Nithya Raman tries to forge a third way for LA between Bass, Pratt
05/26/2026 | 51 mins.
Plus, the LA Phil names its new music director, President Trump’s $1.8 billion pot of anti-weaponization money has been described as a slush fund, and the best of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
How Monterey Park banned AI data centers
05/21/2026 | 51 mins.
Plus, the U.S. indicts Raúl Castro for shooting down planes decades ago, Evan Kleiman goes to Sicily, and our critics review the long-awaited return of Star Wars to the big screen.
Chiara Barzini’s ‘Aqua’ chronicles LA’s water in peril
05/20/2026 | 53 mins.
Plus, wildfires are burning across the Southland. Are we ready for more intense fires? And 50 years ago this week, the "Judgment of Paris” jumpstarted the California wine industry.
Mayoral hopeful Rae Huang vows to fire LAPD chief, make buses free
05/19/2026 | 53 mins.
Plus, her homelessness platform and plans for Inside Safe, what Silicon Valley insiders really think about AI (and what everyone else thinks), and 33 years of CBS’s The Late Show ends this week.
The many delights of Herb Alpert
05/19/2026 | 53 mins.
Plus, in a surprisingly competitive race for Los Angeles mayor, reality star Spencer Pratt is polling just behind Mayor Karen Bass. And analysis of the verdict in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI.