Podcast Episodes

California Books: Kids Reflecting on Journeys of Migration

This week, Sasha Khokha talks to Neda Toloui-Semnani, an Emmy Award winning writer and producer about her new book, "They Said They Wanted Revolution…

4 years, 6 months ago

They Were Under the Radar, But Two CA Singers Leave Lasting Musical Legacies

This week, we’ve got two stories featuring two very different musical artists. Each of them won a singing contest as a teenager that launched their c…

4 years, 6 months ago

Sold Out: A Suburb With an Eviction Problem

During the pandemic, so many Californians have lost their jobs, and struggled to pay rent. People have been forced to make really difficult decisions…

4 years, 6 months ago

The Last Slavery Case in California; YA Author Sabaa Tahir's Gets Personal in 'All My Rage'

This week Sasha Khokha sits down with author Sabaa Tahir to talk about her latest young adult novel, All My Rage. The book is rooted in her own exper…

4 years, 7 months ago

‘Imperfect Paradise’: When Neighbors Shout Down an Apartment Complex for Unhoused People

We’re sharing a new podcast from our friends LAist Studios called ‘Imperfect Paradise.' It tells stories about how California – with its reputation a…

4 years, 7 months ago

How the 1960 Winter Olympics Came to Tahoe; A Mom's Concern with Selling Girl Scout Cookie Online; Creating Community Through Fortune Cookies

If you’ve been watching the Winter Olympics, you’ve probably caught sight of some of the amazing California athletes. In fact, 29 Team USA athletes c…

4 years, 7 months ago

Wajahat Ali's 'Go Back To Where You Came From'; A Granddaughter's Tribute to Her 'Papi Tomas'

Writer Wajahat Ali's Decision to 'Actively Invest in Joy'

“Go back to where you came from.” It’s an insult that unfortunately, many of us have heard. …

4 years, 7 months ago

'Acts of Great Love': How the Marijuana Minister of the Castro Helped Hundreds of San Francisco AIDS Patients

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, members of Reverend Jim Mitulski's congregation, many of them healthy young men, were dying from a terrible disease. The…

4 years, 8 months ago

Helping the Magical Monarch Butterfly; How California's Courts Fail to Disarm Abusers

Scientists say that back in the 1980s, millions of monarchs came to California each year. By 2020, that number dropped to fewer than 2,000. Numbers a…

4 years, 8 months ago

A World of Humor, Queerness, and Tenderness in a Farmworker Camp; This 'Jewish Arbor Day’, COVID Makes Connection Difficult for Gold Country Community

Host Sasha Khokha talks to author Jaime Cortez about his new book of short stories, “Gordo.” The collection is set in the Central Coast farmworker ca…

4 years, 8 months ago