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For centuries, communities across Latin America have relied on curanderos — healers who rely on indigenous tradition — for their physical and mental health. Will mainstream American health ever embrace it?
Today, we examine the subject. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times utility reporter Karen Garcia
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Some Latinos don’t trust Western mental health. That’s where curanderos come in
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden decried U.S. border policies enacted by the Trump administration as racist. But Biden has not only not rolled some of them back — in some cases, he’s doubled down.
Today, we try to figure out what changed. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times immigration reporters Hamed Aleaziz and Andrea Castillo
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Top Democrats warn Biden: Don’t restart family detentions
Biden immigration plan could force asylum officers to break law, union warns
Asylum seekers face decision to split up families or wait indefinitely under new border policy
The indictment of former president Donald Trump has provoked praise and criticism alike. So what’s next? We talk to two of our political wizards to figure it out.
Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times political columnist Mark Z. Barabak, and L.A. Times national security reporter Sarah D. Wire
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Full coverage: Trump hush-money probe
Column: Scandal after scandal, Trump has defied political physics. Will this time be different?
Lucy Jones, California’s beloved earthquake expert, sits down with environment reporter Rosanna Xia to discuss her new project: using music to inspire people to take action against climate change. Listen to hear Lucy go through her process, her collaborators explain the psychology behind it all, and — of course — a sampling of the compositions. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Rosanna Xia
Guests: Lucy Jones
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Column One: Can music inspire more people to care about climate change?
Lucy Jones is leaving her job - to shake up more than just earthquakes
Over the last couple of years, RVs in Los Angeles turned from a vehicle for camping to shelter for people who are unhoused. That’s led to multiple complaints — and deaths.
Today, we examine how L.A. got to this point. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times columnist Erika D. Smith
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The real and complicated reasons why Los Angeles still has so many RV encampments
Q&A: L.A. Mayor Karen Bass: ‘The city is demanding the tents go away’
Los Angeles lifts moratorium on towing RVs, pledges to move problem campers
For over 100 years, college athletes couldn’t make money competing in their sports. A new NCAA rule around name, image and likeness, or NIL, has changed that. The biggest winners? Gymnasts.
Today, we talk to a few current and former gymnasts at UCLA, including Olympians Jordyn Wieber and Jordan Chiles, about how this rule change has affected their lives. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times college sports and NBA reporter Thuc Nhi Nguyen
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Once empowered by Title IX, female athletes are now among big winners in new NIL era
‘My medals are my armor.’ Jordan Chiles’ persistence guides her pursuit of greatness
How California paved the way for college athletes to cash in big
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukrainian military officials have set up a hotline for Russian soldiers to call in and surrender. Is it working to end the war?.
Today, we talk to the people behind it. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times global affairs correspondent Laura King
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Lots of Russian soldiers want to surrender. Ukraine makes it easier with a high-tech hotline
A soldier’s tale: Russian serviceman’s scathing memoir depicts a senseless war
This year’s historic storms have hit communities of color like Pajaro, Calif., especially hard. It’s a recurring problem that could’ve been avoided entirely.
Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times investigative reporter Susanne Rust
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Residents left in flooded California farm town feel ‘abandoned’ as levees fail
Spring storm sets sights on Southern California with strong wind, heavy rain
How a long history of racism and neglect set the stage for Pajaro flooding
Ariadna López was found murdered on the side of a road in Mexico, one of thousands of women murdered every year in the country. But her death outraged the country like never before.
Today, the problem of femicide in Mexico — and whether Lopez’s death will help change that. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times Mexico City bureau chief Patrick J. McDonnell
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When inflation is high, the Federal Reserve has historically raised interest rates. But the recent failures of banks like Silicon Valley Bank have sparked worries about the stability of our banking system. Now the feds must weigh whether the banking system could withstand the turmoil that raising interest rates could bring. To get inside the mind of Fed chair Jerome Powell, we look to a previous era of high inflation, the late 1970s and early ‘80s, and the decisions of then Fed chairs Arthur Burns and Paul Volcker.
Today, we talk about what's next. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times economics reporter Don Lee
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Did deregulation lead to Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse?
Federal Reserve officials sound warnings about higher rates
U.S. inflation eases but stays high, putting Fed in tough spot