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Symphony by Non-Verbal Teen Is His ‘Unforgettable Sunrise’
Non-Verbal Teen to 'Take On the World' With a Symphony Written in His Head
Jacob Rock is a non-verbal, autistic teenager from Los Angeles who wasn’t a…
3 years ago
Cambodian Californians Seek Ways To Heal Trauma Of The Past
Cambodian Americans Work to Heal Cycle of Intergenerational Trauma
More than 40 years after a genocide that killed two million people in Cambodia, the…
3 years ago
Encore: W. Kamau Bell’s Family Explores the Mixed-Race Experience in New Film ‘1,000% Me’
This week we're revisiting one of our favorite interviews from our Mixed! series. W. Kamau Bell has centered conversations about race in much of his …
3 years ago
The Invisible Work that Makes Hollywood Hum
LA Food Bank Welcomes Striking Writers and Actors
Actors and writers are still on strike and a lot of folks behind the scenes from screenwriters to st…
3 years ago
Indigenous Californians Flexing Their Power in Big and Small Ways
Oakland’s Wahpepah's Kitchen Reclaims Native Dishes
Crystal Wahpepah wanted to be a chef since she was 7 years old. Like her grandfather and mother, W…
3 years, 1 month ago
Giant Sequoias Are Burning. Should We Replant Them?
When the Castle Fire started burning in August of 2020, it ripped through Sequoia National Park, burning for months and with an intensity that has be…
3 years, 1 month ago
From Cesar Chavez to La Pulga: Latino Activists Make Their Mark on San Jose
Latinos helped build the city of San Jose, though its a history largely forgotten or ignored. This week, we’re highlighting the impact Mexican-Americ…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Little Known Wartime History of Japanese Americans Living in Japan
This week we’re featuring a story from our friends at Code Switch. It’s the little known history of Japanese Americans who were living in Japan durin…
3 years, 1 month ago
Foretold: A Fortune Teller's Unpredictable Future
This week we’re featuring the Los Angeles Times’ podcast, “Foretold.” It’s the story of a young mother, Paulina Stevens, who was raised in a Romani A…
3 years, 2 months ago
Did Mac Dre Go to Prison Because of His Lyrics?
One of the biggest stories in hip-hop right now is set to play out in a courtroom later this year, when Atlanta rapper Young Thug goes on trial for g…
3 years, 2 months ago