New Episodes
- Will there be AI-generated artists as popular as Taylor Swift?
- A new AI company called Suno wants everyone to be able to produce their own pro-level songs. What does that mean for artists?
- Mapping the darkness; the science behind sleep
- Kenneth Miller, writer and author of Mapping the Darkness; The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked The Mysteries of Sleep, looks at the history and mysteries surrounding sleep and why it took so long for scientists to take studying it seriously.
- Paula Pell, Ed Zwick, and Grant Singer on The Treat
- Paula Pell goes for heartfelt LOLs, Ed Zwick shares decades worth of Hollywood career lessons, and Grant Singer has The Treat.
- The science of flavor, the taste of tap water, Asian vegetarian
- Explaining how taste and smell interact, why smell is related to emotion, and the patterns of flavor, Arielle Johnson chases deliciousness by taking science and making it fashion.
- BONUS: Arielle Johnson talks Flavorama (Extended Interview)
- Arielle Johnson chases deliciousness by taking science and making it fashion.
- Weekend film reviews: ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,’ ‘Shirley’
- The latest film releases are Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Shirley, The American Society of Magical Negroes, and Carol Doda Topless at the Condor.
- CA’s fast food workers will start earning $20/hr. Is that enough?
- A higher minimum wage benefits fast food workers in an expensive state. It could also mean higher menu prices for customers, and tighter budgets for franchises.
- 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. 7 and afterward in relation to the history of Israel and Palestine.
- Plans for Rafah offensive could divide Netanyahu and US Democrats
- How will a continued offensive in Gaza affect Democratic support for Israel? Can SCOTUS clear up the lines between censorship and free speech?
- Steven Yeun on ‘Beef’; Disney CEO Bob Iger’s potential successors explained
- Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw examine four Disney executives poised to take the throne in 2026 following CEO Bob Iger’s proposed retirement.
- Regarding Her: Support women-led food businesses at these LA events
- Regarding Her, a nonprofit accelerating the growth of women entrepreneurs and leaders in food and beverage, is sponsoring a spattering of events this March.
- CA’s Prop 1 narrowly passes to reform mental health spending
- With the narrow approval of Governor Gavin Newsom’s $6.4 billion mental health bond, Prop 1, the work begins to build thousands of treatment beds.
- East LA academic decathletes are competing for more than gold
- Garfield High School’s academic decathlon team lost their coach to cancer this month. At the state competition this weekend, they want medals in his memory.
- Pandemic slowed progress on closing gender pay gap in CA
- Despite years of progress, California women make 89% of what men do for full-time work, according to a new report. The gap is worse for many women of color.
- ‘Problemista’: Funny, surrealist look at US immigration system
- In “Problemista,” a Salvadoran immigrant longs to become a toy designer when he arrives in New York. The challenges of getting a U.S. work visa threaten his dreams.
- 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.
- Midweek Reset: When to Quit
- This week, corporate speaker, former professional poker player and author of “Quit: The Power Of Knowing When To Walk Away, ” Annie Duke says knowing when to quit can be helpful when it comes to relationships or jobs and that fear of the unknown or being alone, shouldn’t be an excuse for inaction.
- Tackling Mismatched Libidos with Erica Chidi
- How to enjoy intimacy again after a miscarriage? How to handle mismatched libidos in long term relationships? And getting turned off by messy sex.
- What do you do when you want to change a mind?
- Here’s a hint: keep the conversation alive.
- New music from aging pop stars: Do audiences want it?
- Aging pop stars Jennifer Lopez and Justin Timberlake are promoting new albums. Are audiences interested in new material, or just hoping they'll bring sexy back?
- Asian American activists team up to boost AAPI vote in OC
- The four leading Asian American groups in OC are uniting up to boost AAPI turnout at the polls. This demographic is growing the fastest, says the Pew Research Center.
- What it was like photographing the 1970s LA rock and roll scene
- 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.”
- Splintering: When a divorce and first child arrive together
- Leslie Jamison, writer and author of “Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story,” reflects on the end of her marriage months after the birth of her daughter.
- Mistreated and Ignored
- Institutional Care for People with Neurodiversity
- Lorraine Nicholson, Ellen Mirojnick, and Sir Patrick Stewart on The Treat
- Lorraine Nicholson talks playdates at Playboy Mansion, Oscar-nominee Ellen Mirojnick talks costuming “Oppenheimer,” and Sir Patrick Stewart has The Treat.
- Ramadan, plastic bags, gluten-free cooking, feminist restaurants
- Sous chef Kamran Gill discusses the challenges he faces while fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. Laura Strange develops recipes and travel guides for those living a gluten-free life in a gluten-centric world.
- Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira on ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’; ID docuseries alleges years of abuse at Nickelodeon
- Kim Masters and Matt Belloni discuss the alleged years of abuse and inappropriate behavior on Nickelodeon sets as shown in ID’s new docuseries, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
- “The banning of TikTok is an attack on the free market”
- On this episode of Scheer Intelligence, David Greene, the Civil Liberties Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, joins host Robert Scheer to discuss the new bill that would ban the massively popular online social media platform, TikTok, in…
- Can the media get election coverage right this time around?
- How should the media cover a Biden/Trump rematch? What mistakes did we see in coverage of the special counsel testimony? Should perception influence policy?
- Lonely doing your job from home? Turn to pop-up coworking spaces
- Four years after the COVID pandemic made telecommuting a norm, Angelenos are getting lonely on the job. LA event organizers are now offering coworking pop-ups.