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Benjamin Gottlieb Kcrw Staff/Producer

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Benjamin Max Gottlieb is an Emmy Award-winning producer, reporter and photographer from Los Angeles, California.

His work has been featured in a variety of news outlets, including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CNN International, NPR, Global Post, KCET Public Television and the Santa Barbara Independent, among others.

Benjamin has a passion for international news coverage, having traveled to more than 30 countries for work and pleasure. He has lived and reported from Hong Kong and was awarded a Knight Foundation Grant for Religion Reporting in 2012, traveling to northern India to cover the country's fledgling adoption network and burgeoning beef industry.

While his Cantonese and Hindi are rudimentary at best, Benjamin is a competent Spanish speaker.

FROM Benjamin Gottlieb

Monuments to czars and communists 100 years after revolution

Monuments to czars and communists 100 years after revolution Edward Goldman talks about what happened to monuments to Russian czars and communist leaders, 100 years after the Russian Revolution.

2 MIN, 51 SEC Aug 22, 2017

What's next in OC's jailhouse snitch scandal?

Orange County Line

What's next in OC's jailhouse snitch scandal? Judge Thomas Goethals issues historic rebuke to OCDA, Sheriff's Department.

4 MIN, 35 SEC Aug 21, 2017

Big changes at the LA Times

Big changes at the LA Times The editor and publisher of the Los Angeles Times is out, amid slumping ad sales and discontent in the newsroom.

4 MIN, 29 SEC Aug 21, 2017

When one vote leads to a recall

When one vote leads to a recall What happens if you don’t like your local representative? How do you get rid of them?

8 MIN, 6 SEC Aug 18, 2017

Sarah Charlesworth at LACMA

Sarah Charlesworth at LACMA Hunter Drohojowska-Philp recalls the late artist's impact on photography in art.

4 MIN, 8 SEC Aug 17, 2017

Artists, scholars and politicians on the museum stage

Artists, scholars and politicians on the museum stage Edward Goldman talks about what's happens on museum stages after the galleries are closed.

3 MIN, 26 SEC Aug 15, 2017

OC reacts to #Charlottesville

Orange County Line

OC reacts to #Charlottesville Activists react to tragedy, even as alt-right makes home in Orange County.

4 MIN, 29 SEC Aug 14, 2017

California sues Trump DOJ over sanctuary city policy

California sues Trump DOJ over sanctuary city policy The state of California is suing the US Department of Justice over President Donald Trump’s sanctuary city policies.

4 MIN, 4 SEC Aug 14, 2017

Without Washington, cities look to cool off as the planet warms

Without Washington, cities look to cool off as the planet warms This week, federal scientists confirmed that last year was the Earth’s warmest on record.

8 MIN, 8 SEC Aug 11, 2017

Carlos Almaraz and Alejandro Iñárritu

Carlos Almaraz and Alejandro Iñárritu Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about exploding cars and dangerous border crossings.

4 MIN, 27 SEC Aug 10, 2017

Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire

Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire Edward Goldman talks about the long overdue retrospective of Chicano artist Carlos Almaraz at LACMA.

3 MIN, 38 SEC Aug 08, 2017

Parking structures in Laguna Beach?

Orange County Line

Parking structures in Laguna Beach? The seaside town debates how to alleviate annual summertime parking nightmare.

3 MIN, 42 SEC Aug 07, 2017

What's wrong with LA's new trash pickup services?

What's wrong with LA's new trash pickup services? People who rely on, and pay for, trash pick-up in the city of LA are months in from the roll-out of a new system for commercial properties.

4 MIN, 37 SEC Aug 07, 2017

Sessions ups the ante in feud with California

Sessions ups the ante in feud with California U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is once again taking steps to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities.

8 MIN, 35 SEC Aug 04, 2017

'How to Make the Universe Right' and Fran Siegel

'How to Make the Universe Right' and Fran Siegel Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about Daoist and contemporary art at the Fowler.

4 MIN, 24 SEC Aug 03, 2017

Three exhibitions, three sides of a coin

Three exhibitions, three sides of a coin Edward Goldman talks about three exhibitions that explore three sides of the coin.

3 MIN, 47 SEC Aug 01, 2017

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Securing Public Spaces, Super Wealthy Asians

Design and Architecture

Securing Public Spaces, Super Wealthy Asians Vehicles are increasingly being used as weapons, as seen in the London Bridge attack over the weekend and in New York’s Times Square last month. The Compton-based company Calpipe is designing security bollards to help make public spaces safer. And novelist Kevin Kwan satirizes the “crazy rich” Asian jet set and their luxurious tastes in his latest book, “Rich People Problems.”

28 MIN, 31 SEC Jun 06, 2017

Claudio Magris: Blameless

Claudio Magris: Blameless In Claudio Magris' Blameless, a museum of the implements of war and destruction is created to inspire peace. But this conversation is not just about war and peace.

28 MIN, 19 SEC Jun 01, 2017

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There’s not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.

51 MIN, 18 SEC Jun 06, 2017

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Previewing James Comey's blockbuster testimony Former FBI director James Comey testifies Thursday in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, but his opening statement has been released. In it, he says he felt pressured by Donald Trump to declare loyalty to him and publicly clear him of any wrongdoing in the Russia investigation.

51 MIN, 27 SEC Jun 07, 2017