Podcast Episodes

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 …

4 years, 1 month 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,…

4 years, 1 month 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…

4 years, 1 month 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…

4 years, 1 month ago

Ukraine, Russia and your gas tank

Here in the United States, we’re already feeling the cost of Russia’s war in a place none of us can escape: the rising price of oil.

Today, we look in…

4 years, 1 month ago

One family's 27,000-mile road trip

Greg Bledsoe is a former morning news anchor for NBC 7 in San Diego. About a year ago, he, his wife and their two children got into an SUV and began …

4 years, 1 month ago

500 miles to Kyiv

For more than a month now, L.A. Times Middle East Bureau Chief Nabih Bulos has been on the ground in Ukraine, covering the escalating Russian invasio…

4 years, 1 month ago

Media bias, and refugees 'like us'

The European Union is doing everything possible to welcome Ukrainian refugees. And people around the world have donated money and supplies to help. B…

4 years, 1 month ago

History-making, Oscar-nominated Ariana DeBose

Ariana DeBose has made history as the first Afro-Latino and openly queer woman to be nominated for an acting Academy Award. In this crossover episode…

4 years, 1 month ago

An American leaves Ukraine to return

Aaron Bray is a San Diego native who’s lived the last couple of years in Kharkiv, Ukraine, after a stint with the Peace Corps. And now, alongside ove…

4 years, 1 month ago