J.T. the L.A. Storyteller

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 →

For our 97th episode, Gustavo Arellano (@GustavoArellano), author of the “¡Ask a Mexican!” column from The OC Weekly from 2004 – 2017, and now a columnist for the L.A. Times, as well as host of The Times: Daily News from the L.A. Times podcast, joins us for a dynamic conversation on the state of theContinue reading EPISODE 97 – GUSTAVO ARELLANO ON LATINOS AND JOE ROGAN, SHERIFF VILLANUEVA, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND MORE →

For Bloods, Crips, scholars, story-lovers, and more, William J. Aceves, law professor at California Western School of Law in San Diego, describes How four gangs in Watts brokered a historic peace treaty just days before the L.A. rebellion over the Rodney King verdict. That is, a treaty modeled after the 1949 Armistice agreement between EgyptContinue reading EPISODE 96 – WILLIAM J. ACEVES ON THE HISTORIC WATTS PEACE TREATY OF 1992 →

Oscar Zarate (@outta_papeles) schools us on unincorporated Los Angeles, the L.A. County Tenants’ Bill of Rights, fareless transit, and more. Oscar’s citations include an analysis showing that fareless transit could reduce over 60 billion in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in L.A. County, as well as this study showing fareless transit’s effect on Metro bus andContinue reading EPISODE 95 – OSCAR ZARATE ON FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT IN L.A. →

In our 94th episode, the tables are turned, as Young Oak Kim Academy’s history teacher Marika Tripodes interviews us for a new program with students there. Our convo includes thoughts on J.T. the L.A. Storyteller as historicism, how one discovers and “protects” their story at an early time in their lives, connections between music andContinue reading EPISODE 94 – HOW L.A. STORIES SAVE LIVES →

In our 93rd installment we connect with Gina Viola (@GinaForLA), the grassroots and people-powered candidate for the mayor’s office of Los Angeles in the 2022 primary. We discuss Viola’s recent calls to participate in the CSULA debate between mayoral candidates taking place this Sunday, May 1st, as well as the “weak mayoral system” in LosContinue reading EPISODE 93 – GINA VIOLA FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES →