Podcast Episodes

The case that ended 'Mexican-only' schools

In 1945, five families sued school districts in Orange County to challenge the practice of so-called Mexican schools, which kept Latino students from…

4 years ago

Tijuana beyond the bad headlines

When reporter Sandra Dibble started covering Tijuana in the 1990s, many of her stories dealt with violence and corruption in the city. But like most …

4 years ago

Earth Day: Binge or cringe?

In 1969, off California’s coast, an ecological disaster gained worldwide attention. The state’s largest oil disaster shocked a nation into action: It…

4 years ago

Come fly the toxic skies

An L.A. Times investigation found that jet engine oil can leak into the air supply of passenger planes, creating a toxic cocktail that can lead to he…

4 years ago

What COVID-19 wrought on Black men

Black people are two and a half times more likely to be hospitalized, and 1.7 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than whites.

That stat from the C…

4 years ago

Welcome to Tijuana

Reporter Sandra Dibble spent more than 25 years covering the U.S.-Mexico border for the San Diego Union-Tribune. And what she found out after her fir…

4 years ago

The lawyer behind Trump's Jan. 6 attack

Before Jan. 6, 2021, John Eastman was known as a fringe figure in conservative circles. But now, Eastman’s not so fringe anymore.

A California-based f…

4 years ago

What's slowing down the Jan. 6 investigation

Hundreds of people have been charged with federal crimes in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. The amount of evidence against many of th…

4 years ago

Goodbye, Title 42

Title 42 has plugged up the asylum system since it was put in place at the start of the coronavirus crisis. Since March 2020, U.S. border officials h…

4 years ago

The takedown of a dial-up drug network

Beverly Hills resident Ray Mascolo died of a drug overdose in 2020. His passing led investigators to a sprawling, Hollywood-based drug-dealing networ…

4 years, 1 month ago