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California Sun Podcast — 336 episodes
Greg Sarris tells stories of Native California
Erika Anderson asks: Can AI be humane?
Mark Arax on California's extraction ethos
Matthew Stepka and the Silicon Valley that once was
Jonathan Weber on what the tech boom cost San Francisco
David Beard on Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the music that called us west
Dan Walters on the governor's race and ungovernable California
Ivo Jeramaz: The Paris tasting at 50 and the future of California wine
Joe Mathews on California's generic governor's race
Professor William Riggs on why we fear Waymos more than bad drivers
Kate Washington on how getting into cold water saved her life
Dillon Osleger on the paths we've erased and the stories buried beneath
Julia Turner and Julia Wick: making sense of the city with L.A. Material
Peter Richardson on how Rolling Stone shaped a social revolution … at least for a while
Ann Carlson: When L.A.'s air was both a punchline and a poison
Severin Borenstein on global oil shocks and California's price premium
Miriam Pawel: The Chavez myth comes apart
Caroline Tracey on the strange life and unnatural death of our salt lakes
Joe Flint: It's Oscar weekend, but Hollywood's future is unscripted
Geoff Davis on soul food, fair pay, and the service fee that sparked a firestorm
Valerie Ziegler and Joel Breakstone on teaching students to navigate algorithms and deepfakes
Scott Eden discusses a tech bro's fatal gamble on black-market cannabis
Danny Goldberg on how L.A. fought back after Rodney King — and what it means for Minneapolis
David McCuan on how California's county fairs became corruption hotbeds
Laurie Lipton: An artist's insane technique for disturbing times
Esther Mobley on California's wine crisis
Tom Freston on how MTV changed our music, our culture, and even California
Scot Danforth on the fight for disability rights in California
Matthew Scott photographs L.A.'s hidden stories, from concrete rivers to palm-lined streets
Gustavo Arellano on California families under siege
Roddy Bottum: A queer rock pioneer remembers San Francisco's lost era
Ashlee Vance on robot gladiators and the future of AI combat
Todd S. Purdum: How Desi Arnaz invented modern television and lost himself
John Freeman sees California as America's literary center
Ari Gold on what happens when 'live cinema' meets family dysfunction
Dina Gilio-Whitaker on how California commodified Native identity
Mike Magee on building the world's most innovative university
Tim Higgins on the battle to take down Apple
Jeff Chang on Bruce Lee and the emergence of Asian American pride
Satsuki Ina on echoes of Japanese incarceration
Peter Jones explores privilege and vulnerability at a school for sons of the Los Angeles elite
Eve Quesnel on how nature always shows up
Scott Alan Lucas on San Francisco, misinformation, and the killing of Bob Lee
Jim Newton on freedom, community, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead
Sam Yebri on L.A.'s decline and a path forward
Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann on California's iconic native trees
Gene Seroka: At the helm of America's busiest port
Christopher Beam on how AI safety birthed a killing spree
Sharona Nazarian on leading Beverly Hills' Iranian diaspora through crisis
Josh Jackson discovers California's BLM lands
Gustavo Arellano on demonstrations, deportations, and downtown L.A.
Michael Hiltzik deconstructs the California dream
Eleni Gastis and the ghost students stealing millions from California community colleges
Matthew Specktor's Hollywood: when art, commerce, and family danced together
Adam Nagourney on the endangered California Dream
Joe Kloc explores Sausalito's vanishing 'anchor-out' community
Laurie Kirby looks behind the music festival curtain
Ben Fritz weighs Hollywood's Next Act
Erica Hellerstein on how improving farm worker conditions are now halted by a new wave of fear
Olaf Groth explores California's high-stakes dance amid trade and tech turmoil
Alissa Wilkinson explores Joan Didion's warning about America's entertainment politics
John Garamendi talks insurance, water, and farming under Trump
Chris Roberts unearths San Francisco's toxic nuclear legacy
Gregory Weaver on how a land conservation program delivered a windfall to mega-farms
Randy Shaw champions San Francisco's Tenderloin through decades of change
Dr. Shayan Rab is taking psychiatry to the streets
Lili Anolik maps the orbit between Joan Didion's cool detachment and Eve Babitz's raw sensuality
Dr. Mildred García is driving the CSU system beyond diplomas
Daniel Swain on the disasters still to come
Stephen Pyne reimagines our ancient pact with fire
Jim Carlton takes us inside the inferno
David Ulin finds hope in a burning city
Daniel Ostroff explores the timeless vision of Charles and Ray Eames
Brewster Kahle, the internet's librarian
James Tejani examines the audacious creation of the Port of Los Angeles
James Tejani examines the audacious creation of the Port of Los Angeles
John Francis on 17 years of silence
Aaron Betsky makes the case for architectural renewal
Joe Mathews on why California must think globally, but act locally
Emily Hoeven asks if Gavin Newsom can save the Democratic Party
Elsa Devienne sifts through the sands of L.A.'s little known coastal history
Gustavo Arellano takes on the myth and reality of Latino political identity
Forrest Gander navigates geology and loss in 'Mojave Ghost'
Oisin Heneghan believes in San Francisco
Zusha Elinson on a life lost over $14.64
Sasha Abramsky on the partisan takeover of small-towns: from potholes to culture wars
Elizabeth Rosner and the transformative art of listening
Alison Owings and Del Seymour on the incredible journey of the "mayor of the Tenderloin"
Carol Mithers rethinks rescue with L.A.'s "Dog Lady"
Patt Morrison takes the pulse of Los Angeles
Roger BelAir and Dan Ostroff on pickleball in prison
Zoë Bernard on El Segundo's hard tech patriots
Kevin Fagan on the front lines of California's homelessness crisis
Caroline Paul on empowerment through outdoor adventure
Sara Fenske Bahat navigates art, protests, and politics
José Vadi on skateboarding at the edge of culture and creativity
Markos Kounalakis on the Golden State's global impact
Jan Sramek's vision of California Forever
Cecillia Lunaparra wants to change the world at 22
Ken Doctor and the little newsroom that could
Lauren Petkin and divorce, California style
Robert McNally exposes the hidden legacy of John Muir
Sylvia Brownrigg's memory and imagination
Max Podemski defends multifamily housing
Napa's wine industry is not aging well
A California voice for a distant land: Amy Wilentz's advocacy for Haiti
Bonnie Portnoy and the untold story of California's impressionist adventurer, Tilden Daken
Dr. Susan Partovi is taking it to the streets.
Andrew Cockburn on Silicon Valley's military fusion
James Brosnahan has helped shape our legal landscape for six decades
Sarah Swanbeck and Erin Heys decode millennials and Gen Z
Harold Bronson on L.A.'s rock record story
Matthias Gafni gives voice to the lost souls of San Francisco
Roger Rapoport is still searching for Patty Hearst —50 years later
Daniel Sokatch on Israel and its local echoes
Matt Mahan knows the way to San Jose
The mysterious power of 'The O.C.'
David Kipen chronicles California's soul: from letters to tweets
Ryan Bedsaul learns about L.A's parts unknown
John King's portal to San Francisco
Jonathan Taplin vs. the tech billionaires
Katya Cengel's story of resilience and recovery
Conor Friedersdorf: D.E.I. vs. free speech at California colleges
Robert Sapolsky and our Illusion of free will
Brian Conrad unpacks California's 'math misadventure'
Rosanna Xia on California against the sea
Evelyn McDonnell peels back the layers of Joan Didion's world
Paul Carter on Richard Nixon's California
Chris Tilly navigates California's labor landscape and growth challenges
Julie Johnson and the threat of smoke to California's firefighters
Tony Platt unveils UC Berkeley's original sins
Dashka Slatter explores virtual harm and real consequences
Pico Iyer's half known life
Kate Flannery on L.A.'s fashion faux pas
Faith Pinho on fortunetellers and the Romani community
Margot Kushel explains homelessness in California
Joe Hagan wonders if anyone can fix California
Andy Dolich and the exodus of Oakland sports teams
Greg King saves the Redwoods
Captain Brett Crozier on the essence of military life
Maureen Ryan wants to burn down Hollywood
Clare Frank's love at first fire
Kevin Kelly on old wisdom and new progress
Richard Rushfield on Hollywood's doom loop
Erik Davis and 'The Visionary State'
Nicholas Goldberg reads the L.A. Times
Victoria Chang and the art of poetry
Dean King tells of the friendship that saved Yosemite
Eric Porter's history of SFO
Malcolm Harris's Palo Alto
Susan Straight's California Mecca
Kanishka Cheng tries to hold TogetherSF
Lila LaHood is looking for local news
Mark Rozzo and an L.A. Time Machine
Peggy Orenstein's pandemic yarn
John Gedmark is taking off
Ali Winston & Darwin BondGraham vs. the Oakland PD
Lee Herrick and the power of words
Erica Gies tells us what water wants
Erica Hellerstein on "solastalgia"
Mark Thompson played the hits...and a lot more
Zev Yaroslavsky: 40 years of service to L.A.
Leighton Woodhouse on mean streets, bad politics, and civilization past its prime
Stephen Galloway on the future of movies
Sam Quinones on our homelessness and fentanyl election
Rabbi Noah Farkas takes on anti-semitism in L.A.
Alex Shultz on how Charles Johnson is striking out with S.F.
Erika Smith on the most corrupt big city in America
Joe Mathews on Newsom and California
Lee E. Ohanian argues that it doesn't have to be like this
Katherine Blunt on the fall of PG&E
Lydia Chavez and Joe Eskenazi are on a mission
The Cheech
Severin Borenstein is all about the energy
Matt Doig responds to Paul Pringle
Paul Pringle's story of peril and power in L.A.
Erica Gies explains why water always wins
Diane Zimmerman remembers the Nut Tree
Gale Holland & Claire Hannah Collins: Inside their LA Times Story on Mckenzie Trahan
Jim Hinch on drugs, homelessness, and California policies
Gary Kamiya on what is happening to San Francisco
David Koepp turns out the lights
Alexa Koenig leads U.C. Berkeley's Human Right Center
Matt Richtel on inspired California
Professor Fernando Guerra: Can L.A. be governed?
Gustavo Arellano's guided tour of L.A. politics
John Waters reminds us where the wild things are
Carolyn Chen on how work became Silicon Valley's religion
Tripp Mickle on how California's most valuable company lost its soul
Lettie Teague on Napa Valley's new cash crop
Ryan Gattis on 30 years after the L.A. Riots
John Markoff on Silicon Valley's own Zelig
Thomas Walsh and Karen Maness on the lost art of the Hollywood backdrop
Vanessa Hua is a triple threat
Susan Sorrells and her own desert town of Shoshone
Libby Schaaf's love affair with Oakland
Frances Dinkelspiel on the power of local reporting
Peter Hartlaub and the S.F. Chronicle are one
Sebastian Mallaby on the real power in Silicon Valley
Erich Schwartzel on how China may deal Hollywood a fatal blow
Alice Waters delicious conversation
Mark Fainaru-Wada wrote the book on Barry Bonds
Marty Nemko on the future of work in California
Elizabeth Weil on California's relationship with fire
Sammy Potter and Jackson Parell's excellent adventure
Susan Handy on why not all infrastructure spending is good for California
Max Chafkin on the "godfather" of Silicon Valley
Darrell Steinberg thinks he can solve Sacramento's many problems
Bob Calhoun's obsession with the gruesome and lurid
Dan Walters' post-pandemic biopsy of California
Jassen Todorov tells us stories through music, photography, and flight
George Geary on California's real culinary legacy
Doug Thompson and Robin Kobaly on the thirsty golf courses of the Coachella Valley
Richard L. Brown and California's public employee unions
Michael Hiltzik on the Gilded Age, then and now
Gene Slater on the unsavory history of California's real estate industry
Miriam Pawel wraps up the recall and looks at what's next
Woody Hastings and Jenny Blaker think we have enough gas stations
Lizzie Johnson on how Paradise portends a future written in flames
Daniel O'Connell and Scott Peters on local farmers vs. industrial agribusiness in California.
Mizgon Zahir Darby on California's Afghan diaspora
Jaime Lowe on fighting fires and doing time
Rick Doblin on the value of psychedelics
Katie Hill's second act
Supervisor Matt Haney's candid look at San Francisco
George J. Sanchez and the wonder of Boyle Heights
Rosecrans Baldwin's L.A. embrace
Steve Wasserman returns to his roots
Colleen McCain Nelson now leads our capital city's newspaper
Mick LaSalle takes California to the movies
Justin Zhu talks startups, LSD, and anti-Asian discrimination
Denise Hamilton on L.A.'s post-apocalyptic vibe
Joel Selvin on the soundtrack that defines California
Michael Storper on the L.A. vs. Bay Area conundrum
Ron Brownstein on the magic of 1974 Los Angeles
Joe Mathews on how L.A. is failing California
Matthew Shilvock on the re-emergence of the San Francisco Opera
Molly Knight on baseball in Los Angeles
Emilio Garcia-Ruiz and the remaking of the S.F. Chronicle
Michael Tubbs still has Stockton on his mind
Tess Taylor and her poetry of California
Bradley Tusk on California's corporate exodus
Jill Tucker on San Francisco school debates
Shane Bauer on the Vallejo PD
Roman Mars is anything but invisible
Joan Didion talks about California
Casey Newton on tech platforms as the new town square
Hank Sims on the success of local journalism in Humboldt County
Kathryn Olmsted talks California unions, from farm to Google
Heather Knight on the ups and downs of San Francisco
Tracy L. Chandler on photography, memory, and connection
Daniel Lurie and Sam Cobbs on the fight against poverty in the Bay Area
At 25, Alex Lee is California's youngest state legislator
Gary Kamiya, Paul Madonna, and an unknown city by the bay
Chronicle journalists on Propositions 22 and 19
Peter Lunenfeld reimagines Los Angeles
Esther Mobley on days of wine and smoke
Kendra Atleework's "Miracle Country"
James Thebaut's lens on California's watershed
Davie Pina and Johnny White: Inside their personal firefight
Nick Neely takes a walk through time
Leon Panetta: A life of public service born in California
Jeffrey Tumlin attempts the impossible
Buffy Wicks in her own words
Geoffrey King: Vallejo Police Department on the brink
Dr. Jennifer Brokaw on keeping our first responders healthy
Anthony Rendon on California's shifting priorities
Alia Volz's homebaked journey
David Randall on the last California pandemic
Dr. Robert Wachter on Covid, California, and the future of medicine
Connie Rice on policing and economic despair
Lt. Ben Kelso on the blurred lines between Black and Blue
Peiley Lau on how staying at home made a difference
Eloy Ortiz Oakley on the future of California Community Colleges
Alex Padilla on the challenges of the November election
A fire in Paradise
Steve Inskeep on the 19th-century explorer who helped shape California
Richard Rushfield talks the future of movies
Mayor Jesse Arreguin and Berkeley's spirit of caring
Carl Nolte = San Francisco
Dr. Jessica Mega and Verily's intersection of health, data, and research
Randy Shaw discusses housing in the age of Covid-19
Dan Walters sees California government headed to the ICU
Matt Richtel on the anti-virus program we already own
Chip Walter looks into Silicon Valley's immortality machine
Steve Lopez and a 20-year conversation with his readers
Conor Dougherty on why every problem is a housing problem
Naomi McDougall Jones and the exclusion of women in Hollywood
David Talbot's stroke provides a parable for our time
Ken Turan talks Oscars, Hollywood and Netflix
Sen. Scott Wiener argues for SB 50
Dr. Jared Farmer on how trees define our California history
Thomas Wolf's Tenderloin resurrection
Paul Kitagaki Jr. photographed the survivors of WWII internment camps
Sam Dodge on California's greatest crisis
Sam Liccardo on San Jose and PG&E
David Ulin explains Joan Didion
Can California's 478 cities really work together?
Paul Theroux introduces us to our neighbor
Andrew Yang: If you think tech is under siege now, just wait
Dr. Manuel Pastor sees California as America on fast forward
Lincoln Mitchell connects the dots of the last 41 years of San Francisco
Willow Bay on educating our next generation of journalists
Soleil Ho: Every restaurant tells a story
Hollywood's Golden Age told through the passion of personal letters
Dr. Joely Proudfit on California Indian culture, sovereignty, and education
Is traffic heading the wrong Waze?
Autumn McDonald on the power of social entrepreneurship
Anne Lamott and reasons for hope
D.J. Waldie and the end of California exceptionalism
2 powerful L.A. City Council members on the city's present and future
Ariel Rubissow Okamoto and a deep dive into the San Francisco estuary
Tom O'Neill's 20-year journey into Charles Manson's world of darkness
Noam Cohen on how Silicon Valley undermines an authentic life
David Ulin on the joys and challenges of Los Angeles
Joe Talbot on "The Last Black Man in San Francisco"
Leah Garchik on 47 years at the S.F. Chronicle
Tony Serra offers a defense of his Ghost Ship client Derick Almena
Allison Haley on California's death penalty debate
Paul Schrade on the California primary tragedy of 1968
Julian Guthrie and the "alpha girls" of Silicon Valley
Mark Arax on chasing water and dust across California
The California dream inspired and destroyed Robin Williams
Roy Choi on bridging the food divide
David Talbot and a tale of San Francisco gone wrong
Leslie Berlin on Silicon Valley's origin story
Randy Shaw on the sabotaging of California housing
Richard Walker on the crises and contradictions of Silicon Valley
Nancie Clare on Beverly Hills and the birth of celebrity politics
Audrey Cooper on the future of local news
Dr. Tom Hoffman on the Mars-California connection
Mike Fitzgerald on Stockton and the "other California"
Mike Davis and his alternative view of California
David Kipen shares five-hundred years of opinions about Los Angeles
Miriam Pawel on the future of public education in California
Dr. Kevin Starr on the California Dream