A humble request. Would love your vote. Our producers make our show shine!

If you were laid off, you can request aid here!

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We desperately need excellent journalists in Los Angeles. We desperately need trained professionals to hold people in power/officials accountable in the city and county...now more than ever. We also need journalists to have livable salaries, health benefits + a work/life balance.

This is a link to a non-profit that offers financial aid to journalists in Southern California. 8balljournalists.org. Consider applying or donating. This is a very dark day for journalism. Thanks to Larry Mantle for making me aware of it!

My heart goes out to the LAist and LAist 89.3 people who were laid off. They created and reported incredible work that helped push the needle on what representation means in podcasting and public media.

I hope y'all receive grace and time to grieve.

This breaks my heart. The KPCC + LAist staff made Los Angeles and public radio feel like home. If there’s anything I can do for any of you affected, please please please reach out. 🧡

Really sad about the layoffs today at Spotify. A lot of these people have been at Gimlet since the very beginning. They’ve helped us with edits over the years. They were friends of ours. They’re the most talented people in audio, and we were lucky to work with them.

Sending so much love to the Gimlet and Parcast families today 💚

Last year, so many people here reached out with kind words and connections. If I can return (or pay forward) that kindness now, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

To me, the bleakest part about repeated media industry mass layoffs is the fact that many talented people don't have the luxury of returning to the profession.

On today's WHAT NEXT: what John Fetterman might be going through, from a politician who's been there himself. A powerful conversation between Mary E. Harris + Jason Kander:
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you don't have to only say nice things to describe a place! but it's much more interesting to hear tape from someone who lives there about a place's cruelties and the tradeoffs of living there than from someone who just got off a plane.

My former colleagues at KPCC + LAist + LAist Studios welcomed me to the public radio world, made me a more informed neighbor, inspire me every day, & are truly wonderful people + friends.

If you can, please join me in supporting them 🧡 #WeMakeKPCCLAist

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Real Housewives, Real History! Rachel Lindsay and callie rivers curry join Simone Polanen on #NotPastIt this week to tackle questions about Bravolebrities, TV through the ages, and real housewives from history. Listen now for free on Spotify Podcasts 🎙.

What we know 15 hrs after the Monterey Park shooting:
•A deceased man was found inside a van after being surrounded by police. No confirmation he was the suspect.
•No motive ID'd.
•Police seeking leads. Considering possibility of more than 1 suspect.
laist.com/news/monterey-…

P-22 was euthanized at 9 a.m. His body will be returned to Los Angeles for a post-mortem. Eventually, he will be sent to L.A.'s Natural History Museum, where he will be received by Miguel Ordeñana, the wildlife biologist who first discovered P-22 in Griffith Park a decade ago.

Allison Holker, the wife of Stephen “Twitch” Boss, confirmed his death: 'Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else...Stephen, we love you, we miss you, and I will always save the last dance for you.” variety.com/2022/tv/news/s…

On behalf of myself and our family, I want to express our deepest gratitude for the outpouring of support, love, and sympathy from around the world. Here is a message from our family and the latest update surrounding our beloved Grant:
grantwahl.substack.com/p/a-note-from-…

I made a thing! Listen to me dig into this model for paying internet creators

I've been thinking so much this week about how journalism is, at its core, at its best, so fundamentally human. We tell human stories, and those stories are shaped by the humans who report and write and edit and produce them, who decide which stories to tell, and how. 10/x

How the Death of a Japanese Exchange Student Changed the U.S. Gun Debate thetrace.org/2022/11/yoshih… by Jennifer Mascia The Trace