Past Events

PAST EVENT: Watch the archive video. The primary election for the next mayor of Los Angeles is just a few weeks away. To help get you ballot-ready, KPCC host Austin Cross is sitting down with candidate Karen Bass for a one-on-one interview. In this conversation, he’ll ask the questions on the issues most important to Angelenos, based directly on what you tell us you want to know.

PAST EVENT: Watch the archive video. The primary election for the next mayor of Los Angeles is just a few weeks away. To help get you ballot-ready, KPCC host Austin Cross is sitting down with candidate Kevin de León for a one-on-one interview. In this conversation, he’ll ask the questions on the issues most important to Angelenos, sourced directly from you.

PAST EVENT: KPCC/LAist and KCRW are hosting a series of one-on-one interviews with the candidates for Los Angeles County Supervisor for District 3. KCRW host Steve Chiotakis will ask candidate Bob Hertzberg questions that matter most to you.

PAST EVENT: KPCC/LAist and KCRW are hosting a series of one-on-one interviews with the candidates for Los Angeles County Supervisor for District 3. KCRW host Steve Chiotakis will ask candidate Lindsey Horvath questions that matter most to you.

PAST EVENT: KPCC/LAist and KCRW are hosting a series of one-on-one interviews with the candidates for Los Angeles County Supervisor for District 3. KCRW host Steve Chiotakis will ask candidate Henry Stern questions that matter most to you.

PAST EVENT: Join host Larry Mantle and KPCC’s FilmWeek critics at the historic Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, March 20.

PAST EVENT: Barry Jenkins and Sian Heder join presenter Nikki Bedi to talk about equality, inclusion, diversity, and new possibilities for storytelling in film and on screen, with special live performances by rapper D Smoke, singer Ceci Bastida and stand-up comedian Megan Gailey.

PAST EVENT: In this live virtual event, KPCC/LAist Higher Education Reporter Julia Barajas, along with guest experts, will lay out strategies to improve outcomes for these students and share practical resources.

PAST EVENT: KPCC/LAist Reporters Jackie Fortiér and Robert Garrova welcome experts in child psychology and mental health care policy to find out how the past two years will continue to reverberate in kids’ lives and what can be done to mitigate the fallout.

PAST EVENT: On February 26, go behind-the-mic with Terry Gross, in conversation with KPCC’s own award-winning journalist Josie Huang, as they discuss what makes a great interview and what happens when they don’t go as planned.

PAST EVENT: The sheet music for “Lord, Don’t Move That Mountain,” written by pioneering L.A. based African-American gospel music composer and publisher Doris Akers with gospel legend Mahalia Jackson, serves as the connection point for this conversation.

PAST EVENT: A photograph taken in 1986 of a mother and daughter walking down 7th St. is the inspiration for this conversation with special performances by Empress Of.