Welcome to LA
Welcome to LA

Welcome to LA

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Los Angeles is a city carved out of the desert — a conjured image of paradise. Award-winning journalist David Weinberg returns with stories of people who learn what lies beyond the dream.

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Nikola and Fritz
JUL 8, 2020
Nikola and Fritz
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When David first got the email, it just seemed like one of those offers that’s too good to be true. The idea that he would be holding the reins of a horse drawn carriage tearing across the high plains of Colorado and that his passenger would be the famous movie star Ethan Hawke, the whole idea of being in a movie just seemed unlikely. This was the dream of millions of people who have made their way to L.A. It’s become a cliche, all those starry eyed dreamers flocking to California with a singular vision of becoming a movie star.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And here was this offer sitting in his lap. All he had to do was say yes. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is the story of David Weinberg’s acting gig on the movie “Tesla” — and the story of Nikola Tesla himself, an inventor who changed the world but who spent his life watching rivals steal his ideas to reap great fortunes. </span></p>
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49 MIN
Welcome To Richard’s Famous LA Food Podcast
JUL 1, 2020
Welcome To Richard’s Famous LA Food Podcast
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A crossover spectacular! Richard Parks III, the host of Richard’s Famous Food Podcast, helps David find where food meets fame in Los Angeles. And is that Wolfgang Puck in the backseat? </span></p>
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33 MIN
Friday Night: The Kingdom of Time
JUN 24, 2020
Friday Night: The Kingdom of Time
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember what Friday nights used to feel like? It was freedom, that moment when you get off work, and your time no longer belongs to someone else — the night is yours. Here is an ode, a time capsule, to everyone's favorite night of the week. </span></p>
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57 MIN
What’s Ours
JUN 17, 2020
What’s Ours
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of Welcome to LA: A look at redlining in Southern California. A story about how Black families are being priced-out of LA and moving to Palmdale and other cities of the High Desert. Also some rock and roll. </span></p>
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35 MIN
A Quick Message
JUN 10, 2020
A Quick Message
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Welcome to LA’ is not putting out a new episode this week. In the meantime, host David Weinberg recommends some podcasts that are worth a listen during this current moment.</span></p>
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2 MIN