Monica Bushman
Producer, LAist Studios
(she/her)
I'm one of the producers on the LAist Studios podcast How To LA.
Before joining the How To LA team, I worked on other LAist Studios podcasts including The Academy Museum Podcast, Retake and Hollywood the Sequel. I got my start at LAist on the broadcast side, as a producer on Take Two, The Frame, and our local broadcasts of Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Prior to coming to LAist, I worked on NPR shows like Talk of the Nation and Morning Edition.
When I moved back to Southern California after living away for several years, I had to overcome my fear of driving on the freeway (think Dionne in "Clueless"). I've mostly mastered the driving part, but am still working on the ability to give out directions like "The Californians" on SNL.
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Watching both the Netflix and Hulu documentaries will give you the clearest picture of the Fyre fiasco, but they both come with caveats. -
Only 4 percent of the cinematographers working on the highest-grossing movies were women last year, and that number hasn't improved in 20 years.
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"First Man" is about the failures and sacrifices behind one of the world's most famous success stories.
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"Life Cycle," Ai Weiwei's new work on display now at the Marciano Art Foundation in Los Angeles, was shipped out of China just days before Chinese authorities razed Ai's studio without warning.
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Sarah Jones' futuristic show at the L.A. LGBT Center wants to start an empowering conversation about sexuality and sex work.
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Climber Alex Honnold is the first person to ever scale the face of Yosemite's El Capitan without ropes. "Free Solo" documents it.
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Choreographer Chloe Arnold has to get her host, actors, and dancers in and out of that crosswalk in 30 seconds.
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It took Gus Van Sant more than 20 years to get a movie about Callahan's life made. He told us how each roadblock led to the movie, now in theaters.
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"By being quiet about inequalities that are happening around you, you are being actively discriminatory." See everything Jessica Chastain has to say.
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Despite the Aussie comedian's threat (or is it a promise?), she's sharing her story — and her shame — in a Netflix special that's wowing audiences.
Stories by Monica Bushman
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