KNOCK.LA Podcast
232 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsKnock is a journalism and commentary project by Ground Game LA, a community organization that fosters civic empowerment and political engagement.
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Knock Digest: What Is The Brown Act?
March 17, 2022 07:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBWhat Is The Brown Act? https://knock-la.com/what-is-the-brown-act-372bc835da88/ By: Sophie Strauss Read by: Sophie Strauss
Knock Digest: ‘The Fence is Never Coming Down,’ and Other Things Urban Alchemy Told Us
March 10, 2022 08:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB‘The Fence is Never Coming Down,’ and Other Things Urban Alchemy Told Us https://knock-la.com/urban-alchemy-los-angeles-unhoused-outreach-echo-park-lake-fence/ By: Jon Peltz Read by: Jon Peltz
Knock Digest: After Complaints Of Rampant Sexism, LAFD Gets First Woman In Charge
March 03, 2022 08:00 - 10 minutes - 9.89 MBAfter Complaints of Rampant Sexism, LAFD Gets First Woman in Charge https://knock-la.com/lafd-kristen-crowley-firefighters-sexism-discrimination/ By: Dua Anjum Read by: Dua Anjum
Knock Digest: Willows Bridge Home Opening Shows How Temporary Housing Solutions Still Aren’t Enough
February 24, 2022 08:00 - 9 minutes - 8.48 MBWillows Bridge Home Opening Shows How Temporary Housing Solutions Still Aren’t Enough https://knock-la.com/willows-bridge-home-opening-shows-how-temporary-housing-solutions-still-arent-enough-564471562d88/ By: Jon Peltz Read By: Jon Peltz
Mayor Garcetti’s Chief of Homelessness Operations Moonlights as Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Event Planner
February 10, 2022 08:00 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MB"Mayor Garcetti’s Chief of Homelessness Operations Moonlights as Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Event Planner" https://knock-la.com/mayor-eric-garcetti-jeffrey-katzenberg-homelessness/ By Jon Peltz Read By Jon Peltz
Knock Digest: When A Billionaire Requests A Meeting
January 20, 2022 20:00 - 9 minutes - 8.71 MBWhen A Billionaire Requests A Meeting https://knock-la.com/jeffrey-katzenberg-meeting-gil-cedillo-homeless-crisis/ By Jon Peltz Read By Jon Peltz
Knock Digest: Metro Is About To End Free Buses For All: Riders Are Fighting Back
January 06, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 6.28 MBMetro is About to End Free Buses for All: Riders Are Fighting Back https://knock-la.com/los-angeles-metro-end-free-buses/ By Alison Vu Read By Alison Vu
Knock Digest: Beyond Cathay Manor: The Interconnected Tenant Struggles of LA Chinatown
December 09, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBBeyond Cathay Manor: The Interconnected Tenant Struggles of LA Chinatown https://knock-la.com/cathay-manor-tenant-struggles-of-la-chinatown/ By: Janis Yue and Amy Zhou Read By: Janis Yue
Knock Digest: Garment Workers Celebrate Historic Legislative Win
December 02, 2021 23:01 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBGarment Workers Celebrate Historic Legislative Win https://knock-la.com/legislation-for-garment-worker-protections/ By: Sarah Michelson Read By: Sarah Michelson
Knock Digest: Trabajadores de la costura celebran victoria legislativa histórica
December 02, 2021 23:01 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBTrabajadores de la costura celebran victoria legislativa histórica https://knock-la.com/ley-para-proteger-trabajadores-de-la-costura/ By: Sarah Michelson Read by: Sarah Michelson
NOlympia: Tokyo 2020 (Celebration Capitalism Megamix)
October 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBSpend the hour with Nolympics, grooving to the sounds of global capital’s five-ringed trojan horse.
NOlympia: Cancel the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
October 19, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBNolympics spends the hour with political scientist and former Team USA soccer player Jules Boykoff, plus “David O’Brien” crashes an International Olympic Committee press conference and “Ryan O’Malley” stuns IOC President Thomas Bach. CANCEL THE OLYMPICS.
Knock Digest: Nothing About Us, Without Us
October 14, 2021 08:30 - 4 minutes - 4.19 MBNothing About Us, Without Us https://knock-la.com/city-council-approves-anti-unhoused-camping-laws/ By: Halcyon Selfmade Read by: Halcyon Selfmade
Nothing About Us, Without Us
October 14, 2021 08:30 - 4 minutes - 4.19 MBNothing About Us, Without Us https://knock-la.com/city-council-approves-anti-unhoused-camping-laws/ By: Halcyon Selfmade Read by: Halcyon Selfmade
Who Anti - Unhoused Legislation Harms
October 14, 2021 08:00 - 7 minutes - 7.26 MBWho Anti - Unhoused Legislation Harms https://knock-la.com/who-anti-unhoused-legislation-harms-86d137aa2d7b/ By: Halcyon Selfmade Read by: Halcyon Selfmade
Knock Digest: Who Anti - Unhoused Legislation Harms
October 14, 2021 08:00 - 7 minutes - 7.26 MBWho Anti - Unhoused Legislation Harms https://knock-la.com/who-anti-unhoused-legislation-harms-86d137aa2d7b/ By: Halcyon Selfmade Read by: Halcyon Selfmade
Knock Digest: Feinstein: ‘You’re Not Leading, We’re Not Leaving’
October 07, 2021 15:36 - 7 minutes - 6.44 MBFeinstein: ‘You’re Not Leading, We’re Not Leaving’ https://knock-la.com/feinstein-sunrise-youth-la-civilian-climate-corps/ By Skye Smith Read by Zach Gatto
Feinstein: ‘You’re Not Leading, We’re Not Leaving’
October 07, 2021 15:36 - 7 minutes - 6.44 MBFeinstein: ‘You’re Not Leading, We’re Not Leaving’ https://knock-la.com/feinstein-sunrise-youth-la-civilian-climate-corps/ By Skye Smith Read by Zach Gatto
Knock Digest: Gig Workers In Limbo Amidst California's Reopening
September 30, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBGig Workers In Limbo Amidst California's Reopening https://knock-la.com/gig-drivers-in-limbo-ubereats-california-reopening/ By Ivan Salinas Read by Ivan Salinas
Gig Workers In Limbo Amidst California's Reopening
September 30, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBGig Workers In Limbo Amidst California's Reopening https://knock-la.com/gig-drivers-in-limbo-ubereats-california-reopening/ By Ivan Salinas Read by Ivan Salinas
Knock Digest: Redistricting Is Happening Now, So Why Is Nury Martinez Canceling Meetings?
September 23, 2021 07:00 - 8 minutes - 7.84 MBRedistricting Is Happening Now, So Why is Nury Martinez Cancelling Meetings? https://knock-la.com/los-angeles-redistricting-nury-martinez/ By Erin Wisti Read by Zach Gatto
Redistricting Is Happening Now, So Why Is Nury Martinez Canceling Meetings?
September 23, 2021 07:00 - 8 minutes - 7.84 MBRedistricting Is Happening Now, So Why is Nury Martinez Cancelling Meetings? https://knock-la.com/los-angeles-redistricting-nury-martinez/ By Erin Wisti Read by Zach Gatto
Beltalouder: Epstein On and On
June 20, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBEros changed everything, now we'll find out what that means.
NOlympia: Mexico City '68
June 19, 2021 15:24 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBThis week @nolympicsla takes us to Mexico City, home of the ‘68 Olympic games. We’ll hear about the Mexican government’s brutal crackdown on protests during the Tlatelolco massacre from an activist who witnessed it. Then, we’ll hear from Lance Wyman, who designed the branding for the games, reflecting on his participation in the event.
NOlympia: Rio
June 06, 2021 18:13 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBThis week, we’re going to Rio, Brazil, site of the 2016 Olympics. We’ll hear music and stories of revolution from the 1960s all the way up until today, including the songs from the tropicalia movement and música popular brasileira. We’ll also reflect on the revolutionary work of organizers in Rio, like our anti-Olympics comrades and Marielle Franco, an organizer assassinated in 2018.
NOlympia: Brazil's Sounds of Resistance
June 06, 2021 18:13 - 1 hour - 137 MBThis week, we’re going to Rio, Brazil, site of the 2016 Olympics. We’ll hear music and stories of revolution from the 1960s all the way up until today, including the songs from the tropicalia movement and música popular brasileira. We’ll also reflect on the revolutionary work of organizers in Rio, like our anti-Olympics comrades and Marielle Franco, an organizer assassinated in 2018.
Beltalouder Razorback
May 08, 2021 16:51 - 1 hour - 122 MBThe Roci crew heads back to Eros as Miller leads a mission to destroy the station and the Protogen experiment, but things spin wildly out of control as Earth reckons with an existential threat. "What a caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly"
Beltalouder New Horizons
May 08, 2021 16:34 - 1 hour - 105 MBMiller and the Roci crew fall out over Dresden
Beltalouder Deimos Ex Machina
May 08, 2021 16:20 - 1 hour - 95 MBThings escalate between Earth and Mars as the Roci crew takes on Protogen
NOlympia: Olympics Kill the Poor
April 21, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBThis week @nolympicsla examines the links between the recent mass sweep at Echo Park Lake, gentrification, and the Olympics. Plus, a conversation between @echoparkriseup’s Ayman Ahmed and @groundgamela.
NOlympia: All COPPSCs Are Bastards
April 20, 2021 16:00 - 59 minutes - 135 MBThis week @nolympicsla dives into the new California Olympic and Paralympic Public Safety Command (COPPSC), a massive partnership containing virtually all levels of law enforcement, what this “unified command” means for Angelenos, and how we can fight back.
Weekly News Update for April 6, 2021
April 06, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBLA's housing crisis is getting deeper but there's no good solutions coming out of City Hall. We also chat about the 2022 races in LA and have a big announcement about the future of the Knock podcast.
Weekly News Update for March 30, 2021
March 30, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 96 MBThis week Amanda Pantoja from Food and Water Watch joins us to talk about getting LA off fossil fuels, then we dive into the Echo Park Lake situation and listen to some very disturbing audio captured from local news helicopters. Read Mitch's email: https://mailchi.mp/lacity/209-unhoused-individuals-at-echo-park-lake-now-housed Photo Credit: Steve Lucero (IG stevelucero.la)
News 20210323
March 23, 2021 19:53 - 1 hour - 106 MBThis week we cover a lot of police malfeasance, specifically featuring @cerisecastle talking about her new series on KNOCK.LA: A Tradition of Violence
Weekly News Update for March 23, 2021
March 23, 2021 19:53 - 1 hour - 106 MBThis week we cover a lot of police malfeasance, specifically featuring @cerisecastle talking about her new series on KNOCK.LA: A Tradition of Violence
Rings of Hell X: The Olympic Endgame
March 22, 2021 21:47 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBSpend an hour with @nolympicsla for the final installment in the Rings of Hell series, as they tie up the loose ends and assess what lies ahead for the anti-Olympic Movement. ‘Rings of Hell’ segment originally produced with @knockdotla: 11/28/18
Beltalouder 1.06 Blue Falcon Mixdown
March 20, 2021 14:26 - 1 hour - 106 MBThis week we cover the penultimate episode of Season 1 as Eros goes into lock down and the malicious corporate experiment takes shape.
Rings of Hell IX: The Youth Sports Swindle
March 17, 2021 00:50 - 1 hour - 137 MB@nolympicsla debunk the feel good fuzzies of the LA84 Foundation, often perceived as a benign altruistic youth sports non-profit but which is – after some serious scrutiny – really an unaccountable non-profit who merely claims to promote social justice and the empowering of marginalized communities. In practice, they’re more active in whitewashing LA than they are in making it more equitable. They’re massive investors in real estate giants/slumlords like Blackstone and Oaktree Capital, and th...
Rings of Hell VIII: The Exploitation Olympics
March 11, 2021 16:35 - 1 hour - 137 MBThe Olympics pose monumental risks to everyone unfortunate enough to be in their orbit, and this is true especially for workers – from the workers who help make the games happen (construction, service industry, volunteers) to the athletes themselves. Labor exploitation and the Olympics are synonymous, and @nolympicsla has charted this history of rampant harm – everything from wage theft to psychological, emotional, and sexual abuse – in the modern Olympics, even the beloved 1984 games. This w...
Unrig LA Special Edition
March 09, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBThis week Rob Quan from @UnrigLA joins us to go in depth on LA's redistricting process and how things will change this year. Get the tool kit here: bit.ly/3e9SpwF Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust teach in: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tenant-opportunity-to-purchase-town-hall-tickets-142725105633
Beltalouder 1.04: Frenemies
March 06, 2021 20:20 - 1 hour - 96.4 MBThe crew is on the run in a stolen Martian warship, offered safe haven by Fred Johnson they make the call to head for Tycho Station. Detective Miller finally unravels the mystery of Julie Mao's disappearance, but loses everything in the process.
Weekly News Update for March 2, 2021
March 02, 2021 17:07 - 1 hour - 100 MBWe chat with Erin Wisti about what's been going on at Echo Park Lake, cover some improving COVID numbers, and dig into the nascent recall campaign against LA DA George Gascon
Rings of Hell III: The Movement Against The IOC
February 28, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBEpisode 3: “Rings of Hell III: The Movement Against The IOC” -- This week @nolympicsla explore Olympic resistance in both a city that was ravaged by the Games (Rio 2016) and a city that thwarted an Olympic bid (Boston 2024). Despite some local differences, the fight is against the same notoriously corrupt and unaccountable private institution: the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which creates heightened militarization, displacement, and authoritarianism in the name of extracting profit...
Rings of Hell IV: A Very Special Garcetti Episode
February 28, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBEpisode 4: “Rings of Hell IV: A Very Special Garcetti Episode” -- No one has pushed the #LA28 Olympic bid harder than Mayor Eric Garcetti, and the majority of Los Angeles residents don’t know who he is. Only in recent months has his negligence (and coziness with the LAPD) made him something of an infamous character to those now tapped into local politics, but his background in violent neoliberalism long predates the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 Uprising. In this episode @nolympicsla answer th...
Rings of Hell VII: City of Sanctuary
February 28, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBDid you know that LA isn’t a sanctuary city, in name or in spirit? Even if the city was a true sanctuary city with real protections, any Olympics on US soil poses huge risks for immigrants. That’s because #LA28 is designated a National Special Security Event (NSSE), which gives the Department of Homeland Security (ICE, CBP, NSA, all the bad dudes) the express ability to coordinate with local law enforcement. Sound like a terrible idea? It is! This week @nolympicsla are joined by members of th...
Rings of Hell V: A History of Olympic Grift
February 28, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBFor this episode @nolympicsla invited scholar and former Olympic athlete Jules Boykoff to call in and give us a broad look at how the modern Olympics came into being, how their power is structured, and how they’ve evolved over the decades, growing more insidious at every turn. The Olympic machine has been around since the late 1800s and operated as a sort of sideshow. To this day the IOC still feels like it’s being led by carnival barkers trying to hook the next gullible sucker, and this conv...
Rings of Hell VI: The Humiliation of the Will
February 28, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBEpisode 6: “Rings of Hell VI: The Humiliation of the Will” -- Hitler didn’t want the Olympics until Goebbels convinced him the 1936 Berlin Games could be a massive boom for Nazi propaganda. Then the Olympic torch relay was born. In this episode @nolympicsla explore how fascists have co-opted and manipulated the platform of mega sports through the annals of history – whether it’s Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco with soccer and the Olympics – or more recent despots or power-hungry individuals who...
Rings of Hell I: 1984, The Olympic Legacy of Denial
February 28, 2021 18:00 - 59 minutes - 68.4 MB@nolympicsla examines the not-so-glamorous reality and material consequences of the first corporate Olympic Games, Los Angeles 1984. ‘Rings of Hell’ segment originally produced with @knockdotla: 10/8/18
Rings of Hell II: Who Wins When The Olympics Come To Town?
February 28, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MB@nolympicsla look beyond the ceremonies and sports to see who benefits from hosting an Olympics: politicians, developers, cops, phony nonprofits, and corporate sponsors like Airbnb. To learn more about the new #LocksOnMyBlock campaign to fight displacement by Airbnb hotels check out nolympicsla.com/locks. ‘Rings of Hell’ segment originally produced with @knockdotla: 10/11/18