Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What makes LA wonderful and terrible simultaneously
Los Angeles is sprawling, yet constantly congested. Glamorous and gritty. Deeply diverse. And yet it can’t shake the stereotype that it’s a superficial, vapid, La La Land.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLos Angeles is sprawling, yet constantly congested. Glamorous and gritty. Deeply diverse. And yet it can’t shake the stereotype that it’s a superficial, vapid, La La Land.
In a new book, editor David Kipen compiles what’s been written about LA, including the good and the bad from locals, transplants, visitors, historic figures and celebrities. The book is “Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018.”
The full episode
1 of 4
Memorial Day special: 'Dear LA,' writing tips, black skate scene- 0:00What makes LA wonderful and terrible simultaneouslyYou’re reading this
- 14:40A ravenous species of sea urchin is changing ecosystems off California’s coast
- 23:04The great Oxford comma debate and grammar rules you can ignore
- 38:24The wild history of the African American roller skating community
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir
Associate producer
Caitlin Plummer
producer
David Kipen
former director of literature at the National Endowment for the Arts; founder of Libros Schmibros Lending Library; writing lecturer at UCLA
The full episode
1 of 4Memorial Day special: 'Dear LA,' writing tips, black skate scene- 0:00What makes LA wonderful and terrible simultaneouslyYou’re reading this
- 14:40A ravenous species of sea urchin is changing ecosystems off California’s coast
- 23:04The great Oxford comma debate and grammar rules you can ignore
- 38:24The wild history of the African American roller skating community