H…

3 years, 11 months ago

Future of Abortion Part 1: Medicine

Dr. Warren Hern has seen the past, present and future of the abortion debate in the United States. The Colorado doctor remembers treating women for i…

3 years, 11 months ago