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‘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.
The eyebrow-raising ethics of a White House cage fight
10/06/2026 | 51 min
Plus, immigration agents descended on Los Angeles a year ago this month, conducting mass arrests and sparking violent protests. Now the tactics have changed. And author Sarah Wang on her new novel about a Taiwanese immigrant addicted to plastic surgery.
Historian Ada Ferrer recounts her 9-year-old brother left behind in Cuba
09/06/2026 | 51 min
Plus, President Trump says the Iran War is ending, but Iran doesn’t seem as eager to move on. And we remember Iranian novelist Marjane Satrapi, whose last book celebrated the women, life, freedom movement.
Jakob Nowell on filling his late father’s shoes as Sublime’s frontman
08/06/2026 | 51 min
Plus, Nithya Raman is now in second place in the mayor’s race. That prompted President Trump to cry voter fraud. And Cubans in both Cuba and the U.S. worry about Trump’s efforts to target them.
The unpleasant experience of visiting Yosemite
05/06/2026 | 52 min
Plus, a far-right, Trump-loving lawyer who calls himself “El Tigre” promises to eradicate Colombia’s drug cartels. We’ll have your weekend movie reviews, and Evan Kleiman brings us a peculiar French dessert.