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 Vivian Yoon takes listeners on a journey from K-pop’s origins in Korean trot music and American presence in post-war South Korea to the 1992 LA Uprising and the booming global popularity of K-pop in the present day, all juxtaposed against Yoon’s own coming-of-age as a second generation immigrant in Los Angeles, struggling to fit in and come to terms with her own identity. The series premieres on February 23rd.
In the first season Walter Thompson-Hernández was inspired by Tupac and Dr. Dre's "California Love"- a love letter and anthem for a generation. Walter invites listeners to join him in his family home, on horseback through the streets of Compton, and up into the sky to examine belonging.
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- Imperfect Paradise: Deputies severely beat a man struggling with mental health issues. Where are the records? 13.08.2025
- Imperfect Paradise: Despite three 911 calls, how did two men with disabilities die in their home during the Eaton Fire? 06.08.2025
- Imperfect Paradise: The dirty secret of trash: Illegal dumping in the Southern California desert 30.07.2025
- This Old House Radio Hour: Sound Proofing Your Bathroom + How To Paint Your Garage Door + Walter Mosley’s Los Angeles 29.07.2025
- Imperfect Paradise: How one man rebuilt his life, 100 miles at a time 16.07.2025
- Imperfect Paradise: Are Latino pollsters helping or hurting the Democratic cause? 13.07.2025
- Imperfect Paradise: Trading in the American Dream for the Mexican Dream 06.07.2025
- NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: And the band played on 01.07.2025
- Imperfect Paradise: Getting lost in Latina trad wife TikTok 29.06.2025
- NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: Disasters, naturally 24.06.2025
- Imperfect Paradise: Did the cellphone ban in high schools work? 18.06.2025
- NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: Chick flicks 17.06.2025
- Imperfect Paradise: On the ground for LA's historic ICE protests 13.06.2025
- NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: Paging Dr. Leonard 10.06.2025
- Imperfect Paradise: Return from Mexico 03.06.2025
- NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: Movie magic 03.06.2025
- NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: 'Cause we are livin' in a procedural world 27.05.2025
- NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: I saw the TV, d’oh 20.05.2025
- NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: A Spy Is Born 13.05.2025
- Inheriting: Carol & the Los Angeles Uprising: Part 2 11.05.2025
