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When Oscar got it wrong
What do Babygirl, Singing in the Rain and Apocalypse Now have in common? They've all been overlooked by Oscar voters.
Some Oscar blunders fall into th…
1 year, 2 months ago
Is there an American oligarchy?
When Donald Trump was sworn in on Monday, he was flanked by billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg.
Also on the dais was Apple CEO Tim…
1 year, 2 months ago
Breaking down the executive actions Trump is using to govern
President Donald J. Trump began taking decisive steps to implement his agenda hours after being sworn in.
In the day since he's once again become Pr…
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump is back and ready to change America
Donald Trump returns to Washington newly empowered.
The Republican party has remade itself in his image. The Supreme Court has granted him sweeping i…
1 year, 2 months ago
Joe Biden's complicated legacy
When he ran for office in 2020, President Joe Biden vowed to turn the page on then president Donald Trump. But it's Trump who is returning to the Whi…
1 year, 3 months ago
'The birds are back.' Resilience in the ruins of the Palisades fire
Will Rogers State Historic Park is a vast stretch of natural space in the Santa Monica Mountains. It's a treasure to Angelenos. People get married th…
1 year, 3 months ago
Will we finally see an end to the war in Gaza?
At the time we publish this episode, Israel's government has yet to accept the terms of the long-negotiated and hard fought ceasefire deal announced …
1 year, 3 months ago
America's place in the world during a second Trump term
Confirmation hearings for Trump's cabinet picks are in full swing on Capitol Hill with a number of them appearing before the Senate this week.
Nominee…
1 year, 3 months ago
Keeping America Safe: CIA Director Burns reflects
On a shelf in his office at CIA headquarters, Director Bill Burns keeps a tiny scaled model of a house. It's the house in Kabul, Afghanistan, where A…
1 year, 3 months ago
What happens when wildland fire reaches the city?
"Wildfire" is the word we tend to use when we talk about what Los Angeles has been dealing with the past week.
But Lori Moore-Merrell, the U.S. Fire …
1 year, 3 months ago