Past Events

PAST EVENT: One For The Books host Traci Thomas (she/her), creator and host of The Stacks podcast, is talking about our obsession with celebrity culture, especially what we expect of famous women with special guests Rachel Lindsay and Chelsea Devantez.

PAST EVENT: Join us for this fan favorite event and be the envy of your office’s Oscar pool when you correctly predict all the winners!

PAST EVENT: Culture Clash's Richard Montoya will talk with Retake host John Horn about how the filming of "Chavez Ravine: In Nine Innings" came to be and why this story continues to resonate almost twenty years after its premiere.

PAST EVENT: Hosts J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong will welcome celebrity guests, with Bruce Vilanch and Josefina López, and super-secret special experts to try to stump our guests in their self-proclaimed areas of expertise.

PAST EVENT: Join hosts Brian De Los Santos and Gab Chabrán who seek to uncover what it took to persevere and succeed with food in downtown Los Angeles.

PAST EVENT: M.G. Lord will take a look at how STEM education is readying the scientists and engineers of tomorrow and what’s on the horizon for new missions to outer space.

PAST EVENT: Join Traci Thomas, Kashana Cauley, and Michael Arceneaux for a great conversation on how books take on politics, both in fiction and nonfiction.

PAST EVENT: On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 7 PM, Our Body Politic host, Farai Chideya (she/her) and tech expert Dr. Safiya Noble, will talk with author Julie Lythcott-Haims (she/her) on what adulthood looks like for millennials, Gen Zers, and all of us in these uncertain times. Artist and vocalist Monica Martin (she/her) joins with a solo performance.

PAST EVENT: Watch the archive video of a live taping of LAist Studios’ Retake podcast, a conversation with Retake host John Horn (he/him) and special guests for an insider look at this legendary party.

PAST EVENT: At 7 PM on Saturday, December 10, Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad come together to take you on a journey of insight, investigation, and humanity in a way that only they can.

PAST EVENT: Jocelyn Ramirez leads a discussion with women who in the food industry about the lessons they’ve learned through the pandemic and what they’re doing to put the focus on the sacred nature of food.

PAST EVENT: Watch the archive video. One For The Books is a new literary series like no other! Traci Thomas (she/her), creator and host of The Stacks podcast is the bookish best friend you’ve been looking for. Special guests include Sam Sanders and Danyel Smith.