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January 01, 1990 - November 20, 2012 + LA Observed

As the LA Sports World Turns listen Download

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Kevin Rodrick on the latest in the LA sports, scene, "more drama than on any so-called reality show on television..."

Bookstores Closing listen Download

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Kevin Roderick on the disappearing number of bookstores on the Westside...

Occupy City Hall listen Download

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Kevin Roderick on the Occupy LA encampment at Los Angeles City Hall.

Weegee's L.A. listen Download

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Kevin Roderick muses on Arthur Fellig and 'Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles' at MOCA, part of the Pacific Standard Time collaboration.

Clock is Ticking Down on Print Newspapers listen Download

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Kevin Roderick on the future of print journalism.

The Magic of Magic Johnson listen Download

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Twenty years after Magic Johnson announced that he had the AIDS virus, Kevin Roderick reflects on how the world looks at HIV, and what the...

Occupying LA listen Download

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It's been 30 days now since Occupy LA's protesters set up camp on the lawn of City Hall...

LA Is Money listen Download

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Today was my first day in a new club. Like a lot of other Angelenos, I've now been caught in an Obamajam....

Music in Historic Places listen Download

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I don't listen to a lot of classical music, but some. I'm glad it's still available on the radio here. In many parts of the...

Nerds We Have Known listen Download

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The death of Steve Jobs touched a lot of people, to understate an obvious fact.

Saving Their Dad listen Download

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In the movie 127 Hours, James Franco survives in the wild by cutting off his own arm. Hollywood loves stories like that -- pulled from...

Obama Jamming listen Download

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If you're listening in your car, there's a decent chance you're not moving. On this Monday the traffic jam you're in could be more intense...

Fear of the Unknown listen Download

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No one needs the new poverty numbers to know there's a lot of anxiety in the land. But the image is pretty graphic: the highest...

East West Axis listen Download

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Earlier today, men in suits and hardhats held shovels and pretended to dig in dirt for the cameras. These shovel-turning ceremonies used to occur all...

Wild LA listen Download

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Unless you go to school, or have kids who do, Labor Day isn't the marker of time here that it is in less summery places....