J. David McSwane is an investigative reporter with the non-profit news organization ProPublica. He is the author of the new book "Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick." During this podcast, McSwane reveals who profited from the pandemic and how taxpayers funded untested and incompetent contractors. He details the U.S. government's rush to protect Americans from the Covid-19 virus as it spread across the globe, and he discusses the government's lack o...
May 11, 2022•28 min
Jon Marshall is an associate professor in the journalism program at Northwestern University's Medill School. He is the author of "Watergate's Legacy and the Press: The Investigative Impulse," and the new book "Clash: Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis." His has written for the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, the Tampa Tribune, and many other publications. During this podcast, Marshall discusses the history of tension between journalists and presidents from founding father...
May 04, 2022•31 min
Tristan Harris is a former Google Design Ethicist who was featured in the Netflix Original Documentary "The Social Dilemma." Tristan is the co-founder and president of the Center for Humane Technology "whose mission is to reverse ‘human downgrading’ and re-align technology with humanity," according to its website. The Atlantic Magazine once described Tristan as "the closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience." During this podcast, Tristan discusses "The Social Dilemma," the dangers of pers...
Apr 27, 2022•36 min
Author and journalist Mark Follman details the work of psychologists, FBI agents, and others working in the field of behavioral threat assessment who are working to stop mass shootings before they happen in the new book "Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America." During this podcast, Follman reveals the ways in which some mass shootings have been prevented. He takes us to a community that is successfully employing the lessons learned over decades of mass shootings in ...
Apr 20, 2022•35 min
Eric Nusbaum is the author of the award-winning book, “Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between.” Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst...
Apr 13, 2022•28 min
This week marks the 73rd anniversary of the Kathy Fiscus tragdedy. Kathy Fiscus was a three-year-old girl who fell into a well in San Marino, California in April 1949. The multi-day rescue effort was heartbreaking and became the focus of the first live breaking news event in the history of television news. KTLA’s coverage brought thousands of people to the scene in a desperate attempt to save Kathy. In the new book “Kathy Fiscus: A Tragedy that Transfixed the Nation,” William Deverell, professor...
Apr 06, 2022•29 min
Peter Goodman is the global economics correspondent for The New York Times. He is the author of the new book "Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World." Before joining the Times, Goodman was with The Washington Post in Shanghai as the newspaper's bureau chief and Asian economic correspondent. During this podcast, Goodman takes us behind the scenes at the Davos World Economic Forum to reveal what really happens when billionaires and policymakers gather behind closed doors and how those ...
Mar 30, 2022•33 min
Ali Noorani is the executive director of the non-partisan National Immigration Forum which describes itself as bringing together “moderate and conservative faith, law enforcement and business leaders…in support of practical and common sense immigration, citizenship and integration policies.” Ali is also the author of the book “Crossing Borders: The Reconciliation of a Nation of Immigrants.” During this podcast, Ali explains the responsibility the United States and other countries have to help re...
Mar 23, 2022•32 min
Brad Meltzer is the New York Times Best Selling author of a dozen thrillers including his newest one "The Lightning Rod." The prolific author also writes the "Ordinary People Change the World" series of children's books and is the author of several non-fiction books such as The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy along with several comic books. Meltzer is also the host of Brad Meltzer's Decoded and Brad Meltzer's Lost History on the History Channel. Meltzer was previously on Frank Buckle...
Mar 16, 2022•29 min
Patrick Somerville is a writer and author who is the showrunner for the HBO Max TV series "Station Eleven." The series is based on the novel by Emily St. Jean Mandel about a group of survivors of a devastating pandemic. During this podcast, Somerville discusses the challenges of making a TV series about a global pandemic during a global pandemic and how the book and series were published and conceived long before Covid-19 was discovered. He also takes listeners behind the scenes of the productio...
Mar 09, 2022•30 min
A documentary from filmmaker Heather O'Neill explores the work and lives of combat camerawomen. "No Ordinary Life" was an official selection at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and features interviews with CNN videographers and correspondents. During this podcast, O'Neill and veteran news camerawoman Maria Fleet discuss the dangerous assignments and personal costs that women experience while covering wars, revolutions, and disasters around the world. Terrell Jermaine Starr is reporting on the Russ...
Mar 02, 2022•45 min
The Netflix documentary "Lead Me Home" explores the lives of people living on the streets of Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Filmmakers Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk filmed and interviewed people over three years to give viewers a sense of their lives and the circumstances that led them to being homeless. Kos and Shenk and their film are nominees for a 2022 Academy Award in the Documentary (Short Subject) category. During this podcast, Kos and Shenk are joined by Nathan Sheets, executive dire...
Feb 23, 2022•32 min
Noah Hawley is the creator, primary writer, and executive producer of the television series "Fargo" on FX. The series, which has now run for four seasons, is set in the universe of the film "Fargo" by the Joel and Ethan Coen. Noah Hawley is also an author, having written five novels. His latest book, titled 'Anthem,' is an epic literary thriller set where America is right now, in which a band of unlikely heroes sets out on a quest to save one innocent life—and might end up saving us all. In this...
Feb 16, 2022•31 min
Eric Dickerson is a former Los Angeles Rams running back and Hall of Fame player who ran for 13,259 yards during his 11-year career. Dickerson is number 7 on the NFL's all-time rushing leaders list. He is the author of the new book "Watch My Smoke: The Eric Dickerson Story." During this podcast, Dickerson previews Super Bowl 56 and the key players he'll be watching, he reveals his personal views on alleged racism in the NFL and the lawsuit by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, and he...
Feb 09, 2022•26 min
Mike Sielski is a sports columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and he's the author of the new book "The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality." He was also the author of " Fading Echoes: A True Story of Rivalry and Brotherhood from the Football Field to the Fields of Honor" and the coauthor of "How to Be Like Jackie Robinson: Life Lessons from Baseball’s Greatest Hero ." During this podcast, Mike discusses what he describes Kobe Bryant origin story. He talks about what it was like f...
Feb 02, 2022•31 min
Kevin Nealon is an actor and comedian best known for his nine-year-long run on Saturday Night Live and for his many other TV and film roles including his role as Doug Wilson on Weeds on Showtime and Don Burns on Man with a Plan on CBS. Kevin also hosts Hiking with Kevin on YouTube. During this podcast, Kevin reveals behind the scenes stories from his work on Saturday Night Live, he tells us how his friend Dana Carvey played a pivotal role in getting that role, how his father encouraged him to ke...
Jan 26, 2022•43 min
Dr. Barbara F. Walter is the Rohr Professor of International Affairs at the University of California San Diego and is one of the world's leading experts on civil wars. Professor Walter is the author of the new book "How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them." During this podcast, Professor Walter discusses how she and other experts used their expertise on the government-funded Political Instability Task Force to predict future conflicts around the world, and how when she applied those same crit...
Jan 19, 2022•34 min
Sara Blakely is the founder of Spanx–a company that has disrupted the undergarment business with a product that Sara invented in her apartment after cutting the feet out of a pair of pantyhose. The company name makes people laugh–say “Spanx” out loud without smiling–I’ll bet you can’t. But it’s been Sara who’s been laughing all the way to the bank since she launched her slimming undergarment and her company in 2000. In October of 2021, Sara sold her majority share to Blackstone, making her net w...
Jan 12, 2022•46 min
On this episode of the podcast, we revisit conversations with renowned physicists from 2021. You'll hear portions of conversations with Professor Avi Loeb, the former chair of Harvard's astronomy department. He believes it's possible that in 2017, our solar system was visited by an object created by alien intelligence. We also talked to Professor Brian Greene, a theoretical physicist who took us on a journey from the Big Bang to the end of time. We also spent time with professor Michio Kaku who ...
Jan 05, 2022•34 min
As 2021 draws to a close, we're counting down our most downloaded episodes of the year. First, author Katie Engelhart discusses the history and current state of assisted suicide and the right to die including stories of individuals who have chosen to end their lives to end suffering. We also hear from Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, one of several government staffers tasked with listening in during President Trump's infamous phone call to Ukraine's President which was at the center of President Trum...
Dec 29, 2021•42 min
*This episode was originally released December 04, 2019. Reza Aslan is a religious scholar and the author of three international best-selling books including the #1 New York Times Best Seller "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth." He is also the host of "Rough Draft with Reza Aslan" on the new Topic streaming service on which he interview writers and authors about writing, and he co-hosts the "Metaphysical Milkshake" podcast. Reza is also a TV and film producer whose projects have in...
Dec 22, 2021•36 min
Michael Breus is a clinical psychologist and sleep specialist known as "America's Sleep Doctor." Breus is also co-author of the new book "Energize!: Go from Dragging Ass to Kicking It in 30 Days." In the book, Dr. Breus and Soul Cycle instructor Stacey Griffith use the scientifically proven core principles of chronobiology and biological body type to offer an easy-to-understand, personalized program of small, daily movements, sleeping and fasting on schedule, and mood hacks to give readers a boo...
Dec 15, 2021•31 min
The first Frank Buckley Interviews audio podcast dropped on August 17, 2016. Every Wednesday since then, a new podcast has featured a conversation or conversations with fascinating individuals. Frank goes deep with his guests, going beyond the usual sound bites one hears on news programs. During this podcast, Frank highlights some of the many guests he's had on both the podcast and now the TV show that airs every weekend on KTLA and is available worldwide on YouTube and on the KTLA+ app. Among t...
Dec 08, 2021•25 min
Tristan Harris is a former Google Design Ethicist who was featured in the Netflix Original Documentary "The Social Dilemma." Tristan is the co-founder and president of the Center for Humane Technology "whose mission is to reverse ‘human downgrading’ and re-align technology with humanity," according to its website. The Atlantic Magazine once described Tristan as "the closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience." During this podcast, Tristan discusses "The Social Dilemma," the dangers of pers...
Dec 01, 2021•35 min
Fiona Hill is the Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. She was the senior director for European and Russian Affairs for the National Security Council from 2017-2019. From 2006-2009, she was an intelligence officer for at the National Intelligence Council. In 2020, In November 2019, Dr. Hill testified at impeachment hearings being held by the House Intelligence Committee as it investigated allegations ...
Nov 24, 2021•30 min
Gregory Zuckerman is a Special Writer at The Wall Street Journal and an investigative reporter. He's also the author of the new book "A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-Or-Death Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine." He's also the author of "The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution," "The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters," and “The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall...
Nov 17, 2021•30 min
Melissa Stockwell became the first female to lose a limb in active combat in Iraq in April of 2004. The U.S. Army Second Lieutenant would return to the U.S. and turn to sports after her military service, becoming a world champion paratriathlete and a paralympic bronze medalist. During this podcast she discusses the bombing that left her wounded and her life after the military. Melissa also discusses her new book: “The Power of Choice: My Journey from Wounded Warrior to World Champion. Jake Wood ...
Nov 10, 2021•31 min
Mary Roach is an author that specializes in science and humor. She has been called "America's funniest science writer." Her new book, "Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law," focuses on the unpredictable world where animals and humans meet and the curious science of human-wildlife conflict. In this podcast, Roach discusses some of the wildest encounters she found in her investigations. She also shares some of her thoughts on wildlife encounters that may be common in Los Angeles, like what to do shoul...
Nov 03, 2021•33 min
Professor Brian Greene is a physicist, mathematician, and string theorist. He is the author of the book "Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe." The book is described as a "breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to find meaning in the face of this vast expanse. Greene takes us on a journey from the big bang to the end of time, exploring how lasting structures formed, how life and mind emerged, and how we grapple with our existen...
Oct 27, 2021•34 min
Steven Van Zandt is musician, actor, and activist best known for his decades long collaboration with Bruce Springsteen as a member of the E Street Band. As an actor, he starred in The Sopranos as Silvio Dante and as Frank Tagliano on the Netflix show Lilyhammer. His activism in the 1980s and 1990s included forming the group Artists Against Apartheid and producing the record Sun City. During this podcast, Van Zandt discusses his life and career and his new book "Unrequited Infatuations." He takes...
Oct 20, 2021•33 min
