HeyJaredMaking Los Angeles
Even more than its sunny skies, rich history and Hollywood glamor, L.A. is defined by its people. In “Making Los Angeles,” from LA Times Studios, native Angeleno Glenn Gritzner sits down with the dreamers and big-thinkers shaping the city to explore how they got where they are.
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John Quinn: An Unlikely Empire Built on Litigation, Artists-in-Residence … and Global Hikes (opens the original)
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John Quinn founded a four-lawyer firm in Los Angeles that grew into Quinn Emanuel — now the largest litigation-only law firm in the world, with more than 1,000 lawyers and nearly $3 billion in annual revenue. Which is impressive. But it’s also only part of the story. In this episode, John takes us from his childhood in Utah to Harvard Law School and then Los Angeles, where an early business model that didn’t quite work ended up helping lay the foundation for one of the most successful law firms
Jacob Soboroff: Reporting Los Angeles – As He Lived It (opens the original)
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Jacob Soboroff has built a national reputation as a television journalist and author, reporting from the field for NBC News, MSNBC, MS NOW, and beyond. But his story starts in Los Angeles. In this episode, Jacob shares what it was like growing up in the Pacific Palisades – and then, years later, reporting on it burning down on live television – along with the unlikely early experiences that shaped his path, from chasing celebrities on the red carpet to an internship where his job was literally t
Zev Yaroslavsky: Forty Years, One City, and a Career That Can't Happen Again (opens the original)
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Zev Yaroslavsky spent forty consecutive years in elected office in Los Angeles — a run that, thanks to term limits, no local politician will ever match again. And it began with a race he probably wasn't supposed to win. At just 25 years old, Zev ran for Los Angeles City Council and defeated not one, but two formidable opponents: Mayor Tom Bradley's handpicked candidate and former Councilmember Roz Wyman. He announced that campaign at Canter's Deli — which is exactly where we sat down, nearly hal
Susan Feniger: Border Grill, Too Hot Tamales, and Everything In Between (opens the original)
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Susan Feniger is one of the pioneers of modern Los Angeles dining – and one of the first generation of chefs to bring bold, regional Mexican cuisine into the mainstream. But her story starts in a parking lot. In this episode, Susan shares how she set out – very intentionally – to learn from the kitchens she admired, landing at Ma Maison under a young Wolfgang Puck, and how she met her longtime business partner Mary Sue Milliken, eventually convincing her to move to Los Angeles so they could open
Alex Baskin: MTV, The Real Housewives, and Reality TV (opens the original)
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Alex Baskin is the executive producer behind some of Bravo’s most recognizable reality series – most notably, The Real Housewives. But his story starts well before that. In this episode, Alex shares how his father’s career as a television writer brought their family to L.A., what it was like coming up through MTV in its heyday, and why, fresh out of law school, he took a job that paid just five hundred dollars a week – a decision that helped set the course for everything that followed. We also g
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