Episodes

  • 3 L.A. American Dream Origin Stories!

    3 L.A. American Dream Origin Stories!
    Jun 6 2025
    I delve into the stories of three of my favorite L.A. American Dream Stories: Porto's Bakery, Fatburger, and Vallarta. Inspirational, iconic, and impactful - these are three fascinating origin stories that helped define L.A. culinary culture.
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    23 mins
  • L.A.'s Civil War: Natives vs. Transplants

    L.A.'s Civil War: Natives vs. Transplants
    May 30 2025
    I get DMs all the time about things people love or hate about L.A. and one of the things people 'hate' the most are the transplants. Another thing people 'hate' are the natives. So who is right? Why do natives hate transplants and transplants hate natives? I dive into this dichotomy which is actually L.A.'s Civil War.
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    21 mins
  • Life, Legacy, & L.A. Lettering: The Big Sleeps Chronicles

    Life, Legacy, & L.A. Lettering: The Big Sleeps Chronicles
    May 23 2025
    David Cavazos, better known as Big Sleeps, is an artist whose work is displayed at museums from the Natural History Museum to the Getty. But his journey started during a turbulent youth in Pico-Union, where he honed his craft and created a style known as Indigenous L.A. Lettering. After surviving a harrowing adolescence, he found inspiration through tattooing & muraling, which catapulted him to adulation and respect from Japan to Venezuela to back home in L.A. This is the origin story of Big Sleeps.
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • How L.A. is Rebuilding after the Fires

    How L.A. is Rebuilding after the Fires
    May 16 2025
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General William Hannan is leading Task Force Phoenix in the crucial first step of rebuilding L.A. after the fires: removing 4.5 MILLION tons of ash and debris. This is a part of a coordinated effort involving Los Angeles County, CalOES, FEMA, and we talk with Brig. General Hannan about the intricacies of how this humongous, important project is coming together.
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    53 mins
  • This is L.A.'s New Solution to Homelessness. Will it Help?

    This is L.A.'s New Solution to Homelessness. Will it Help?
    May 9 2025
    There are more than 75,000 homeless people in L.A., costing the city more than $1.3 billion per year, with minimal improvement over the last decade. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted to overhaul homeless spending by redirecting the vast majority of county funding from the troubled L.A. Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). This was a proposal from Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, so we sit down with her for a 1-on-1 to find out if this is indeed a new solution to the issue, or more of the same.
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    43 mins
  • L.A. Restaurants are in Crisis. . .how can we save the Industry?!?

    L.A. Restaurants are in Crisis. . .how can we save the Industry?!?
    May 2 2025
    I sit down with Christy Vega of the 70-year-old L.A. Institution, Casa Vega, to discuss the CRISIS faced by the L.A. Restaurant industry. Covering everything from rising costs to ineffectual policies that have driven so many legendary restaurants out of business, Christy has some real talk. . .and some solutions for how to save L.A.'s most precious industry.
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    53 mins
  • Stephen Cloobeck, Is this the next governor of California?!

    Stephen Cloobeck, Is this the next governor of California?!
    Apr 25 2025
    Stephen Cloobeck is an entrepreneur, philanthropist and possibly the new governor of California? We sit down with the former CEO of Diamond Resorts, Stephen Cloobeck, to get his take on how he could make a better California. From his past charitable experiences to his business-first approach towards leadership, Cloobeck gives us his plan for how to make California thrive. Spoiler alert, it begins with its "customers" as Cloobeck would put it."
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Go Kings Go! 1-on-1 with NHL Hall of Famer Luc Robitaille

    Go Kings Go! 1-on-1 with NHL Hall of Famer Luc Robitaille
    Apr 18 2025
    Luc Robitaille is one of the Top 100 players in NHL history, and the L.A. Kings all time leader in goals. Now, as the President of the Kings, he's leading the organization on another run to the Stanley Cup. But how did the Montreal native feel when he first stepped off the plane into the City of Angels? In a fun & fast-paced interview, we get intimate with Cool Hand Luc and talk about everything from his love for the city he's called home for the last 38 years to his time playing with Wayne Gretzky to his outlook on the Kings' future.
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    31 mins