Podcast Episodes
Back to Search500 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months ago
A homeless community that couldn't last
A small, tight-knit community grew inside an abandoned building in L.A.’s Koreatown. The people who found shelter there felt lucky. In a city where u…
4 years, 4 months ago
Russia and China, forever frenemies
On Feb. 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping just hours ahead of the opening ceremony for the Beijing Winter Olympi…
4 years, 4 months ago
Mexico's lawsuit against American guns
Gun violence has killed more than 100,000 people in Mexico over the last decade. Yet most of the guns involved are illegal, smuggled into the country…
4 years, 4 months ago
How workers evade vaccine mandates
As more and more workplaces have instituted COVID-19 vaccine mandates, a cottage industry has sprung up to help skeptics evade them. Today, we look i…
4 years, 4 months ago
Maggie Gyllenhaal on her directorial debut
In this crossover episode with “The Envelope” podcast, Maggie Gyllenhaal speaks about “The Lost Daughter,” her directorial debut.
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How violence smashed Mexican avocados
Americans eat billions of dollars of Mexican avocados every year. Demand is such that drug cartels and other criminal elements have muscled in on the…
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