It's been so fun working on this show !!!!!!
Julia Turner@juliaturner.bsky.social · 2mo agoBIG NEWS: I’ve got a new podcast! Here at @lamaterial.com we just launched L.A. World, the show where my co-hosts @antocere.bsky.social and @hayesdavenport.bsky.social and I dive into what’s really happening in L.A. Please subscribe and check it out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
What happens when coyotes move in next door? Reporter Degen Pener has been following the viral West Hollywood “Coyote Condo,” where coyotes have settled into a stalled development. Read what residents think of the coyotes — and see the lush urban forest the construction replaced: buff.ly/m4Q1WOK
The Story Behind West Hollywood's Abandoned ‘Coyote Condo’
Beyond the viral howls and news-chopper footage is a decade-long saga of eviction, bulldozed gardens, and promised housing that never came.
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🧵 (1/2) What happened to the costumed manager at the Vista Theater? When the historic Vista Theater was reopened in 2023 following its purchase by Quentin Tarantino, a familiar face also returned: Its beloved manager, Victor Martinez.
What Happened to the Manager at the Los Feliz Vista?
And what happened to his wonderful costumes? Plus, another WeHo water main break, the city's latest homeless count, and Ryan Gosling's wrist.
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When an attack ad on Spencer Pratt is closer to a love letter: lamaterial.com/p/when-an-at...
When an attack ad is a love letter
Plus, Blake Lively’s lawyer, an alleged China influence scheme, a Rose Bowl glow-up, and more.
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The hottest format in Hollywood these days is... the short story? No, not the kind of abstruse meditative gems you might find in The Kenyon Review, but pulpy genre pieces, often self-published on Reddit or not published at all. Hollywood is spending big: lamaterial.com/p/short-stor...
How Short Stories Became Hollywood's Hottest Format
How short stories became Hollywood's hottest format
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It’s such a good time to be satirizing the spiritual lives of Americans. More are identifying as spiritual and less as religious. Yogis have been going alt right and anti-vax. We are flooded by wellness influencers. Yet this season of white lotus didn’t go into any of that! #whitelotus
Michelle Obama being on the Jay Shetti podcast feels so sinister
I’m so resentful I’ve had to learn anything about tariffs
Loved interviewing @noupside.bsky.social for Imperfect Paradise. She went from studying the online conspiracy machine to becoming the subject of a conspiracy. She had a lot of smart things to say about the relationship between tech and the president. Listen here open.spotify.com/episode/6plG...
When the disinformation machine comes for you
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I feel like this is the week I’ve been learning whether moms think Hasan Piker is cute
For the past 5-10 years I have noticed that snow and cold weather is coming later. Petition to move Christmas to February
If la sombrita, and the downtown graffiti towers are two examples of iconic flop LA buildings, what's a third one?
Only newsource I trust to accurately get a read on the nation’s temperature is Spicy Talk on la mega 96.3
My husband is the one who does the Costco runs and I’ve started calling him my “Kirkland King”
Had Larry Mantle - LA radio legend whose covered every major disaster and triumph in LA over the last 40 years - on the show to help make sense of this terrifying time. He’s such a comforting presence on the radio and he was on our show too open.spotify.com/episode/5Ayn...
The first five days: Inside LA’s most destructive wildfires
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Seeing a lot of misinformation about what leads to a wildfire and bad takes on what the local government has and hasn't done. For deeply reported info into what led us here listen to @laist.com's Big Burn podcast hosted by @jacobmargolis.bsky.social laist.com/podcasts/the...
The Big Burn: How It All Went Wrong
Gold, genocide and colonialism: our path to seeing fire as the enemy.
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I want a two black swan like movies. One that’s set in the world of ice skating starring FKA Twigs and another in the world of baile florklorico
