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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.

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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  • Anti-war activists hold placards showing the Korean Peninsula during a protest against a joint military exercise between South Korea and the US, called Key Resolve, near the US embassy in Seoul on March 12, 2013. North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to 'wipe out' a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire on March 12, from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.
    Listen 54:58
    Listen 54:58
    Today, we'll address the growing tensions between North and South Korea. Then, we hit the streets to see what LA's Catholics are looking for in the next pope, a new survey shows that Latino voters generally favor stricter gun laws, musician Harry Taussig takes the stage for the first time at SXSW, and much more.
  • Tony Tazz makes a sign that reads "Please Help God Bless" in Hollywood, Calif. on February 27th, 2013.
    Listen 54:46
    Listen 54:46
    Today on the show, we'll discuss whether raising the retirement age would help fix the nation's debt crisis. Plus. Mark Seal unmasks con man Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter in 'Man In The Rockefeller Suit,' homeless youths in L.A. help officials count and keep track of their own, and much more.
  • Tippi Hedren, the lead actress in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," stands in front of her movie memorabilia at The Shambala Preserve. Hedren founded the sanctuary in 1983.
    Listen 40:21
    Listen 40:21
    Are U.S. politics synonymous with 'The Hunger Games? Then, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis tells us about her plans now that she's back in Los Angeles Plus, Actress Tippi Hedren's big cat preserve and Roar Foundation turn 40, librarian Mara Alpert fills us in on the best bedtime books for kids, and much more.
  • Betty Hung (far left in green cap), policy director for the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, said there are "more immigrants coming from Asia to California than from anywhere else in the world.” Thousands of people in favor of immigration rights are expected to march on Washington, D.C. Wednesday.
    Listen 55:47
    Listen 55:47
    Today we'll take a look at why there's a shortage of women on LA's City Council. Then, what's the possible fallout from the failure of Measure A? A new study says pessimism is good for your health, declining interest in Chicano Studies in US universities reflects a Latino identify shift, Asian Americans have their own priorities for immigration reform and much more.
  • This combo shows a Feb. 20, 2013 file photo of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaking to media in Los Angeles, left, and undated image provided by the Wendy Greuel Campaign of mayoral candidate Greuel meeting with voters.
    Listen 58:03
    Listen 58:03
    Today on Take Two, we're all about election results! Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel joins us to talk about the race for L.A. mayor. Plus, LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy joins us to talk about the school board race, we take a look at the life and legacy of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and much more.
  • People vote at the United Auto Workers Local 1250 Hall during election day November 6, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. Citizens around the United States head to the polls to vote on the country's next president including in Ohio, a state with 18 electoral votes, were the race between US President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is very close.
    Listen 53:05
    Listen 53:05
    Today is election day! Patt Morrison joins the show to tell us about the colorful history of LA's mayors of yore, plus, workplace wellness programs are becoming costlier, musician Helado Negro joins us to talk about his new album, Steve Proffitt explains how the iconic Mamas and the Papas song "California Dreamin'" came to be and much more.
  • The US Capitol in Washington, DC, is seen February 28, 2013. Two competing bills aimed at averting huge spending cuts failed February 28, 2013 in the US Senate, virtually assuring that the USD 85 billion in indiscriminate, across-the-board cuts known as the sequester will kick in after the March 1, 2013 deadline.
    Listen 1:22:07
    Listen 1:22:07
    California Republicans met in Sacramento for their three-day spring convention. We'll get an update from the ground in the State capitol. Then, GOP pac hires Ruben Barrales to widen Latino support, we talk to business owners who'll be effected by sequestration cuts, LA Times reporter Rebecca Keegan joins us for a Hollywood update, Music & Memory non-profit group reaches Alzheimer's patients where little else can, and much more.
  • U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) listens to questions during a news conference February 28, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
    Listen 1:29:05
    Listen 1:29:05
    On the final day before the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration take effect, Take Two checks in with California Congressmen Tom McClintock and Xavier Becerra about the budget impasse. Music writer Melissa Locker goes through the playlist of what makes a great rock anthem for a state, what should California's be? And if you're looking to dine out this weekend, you might want to head to Rosemead's Bahooka, a family-run tiki restaurant that's been serving crab puffs and fruity cocktails since 1967. Sadly, Bahooka is closing later this month. Vintage LA's Alison Martino prepares her eulogy and gives us the history of tiki in southern California.
  • A group of homeless people wait in line outside a mission for food in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. More than 5,000 volunteers, equipped with maps, clipboards and flashlights, scoured 4,000 square miles of Los Angeles County this week to count the homeless population. They peered down back alleys, scanned junk-filled cars, and checked crevices around freeway underpasses in what officials say is the nation's largest homeless census.
    Listen 1:29:36
    Listen 1:29:36
    A spotlight on the homeless, today, with the court fight over the seizure of homeless people's belongings in LA's Skid Row, and the effort to count the youths living on Fresno's streets. Also, the US Census drops the word, "negro," former NBA star Dennis Rodman's visit to the secretive state of North Korea, and more.
  • Mayoral Candidate Jan Perry speaks with Greig Smith, a Republican and former councilman from the San Fernando Valley. Smith has endorsed Perry in the mayor's race.
    Listen 1:27:41
    Listen 1:27:41
    We analyze and truth-squad three ads making the rounds in the LA mayoral race. Plus, the history of the hoodie, how Seth MacFarlane is drawing ire for his stint hosting the Oscars, and much more.