
Monica Bushman
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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If removed, some observers worry what comes next for Black political power in this city
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Noble Johnson was the first famous Black actor under the classic Hollywood studio system, but he reached his success playing characters of every race but his own. In order to play Black roles, he created a groundbreaking film company in L.A. that made some of the earliest Black produced films for Black audiences.
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A final report is in the works but we hear from participants in the city's first guaranteed income program about how it impacted them
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Look at the credits of almost any visual effects-heavy film, or at the Academy Award nominees, and it's clear that visual effects teams are dominated by men.
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The union's contract expired at the end of September.
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A day after Jaqueline Avant was shot in her Beverly Hills home, police have arrested a 29-year-old man.
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Mamie Mitchell says that she was "in the line of fire" on the day Halyna Hutchins was killed on the New Mexico movie set.
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Members voted to ratify a new contract after months of negotiations and threat of strike.
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What led to the accidental shooting? What was firearm safety like on the Rust set? Here's what we know about those questions and more.
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The armorer in charge of the weapons on the film Rust has spoken out for the first time since actor/producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set.