Podcast Episodes

The ever-endangered, ever-reborn Jewish deli

Bagels and lox, pastrami on rye and maybe a dollop of sour cream or applesauce on your latkes: The Jewish deli is a staple of American city life, and…

4 years, 5 months ago

Are NFTs worth your money?

Pudgy Penguins, Bored Apes and CryptoKitties — a Noah’s Ark of nonfungible tokens — are the latest trend for people trying to get rich and engage wit…

4 years, 5 months ago

Min Jin Lee on casual racism and finding truth

Today, a crossover episode with our L.A. Times cousin podcast “Asian Enough.” Hosts Tracy Brown and Jen Yamato interview novelist Min Jin Lee about l…

4 years, 5 months ago

She was the Rosa Parks of the 1800s

Ellen Garrison Jackson Clark was the granddaughter of a freed man who fought in the Revolutionary War. She grew up educated and refined in Concord, M…

4 years, 5 months ago

Our nation's Haitian double standard

Note: This episode mentions thoughts of suicide. 

Over the last month, the population of Del Rio, Texas, has jumped by half. The reason: refugees, man…

4 years, 5 months ago

Why Latinos hide their identities

Latinos have long hidden in plain sight in U.S. society. Some do it to lessen the racism they might face from non-Latinos. But there’s another type o…

4 years, 5 months ago

Biden shut a migrant camp. Then this bigger one appeared

Right now, migrant camps are popping up on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. They’re filled with people who escaped dire circumstances in their h…

4 years, 5 months ago

Abortion rights spread in Latin America

This month, Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion in the country. Argentina legalized abortion last December, becoming one of just three cou…

4 years, 5 months ago

What California lost in the war on terror

No state has lost as much as California in the war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks; 776 men and women who called the Golden State home ha…

4 years, 5 months ago

Let's settle the "Latinx" debate once and for all

We're delving into the term “Latinx.” Whom does it refer to? Who uses it? And why do people on both the left and the right, Latino and not, get so wo…

4 years, 5 months ago