L.A. City Council Member-Elect Hernandez and I discuss so much it’s hard to believe it’s all in just one episode: The relationship between L.A. City Hall and L.A. County at the local level, the redistricting of K-Town into CD-10 with Council-Member Hutt, the leaked racist recordings from three L.A. City Council Members and Labor FederationContinue reading EPISODE 105 – EUNISSES HERNANDEZ IS THE NEWEST, MOST EXCITING INCOMING L.A. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER →

Post-voting all that’s left is to review the ballot’s efficacy, coverage of the elections by the L.A. Times, Gen-Z and Millennials’ historic participation, expanding the number of L.A. City Hall seats as soon as possible, Karen Bass, K-Town Is OK: The Shirts, and more. J.T.

Stay tuned. From Los Cuentos to our supporters everywhere, with love. J.T.

Fatima Iqbal-Zubair returns to the show on a very special day, her birthday! We discuss the roots of her two-year campaign for Assembly District 65 (formerly Assembly District 64) in Watts’ schools, including her seven years with the Robotics team there, as well as the final push for donations to her grassroots campaign leading upContinue reading EPISODE 103 – FATIMA FOR ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 65 IS CLOSING IN →

Hugo Soto-Martinez returns for a second time to chat with us about the upcoming vote for leadership in the neighborhood over the next four years. Hugo performed well during his primary contest against L.A. City Council incumbent Mitch O’Farrell for L.A.’s 13th district, when almost half of the area’s voters chose him as the nextContinue reading EPISODE 102 – HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 13 →

Sal Roses returns for a third time with new, independent music for your rotation. We discuss East Hollywood, reggaeton and Bad Bunny, Chicano rap vs West Coast Latinx music, a soon-coming music video from the album, and more; art and photography for Turning Mud Into Gold is provided by @eliasazek and @c.l.v.r.k! Follow Sal onContinue reading EPISODE 101 – TURNING MUD INTO GOLD WITH SAL ROSES →

With Eileen Wallis, author of Earning Power: Women and Work in Los Angeles, 1880 – 1930 and professor of History at Cal Poly, Pomona. J.T.

Facts. J.T.

For our 99th episode, L.A. Times reporter Benjamin Oreskes (@boreskes) sits down to chat with us about Karen Bass’ upbringing through South Los Angeles as described by his profile of the congresswoman recently. We touch on Bass’ early years in Los Angeles, including when she wrote letters in support of Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaignContinue reading EPISODE 99 – KAREN BASS, COMMUNITY COALITION, AND SOUTH LOS ANGELES AND THE FUTURE →

For our 98th installment (originally recorded May 29th, 2022), Nahshon and I discuss yours truly’s roots in Los Angeles, the L.A. mayor’s race, the L.A. County Sheriff’s office, and even Acapulco restaurant. Nahshon Dion is a multi-talented, award-winning creative nonfiction writer, teaching artist, creative director, executive producer, and arts patron from Pasadena, California. She hostsContinue reading EPISODE 98 – TELL THEM EVERYTHING NOW, WITH NAHSHON DION →