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UnFictional
Hosted by KCRW · EN
In this season of Unfictional, Stories of Transformation, and the ways in which the world — and all of us — have fundamentally changed since the pandemic began. One man watched his children suddenly turn into grown-ups, while another upended every part of his life. Someone else had to learn to live with hardship and found their true identity along the way, all while living in two worlds. Meanwhile, a subculture ascends, one reporter explores Olvera Street, and another finds an old notebook filled with memories from his time in a cabin. It’s UnFictional, hosted by Bob Carlson.
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Fútbol Confidential: Soccer City
Nov 18, 202200:15:13Tap to summarizeFútbol Confidential looks at AYSO, American homegrown soccer culture.
Transcribe →Fútbol Confidential:The Soccer Store
Nov 18, 202200:09:11Tap to summarizeFútbol Confidential looks at Niky’s Sports, the biggest family-run chain of soccer stores in LA.
Transcribe →Fútbol Confidential: Fútbol
Nov 18, 202200:15:21Tap to summarizeTwo Mexican-American fans talk about rooting for more than one hometown team in Los Angeles and in Mexico.
Transcribe →Fútbol Confidential: Hollywood United
Nov 18, 202200:14:48Tap to summarizeFútbol Confidential looks at the legendary LA city league soccer team formed over beers in a Santa Monica pub by British expatriates.
Transcribe →El Pueblo
Jun 9, 202200:26:03Tap to summarizeIn ‘El Pueblo,’ producer Mike Schilitt explores the surprising history of Olvera Street – an idealized fantasy of Mexico created in downtown Los Angeles that has supported generations of Agelenos.
Transcribe →The Cabin Notebook
May 26, 202200:28:00Tap to summarizeWhen Aric Allen was 21, he lived in a desolate mountain cabin for 10 weeks. There he planned to write a novel, but instead he learned how to be alone.
Transcribe →Lowrider
May 12, 202200:24:09Tap to summarizeProducer Jaime Roque takes a ride with Ernie Moran in his 1965 Chevy Impala to explore the history and culture of the lowrider community of East Los Angeles.
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Apr 28, 202200:18:28Tap to summarizeIn the U.S., nisha venkat feels safe and relieved to identify as queer and non-binary. But in their home country Dubai, nisha’s gender identity is illegal, and they can be deported or convicted of homexuality, or “cross-dressing.”
Transcribe →Los Emprendedores
Apr 14, 202200:22:57Tap to summarizeStreet vendors are an essential part of Los Angeles’ history and its economy. You can find vendors with mobile carts and food trucks on street corners, outside concert venues, and sporting events selling hot dogs, tacos, burritos, churros, fruit, t-shirts, souvenirs, and just about anything else you can imagine. For decades, this activity was illegal. And even though vending was somewhat decriminalized in 2018, the line between legal and illegal is not always clear. Producer James Roque follows the stories of a few of these entrepreneurs, finding out why they started vending, the challenges they encounter on a daily basis, and how they fared during the last few years.
Transcribe →The Transmogrifier
Apr 14, 202200:21:23Tap to summarizeImagine entering a giant machine that sucks you in one end, and spits you out the other side as something completely different. That describes the transmogrifier — a fantastical device from the Calvin and Hobbes comic strips. Over the last couple of years, it feels like everyone has been through the transmogrifier in one way or another. In this episode, stories of the transmogrified. Unfictional producer Bob Carlson watches his two children go through the transmogrifier and come out unexpectedly as grown-ups. Meanwhile, almost every element of producer Jaime Roque’s life was upended by the transmorgrifier: new job, marriage, and prospective fatherhood.
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