Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
On Tuesday August 11, Take Two will host a live broadcast from the South L.A. neighborhood of Watts, 50 years after the riots.
But Los Angeles has been remembering the events of 1965 — dubbed the worst race riots in America — in many ways, including through music and the arts
Grand Performances staged a series of special concerts called 'Aftershocks' - and Take Two provided the pre-show conversation.
On Saturday July 25, Alex Cohen sat down with jazz musician Kamasi Washington before his set "65 to 92: The Rhythm Changes But the Struggle Remains." He was joined by Shana Redmond, author of "Anthem: Social Movements and the Sounds of Solidarity in the African Diaspora" and Povi-Tamu Bryant, coordinator with #blacklivesmatter, Los Angeles.
Click on the blue bar above to hear an excerpt of the conversation. Listen to the rest of the "downSTAGE with Take Two" Aftershocks series below.
Wattstax Revisted: Memories of the Wattstax musical festival with Tim Watkins and Lucien "Fiyeh" Smith.
Watts 50: Exploring social movements through hip hop and archive form the Watts riots with hip hop duo, Dead Prez and Mark Torres from the Pacifica Radio Archives.
The Last Jimmy: An examination of African American men and mass incarceration with Karl "Dice Raw" Jenkins and Phillip Brown, creators of the hip hop musical "The Last Jimmy."