This Week In LA

We're back after a great summer break bringing you a fresh new episode mirroring one of our favorite podcasts, Guy Raz's "How I built this" on NPR. Nowhere Bakery founder and chef Saphira Rasti spills the beans on how she fast-tracked her way from conception to four months later having a meeting to getting her cookies in the biggest supermarket in LA.

Its Friday night, if you're in LA, and um you're popular, you'd likely be spending the evening with these two. Sadly COVID numbers are on the rise again in SoCal and nightclubs are once again forced to abandon the velvet ropes. No worries, cozy up with us because we're delivering the hot goss to your speakers.

The real-life Vinny Chase, Mike Tableman, jumps on the podcast via Zoom about his fast rise in nightlife ranks. Life in LA can be cruel, but even more so to the ones closest to the fire. He relives the moments that lead him to shed his ego and lead by example.

In this episode, we pop Christina's Zoom cherry and get her perspective about the state of the city she was born and raised in, all the way from Barcelona. She maps out her family's journey from Columbia to the states, the culture shock she experienced on her journey to find love, and we get the insiders nuances of the Spanish culture. And, so much more. Here is the episode

As the looters ransacked their way through the city, Jaime was notified by the security company there was a store breech. What came after is the shocking part. Listen to how it all went down from not only a man in the trenches but a life long Angelino.

On this fresh episode, we dive in to the story of how Mahdi found success in the entertainment industry only AFTER leaving Los Angeles. He is currently one of the stars of BET's new hit show "BRUH" having no credits to his name just two years prior. We discuss MJ and the LAST DANCE, working with Tyler Perry, and a whole lot more. Here is the episode:

On this episode we chat via Zoom with Paul Diaz. A Florida native, cycling enthusiasts, and production guru. A new segment called "Am I hater or am I right?" is introduced. We discuss the safety efforts needed to open up studios, Quibis launch into the sector, and a great story about Scott Storch. Here's the episode:

On episode five of This Week in LA, we chat with the lovely Fabiola Wong about relationships, meditation, and what dating is like in 2020.

Coachella: The 9th wonder of the world! On this episode we catch up with the colorful Kai from Germany, reminisce about the good old days, discuss the future of fashion, the economy, and we remember one of the greatest loss to win the stories about how we famously got in to Neon Carnival. Here now is the conversation:

In this episode my great pal Charles G joins us via Zoom to chat about cycling and the culture in Los Angeles, we discus the chaos that one lives through as a native Angelino, and the you get to know why he's a legend in the community. Here's the episode.

In honor of Saint Patrick's Day, I share my story of the tragic day of my violent cycling crash that left me with two broken bones in my neck. Here's the story.

In Silicon Valley, psychedelics are the drug of choice, with thought leaders from Steve Jobs to Stewart Brand proselytizing about LSD and Psilocybin. For the past few years, people have been pushing the fad of microdosing, the process of taking minuscule amounts of psychedelics to get the positive mental effects. We took the fad head on and packed our bags, the LSD, and headed for the forrest. Here's the story