Episodes

  • Introducing: L.A. Crimes
    May 21 2025

    Please enjoy a featured clip of L.A. Times Studio's latest production, L.A. Crimes. On this episode, Madison McGhee is joined by legendary Dateline host Josh Mankiewicz and esteemed L.A. Times Reporter Richard Winton as the three of them dive into all-things Menendez Brothers, the good, the bad, and the still unknown. New episodes drop every Wednesday.

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    11 mins
  • Introducing, Boiling Point: Climate Change Is No Joke. Or Is It?
    Mar 19 2025

    Introducing a new podcast from LA Times Studios and award-winning L.A. Times columnist Sammy Roth, Boiling Point, where Sammy breaks down the many complexities of today's climate challenges and solutions with top experts in the field. In this episode comedian Esteban Gast talks with Sammy about using humor to alleviate climate anxiety, while making clean energy and other environmental solutions more interesting — and even fun. From punchlines to policy, they explore laughter as a powerful tool for change.

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    32 mins
  • Pop Sci editor Corinne Iozzio: a 19th-century magazine goes all 21st century on COVID-19 and more
    Apr 14 2020

    Patt Morrison talks with Pop Science editor Corrine Iozzio.

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    14 mins
  • “World War Z” ‘s Max Brooks: For years, we’ve made plans for this crisis. Why haven’t we used them?
    Mar 31 2020

    Patt Morrison talks with actor and author Max Brooks about the coronavirus and social distancing. Max Brooks has a new book "Devolution" to release next month.

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    20 mins
  • Birdman Steve Holmer: with 3 billion birds vanishing from North American skies in 50 years, how do we keep them flying?
    Mar 17 2020

    Patt Morrison talks with Steve Holmer who has over 25 years of experience working to conserve endangered wildlife. Steve heads the American Bird Conservancy who's motto is "bring back the birds."

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    16 mins
  • Science writer Laura Spinney: how the 1918 flu epidemic gives us clues to our coronavirus reaction
    Mar 10 2020

    Patt Morrison talks with Laura Spinney a British science journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer. Her latest book is Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World.

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    17 mins
  • USC’s Mindy Romero: can Super Tuesday see super turnouts of young, Latino and Asian-American voters?
    Feb 25 2020

    Patt Morrison talks with Mindy Romero the founder and director of the California Civic Engagement Project at the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy, in Sacramento.

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    13 mins
  • Author Andrea McDonnell: Kobe Bryant and the fickle nature of fame
    Feb 20 2020

    Patt Morrison talks with Author Andrea McDonnell. Andrea teaches communications and media studies at Emmanuel College in Boston and is co-author of the book Celebrity : A History of Fame.

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    14 mins
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