7 Best LAist Studios Podcasts

A list of the most popular LAist Studios podcasts on Podyssey Podcasts.

7 Best LAist Studios Podcasts

  • 1. California City

    Deep in the Mojave Desert, there is a little town with a big name and a bizarre history: California City. For decades, real estate developers have sold a dream here: if you buy land now, you’ll be rich one day. Thousands of people bought this dream. ...Show More

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    How I Found Out About California City

    06:02 | Jul 9th, 2020

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    It was supposed to be a simple story about the California drought. Instead, reporter Emily Guerin became obsessed with the bizarre history of a sprawling, half-built desert city.

  • 2. Servant of Pod with Nick Quah

    In the world of podcasts, anyone can tell their story. From major media institutions to mom and pop shops starting from scratch. Let Nick Quah guide you through this ever-changing world, as he speaks with the producers, hosts, and executives that are...Show More

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    What does a Podcast Producer do?

    29:07 | Feb 24th, 2021

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    The Podcast Producer: by and large, it is the atomic unit of labor in the podcast business, and it’s a role that means and involves many, many things depending on the specific situation. This we...Show More

  • 3. California Love

    California Love is a blend of memoir, pop culture analysis and oral history. The newest season, K-pop Dreaming, is about the rise and history of K-pop in the United States, as told from the point-of-view of the Korean diaspora in Los Angeles. Host Vi...Show More

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    Prologue

    11:16 | Jul 9th, 2020

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    Host Walter Thompson-Hernández returns home to L.A. and reflects on how much the city has changed since he was a child. California Love sponsors include: Stream We Are Freestyle Love Supreme ...Show More

  • 4. Norco 80

    In May of 1980, the sleepy streets of Norco, California were turned into an all-out war zone in what is one of the most violent bank robberies in American history. From LAist Studios in collaboration with Futuro Studios comes the new podcast—Norco ’8...Show More

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    Imperfect Paradise: Meet the filmmakers who love AI (Redux)

    34:09 | Jan 2nd

    This episode originally aired on March 19, 2025. It’s hard to find people in Hollywood who are willing to speak publicly about their enthusiasm for AI, for fear of being seen as “siding wi...Show More

  • 5. The LA Report

    The L.A. Report is a breakdown of the day's top news from Southern California, featuring the award-winning reporting of LAist 89.3 FM – L.A.'s number one NPR station. Hosted by Susanne Whatley in the morning and Nick Roman in the afternoon, it's the ...Show More

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    OC judge resigns, California preschool program's impact, BTS coming back to LA — Afternoon Edition

    05:00 | Jan 13th

    Orange County judge Israel Claustro pleads guilty to mail fraud. How the implementation of universal transitional kindergarten is changing schools in SoCal. Plus, K-pop sensation BTS announces world t...Show More

  • 6. Hollywood, The Sequel

    Hollywood has been brought to its metaphorical knees by the pandemic. Production has stopped. Easy funding has dried up. Audiences are holed up and anxious. International alliances (China) may be broken. And no one knows when any of it will change. ...Show More

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    NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: 'Cause we are livin' in a procedural world

    1:04:38 | May 27th, 2025

    On NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING, we love case-of-the-week shows with acronyms for names, from “NCIS” to “Chicago PD” to “Law and Order: SVU.” On this week’s show, we...Show More

  • 7. Yeah No, I’m Not OK

    Growing up, I was taught to say that I was “ok” when I really wasn’t. Mental health just wasn’t something that anyone in my family or community talked about or even had access to. Yet pretty much everyone was affected by it.  Today, young people o...Show More

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    Imperfect Paradise: An LA Commission created to tackle city government scandals is being stymied

    20:51 | Oct 10th, 2025

    A charter reform commission was created in 2024 in response to a bunch of Los Angeles city government scandals, including the leak of a racist tape featuring City Council President Nury Martinez. One ...Show More

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