• Why California has some of the country’s weakest drunk driving laws
    Nov 13 2025

    Plus, the impact of the LA City Council tightening rent increases, our weekly film reviews, and Evan Kleiman has suggestions for spots offering takeout or dine-in Thanksgiving.

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  • The 100-year history of motels from architectural gems to ‘hot pillow joints’
    Nov 12 2025

    Plus, what Gov. Gavin Newsom hopes to get out of the COP30 climate conference, Inspector General Max Huntsman on LA County jail conditions, and what to see (or skip) on TV this fall.

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    53 mins
  • Veterans Day special: ‘He's become untouchable’: Jeff Buckley is star of new documentary
    Nov 11 2025

    Plus, an oral history of D-Day and the veterans who stormed the beaches of Normandy in 1944, and a new documentary sheds light on Hitler’s favorite filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl.

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    54 mins
  • ‘Electric Nebraska’: Springsteen album that never was…until now
    Nov 11 2025

    Plus, the latest legal fight over SNAP benefits and cases the Supreme Court will (and won’t) take up, travel chaos continues at airports, and how criticism is changing as legacy media cuts back.

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    52 mins
  • Nancy Pelosi to retire after nearly four decades in Congress
    Nov 7 2025

    Plus, how New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani might transform the city, our weekly film reviews, and Evan Kleiman’s stuffed pumpkin recipes.

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    52 mins
  • How famed war photographer Lynsey Addario balances work, home life
    Nov 5 2025

    Plus, California voters approve a plan to redraw the state’s Congressional map, campaigning against trans rights backfires for Republican gubernatorial candidates, and the photography of Sister Corita Kent.

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    52 mins
  • Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen: Presidential assassin ‘less calculating than Tom’
    Nov 5 2025

    Plus, President Trump claims the War Powers Resolution doesn't apply to strikes against alleged drug cartel members in the Caribbean, how Vice President Dick Cheney redefined executive power, and Obamacare enrollees make hard healthcare choices as premiums are set to rise.

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    52 mins
  • ‘Dodgers stand tall,’ win back-to-back World Series titles
    Nov 3 2025

    Plus, President Trump’s tariffs go before the Supreme Court, a new book details the history of abortion pills, and 90s R&B stars Brandy and Monica headline a tour coming to Inglewood this weekend.

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