History

Sunday is the 20th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. Along with the government con to sell it to the public, the war launched a still-current age of grift.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Sassy comedian Thelma Todd and acclaimed director Preston Sturges had thriving second acts as restaurateurs — until they didn't.

from Good Food

Los Angeles is an ever-changing city.

40 years of change in LA captured through Karla Klarin’s paintings

Los Angeles is an ever-changing city.

from Greater LA

Historian Hadley Meares uncovers two of LA's earliest celebrity restaurants.

LA's earliest celebrity restaurants were a smashing success — until they weren't

Historian Hadley Meares uncovers two of LA's earliest celebrity restaurants.

from Good Food

Michael Schulman’s new book, “Oscar Wars,” looks at some shocking moments and controversies in the Academy Awards’ 95-year history.

Oscars history: In these key moments, ceremony wasn’t just about movies

Michael Schulman’s new book, “Oscar Wars,” looks at some shocking moments and controversies in the Academy Awards’ 95-year history.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Three decades after bringing “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” to the stage, Anna Deavere Smith returns with a new cast and expanded vision.

Anna Deavere Smith: For the first time, I saw race as more complex than Black and white

Three decades after bringing “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” to the stage, Anna Deavere Smith returns with a new cast and expanded vision.

from Greater LA

Former President Jimmy Carter is 98 and now in hospice care. Press Play reflects on what may be the biggest accomplishment of his presidency: the 1978 Camp David Accords.

Camp David Accords: How Carter brought peace to Egypt, Israel

Former President Jimmy Carter is 98 and now in hospice care. Press Play reflects on what may be the biggest accomplishment of his presidency: the 1978 Camp David Accords.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Ramona Vine has been around longer than the U.S. has been a country. And the first winery in the city of LA since Prohibition has found a unique use for its heritage grapes.

A local winery cultivates LA's oldest grapevine to make a modern wine

The Ramona Vine has been around longer than the U.S. has been a country. And the first winery in the city of LA since Prohibition has found a unique use for its heritage grapes.

from Good Food

A century ago, Florence Casler developed buildings in a booming LA. She left her mark on the city and the male-dominated real estate business.

Florence Casler was powerhouse in 1920s male-dominated LA real estate

A century ago, Florence Casler developed buildings in a booming LA. She left her mark on the city and the male-dominated real estate business.

from Greater LA

“Don’t Fence Me In” at the Japanese American National Museum takes a unique look at the quest for normalcy by adolescents in concentration camps during World War II.

‘Don’t Fence Me In’ looks at youth in CA concentration camps

“Don’t Fence Me In” at the Japanese American National Museum takes a unique look at the quest for normalcy by adolescents in concentration camps during World War II.

from Greater LA

"The Martha Mitchell Effect" shows how the wife of President Nixon's campaign manager blew the whistle on Watergate and helped bring down his presidency.

‘Martha Mitchell Effect’: How 1 woman helped bring down Richard Nixon

"The Martha Mitchell Effect" shows how the wife of President Nixon's campaign manager blew the whistle on Watergate and helped bring down his presidency.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Chef Farokh Talati explores his Parsi roots in his first cookbook.

Born of persecution, Parsi cooking melds Persian and Indian cuisines

Chef Farokh Talati explores his Parsi roots in his first cookbook.

from Good Food

Former filmmaker Adam Alexander discovered an unusual pepper on location in Ukraine. It set him on a quest to unearth rare varieties of vegetables.

The Seed Detective seeks out rare, unusual, and endangered varieties

Former filmmaker Adam Alexander discovered an unusual pepper on location in Ukraine. It set him on a quest to unearth rare varieties of vegetables.

from Good Food

Serena Alagappan explores the techniques and culture of eating with hands.

Exploring the history, stigma, and technique of eating with your hands

Serena Alagappan explores the techniques and culture of eating with hands.

from Good Food

Amy Luftig and her business partner launched the first winery to open in Los Angeles since Prohibition.

This downtown winery is the first to open in LA since Prohibition

Amy Luftig and her business partner launched the first winery to open in Los Angeles since Prohibition.

from Good Food

From Malibu to the San Gabriel Valley, a new documentary explores the history of winemaking in Los Angeles.

A new documentary showcases LA's winemaking revival

From Malibu to the San Gabriel Valley, a new documentary explores the history of winemaking in Los Angeles.

from Good Food

Author Alex Prud’homme explores the appetites of more than two dozen U.S. presidents in “Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House.”

Turtle soup, garden veggies, fast food: How presidential meals shaped US

Author Alex Prud’homme explores the appetites of more than two dozen U.S. presidents in “Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Black writers and poets Quraysh Ali Lansana and Ishion Hutchinson share how their poetry is shaped by history, tradition, and the unearthing of forgotten histories.

Black poetry and the unearthing of forgotten histories

Black writers and poets Quraysh Ali Lansana and Ishion Hutchinson share how their poetry is shaped by history, tradition, and the unearthing of forgotten histories.

from Life Examined

Professor Psyche A. Williams-Forson considers the stereotypes and stigmas of race and diet.

'Eating While Black' addresses the power embedded in foodways and culture

Professor Psyche A. Williams-Forson considers the stereotypes and stigmas of race and diet.

from Good Food

Since 1933, The Los Angeles Sentinel has been a voice for the city’s Black community, who felt ignored by mainstream outlets.

LA Sentinel turns 90. How’s the paper faring in today’s media landscape?

Since 1933, The Los Angeles Sentinel has been a voice for the city’s Black community, who felt ignored by mainstream outlets.

from Greater LA