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California Sun Podcast

The California Sun presents conversations with the people that are shaping and observing the Golden State

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David Ulin explains Joan Didion

David Ulin explains Joan Didion

David Ulin, the former L.A. Times book editor, interprets Joan Didion, just as she interpreted California. As the editor... Read more

3 Dec 2019

28mins

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Dr. Manuel Pastor sees California as America on fast forward

Dr. Manuel Pastor sees California as America on fast forward

Dr. Manuel Pastor, USC professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity discussed how the future of work, polit... Read more

31 Oct 2019

30mins

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Paul Theroux introduces us to our neighbor

Paul Theroux introduces us to our neighbor

Paul Theroux, the renowned travel writer and author of the new book "On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey," takes t... Read more

12 Nov 2019

27mins

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David Talbot and a tale of San Francisco gone wrong

David Talbot and a tale of San Francisco gone wrong

David Talbot has never been accused of being shy about his views. The founder of Salon and longtime voice for so-called ... Read more

7 May 2019

27mins

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Mike Davis and his alternative view of California

Mike Davis and his alternative view of California

Mike Davis, author, MacArthur fellow, and professor emeritus at U.C. Riverside, shares his alternative civic history of ... Read more

12 Mar 2019

26mins

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Ken Turan talks Oscars, Hollywood and Netflix

Ken Turan talks Oscars, Hollywood and Netflix

Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times film critic for almost 30 years and the regular film critic for NPR’s "Morning Edition," looks... Read more

7 Feb 2020

21mins

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Richard Walker on the crises and contradictions of Silicon Valley

Richard Walker on the crises and contradictions of Silicon Valley

Richard Walker, professor emeritus of geography at U.C. Berkeley, is a student of the renown Marxist geographer David Ha... Read more

18 Apr 2019

33mins

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Sam Dodge on California’s greatest crisis

Sam Dodge on California’s greatest crisis

Sam Dodge, homeless coordinator for the San Francisco Department of Public Works, talks about California’s battle with h... Read more

18 Dec 2019

27mins

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Tom O’Neill’s 20-year journey into Charles Manson’s world of darkness

Tom O’Neill’s 20-year journey into Charles Manson’s world of darkness

What really happened on August 8th and 9th, 1969? In his new book, CHAOS, investigative journalist Tom O’Neill argues th... Read more

8 Aug 2019

40mins

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D.J. Waldie and the end of California exceptionalism

D.J. Waldie and the end of California exceptionalism

D.J. Waldie, in the tradition of historians Kevin Starr and Mike Davis, contextualizes our understanding of California a... Read more

29 Aug 2019

20mins

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Mark Arax on chasing water and dust across California

Mark Arax on chasing water and dust across California

Mark Arax, a long-time California journalist, talks about the epic history of water in the Golden State. His new book, "... Read more

29 May 2019

23mins

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Mike Fitzgerald on Stockton and the "other California"

Mike Fitzgerald on Stockton and the "other California"

Mike Fitzgerald just retired after 30 years as a reporter and columnist for the Stockton Record. He is one of those rare... Read more

19 Mar 2019

26mins

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Joe Talbot on "The Last Black Man in San Francisco"

Joe Talbot on "The Last Black Man in San Francisco"

Joe Talbot’s debut film, "The Last Black Man in San Francisco," captures the unsteady pulse of an ever-changing city. Th... Read more

17 Jul 2019

17mins

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Leslie Berlin on Silicon Valley’s origin story

Leslie Berlin on Silicon Valley’s origin story

Leslie Berlin wrote the book on Silicon Valley. The Project Historian for the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, she h... Read more

1 May 2019

29mins

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2 powerful L.A. City Council members on the city's present and future

2 powerful L.A. City Council members on the city's present and future

Paul Koretz and Marqueece Harris-Dawson represent polar opposite districts in Los Angeles. Yet the issues they face — ho... Read more

22 Aug 2019

45mins

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The California dream inspired and destroyed Robin Williams

The California dream inspired and destroyed Robin Williams

Robin Williams’ story is woven into the fabric of both the Bay Area and Hollywood. His drive for success and fame, coupl... Read more

23 May 2019

29mins

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Randy Shaw on the sabotaging of California housing

Randy Shaw on the sabotaging of California housing

Randy Shaw, executive director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, is a long-time housing activist in the Bay Area and aut... Read more

24 Apr 2019

29mins

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Noam Cohen on how Silicon Valley undermines an authentic life

Noam Cohen on how Silicon Valley undermines an authentic life

Author and journalist Noam Cohen dares to ask if we really signed up for all the technological change we now take for gr... Read more

1 Aug 2019

22mins

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David Ulin on the joys and challenges of Los Angeles

David Ulin on the joys and challenges of Los Angeles

David Ulin, the former book editor of the L.A. Times, points out that few American cities have changed more in the past ... Read more

24 Jul 2019

33mins

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David Kipen shares five-hundred years of opinions about Los Angeles

David Kipen shares five-hundred years of opinions about Los Angeles

David Kipen, author, journalist, and cultural historian of Los Angeles has scoured libraries, archives, and private esta... Read more

8 Mar 2019

18mins

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