Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCalifornia's death penalty flip-flops
For decades, California voters and politicians have vacillated over the future of the death penalty. Currently, Gov. Gavin Newsom has put a moratoriu…
4 years, 2 months ago
A labor union with your latte?
The U.S. labor movement has experienced a resurgence in recent years in sectors that historically have hired younger people. And one of the biggest b…
4 years, 2 months ago
Black joy in Questlove's "Summer of Soul"
The Roots drummer and music legend Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson sifted through 40 hours of archival footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival for hi…
4 years, 2 months ago
Will the Super Bowl change Inglewood?
With more economic development and rents on the rise, Inglewood is struggling to meet its goal of encouraging more investment while trying to preserv…
4 years, 2 months ago
Let's get loud, Super Bowl halftime show
Even if you don’t like football, you probably have opinions about the Super Bowl halftime show. Today, we look at the history of this curious specta…
4 years, 2 months ago
Why the NFL doesn't hire Black coaches
In a league where Black players make up 70% of active rosters, the NFL currently has only two Black head coaches. League officials and even fans have…
4 years, 2 months ago
The triple terror of tsunamis
For the latest installment of our “Masters of Disasters” series, we talk tsunamis in the wake of a volcanic eruption near Tonga last month that cause…
4 years, 2 months ago
We enter the metaverse — and return
Everybody is talking about the metaverse right now. But Times host Gustavo Arellano didn’t want to just talk about it; he wanted to experience it fir…
4 years, 2 months ago
When cars on autopilot crash — and kill
A first-of-it’s kind case in Los Angeles County is going to play a big role in determining culpability whenever self-driving cars get into accidents.…
4 years, 2 months ago
No freedom gold medal for you, Olympics
There’s a growing realization that the brilliance of the world’s best athletes isn’t enough anymore to cover some glaring problems that come with put…
4 years, 2 months ago