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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 agency charged with regulating water levies a stiff fine against a water district, why more women are choosing to be childless, Tuesday Reviewsday
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The latest on Donald Trump, a lookahead to the Special Olympics, Amy Schumer and 'Trainwreck.'
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Aurora shooting victim weighs in on James Holmes' guilty verdicts, Ian McKellan on his latest movie, Californians share their favorite Disneyland memories
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A look at the latest battle for Uber in California, a review of the ESPYS, the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest.
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President Obama to visit prisoners, a look at the 'sandwich' generation, the LA woman behind the Women's World Cup 'sheagle' outfit.
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The landmark deal on Iran's nuclear program, a possible end to the ban on transgender people in the military, New Horizons makes its closest approach to Pluto.
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The search for escaped Mexican drug lord El Chapo, why the drought is behind closures of a trail at Joshua Tree, the Minions' influence on fashion.
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A chef in Los Angeles makes North African tacos, Trump's relationship with the GOP gets complicated, and people debate recycling waste water from oil drilling.
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The Army says it plans to cut 40,000 troops in the next two years, the capabilities of hackers, crowdfunding untapped scientific ideas.
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Census data shows Latinos now outnumber whites as the largest ethnic group in California, the CDC says heroin use has doubled since 2002, the latest sports news.
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