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Lost Notes introduces a pair of brothers - one from NASA, the other from Motown - who launched an entire musical universe from their Hollywood Hills hideout.

from Lost Notes

Author and illustrator Mark Kurlansky peels back the cultural, historical, and gastronomical layers of onions.

from Good Food

Amy Chozick covered Hillary Clinton’s 2008 and 2016 presidential campaigns. Her memoir “Chasing Hillary” is the basis for the new Max series “The Girls on the Bus.”

Reporting on Hillary Clinton inspired ‘The Girls on the Bus’

Amy Chozick covered Hillary Clinton’s 2008 and 2016 presidential campaigns. Her memoir “Chasing Hillary” is the basis for the new Max series “The Girls on the Bus.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Atlantic writer Franklin Foer examines rising antisemitism from the political left, and why what he describes as a “Golden Age for American Jews” is over.

‘Golden Age for American Jews’ is ending: Franklin Foer

Atlantic writer Franklin Foer examines rising antisemitism from the political left, and why what he describes as a “Golden Age for American Jews” is over.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Lizzie Stark hatches stories exploring the cultural history and uses of eggs while sharing her personal story.

Exploring the symbolism, uses, and cultural significance of eggs

Lizzie Stark hatches stories exploring the cultural history and uses of eggs while sharing her personal story.

from Good Food

Dr. Margaret Magat describes eating balut, an embryonic egg delicacy enjoyed across the Philippines.

The cultural context of balut, the Filipino fertilized egg delicacy

Dr. Margaret Magat describes eating balut, an embryonic egg delicacy enjoyed across the Philippines.

from Good Food

Decades ago, Silas White dreamed of setting up a beach club for African Americans at a Santa Monica property he bought.

Ebony Beach Club: Will Silas White’s descendants get restitution?

Decades ago, Silas White dreamed of setting up a beach club for African Americans at a Santa Monica property he bought.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Lost Notes explores how Fela Kuti’s time in LA in 1969 was instrumental in the creation of his legendary Afrobeat sound.

Lost Notes, Season 4 - Ep 3: My Lady’s Frustration: How Fela Kuti Found Afrobeat in LA

Lost Notes explores how Fela Kuti’s time in LA in 1969 was instrumental in the creation of his legendary Afrobeat sound.

from Lost Notes

Beyoncé topped Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with a single from “Cowboy Carter,” but the album has drawn backlash over who’s qualified to make country music.

Pioneering Black artists laid the groundwork for ‘Cowboy Carter’

Beyoncé topped Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with a single from “Cowboy Carter,” but the album has drawn backlash over who’s qualified to make country music.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Judy Baca’s collaborative effort to create “The Great Wall of LA” is the subject of a new LA Times short documentary. The mural is being extended to another half mile.

‘You can't really paint a half a mile by yourself’: Judy Baca on her iconic mural in NoHo

Judy Baca’s collaborative effort to create “The Great Wall of LA” is the subject of a new LA Times short documentary. The mural is being extended to another half mile.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

In this episode of the Scheer Intelligence podcast, host Robert Scheer and The Grayzone editor-in-chief Max Blumenthal contextualize the events of Oct.

Does Zionism lead to genocide?

In this episode of the Scheer Intelligence podcast, host Robert Scheer and The Grayzone editor-in-chief Max Blumenthal contextualize the events of Oct.

from Scheer Intelligence

Topanga is one of the riskiest places in LA County for fires and floods. One of the area’s oldest residents explains why she still calls it home after 92 years.

Fires, quakes, floods – 92-year-old Topangan has seen ‘em all

Topanga is one of the riskiest places in LA County for fires and floods. One of the area’s oldest residents explains why she still calls it home after 92 years.

from KCRW Features

The world of 1970s Laurel Canyon is on full display in Ginny Winn’s book, “Grievous Angels, Trout Masks, and American Beauties: 1970s Rock & Roll Photography of Ginny Winn.”

What it was like being a rock and roll photographer in 1970s LA

The world of 1970s Laurel Canyon is on full display in Ginny Winn’s book, “Grievous Angels, Trout Masks, and American Beauties: 1970s Rock & Roll Photography of Ginny Winn.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Dr. Alex Ketchum showcases feminist restaurants and the essential role they played in multiple social justice movements.

The funky, fascinating history of America's feminist restaurants

Dr. Alex Ketchum showcases feminist restaurants and the essential role they played in multiple social justice movements.

from Good Food

Lost Notes details the darkly hilarious schemes of record-label magnate Ruth Christie, who instigated one of the most absurd court cases in music history.

Lost Notes, Season 4 - Ep 2: Mojo on Trial: The Seedy, Greedy World of Ruth Christie

Lost Notes details the darkly hilarious schemes of record-label magnate Ruth Christie, who instigated one of the most absurd court cases in music history.

from Lost Notes

Long before “Tainted Love” was an ‘80s anthem, it was a 1965 B-side by LA’s Gloria Jones. We trace the song’s journey from a warehouse floor to the annals of pop history.

Tainted Love: Gloria Jones and the Half-Life of a Hit | Lost Notes

Long before “Tainted Love” was an ‘80s anthem, it was a 1965 B-side by LA’s Gloria Jones. We trace the song’s journey from a warehouse floor to the annals of pop history.

from Lost Notes

The Peanuts gang’s 50-year journey with Franklin goes from controversy to redemption in “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin.” The new special is about acceptance.

Franklin gets the love he deserves in new ‘Peanuts’ special

The Peanuts gang’s 50-year journey with Franklin goes from controversy to redemption in “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin.” The new special is about acceptance.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Oscar-nominated director Jonathan Glazer contemplates the profound impact of Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad’s 1962 documentary, “The House is Black,” and its unflinching look at…

Jonathan Glazer on the power of the camera as witness

Oscar-nominated director Jonathan Glazer contemplates the profound impact of Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad’s 1962 documentary, “The House is Black,” and its unflinching look at…

from The Treatment

In Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, Crystal Wilkinson recounts stories and recipes from five generations of Black Appalachian cooks.

The hidden history of Black Appalachian foodways

In Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, Crystal Wilkinson recounts stories and recipes from five generations of Black Appalachian cooks.

from Good Food

Author Marie Arana, former book editor and columnist for the Washington Post and the inaugural literary director of the Library of Congress, joins today’s episode of Scheer…

"LatinoLand": Complex, resilient and powerful

Author Marie Arana, former book editor and columnist for the Washington Post and the inaugural literary director of the Library of Congress, joins today’s episode of Scheer…

from Scheer Intelligence