Episodes

Alissa, Cerise, and Matt join to talk LAFD lewd acts, LASD lies, LAPD alerts, and LA City backroom contracting.

Alissa, Scott, and Matt talk about LA’s pollution, the Sheriff’s Metro security press conference, LAHSA’s governance, and, of course, what Eric Garcetti did this last week.

Matt, Scott, and Rachel Reyes join up for the 200th episode of LA Podcast, and talk about a DUI arrest of an LASD deputy, Metro, Vaxx-mandates, and a potential recall on the LA City Council

Alissa, Matt, and Cerise Castle talk Eric Garcetti, police accountability, police harassment while biking, unequal representation in film and television, redistricting, and COP26

Alissa, Scott, and Matt have an update on the Mark Ridley-Thomas corruption trial, LA’s futile redistricting process, Councilmember Joe Buscaino’s potential ballot measure, and a research study masquerading as public assistance in LA.

Scott talks to Alison Herman (The Ringer), Juliet Bennett Rylah (The Hustle) and Lindsay Katai (Infinity Train, Teen Creeps) about Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2016 horror film The Neon Demon.

Join us as we talk about witches, how LA presents itself to the unprepared, and a P22 sighting in Pasadena.

Alissa, Scott, and guest host Cerise Castle gather for a packed episode hitting on vaccine mandates, LASD murders, LAFD’s misogyny, heat, drought, Mark Ridley-Thomas, and much more.

Alissa is joined by co-hosts Rachel Reyes and Cerise Castle to discuss the federal indictment of yet another LA city councilmember, Mark Ridley-Thomas. Plus the Port of LA is switching to round-the-clock operations to save Christmas, homeless residents are being fenced out of MacArthur Park, and the quest to redesign the city of LA’s problematic flag and seal.

Another LA Councilmember is hit with a federal indictment. Mark Ridley-Thomas, one of the most prominent politicians in Los Angeles, now faces charges of conspiracy, bribery, and fraud. Scott Frazier presents the spooky allegations. Listener beware!

Alissa, Scott, and Matt talk shop about Eric Garcetti’s stalled departure, the election to replace LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, and the OC oil spill. Plus, special guest Emily Elena Dugdale joins to talk about her recent investigation into racism in Antelope Valley high schools.