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Patt Morrison Asks

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A companion podcast to L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison's weekly interview series "Patt Morrison Asks." Patt Morrison is a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist who has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes. Her broadcasting work has won six Emmys and 11 Golden Mikes. Her book about the Los Angeles River was a bestseller, and she was the first woman in nearly 25 years to be honored with the L.A. Press Club’s lifetime achievement award. Pink’s, the legendary Hollywood hot dog stand, named its veggie dog after her.

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Jun 11, 2025

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Episodes

Author Craig Coenen on the NFL’s rise from scruffy, small-town sport to Super Bowl glory [ go, Rams] 29.01.2019

Patt Morrison talks with Craig Coenen.

Jodie Evans brings her esthetic, her politics, and her CodePink thinking to the California Arts Council 22.01.2019

Patt Morrison talks with Jodie Evans a political activist, author, and documentary film producer. Jodie is the co-founder and director of CODEPINK and the co-founder of the after-school writing program826LA.

Energy whiz Severin Borenstein: keeping the lights on and the fires out after PG&E bankruptcy 15.01.2019

Patt Morrison talks with Severin Borenstein a Professor at UC Berkeley Haas School of business and Faculty Director of the Energy Institute at Haas.  

Historian Ellen Fitzpatrick: A Hundred-Year Hurrah for Women’s Votes 08.01.2019

Patt Morrison talks with Ellen Fitzpatrick a professor and scholar specializing in modern American political and intellectual history.

Mike Madrid's New Year's resolution to save the California GOP: start all over again 24.12.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Mike Madrid's on what New Year's resolutions California Republicans can make to save their party.

Linguist George Lakoff on why the GOP is better at messaging, and how Democrats can close that gap 27.11.2018

Patt Morrison talks with George P. Lakoff an American cognitive linguist and philosopher. 

California law makes locking up guns easier than locking up possibly dangerous gun owners 20.11.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Das Williams, an American politician who currently serves as County Supervisor on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.

Historian Mario T. Garcia: pioneering LA sanctuary priest Luis Olivares is worthy of sainthood 13.11.2018

 Patt Morrison talks with Mario T. Garcia a professor of History at UC Santa Barbara. Professor Garcia's new biography is about the amazing untold story of the Los Angeles sanctuary movement's champion, Father Luis Olivares.

Harvard's Yochai Benkler: analyzing the "propaganda feedback loop" of rightwing media 06.11.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Yochai Benkler an author and the Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School.

Author Leo Braudy charts the family tree of Halloween monsters that we love to scare us 30.10.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Leo Braudy about his most recent book Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds. Leo Braudy is a professor at the University of Southern California, where he teaches 17th- and 18th century English literature, film history and criticism.

Starman Neil deGrasse Tyson on the overlap of astrophysics and the military 16.10.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Neil deGrasse Tyson an astrophysicist, and the author of "Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military", about what role astrophysicists played in advancing military technology.

Susan Orlean "The Library Book," about the Los Angeles fire that made us love libraries better 09.10.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Susan Orlean, author and staff writer for The New Yorker about her book  "The Library Book," the story of the Los Angeles Public Library fire, how it started, and how it ended.

Historian Nicolas Wey-Gomez on how Columbus' exploits inspired early human rights laws 02.10.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Caltech History Professor Nicolas Wey-Gomez about the odd legacy of Christopher Columbus. Nicolas Gomez is the author of The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies.

Songwriter Burt Bacharach , at 90 , composes a music video plea to stop school shootings 25.09.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Burt Bacharach about and American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer. Burt composes a music video plea to stop school shootings. He is considered one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry on the "disarray" created by Donald Trump, and fixes for our "broken" politics 18.09.2018

Patt Morrison talks with former Secretary of Sate John Kerry about his thoughts on the approaching midterms, and President Trump. John Kerry, author of the book "Every Day Is Extra", tells the story of his remarkable American life.  

Superfan Eliyannah Amirah Yisrael wants you to love the Harry Potter books - and Hermione Granger - as she does 04.09.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Eliyannah Amirah Yisreal about her love for the Harry Potter books.  

Immigration judge A. Ashley Tabaddor: Justice Department could make judges "prosecutors in judge's robes." 28.08.2018

Patt Morrison talks with immigration judge Ashley Tabaddor. Judge Tabaddor is the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, and talks about the rare step of making a labor grievance public.

Author Tom Lutz on how vacation season brings out Americans' inner slacker-- and inner workaholic 21.08.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Tom Lutz an American writer and literary critic. Tom Lutz is the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books. Lutz wrote a book called "Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America"  

Street artist Thrashbird takes his work to the streets - and on billboards above them 14.08.2018

Patt Morrison talks with LA based graffiti and street artist Thrashbird. Thrashbird is known for his billboard takeovers, stencils and wheatpastes.

Kids TV expert Dale Kunkel : FCC deregulation could nearly wipe out children's broadcast educational TV 07.08.2018

Patt Morrison talk with Dale Kunkel an expert on children's media topics, and the affects of television violence, sexual content, and advertising on young people. Dale Kunkel talks about how the FCC deregulation could wipe out children's broadcast educational TV.

Filmmaker Kimberly Reed: a documentary thriller on the Big Sky State vs. big "dark money" 31.07.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Kimberly Reed an American film director and producer about her latest film Dark Money.  

Filmmaker Boots Riley: the spectacle and the power of movies versus movements 17.07.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Boots Riley, an American rapper, producer, screenwriter and film director. Boots is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club.  Riley is the writer and director of his first film Sorry to Bother you. 

Political analyst Bill Schneider sizes up "America the Ungovernable" 10.07.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Bill Schneider an American journalist about New America and Old America.  Bill Schneider has a new book called "Standoff : How America Became Ungovernable." For nearly 20 years he was CNN's political analyst.

International scholar Ann Kerr: working to open the world, in spite of bans and walls 03.07.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Fulbright Enrichment Coordinator Ann Kerr. Ann Kerr has dedicated her professional life to cultivating an informed understanding of the Middle East Mong Americans.

Former immigration chief Doris Meissner: border security shouldn't mean separating families and shutting out the world 26.06.2018

Patt Morrison talks with Doris Meissner former commissioner of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Doris Meissner is a Senior Fellow at Migration Policy Institute, where she directs the Institute's U.S. immigration policy work.

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