Podcast Episodes

Puppy Kingpin | 1. Follow the Puppies

Season 4 Episode 1

When Mindi Callison finds out a local pet shop might be selling puppies from a puppy mill, she takes action. Soon, she’s tracking dogs being transported from state to state and stumbles onto a compan…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Introducing A New Investigation: Explaining the Unexplainable

Publicly, the government once called UFOs a “waste of time”, but new evidence and uncovered documents prove that the U.S. government is, and for decades has been, very interested in the UFO phenomeno…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Coming Soon: Puppy Kingpin

Americans are used to being on the lookout for a scam, but authorities are warning of a new kind of fraud. Puppy Kingpin shines a spotlight on Jolyn Noethe, a secretive businesswoman from Iowa who is…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Bonus episode: Where's my money?

Season 3 Episode 10

Last year, as the final episodes of The Sellout aired, LA TACO got a tip from a listener: for years, Jose Huizar had been awarding flashy scholarships to college-bound students from Boyle Heights and…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Introducing: Will Be Wild

From critically acclaimed podcast studios Pineapple Street and Wondery comes a new 8-part series called Will Be Wild that shines a light on the human stories left out of the headlines. It goes deep i…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Introducing: Harsh Reality – The Story of Miriam Rivera

It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the beautiful and mysterious Miriam. It’s meant to be he…

Published on 4 years ago

The Sellout | 9: There's A Fire

Season 3 Episode 9

Mariah talks to the Boyle Heights residents who watched as FBI agents raided Huizar’s home and offices. Three months into the pandemic, he’s arrested and pleads not guilty. The residents of CD14 are …

Published on 4 years ago

The Sellout | 8: The Downfall

Season 3 Episode 8

Huizar’s carelessness starts to catch up with him. After more than a dozen all-expenses paid trips to Vegas with plenty of perks, Huizar gets played by one of his own. A businessman turned FBI inform…

Published on 4 years ago

The Sellout | 7: The Coverup

Season 3 Episode 7

Huizar’s downfall started with a sexual harassment lawsuit. He didn’t have the hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle the suit on his own... so the Feds say he relied on a new friend. A developer…

Published on 4 years ago

The Sellout | 6: The Heyday

Season 3 Episode 6

Gentrification comes in waves. Over years, a piece of downtown LA transformed from Skid Row, to a bastion for young artists, to a hipster neighborhood with some of the highest rents in the city. By 2…

Published on 4 years ago