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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Beltalouder 1 - 03 Martian Gulags
February 27, 2021 15:28 - 1 hour - 115 MBIt's episodes 3 and 4 as the solar system hurtles towards war. Also we touch on recent developments around Joss Whedon and what that means for pop culture.
Weekly News Update for February 23, 2021
February 23, 2021 16:41 - 1 hour - 126 MBToday we're chatting weird lifestyle cults, lots of COVID coverage, and some recent policing developments
Weekly News Update for February 16, 2021
February 16, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBThis week we talk to Trinidad Ruiz from LA Tenants Union (@justrinidad) about the Seeds of a Tenant Revolution, current tenant protections, and how we can work to keep everyone housed. We also cover COVID news, which is getting slightly less bleak, and more police misconduct. To register for the LAFD CERT meeting about earthquake response: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/21721-step-by-step-community-response-to-an-earthquake-registration-137141853977
Beltalouder for the People in the Back: 1.02 Big Empty
February 13, 2021 18:13 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBThis week we talk episodes 1 (Dulcinea) and 2 (The Big Empty) while fleshing out the conflicts roiling the Sol system.
Weekly News Update for February 9, 2021
February 09, 2021 16:19 - 1 hour - 112 MBThis week: - COVID and inequitable vaccine situation in LA - Bizarre approach to school re-opening from CM Buckets - Great KNOCK pieces from last week - Amy Wakeland. Yikes.
Beltalouder for the People in the Back: 1.01 Sol
February 06, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBWelcome to Beltalouder for the People in Back, a critical analysis of The Expanse. Hosts Bushido Squirrel, Chris Roth, and Logan Rapp will be looking at the politics, technology, and conflicts of the Sol system as humanity confronts a truly existential change. Live on Twitch every Friday at 7:00 PM and in podcast form Saturday at 10:00 AM.
Weekly News Update for February 1, 2021
February 02, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBAnti-vaxxers shut down the nation's largest vaccination center earlier this week, and while the infection numbers are improving in LA we still have a long way to go. Also the Metro Board got its arm twisted into restoring some bus service, hooray!
Weekly News Update for January 26, 2021
January 26, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 98 MBGavin Newsom lifts regional lock downs in California opening the way for outdoor dining and all sorts of dangerous stuff. Vaccine rates are still lagging. We also chat about Mitch Englander's jail sentence, Gil Cedillo's plan to buy an affordable housing complex, and LASD gangs. Read more: https://knock.la Get involved: https://groundgamela.org Links LASD Deputies: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-15/guardado-shooting-la-deputies-under-criminal-investigation Biden's Memo: ...
KNOCK at Nite with Mike Dickerson and Daniel Lee
January 21, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBHost @vickbooz and @bushidosquirrel chat our new morning in America as we inaugurate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Mike Dickerson chats gig work and the fight for labor. Daniel Lee fills us in on his campaign and how we can build an equitable California. For more on Daniel and to volunteer: https://danielwaynelee.com/ Follow: @knockdotla and @groundgamela Read more: https://knock.la Get involved: https://groundgamela.org
Weekly News Update for January 19, 2021
January 19, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBIt's been a slightly less insurrectiony week, but not for a lack of trying. We'll cover the weekly COVID update, some very tasteless MLK tributes, and the latest news about corruption at City Council.
Weekly News Update for January 12, 2021
January 12, 2021 15:06 - 1 hour - 121 MBCOVID is worse than ever in LA and Trump supporters tried to overthrow the government.
KNOCK At NITE Justice Edition
January 07, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 132 MBWe had the privilege to sit down with some very accomplished defense attorneys to talk about the recent reforms that George Gascón has implemented at the Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office. Ace Katano, Anna Reitano, Meredith Gallen, and John Raphling joined us for a lively and dense discussion that covers everything from money bail to sentencing enhancements and capital punishment
Weekly News Update for January 5, 2021
January 05, 2021 16:14 - 1 hour - 146 MBThis week is nearly all COVID, from the staggering numbers of infections and deaths in LA to the new orders for EMS providers to the abysmal failure of our local government to address the issue. Make a comment to the LA County Board of Supervisors: http://bit.ly/SNSJan5 Read along, if you have the stomach for it... Foster Farms workers: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-31/foster-farms-12th-coronavirus-worker-death Airplanes: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-01-0...
Weekly News Update for December 28, 2020
December 29, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBThis week we're talking COVID, LA City Council Committee assignments, a good LA Times OpEd, corruption in Sacramento, and the hell that is the gig economy Read more: https://knock.la Get Involved: https://groundgamela.org
Weekly News Update for December 22, 2020
December 22, 2020 17:00 - 50 minutes - 70 MBIt's COVID. Just COVID. COVID is the only game in town. Please, stay home. To Donate to POWER CHW: bit.ly/powerchw No, seriously, stay home.
Weekly News Update for December 14, 2020
December 15, 2020 15:03 - 1 hour - 113 MBThis week we're talking COVID (cause it's not slowing down), celebrate some new electeds in LA, and dive into a bunch of malfeasance at the LA County Sheriff's Department
News 20201207
December 07, 2020 15:57 - 1 hour - 105 MBToo much stuff went down today and this week, but we're gonna cover what we can: arrest at Getty House, COVID still raging, politicians still abdicating, tech bros surveilling LASD video from: @Dopeslangjr_ Outreach Grid: https://www.ocregister.com/2020/12/04/finding-beds-and-services-for-the-homeless-theres-an-app-for-that/
Weekly News Update for December 1, 2020
December 01, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBThis week we're talking COVID, Mayor Eric Garcetti's continued comedy of errors, lots of shady cop stuff, and directly respond to a Los Feliz Ledger article that hurls some very troubling implications at Nithya Raman and her staff For info on LA County Quarantine Housing: 833-540-0473 https://covid19.lacounty.gov/medical/sheltering/
Weekly News Update for November 23, 2020
November 23, 2020 16:03 - 1 hour - 114 MBThis week COVID is still a thing, way too big of a thing, LA Neighborhood Councils absolutely go wild, Dr. Sheriff Alex loses in court (AGAIN!), and Terry joins us to talk some LATimes ridiculousness Read Lopez's recent column here (if you want...): https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-19/column-san-diego-mayor-kevin-faulconer-governor-gavin-newsom Mutual Aid: https://mutualaidla.org Get Involved:m https://groundgamela.org Read More: https://knock.la
Weekly News Update for November 16, 2020
November 16, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBThis week we're talking elections updates, COVID continues to surge in California and across the nation, Dr. Sheriff Alex finds his department getting slapped down by a judge, LAPD officers are mad at their chief, and we revisit a story from last week about a tragic death that has turned out to be much more complicated. With COVID raging please take the time to visit https://MutualAidLA.org to get involved or make a donation Follow us on social media: @groundgamela, @KNOCKdotLA, @bushidosqu...
Weekly News Update for November 9, 2020
November 09, 2020 16:21 - 1 hour - 102 MBThat was a hell of an election!
Weekly News Update for October 29, 2020
October 29, 2020 18:35 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBThis week we're joined by Tommy Kelly, an organizer with Ground Game LA and Street Watch LA, to talk about a recent conflict during an illegal encampment eviction, how landlords and cops work together to attack our unhoused neighbors, and what we can do to break that cycle.
Weekly News Update for October 19, 2020
October 19, 2020 16:40 - 1 hour - 113 MBToday we’re talking about the massive number of early votes coming in across the state of California, our usual coronavirus update, the sadly predictable overuse of force by the LAPD on revelers last weekend, more shit about the Sheriff, and a depressing update on one of the largest environmental disasters in California history that took place just south of downtown LA over the course of decades. And if we’re feeling energetic we might even talk about the absolute bullshit coming out of the R...
News 20201010
October 12, 2020 03:30 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBThis week we're talking election shenanigans, as well as COVID and wildfires, and chatting a bit about Elon Musk's new supervillain plans.
Weekly News Update for October 11, 2020
October 11, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBThis week we're chatting election shenanigans, COVID, wildfires, and Elon Musk's new supervillain plans.
Weekly Uprising Update for September 23, 2020
September 23, 2020 17:45 - 1 hour - 101 MBToday we’re talking about coronavirus, the utter failure that is/was Project Roomkey, a local hostile architecture saga that went viral, a massive Brown Act violation, and a very important vacancy tax report that was recently published.
Weekly Uprising Update for August 26, 2020
August 26, 2020 20:07 - 1 hour - 144 MBAfter last night's events in Kenosha our latest episode became more prescient than we thought. Be safe out there. Shaun, Charlottesville: The True Alt-Right - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcoYKuoiUrY
Weekly Uprising Update for August 16, 2020
August 16, 2020 16:54 - 1 hour - 108 MBThis week we're talking LAPD malfeasance, COVID updates, and we chat with Alexandra Nagy of Food and Water Watch about the ongoing problems at Aliso Canyon.
Weekly Uprising Update for August 10, 2020
August 10, 2020 20:23 - 1 hour - 118 MBToday we’re talking about the same shit as every week: Coronavirus updates, crooked Compton cops, a new (poorly reported) story from Bill of tampuccino fame, SoCal Gas SUING California, and some truly bizarre shitty landlord behavior. Get Involved: http://bit.ly/JoinGGLA Read More: https://knock.la
Weekly News Update for July 26, 2020
July 27, 2020 19:42 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBToday we're talking about protests across the country over the past weeks and especially this past weekend, Coronavirus updates, shenanigans at the Board of Supervisors, a great KPCC AirTalk episode, and some updates on everyone's favorite corruption case at City Hall. Get Involved: mutualaidla.org Get Active: groundgamela.org Read More: knock.la Sources: Oregonian article: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/07/portland-protester-hit-in-head-by-munition-fired-by-federal-officer-recove...
Weekly Uprising Update for July 19, 2020
July 19, 2020 18:13 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBThis week we're talking about the BLM LA and People's Budget hosted community town hall, more LAPD fall out from the CalGang Database scandal, and some changing of the guard in CA higher ed. Pic shamelessly borrowed from @theglowingstars
Weekly Uprising Update for July 12, 2020
July 12, 2020 17:39 - 1 hour - 103 MBThis week we're seeing more COVID spikes, more LAPD malfeasance, and some action on housing bills in Sacramento. Get Involved: https://mutualaidla.org Get Informed: https://KNOCK.LA
Weekly Uprising Update for June 28, 2020
June 28, 2020 16:00 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBThis week COVID-19 cases are spiking in California and across the nation, LAUSD is waffling on defunding school police, and organizer Albert Corado (@digitalurn) joins us to talk the People's Budget. Get Involved: https://mutualaidla.org Get Informed: https://knock.la
Weekly Uprising Update for June 21, 2020
June 21, 2020 16:09 - 1 hour - 94.1 MBThis week: Coronavirus is spiking, statues are tumbling, and LA cops are still killing. Get Involved: https://groundgamela.org Give Back: https://mutualaidla.org Read More: https://KNOCK.LA
Weekly Uprising Update for June 14, 2020
June 14, 2020 18:24 - 1 hour - 94.1 MBShit's still incredibly wild.
Public Comment from LA City Council Budget and Finance Committee June 8th, 2020
June 10, 2020 00:32 - 2 hours - 130 MBRegular committee business and votes were edited out, public comments are presented in full.
Weekly Uprising Update for June 7, 2020
June 07, 2020 17:25 - 1 hour - 98.9 MBShit's still wild, but less so than last week.
Weekly News Update for May 24, 2020
May 24, 2020 16:21 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBToday we’re talking about what going on with Project Roomkey, what's happening with LA's budget, the latest Covid-19 updates, what's happening in LA's jails, and some new bus lanes coming to downtown. Get Active: https://mutualaidla.org Get Involved: https://groundgamela.org Get Informed: https://knock.la
Weekly News Update for May 17, 2020
May 17, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 99.8 MBtoday we’re talking mostly about the recent meeting of the board of supes, but we’ve also got a couple of other updates for you all surrounding project roomkey, a local congressional race, massive unfolding corruption cases at City Hall, and of course an update on the corona virus situation. Get Involved: https://mutualaidla.org Get Active: https://groundgamela.org Sources: Goats: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/200-escape-goats-run-amok-in-San-Jose-neighborhood-15267409.php CA 25:...
Weekly News Update for May 3, 2020
May 03, 2020 15:26 - 1 hour - 104 MBToday we're talking about May Day actions around LA, Project Roomkey and its discontents, how to debunk Coronavirus conspiracy theories, and the very weird origins of the Epoch Times Get Involved: https://mutualaidla.org Get Active: https://groundgamela.org Sources: Arrest at Garcetti's house: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-30/pastor-arrested-outside-mayor-garcettis-house-stalking-charge Jackie Lacey's husband: https://www.essence.com/amp/news/david-lacey-black-lives-mat...
Weekly News Update for April 25, 2020
April 26, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBtoday we’re going to be talking mostly about Coronavirus again, specifically what our city council is doing about it, and Garcetti's annual State of the City address. Get Involved: mutualaidla.org Also you can now check us out on Twitch Saturdays at 10:00 AM: https://twitch.tv/groundgamela Sources: State of the City: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-19/garcetti-state-of-city-la-address-coronavirus Coronavirus: https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/First-known-U-S-coro...
Weekly News Update for April 20, 2020
April 21, 2020 05:27 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBToday we’re talking mostly about Coronavirus and the response from our local elected officials, but we’ll touch on insulin prices, the next city council meeting, and the fact that we've produced exactly two years worth of podcasts...so that's nifty Don't forget to tune in to Ground Game LA's first ever twitch show, it's gonna be good: https://www.twitch.tv/groundgamela Visit https://mutualaidla.org Sources Operation Gridlock: https://twitter.com/sahrasulaiman/status/1251300442601996289 In...
Weekly News Update for April 4, 2020
April 05, 2020 15:00 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBToday talking about Coronavirus again, of course, and the expanding impact that the stay at home order is having on folks across the city and all of California. Mutual Aid LA: https://mutualaidla.org Donate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/covid19-mutual-aid-network Project Mask LA: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-project-mask-la-supply-materials Westside Friends: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-westside-friends-buy-neighbors-groceries Get involved: https://GroundGameLA.org Sources: LA Times...
Weekly News Update for March 28, 2020
March 29, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBToday we’re talking about Coronavirus and the gross incompetence of so many of our elected officials in handling the crisis. Mutual Aid LA: https://bit.ly/LACovid19 Donate: https://bit.ly/mutualaidLA Sources LA County Covid-19 stats: https://bit.lylacovid19 Englander: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-27/former-city-councilman-mitchell-englander-agrees-to-plead-guilty-in-corruption-case Teen dies from Covid-19: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-...
Weekly News Update for March 14th, 2020
March 14, 2020 16:14 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBToday we're talking about Coronavirus, some extraordinarily corrupt local officials, a deeply upsetting cop story out of Santa Monica and a quick update on the ongoing fight to stop neighborhood drilling in the city of Los Angeles. Get Involved: https://groundgamela.org Donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ggla Read: http://KNOCK.LA Covid-19 Links https://www.flattenthecurve.com/ https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/2019.CERT_.Basic_.PM_FINAL_508c.pdf LA Toolkit: https://docs.g...
2020 California Primary Run Down Spectacular
March 07, 2020 17:45 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBThere was an election, what the hell happened? Donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ggla Get Involved: https://www.groundgamela.org/ Read: http://KNOCK-LA.com Sources: https://results.lavote.net/#year=2020&election=4085
Weekly News Update for February 29, 2020
February 29, 2020 15:15 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MBToday we’re going to be talking about homelessness, housing costs, vacancy taxes, sexual harassment at USC and in the DA’s office. Oh yeah, and a HUGE fire at a refinery down in Carson. Civics 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHfqLMn-YbQ Get Involved: https://groundgamela.org Donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ggla Read: https://KNOCK-LA.com Sources USC: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-27/regulators-slam-usc-handling-of-sex-abuse-as-shocking-and-reprehensible-o...
Weekly News Update for February 22, 2019
February 22, 2020 15:54 - 1 hour - 120 MBToday we’re talking about The Young Turks' unionization, CD 25 developments, LAPD playing fast and loose with license plate data, ICE playing fast and loose with the law, and chatting with our friend, organizer, and activist Ashley Bennett. Echo Park Lake Organizing: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ggla-outreach Sources Echo Park Lake: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ggla-outreach Katie Hill: https://theintercept.com/2020/02/21/fbi-arrests-hacker-linked-to-katie-hill-campaign/ Unaffo...
Weekly News Update for February 15, 20202
February 15, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBToday we’re talking about voter guides, pedestrianization, cop shit, and talk Movement Politics with our friend, organizer, and activist Kendall Mayhew. Get Involved: https://GroundGameLA.org Donate: https://patreon.com/KNOCK_LA Read: https://KNOCK-LA.com Sources Homes Guarantee in LA: https://la.curbed.com/2020/2/12/21133788/housing-right-social-public-los-angeles-bonin Broadway: https://la.curbed.com/2020/2/12/21135509/broadway-cars-closed-street-los-angeles LAPD lawsuit: https://www.l...