Weekly messages from the High School Ministry and Middle School Ministry at Westwood Community Church. Westwood is a multisite Church located in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Two journalists arrested by the UCLA police for filming students being arrested - William & Sean: Westwood
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel and William Gude are independent journalists who documented the protests at UCLA in April and May and spoke at length about the amount of bungling and incompetence that went down on the beautiful campus. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support…
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Ysabel Jurado - Teen mom turned lawyer and possible next councilperson for CD-14, Highland Park
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Ysabel Jurado may become the first Filipina to become an LA City councilperson if she can continue her winning ways and take out KDL who is mired in controversy. The former teen mom and current community lawyer talks about the Graffiti Towers, her ideas to solve homelessness, and spots she loves in NELA. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters…
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The Man Who Lived In the Most Rock 'N Roll House in Sawtelle
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For over 10 years Justin Fisher lived in many parts of the backhouse of The Amherst House where Weezer and other bands were born. He lived in the bedroom, the living room, and even the makeshift attic. All because he moved to LA to achieve the American of becoming a professional musician and running off with a Californian cheerleader and raising a …
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When restaurants named after one-word nouns arrive in your neighborhood: Beware
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Lex Steppling on growing up in Chesterfield Square, Nirvana at 10, and the tell-tale signs of gentrification --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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The Man the city gave 9,310 LAPD photos to and now wants back - Mid City
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Ben Camacho asked for all the photos and salary information of the LAPD. After some typical hemming and hawing, the City Attorney approved the journalist's request. Once the info quickly spread online, the police union raised a fit and the new City Attorney is now suing Camacho for the public information and possibly millions of dollars in damages.…
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Maebe A Girl Just May become USA's First Trans Congressperson
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The last time Maebe ran for Congress, she got nearly 30% of the vote. Now that the incumbent is gone… could she win it all? In this episode we talk about politics, Silver Lake, smash burgers, growing up in the suburbs of Illinois and playing football on her high school team. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pie…
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Freemason for 20 years, this Valley native now is focused on planting native flowers
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Greg Stewart was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. He was in Granada Hills 30 years ago today when the Northridge Quake struck. We talk about how he was still forced to go to work the next day, equipped with a hard hat. We also discuss Reseda, what parts of the Val aren't really the Val, which parts should break off to be their own cities…
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Documentary Filmmaker Shining a Light on Female Inventors and Telepathy
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Ky Dickens on her love of nonfiction storytelling, consciousness, and why she wishes she moved to Toluca Lake years ago. Hailing from the suburbs of Chicago, Ky says she was reluctant to move to LA because of the many myths she’d heard about traffic, neighborhoods, and quality of life. But now after living here for six years, wishes she had skedadd…
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The Man Intent on Removing Trump's Star from Hollywood Blvd.
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Andrew Rudick has done the research and due diligence. He has the receipts and the paperwork. He claims the ball is in the court of CD13 councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez to begin the process of removing Trump's star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame due to that thing he did on January 6th when he tried to overthrow Democracy. Will Soto-Martinez live up …
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LA is the Best US City for Pizza says Italian cuisine expert Paul Feinstein - Beverly Grove
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Travel writer, food writer, former bartender, went to cooking school just to be a better journalist, Mr. Paul Feinstein is the author of the new book Italy Cocktails and goes into great detail about his neighborhood Beverly Grove, "authenticity" and how bad crazy this one pizza spot is on a swanky street. --- Support this podcast: https://podcaster…
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Prof. Noel Hearn can cure the ailing Dodgers pitching staff
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But it might be too late for Adele. The Alexander Technique practitioner, music teacher, and classical music head on living among fancy birds, moving here from Mississippi, and what the heck is happening to Westwood. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support…
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Why the Mayor of LA should hire Eric Brightwell to be the Neighborhood Tsar - Silver Lake
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Eric Brightwell is all the things you’d want in a neighbor. He’s been around for seemingly forever, he rides his bike everywhere when he’s not on the bus, he’s civically minded, he knows where the best spots are, he has great taste in movies and music, and he has the greatest obsession: drawing and painting neighborhood maps of Los Angeles. Lo all …
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Growing Up in South Central and Writing His Way Across the 10 to Arlington Heights
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Gary Phillips is happily married, lives in a Craftsman in Arlington Heights and writes about whatever he wants: the LA dream --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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Jason Reedy - The Man KDL Attacked at the Toy Giveaway - Highland Park
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Jason Reedy, as you will hear, is an intelligent, thoughtful, Angeleno who cares for his mind, body, and spirit. He’s a well-read vegan marathon runner who can easily talk about Christianity or Islam as well as world history. On top of that he’s a kind, funny, and devoted parent who even takes his toddler to City Hall — which annoys some for some r…
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Jon Peltz - City Hall journalist on The Grove, The Americana and homelessness
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Jon is a fantastic reporter and editor, most recently with Knock LA, the indie news outlet that comes up first when you Google LASD Gangs. Jon talks about what that job entails, covering Rick Caruso, and what he would tell the billionaire he needs to work on in relation to the AMC Theaters and the Cheesecake Factory. --- Support this podcast: https…
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Sabrina Johnson Cannot Be Put In A Box - Koreatown
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The activist, organizer, fitness guru, and New England transplant who just happens to know a few things about weapons. Hear as she talks about co-founding the loudest anti-fascist group in Los Angeles. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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Richard Horgan - No Hollywood Spin from this former TMZ journalist - Park La Brea
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Richard is a Canadian who immigrated to LA in the mid-90s and has been in and around the Hollywood journalism scene ever since. We talk about Park La Brea, The Grove, The Glendale Galleria, the idea of one man owning most of LA’s trade papers, the LA Times, and so much more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pie…
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Mike Roe - 15 years at KPCC, Pizza, and Weird nights in Echo Park
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Mike Roe had been helping build KPCC's website for the last 15 years. He even helped build its union. Then in this last wave of cuts, he was shown the door. In this episode we talk about some of his favorite moments there, and living in Echo Park back in the day. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support…
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Dude he's a therapist: Phil Stark's evolution to your catharsis - Franklin Hills
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He got his break on South Park, moved over to That '70s Show, then wrote Dude Where's My Car, and now has become a therapist who wrote a book for all of us. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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Albert Corado on Defunding the LAPD who murdered his sister - North Hollywood
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Albert Corado is an activist, an organizer, one of the co-founders of People's City Council, and the brother of Mely Corado who was gunned down by a member of the LAPD who shot into the Trader Joe's she managed in Silver Lake. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support…
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Kate Cagle is here to wake you up - Palms
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The Spectrum 1 News anchor on being stopped from doing her job by the LAPD at Echo Park, her scoop with one of the tattoo artists who apply ink to sheriff deputies, her neighborhood of Palms, and what USC taught her to be prepared in TV journalism. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support…
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100th episode, 2nd birthday extravaganza
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William of Film the Police interviews Tony of Hear in LA about his origins and the origin story of the podcast, how it rose from ideas from LAist and blogging, and how it's set itself apart from the rest. William also shares who he thinks is dumb, who he thinks is punk rock, and how he feels about the LA Times. --- Support this podcast: https://pod…
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This Cat With News Gets A Kick From Champagne - Pico Union
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel is an activist, a journalist, and a wine sommelier who also happens to be a champagne expert. We talk about the neighborhood he's leaving, Pico-Union, covering racists and homophobes, and the state of wine in LA and Santa Barbara. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support…
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Ben McShane - The NoHo Cat Daddy
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The former TV producer and journalist who covered the Michael Jackson trial, and produced shows like Battlebots and Shark Tank, on herding nine felines in his North Hollywood home. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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A'magine a World Where Med Students Ask Before They Touch
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In most states it’s not required to ask permission to do unnecessary pelvic exams. This woman is changing that.. A'magine is an author, a sexpert, a sex educator, and a writer who is passing laws to stop med students from performing pelvic exams on unsuspecting patients who are under anesthesia. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.…
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Zachary the USC Whistleblower - University Park
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The student-turned-staffer tried to get ‘SC to do the right thing, but when they hesitated, he alerted the Feds. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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The Man Who Was Saved By Dogs - Scott of Northridge
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After a traumatic childhood, Scott took a few wrong way turns that eventually sent him to prison a few times. A convicted drug dealer, Scott found solace in the love of a dog in his sober living house in West Hollywood. He eventually adopted several dogs and found that alone he was able to be selfish, but now that he needed to take care of the anim…
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Joe Bernardo - not your average Northridge native
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One of the hosts of the long-running "This Filipino American Life," Joe lives up to the belief that Filipinos are the nicest people in the world. He helped one councilman rise up to become mayor and now his love is teaching the next generation at LMU. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support…
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How LA helped this visiting Filipina feel great about her body
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Joan spent the last four years in LA - mostly in Historic Filipinotown - helping Filipinos adjust to living or visiting the US. But it was LA that taught her that desperately seeking for The Other is unnecessary when others are seeking you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support…
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Scott Sterling, Mid City's Music Guru
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Writer, editor, DJ, music fan, social media gem, and all-around great guy, Scott talks about his work at Rhino Records, at the LA Times, Metromix, and seeing a private all-night show at Prince's mansion in Beverly Hills. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support…
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Valley-born mensch returns home to Van Nuys
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After 24 years, Asher has ditched Austin in favor of the 818 where he hopes to get people high and root on his Dodgers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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Antoinette of Van Nuys wants to give the Power to the People
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The Van Nuys activist-turned-politician is seeking to fill the former Council President’s seat in a very different way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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Christopher Mack - The Urban Sage - Skid Row
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For over 20 years Mr. Mack has been working the streets of Skid Row helping the underserved. In this episode we talk about homelessness in LA, why he has little confidence that the new mayor can do much about it, how people should view these fellow human beings, and he also tells us about some of the lowest moments in his life and what turned it ar…
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Roxanne, the Siren of Baldwin Village
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For 20 years, Roxanne has lived in her beautiful Baldwin Hills / Baldwin Village apartment. Locals know the area as The Jungles, made famous from the Denzel Washington film Training Day. We will chat about her neighborhood, how it's influx, and her selfless job of working on Skid Row in DTLA helping the poorest of the poor. --- Support this podcast…
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Sammy the 8th grader on growing up in South Robertson, music & skateboarding
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14 year olds are just as much of LA as 114 year olds. This one runs through this record collection, the pitfalls of his hood, and why no one he knows rides bikes to school -- or anywhere in LA. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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Lindsey Haley - a Castle Heights rebel for all the right causes
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At 14 she ran off with her lowrider boyfriend and worked the fields of Fresno. Soon she was a teenage mother who eventually moved back to LA living in Venice, Inglewood and now just north of the 10. An activist, poet, playwrite, and longtime employee for the city of Santa Monica, Lindsey now spends a lot of her time in Boyle Heights... for the cult…
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LA has the most special and diverse Coffee Community in the World?
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Journalist Julie Wolfson on that bold caffeine claim, getting her start at LAist, raising artistic children in the center of LA, and what’s cool in her Hancock Park neighborhood. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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The Brightest Flower in the Bunch - Brooke Wetzel of Beverlywood(?)
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For years she was the mayor's florist - as well as the sweet angel tasked for adding colorful sunshine to many of your favorite restaurants. According to her neighborhood council she lives in South Robertson, but that name is not recognized by the LA Times. That is not the only controversial item you'll hear in this episode. --- Support this podcas…
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Opening your third eye in Topanga with Phoenix
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Phoenix Cotner, a multi-talented world traveler, healer, guide, model and artist has experienced some magical things and wants to help others find their truths. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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Could this Sherman Oaks actor, seen on HBO and Apple TV+ be the first Asian Joker?
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In person Bruce Baek is polite, charming, and warm. But on screen he's ice cold, ruthless, and the perfect foe, a role he eagerly embraces. Join us as Bruce - who you may have seen in HBO's "The Flight Attendant" and AppleTV+'s "Little America" tells us about what it was like being one of the few Asian kids in his school in New Jersey, what made hi…
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Loren Stephens & the Fine Art of Ghostwriting in Brentwood
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This longtime Angeleno loves books, writing, and helping others tell their stories. She also love the small-town vibe of her beloved neighborhood. In this episode we talk about her skill as a ghostwriter, what got her to move to Brentwood, and what it was like to live so close to the home Nicole Brown Simpson resided in and what it was like during …
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Katherine the Great Community Organizer - Chatsworth
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Native Angeleno, Valley Girl, and tireless politico, might just be knocking on your door one day. In this episode we talk about local LA politics including Mayor Karen Bass, Rick Caruso, KDL and even Barack Obama. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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Todd Martens, the man who goes to Disneyland 30 times a year - DTLA
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Mild mannered Todd Martens, video game critic, amusement park expert, Cub fan, and Historic Core dweller, is the right man to follow for play - a topic he covers at the LA Times. In this episode we talk about why he loves living in the hustle and bustle, his job, and what it was like spending a few nights in Disney's most expensive hotel property. …
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From Cairo to Qatar to K-Town: a Muslim Woman’s Journey
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A native of Cairo, Sara spent 10 years in Qatar as a pharmacist and defends the World Cup being played there. She also thinks Ktown is fantastic. Say what?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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Chef Holden Jagger on cannabis and fine dining in Topanga Canyon.
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Chef Holden Jagger has been on TV, cooked in several famous LA kitchens (and mansions), and he also likes to mix marijuana with fine dining. He's even authorized by the city of LA to grow his own. He is the epitome of the duality of Topanga. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support…
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Willy Christie - Growing weed is the Gateway Crop to Gardening
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Willy knows how to grow the good stuff. He says it's better than 95% of what you can get at your corner shop. He does it naturally. He does it for love. He moved here from Kansas to be in it all. He is also a musician whose band Kukuni just might be the type of vibe you want when you are itching for Rush, minus the screaming guitars and crazy drums…
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Gordon Henderson - Garvanza's funky artist on punk rock, his annual calendar and raising a child in LA
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Mild mannered Gordon Henderson is one of KPCC's announcers whose voice you've no doubt heard countless times. Today we learn from about how rewriting the Bible (and taking all the pesky religious bits out) as a lad brought him closer to God via art. He has tales about Poppy Peak, Spaceland, and what a store owner thought of his portrait of their bu…
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Jane Borden - You definitely want to be invited to her Lincoln Heights dinner party
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Jane Borden is a comedian, writer, author, and wife to the sexiest man in Lincoln Heights. We talk about religion, cults, MAGA, and why Ted Koppel shouldn't dismiss his guests so quickly. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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Dante Mitchell - a Leimert Park Prince
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The poet, hooper, rapper, and educator on gangs, books, and why he calls himself The Prince of the Ghetto. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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Senon Williams has been part of LA’s favorite Cambodian-fronted band for 20 years.
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The native Angeleno sat in with what would become Dengue Fever just to be nice. It’s been really nice in East Hollywood. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tony-pierce/support
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