Latest Room 20 Podcast Episodes

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Moscow

Room 20 - January 11, 2024 08:05 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Reporting dire news out of America and at home, Russian news anchor Viktor Antonov attempts to guide his audience through what may be the beginning of the end. Everywhere is a battlefield. ‘SIGN OFF’ is a branded podcast from LA Times Studios paid for by Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment in s...

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Minot

Room 20 - January 11, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Following a wave of cyber attacks against the U.S., news anchor Maria Mason finds herself at the center of an escalating crisis where the International Space Station emerges as a strategic foothold. ‘SIGN OFF’ is a scripted, branded podcast from LA Times Studios paid for by Bleecker Street and L...

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Introducing 'Foretold'

Room 20 - May 18, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
"Foretold" is the newest podcast from the L.A. Times, and we're sharing a preview of the first episode with you here today.  In the fall of 2019, reporter Faith E. Pinho received a tip from a woman named Paulina Stevens. Paulina claimed she had grown up in an insular Romani community in Califor...

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Introducing Border City

Room 20 - April 05, 2022 11:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Border City is a new L.A. Times Presents podcast from the San Diego Union-Tribune. From Sandra Dibble, a journalist who spent more than 25 years covering the border, comes a story about beauty, violence and belonging in Tijuana, one of the world’s most dangerous cities. Enjoy this sneak peek, an...

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Introducing Binge Sesh

Room 20 - March 08, 2022 00:45 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
In Season 1 of “Binge Sesh,” co-hosts Matt Brennan and Kareem Maddox pull back the curtain on HBO’s “Winning Time” series about the L.A. Lakers of the 1980s, one of the sports’ most unforgettable dynasties. Every week, we bring you stories from the locker room, the soundstage, and the L.A. Times...

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Introducing Convicted: Across Borders

Room 20 - August 03, 2021 07:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
From Focus Features and L.A. Times Studios brand team comes the new podcast series, CONVICTED: ACROSS BORDERS. Hosted by famed lawyer and bestselling author, Marcia Clark, we'll hear straight from the mouths of the men and women who lived through these trials. Through these stories, we'll explor...

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L.A. Times presents The Trials of Frank Carson

Room 20 - May 25, 2021 09:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
One lawyer saw a broken system. But the system saw a vigilante killer. From Christopher Goffard, the Los Angeles Times reporter and host behind the hit podcasts Dirty John and Detective Trapp, comes a new eight-episode true crime podcast, The Trials of Frank Carson. This story of power, politics...

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Introducing California City, presented by LAist Studios

Room 20 - July 20, 2020 08:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
California City is out now! California City is a new investigative podcast series from LAist Studios.  Deep in the Mojave Desert, there is a little town with a big name and a bizarre history: California City. For decades, real estate developers have sold a dream here: if you buy land n...

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Wondery Presents GURU: The Dark Side of Enlightenment

Room 20 - July 03, 2020 08:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
When we face challenges in life, we seek answers from people we believe can help us. When tragedy strikes an exclusive retreat with a self-help superstar, many people are left to wonder: how far is too far? James Arthur Ray was an Oprah-endorsed self-help teacher who achieved fame, fort...

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L.A. Times presents It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders

Room 20 - May 26, 2020 07:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
From the LA Times team behind Room 20 -- as well as Dirty John, Man In The Window and Chasing Cosby -- comes “It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders.” This fascinating new true-crime podcast follows the case of Betty Broderick, who thought she had a perfect life. Until her husband l...

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L.A. Times presents Coronavirus in California | 7

Room 20 - May 12, 2020 07:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
From the creators of Room 20, comes Coronavirus in California: Stories from the Front Lines, an essential new podcast from the Los Angeles Times hosted by Gustavo Arellano. Every weekday, the podcast gives listeners dispatches from Californians who are in the thick of this pandemic. We ...

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L.A. Times Presents Chasing Cosby

Room 20 - January 14, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
For decades, Bill Cosby brought warmth and laugher across the country, cementing his image as “America’s Dad.” But behind that disguise was the real Bill Cosby – the monster who preyed on women by promising them mentorship, only to then drug and violate them. Hosted by Nicki Egan, the l...

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Introducing Detective Trapp

Room 20 - November 19, 2019 10:30 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Anaheim investigator Julissa Trapp is not like other detectives. She’s the only woman on the homicide squad, and a skilled chameleon: undercover cop in vice stings, crime-scene commander, patient confidante of killers. A master interrogator, she invokes her personal experience – and dee...

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L.A. Times Presents: The Battle of 187

Room 20 - October 30, 2019 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
In 1994 an anti-immigrant initiative rocked the state of California. Prop 187 would turn the state into the progressive beacon it is today and pave the way for Donald Trump to be elected president.  Listen to This is California: The Battle of 187 now at https://apple.co/2BvWMxo or lati...

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Introducing The Next Big Idea

Room 20 - October 15, 2019 08:30 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Ideas are coming at you every day from all directions. How can you process it all? You can start with The Next Big Idea. Host Rufus Griscom and legendary thought leaders Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Dan Pink, and Susan Cain, will be your personal “idea” curators. Open your mind and get...

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Is He in There? | 6

Room 20 - August 20, 2019 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Episode 6: Omar, the roommate, speaks and Garage sees his sister for the first time since he was a teenager. Faryon learns she is not responsible for her mother’s death and convinces a world expert on diagnosing consciousness to test Garage. She’s finally able to answer the question she had when...

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Ep. 6: Is He in There? | 6

Room 20 - August 20, 2019 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Omar, the roommate, speaks and Garage sees his sister for the first time since he was a teenager. Faryon learns she is not responsible for her mother’s death and convinces a world expert on diagnosing consciousness to test Garage. She’s finally able to answer the question she had when s...

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The Reunion | 5

Room 20 - August 13, 2019 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Episode 5: The nursing home director contacts Garage’s family to break the news of his medical condition. Faryon travels to Ohio to learn what led Garage to the California desert in the summer of 1999. Garage celebrates his birthday for the first time in 17 years.

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Ep. 5: The Reunion | 5

Room 20 - August 13, 2019 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
The nursing home director contacts Garage’s family to break the news of his medical condition. Faryon travels to Ohio to learn what led Garage to the California desert in the summer of 1999. Garage celebrates his birthday for the first time in 17 years.

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The Name | 4

Room 20 - August 06, 2019 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Episode 4: Sixty-Six Garage is identified and Faryon tracks down another man in the same accident as Garage. She learns what really caused the crash and begins to suspect authorities might have known Garage’s identity since the day of the accident.

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Ep. 4: The Name | 4

Room 20 - August 06, 2019 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Sixty-Six Garage is identified and Faryon tracks down another man in the same accident as Garage. She learns what really caused the crash and begins to suspect authorities might have known Garage’s identity since the day of the accident.

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Ep. 3: The Border | 3

Room 20 - August 01, 2019 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Sixty-Six Garage gets a new roommate -  Omar Salgado - a young cyclist hit by a car on a highway. He’s unconscious and near death. There’s a major breakthrough in identifying Garage - will he recognize his name?

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The Border | 3

Room 20 - August 01, 2019 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Episode 3: Sixty-Six Garage gets a new roommate - Omar Salgado - a young cyclist hit by a car on a highway. He’s unconscious and near death. There’s a major breakthrough in identifying Garage - will he recognize his name?

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Ep. 2: The Intersection | 2

Room 20 - July 30, 2019 07:15 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
An old newspaper article provides clues to Garage’s accident, but many of the details turn out to be false. Faryon finds the accident report that everyone believed was destroyed years ago, and it becomes her roadmap in solving Garage’s mystery.

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The Intersection | 2

Room 20 - July 30, 2019 07:15 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Episode 2: An old newspaper article provides clues to Garage’s accident, but many of the details turn out to be false. Faryon finds the accident report that everyone believed was destroyed years ago, and it becomes her roadmap in solving Garage’s mystery.

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The First Six Days | 1

Room 20 - July 30, 2019 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Episode 1: Reporter Joanne Faryon quits her job to find out what happened to a man known as Sixty-Six Garage. After spending six days with him in his nursing home room, she starts to question whether he’s actually in a vegetative state, like she was first told.

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Ep. 1: The First Six Days | 1

Room 20 - July 30, 2019 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Reporter Joanne Faryon quits her job to find out what happened to a man known as Sixty-Six Garage. After spending six days with him in his nursing home room, she starts to question whether he’s actually in a vegetative state, like she was first told.

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Introducing Room 20

Room 20 - July 18, 2019 11:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
For more than 15 years, a man named Sixty-Six Garage would lay unidentified and unconscious. Or so everyone believed. Reported, written and hosted by reporter Joanne Faryon. Premieres July 30.

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