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Take Two
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.
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Episodes
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State of Affairs: California Appeals Federal Judge's Assault Weapon Ruling, Doing Better by Victims of Intimate Partner Violence, Saying Goodbye to A Martinez
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Is it Safe to Go to Work Without Masks?, Van Nuys Neighborhood Profile, Black Families' Concerns on Return to In-Person School
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Councilman Mike Bonin Talks Homeless Encampment Plans, Pandemic Child Care, Unfiltered, Bachelor Host Chris Harrison Leaving For Good
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The city reacts to the carnage in Nice, France and some LA voices react, also a look at how to stay safe in open spaces and large crowds.
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Community and government leaders discuss racial discord, a black member of law enforcement officer shares his perspective, making a statement at the ESPY's.
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More on the Redel Jones shooting decision, how athletes engage in the conversation surrounding social issues, how are Asian Americans joining the BLM movement?
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Parents address issues of race and interactions with police, why Latino leaders need to support their black peers, long-term car loans underscore growing levels of debt in America.
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Community leaders ruminate after the violence, do black citizens have the same privilege to concealed carry as others? The robot deployed by Dallas police last week.
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Five police officers and one suspect are dead after a sniper attack on a peaceful protest in Dallas, LA activists react to the tragedy, law enforcement mourns.
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The officer involved shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling and what is it like to grieve when the world is watching?
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The new gun research center in California, how text-to-911 has been working in CA, a chat with the conductor of the Harry Potter at the Hollywood Bowl event.
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The FBI's recommendation with Hillary Clinton's private email server, the Golden State Warriors take Durant, parenting and religion.
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What's LA's best hot dog? Fourth of July is around the corner, what you need to know about firework safety, one Olympic athlete's road to redemption in Rio.
Episodes
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Today's show was devoted to LAist's Racism 101 project: how to be an ally, what it mean to 'code switch' and defund the police, the legacy of slavery
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Plan to spend $88 Million of LAPD budget on poor communities moves forward, the challenges of vaccinating California's farmworkers, film production comes back to LA.
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Compton Unified reopens schools March 8, how the pandemic has compounded our grief, a wind power company to breed California Condors to replace those killed by turbines
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LA's Board of Supervisors have a plan to use vacant property to house the homeless, explaining how vaccine passports might work, more vaccine doses being set aside for LAUSD staff.
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State of Affairs and California's new relief package, the fight over "hero pay" for grocery store workers, how state regulators are prepping our grid for extreme heat this summer
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West Covina Moves Ahead With Plan to Start Own Health Department, How Banana Trees can Help Fight Fires, Goodbye Fry's (and Your Whimsical So Cal Storefronts).
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Who's running to fill Holly Mitchell's senate seat, why Facebook should deliver targeted vaccine PSAs, Hollywood is seeking federal pandemic assistance
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Health experts say we're getting near the end of the long pandemic tunnel; LA school board president on prioritizing vulnerable communities when reopening schools; vaccine production challenges
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Small, more affluent public school districts will back in class sooner than others, LA Schools hopeful for a return to sports soon, the film 'Mank' is straight outta 1930s Hollywood.
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The politics of reopening schools and vaccinating teachers; an argument for a third, more center, political party in the U.S., thoughts about how to reform policing in LA
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The Biden Administration unveils bill to fix the immigration system, including a path to citizenship; a History of Immigration Reform; LA County District Attorney's Ongoing Fights Over Reform.
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A new investigation shines light on California's no-bid contracts during pandemic, recall effort against Governor gains steam, China's box office is booming