Mariachi el Bronx: Punk Rockers Channel Mexico

Anchor Marco Werman fills us in on Mariachi el Bronx, the LA-based punk band that undertook a format change to mariachi music.

Captain Planet’s Latest Album ‘Cookin’ Gumbo’

Captain Planet is an LA-based DJ who takes world beats from old scratchy vinyl and mixes them into something new.
Do you have an “old scratchy vinyl’ record suggestion? Share it here.

Digital Pop Star Hatsune Miku’s First Live US Concert

The show was sold out for a singer who does not exist in flesh and blood.

40th anniversary of the internet

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It was 40 years ago this week that the technology that instantly makes porn from LA available in Ghana was invented. The internet was the brainchild of UCLA computer scientist Len Kleinrock.

California Immigrants During a Time of Recession

This week: a four-part series on how the economic downturn is affecting immigrants in California. So, take a quick economic tour of life in the Golden State these days. We talk to Mexican farm workers in the San Joaquin Valley, Asian health care workers in Los Angeles, and nannies in Hollywood. Listen to the Global Economy Podcast