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Venezuelan artist Magdalena Suarez Frimkess is 96. And pissed.
18/06/2026 | 53 min
Plus, a chance to amend the Los Angeles City Charter for the first time since the 1990s. One idea? Letting noncitizens vote in city elections. Our weekend film reviews, and Evan Kleiman’s Ojai road trip recommendations.
Remembering Lorcan O’Herlihy, who built affordable housing that looked good
17/06/2026 | 51 min
Plus, how Luigi Mangione captivated people after he allegedly murdered a healthcare executive, how filmmakers use baseball to signal virtue, and using goats, sheep, and cattle to reduce wildfire risk.
Yoko Ono at The Broad: An 'iconoclast' willing to do 'the strangest stuff'
16/06/2026 | 52 min
Plus, Gov. Newsom says the DOJ is investigating him because he’s considering running for president, why some Iranian-Americans booed Iran’s soccer team while others cheered, and Serena Williams says taking a GLP-1 helped her get back on the tennis court.
Miles Davis’s nephew says his uncle’s fusion era is misunderstood
15/06/2026 | 53 min
Plus, the Justice Department’s top prosecutor in LA continues to push election fraud conspiracies, the DOJ approves the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, and remembering artist David Hockney.
‘A global eclipse’: The World Cup arrives in Los Angeles
11/06/2026 | 52 min
Plus, how soccer’s success at the 1984 Olympics in LA set the stage for the ‘94 World Cup, our weekend film reviews, and Evan Kleiman has easy dinners you can make even when you don’t feel like cooking.