LA Made is een serie die de verhalen verkent van gedurfde Californische vernieuwers en hoe zij het leven van miljoenen over de hele wereld voorgoed hebben veranderd. Elk seizoen onthult de onverwachte en nog niet eerder vertelde verhalen achter enkele van de meest spannende innovaties die nog steeds ons dagelijks leven beïnvloeden.
Het eerste seizoen onthult het verborgen verhaal van het onverschrokken, baanbrekende en ambitieuze team dat de Amerikaanse ruimtereizen vormgaf en de vroege dagen van ruimteonderzoek inluidde bij het Jet Propulsion Laboratory van CalTech in Pasadena. Bekend als de “Suicide Squad,” was de weg naar succes van dit team bezaaid met controverses over het occultisme, een vermeende spionagering, onverwachte explosies en een verdachte dood. Sluit je aan bij schrijfster en lucht- en ruimtevaartliefhebber M.G. Lord terwijl ze hun verhaal ontrafelt en de schokkende oorsprong van de raketwetenschap onthult in dit 12-delige seizoen.
Het tweede seizoen vertelt het achtergrondverhaal van ‘s werelds meest populaire pop, Barbie. Barbie is een cultureel icoon, maar wat weet je echt over haar? Ontdek Barbie’s ontstaansgeschiedenis van de mensen die haar hebben gecreëerd. Samen met Antonia Cereijido en M.G. Lord, auteur van Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll, hoor je de wilde verhalen van nog nooit eerder gehoorde interviewtapes met Barbie-uitvinder Ruth Handler, haar kledingontwerper, de beeldhouwers en makers, en de innovatieve marketeers die haar maakten tot wat ze nu is. Deze driedelige serie ging in première op 6 juli 2023.
“LA Made” is a series exploring stories of bold Californian innovators and how they forever changed the lives of millions all over the world. Each season will unpack the untold and surprising stories behind some of the most exciting innovations that continue to influence our lives today.
Season 3, “LA Made: The Other Moonshot,” tells the story of three Black aerospace engineers in Los Angeles, who played a crucial role in America’s race to space, amid the civil unrest of the 1960s. When Joanne Higgins was growing up in Compton in Los Angeles, she heard her godfather, Charlie Cheathem, tell stories about his key role in the Apollo mission to the moon. As an adult, she realized that his experiences — and those of other Black engineers — had been left out of the history books. She set out to record for the first time the accounts of these men, now in their 90s, whose crucial contributions to the early days of the Apollo mission have been overlooked — or taken credit for by others — despite their ingenuity and determination.
Season 2, “LA Made: The Barbie Tapes,” tells the backstory of the world’s most popular doll, Barbie. Barbie is a cultural icon but what do you really know about her? Hear Barbie’s origin story from the people who created her. Co-hosted by Antonia Cereijido and M.G. Lord, author of Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll, hear the wild stories from never-before-heard tapes of interviews with Barbie inventor Ruth Handler, her wardrobe designer and the sculptors and fabricators, and the innovative marketers who made her what she is today. This 3-part series premieres July 6, 2023.
Season 1, “LA Made: Blood, Sweat & Rockets,” tells the hidden story of the fearless, groundbreaking and ambitious crew who shaped our quest to outer space and ushered in the early days of space exploration at Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at CalTech. Known as the “Suicide Squad,” the team’s road to triumph was fraught with controversies involving the occult, a suspected spy ring, unplanned explosions, and a suspicious death. Join writer and life-long aerospace fanatic M.G. Lord as she uncovers their story and reveals the shocking origins of rocket science in this 12 episode season.
Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live. This podcast was made possible with support from the Committee for Greater LA in partnership with the Weingart Foundation.
Hollywood taught us to be afraid of a super powerful artificial intelligence that will one day conquer humanity. So not surprisingly, many screenwriters and actors are very skeptical of AI, and concerns about AI were central to the Hollywood labor strikes in 2023. But animators may actually be the most at risk of losing their jobs to AI.
In this episode, we’ll talk about why the first AI generated movies you will see will likely be animated, and what it means for the people who make them, and for everyone else in Hollywood.
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Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live.
