Podcast Episodes

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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 months ago

Mexico's murdered journalists

Mexico trails just Syria and Iraq as the deadliest country in the world to be a journalist. That’s according to data collected from 2000 through 2022…

4 years, 5 months ago

Tet, today and yesterday

Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is a national holiday, not just in Vietnam but all over the world wherever Vietnamese may be. And in the United S…

4 years, 5 months ago

Home was where the freeway is

In Santa Monica during the 1950s and ‘60s, city leaders evicted hundreds of Black families to build what ended up being the 10 Freeway. But now, in a…

4 years, 5 months ago

The Blur guy insulted a pop star. The reaction? Swift

It was the Taylor Swift diss heard around the world. “She doesn’t write her own songs.” That’s what Damon Albarn, the lead singer for the British ban…

4 years, 5 months ago

The Omicron kids

Just when it seemed schools and parents and teachers were figuring out how to do in-person learning again, Omicron hit.

The highly contagious variant …

4 years, 5 months ago

A comic and COVID walk into a cruise ship ...

On New Year’s Day, comedian Jen Murphy boarded a cruise ship out of Miami and got ready to perform for 1,800 people. She never did end up getting on …

4 years, 5 months ago