Writer Hayes Davenport (Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals) gives us the skinny on how one map drawn by a bunch of racists in the 1940s is why your rent is so high and your commute is so bad. We learn about Proposition 13, Measure S, Costa Hawkins, redlining, rent control and how we can build actually affordable housing in our fair city so every Lyft driver doesn't have to commute from Riverside. 

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We move into the US relationship with Saudi Arabia under Obama and Trump with Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House. What does "the Iran deal" actually means and why is Saudi Arabia afraid of it? What's up with the blockade in Yemen? Now that women can drive, is Riyadh the new Silicon Valley? It's all pretty bad so we decompress by looking at some funny stuff at the end.

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Felix continues the saga of the Sauds: the king gets crowned (with a bullet), revolutionary fervor grips the country, mosques get seized, money and weapons all over the place. We break it down for you. Plus, Mike Cernovich livestreams from Lemon Party, Mark Wahlberg singlehandedly stops 9/11 and Charlie Hebdo is founded after a ten-minute firefight. 

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Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House comes to Burbank to talk about LA versus NYC, rag on the British and teach us about the modern Saudi state, which is surprisingly analogous to The Godfather, and Saudi Arabia's relationship to the US. Josh and Sara give important New Year's Eve advice and learn about SF's sinking tower of billionaires. Plus: what's Wahhabism? Can you eat a bullet out of a pussy? Was the Yalta Conference a no-fap meetup? 2018 beckons and we are full of answers.

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Comedian James Adomian (@jadomian) delivers terrible news to the Leftsheviks: Los Angeles used to have great public transit. It was the Pacific Electric Red Car, it was destroyed by oil and auto lobbies and it's not a conspiracy theory it's a conspiracy FACT. That story plus, we recognize the Armenian genocide, Huell Howser takes us on a tour of Zankou Chicken and Neil Young invents ska.

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We get high and ask "what even IS money?" with financial advisor David Jette (@sydiot), who explains why most of the money in the world is invisible and why municipalities like LA should divest from private banks (that use predatory lending practices to destroy minority wealth and invest in polluting pipelines across Native lands) and instead create publicly funded banks (controlled by the residents of the city it serves)! Today (12/13/17) the city of Los Angeles officially voted to divest from Wells Fargo (!!!!) and Public Bank LA is ready to step in. 

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Jacque's bacque with the nitty gritty on investigating sexual harassment in the workplace and some horrifying examples of companies getting sued! We delve into what works and what doesn't about the current HR system when it comes to reporting harassment and brainstorm about how to create better systems in our growing political organizations.

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We learn the 101 of workplace harassment rights in the US, from the Civil Rights Act to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, with employment lawyer and comedian Jacques Ntonme. Also, the true meaning of Cyber Monday, how the sheriff's department ruins EVERYTHING, why workplace training should have catchier names, and what's behind the whole "LA Fake Nice" thing (mortality!). To be continued!

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Left Coast's first live show at LA Podfest with guests J.D. Connor (Associate Professor at USC) and Matt Christman (Chapo Trap House) delves into the Big Mouse himself, the man who built Burbank: war profiteer and fabled megalomaniac Walt Disney. Violent labor strikes, HUAC snitching, government bailouts, the invention of leisure, 12-cent minimum wages and more! What's the party frat at Disney University? Is Uncle Walt's head really buried underneath the Pirates of the Caribbean ride? Who's more communist than communists? Tune in to find out.

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The final chapter in the story of the LA aqueduct with our guest Malloy (@mmalloyboy) of Discourse Collective (@DiscoCollective). We find out what happened to Owens Valley after Mulholland drank their whole milkshake: real bad dust, internment camps and veteran piss. Whole bunch of class war and fuck yous to Central Valley farmers in this one!

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