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What’s behind the Los Angeles Zoo’s doom loop
16/07/2026 | 52 mins.Plus, the House votes to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, LA’s push to bring back more public bathrooms, and an argument for teaching the Bible as literature in public schools.Angry voters. Corrupt leaders. Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’ feels like a modern tragedy
14/07/2026 | 51 mins.Plus, President Trump’s former personal attorney is up for confirmation as attorney general. And Israel has lost the Democratic Party. Even centrist Rahm Emanuel questions unconditional U.S. support.What happens when a quarter of Congress is over 70
13/07/2026 | 52 mins.Plus, a big federal housing bill quietly became law despite the president’s objections, the Sklar Brothers handicap this week’s World Cup semifinals, and summer music courtesy of our new DJ Olive Kimoto.Why libraries still matter as LA Central Library turns 100
09/07/2026 | 53 mins.Plus, writer Susan Orlean on her critically acclaimed, bestselling love letter to libraries, our weekend film reviews, and Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay surprises with 19 Emmy nominations.Why immigration arrests are surging again
08/07/2026 | 52 mins.Plus, how 19th century immigration backlash led to the antisemitic trope of the Jewish arsonist, a documentary on the dangers of the Pacific Coast Highway, and Evan Kleiman’s chicken parmesan recs.
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