LA Weekly Investigative Reports
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The Los Angeles Weekly runs counter to the trend in many newspapers, to cut investigative journalism to cut costs. This weekly series of articles will give you the inside scoop on important local and national issues.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - Sep 26 to Oct 3 | Arab Adventures in Hollywood - Hip young actors are refusing roles as terrorists and creating their own material by Andrew Gumbel, Griffith Park's Empty Canvas Problem - Will an obscure "cultural" board resist the density hawks? by David Ferrell | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:16:17 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - Sept 19-26 | Misery's Witness: A Photographer's View of the Chatsworth Metrolink Crash by Ted Soqui, Lehman Brothers Call McCain's Bluff by Marc Cooper, Mega-Billboard for Billionaire Anschutz by Christine Pelisek, Schwarzenegger's Budget Veto Drama by William Bradley | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:32:50 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - September 12-19 | How Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Spends His 16-Hour Days by Patrick Range, Throwing the Book at Najee Ali - Four Years? | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:53:07 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - September 5-12 | Record $500,000 Offered for Grim Sleeper by Christine Pelisek, Art School or LAUSD Folly? by Erica Zora Wrightson, Major Messy NBC Shakeup by Nikki Finke | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:22 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - Aug 29 - Sep 5 | UCLA Profs and Scientists Sued Animal-Rights Radicals by Max Taves, Asphalt Beats Artists in Venice by Tibby Rothman, Can Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian Save Terry Christensen From Tony Pellicano's Fate? by Steven Mikulan | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:16 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - August 22-29 | Obama vs. Baldilocks - A blogger's African dad came here on the same airlift as Obama's dad by Max Taves, Grand Avenue Drenched in Misdirection by Tibby Rothman, Yes, When I Think of Christmas, I Think of Nazis by Nikki Finke | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:28:06 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - August 15-22 | Branding Griffith Park: Griffith's Heirs Fight Commercialization Plan by David Ferrell, Metro Sales-Tax Shell Game by Max Taves, R.I.P. Bernie Brillstein by Nikki Finke | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:32:21 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - August 8-15 | Villaraigosa: Faking an Economic Miracle by Max Taves, Space Race Two: by Michael Goldstein, Judge Kozinski Gets Judged by Steven Mikulan | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:34:16 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - August 1-8 | LA River Really Floats Their Boats by Tibby Rothman, MTA's Toxic Towers in Van Nuys by Steven Leigh Morris, Sweating It Out in Summer Courtrooms by Steven Mikulan | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:51 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - July 25-31 | Rolling Out LA's Cement Carpet by Tibby Rothman, War Over MTA's "Eternity Tax" by Max Taves and Jill Stewart, Poison Pen From France: New Twist on Nigerian E-mail Shakedown by Paul Teetor | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:28:36 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - July 18-24 | Antonio Pinocchiosa and His Police Tax by David Ferrell, L.A.'s Racial Redlining of Black Children by D. Heimpel, City Hall's E-Mail War on the Poor by Tibby Rothman | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:33:40 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - Jul 11-17 | City Hall as Slumlord by Tibby Rothman, Gridlock Wars Are Here by Jorge Casuso, Do You Trust MTA With $40 Billion? by Jill Stewart and Tina Dupuy | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:28:36 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - Jul 4-10 | California Prison's Big Group Hug by Matthew Fleischer, Obama's Middle Ground by Marc Cooper, Stick Figures by Jonathan Gold | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:51 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - Jun 27 - Jul 3 | In Ray Cortines' Shadow by D. Heimpel, Echo Park's Gentrification Woes by David Futch, What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor by Christine Pelisek | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:37 |
| Commentary from the LA Weekly - Jun 20-28 | Blasphemy Against the Pope of All Media - A sinner's view of Tim Russert's passing by Marc Cooper, Is Art Center Gehry-rigged? by Matthew Fleischer | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:25:47 |
| Commentary From The LA Weekly - Jun 13-19 | Fenced In - Secure borders? it's still the same old catch-and-release game by Marc Cooper, Is City Hall's Pet Project Foundering? by Tibby Rothman | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:33:29 |
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