Past Events

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: For this episode, a 1980s menu from legendary L.A. restaurant La Fonda was given to Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles, L.A.’s path-breaking queer and transgender mariachi group, to inspire a new dinner theatre experience.

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.

PAST EVENT: DJ Jazzy Jeff and Faith Salie join hosts J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong for a special 100th episode celebration.

PAST EVENT: On Jan. 26th, KPCC/LAist K-12 education reporter Kyle Stokes spoke with experts on school funding about how the system works and what could be done to improve it. Watch the archive video.

PAST EVENT: On January 21st and 22nd we held nights of songs and stories in this unexpected and dynamic collaboration.

PAST EVENT: On December 8, KPCC/LAist Criminal Justice Correspondent Frank Stoltze had a conversation with DA George Gascón on the occasion of his one-year anniversary. Watch the archive video.

PAST EVENT: Watch the archive video of NPR Science Correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce and KPCC Science Reporter Jacob Margolis in conversation discussing some of the issues that science reporters face.

PAST EVENT: We’re at an important moment for criminal justice reform and we’d like to invite you to watch the video of a virtual member event featuring our criminal justice team.