Father Gregory Boyle is a Jesuit priest and the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries, a world famous gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in Los Angeles. The program provides training and employment to former gang members along with services like tattoo removal, substance abuse support, and mental health therapy. Homebody Industries was recently awarded the 2020 Humanitarian Prize from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, which recognizes one non-profit organization per year for its extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering and comes with $2.5 million dollars in unrestricted funding. During this podcast, Father Greg discusses what he’s learned about why people join gangs and commit violence, he reveals how he and others help former gang members to heal, grow and transform into productive and healthy individuals, and he talks about a new documentary “Healing Trauma: Beyond Gangs and Prison” from Brave New Films and director Robert Greenwald.

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Mark Mothersbaugh is a musician, singer, composer and co-founder of the iconic 1970s and 80s rock/synth-pop group Devo. The group’s music and social commentary had a core group of devoted fans, with their biggest hit “Whip It” making it to number 14 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in 1980.

In the mid 80s, Mark began writing music for TV and movies beginning with “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.” Since then, he’s written music for more than 80 film and TV projects. Among his works: “Rugrats” and a number of Wes Anderson films including “Bottle Rocket,” “Rushmore,” “The Royal Tennenbaums” and “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.”

During this podcast, Mark talks about how he discovered music as a child, the history of Devo, and his career as a composer for film and TV.

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Nancy Silverton is one of the most celebrated and honored chefs in the U.S. and is a co-owner of three of the most popular and well-regarded restaurants in Los Angeles--Osteria Mozza, Pizzeria Mozza, and Chi Spacca. The three restaurants have wowed critics and diners from the day each opened.

This episode was originally released in 2016.

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Paul Pringle is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter with the Los Angeles Times and the author of the new book "Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels." The book takes readers inside the scandals involving the then dean of USC's Keck School of Medicine and USC gynecologist George Tyndall. 

During this podcast, Pringle details the scandals as they unfolded, and reveals how Los Angeles Times reporters had to fight their own editors to get the stories published.

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Katie Engelhart is a writer and producer and author of the new book "The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die." Her story “What Happened in Room 10?” won a George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting in 2021. She has also worked as a foreign correspondent for VICE News.

During this podcast, Engelhart discusses the history and current state of assisted suicide and the right to die including stories of individuals who have chosen to end their lives to end suffering.

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On this episode of the podcast, we revisit conversations with documentarians. You'll hear portions of conversations with filmmakers Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk. Their documentary "Lead Me Home" shares stories of people living on the streets in Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. You'll also hear about combat camerwomen from documentarian Heather O'Neill, whose documentary "No Ordinary Life" was an official selection at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. Oscar-winning filmmaker Bryan Fogel also talks about his documentary "The Dissident," about the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Finally, Karis Jagger and Fabienne Toback talk about their Netflix documentary series, "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America."

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JIm Gray is a longtime sportscaster and the author of the new book, "Talking to GOATs: The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard". In the book, Gray shares stories about some of the greatest athletes of all time, including Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Michael Phelps, Lebron James, Tiger Woods, and more. In this episode of the podcast, Jim Gray opens up about his professional and personal relationships with the athletes he covers. He shares his reaction to the news about his friend TIger Woods, involvement in a terrible accident, and reflects on the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Kobe and Gianna Bryant, and seven others. Gray also shares stories from his long career, and some of his most memorable experiences.

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The first Frank Buckley Interviews audio podcast dropped on August 17, 2016. Every Wednesday since then, a new podcast has featured a conversation or conversations with fascinating individuals. Frank goes deep with his guests, going beyond the usual sound bites one hears on news programs. 

During this podcast, we highlight some of the many guests he's had on both the podcast and now the TV show that airs every weekend on KTLA and is available worldwide on YouTube and on the KTLA+ app. Among the guests you'll hear on this episode: Tembi Locke, Larry King, Ice Cube, Katelyn Ohashi, and Kobe Bryant.

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Comedian Jo Koy is the star and executive producer of "Easter Sunday," a film loosely based on his life and produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners. As a stand-up comic, Jo sells out venues like the Kia Forum in Inglewood and others across the U.S. He has appeared in stand-up comedy specials on Comedy Central and Netflix. Jo's comedy album "Live From Seattle" reached #1 on the Billboard charts in April of 2019. Jo appeared as a season regular roundtable guest on 140 episodes of Chelsea Lately. During this March 2020 conversation, Jo discusses his life and career and reveals how he self-financed his first Netflix special because the streaming service didn't want to fund it.

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Mary Roach is an author that specializes in science and humor. She has been called "America's funniest science writer." Her new book, "Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law," focuses on the unpredictable world where animals and humans meet and the curious science of human-wildlife conflict. In this podcast, Roach discusses some of the wildest encounters she found in her investigations. She also shares some of her thoughts on wildlife encounters that may be common in Los Angeles, like what to do should you encounter a bear or mountain lion.

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