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Podcast: UnFictional​

UnFictional

Description: In this season of Unfictional, Stories of Transformation, and the ways in which the world — and all of us — have fundamentally changed since the pandemic began. One man watched his children suddenly turn into grown-ups, while another upended every part of his life. Someone else had to learn to live with hardship and found their true identity along the way, all while living in two worlds. Meanwhile, a subculture ascends, one reporter explores Olvera Street, and another finds an old notebook filled with memories from his time in a cabin. It’s UnFictional, hosted by Bob Carlson.

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Fútbol Confidential: Soccer City with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2022-11-19
Duration: 00:15:13
Shownotes: Fútbol Confidential looks at AYSO, American homegrown soccer culture.

Fútbol Confidential:The Soccer Store with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2022-11-19
Duration: 00:09:11
Shownotes: Fútbol Confidential looks at Niky’s Sports, the biggest family-run chain of soccer stores in LA.

Fútbol Confidential: Fútbol with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2022-11-19
Duration: 00:15:21
Shownotes: Two Mexican-American fans talk about rooting for more than one hometown team in Los Angeles and in Mexico.

Fútbol Confidential: Hollywood United with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2022-11-19
Duration: 00:14:48
Shownotes: Fútbol Confidential looks at the legendary LA city league soccer team formed over beers in a Santa Monica pub by British expatriates.

El Pueblo with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2022-06-09
Duration: 00:26:03
Shownotes: In ‘El Pueblo,’ producer Mike Schilitt explores the surprising history of Olvera Street – an idealized fantasy of Mexico created in downtown Los Angeles that

has supported generations of Agelenos.

The Cabin Notebook with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2022-05-26
Duration: 00:28:00
Shownotes: When Aric Allen was 21, he lived in a desolate mountain cabin for 10 weeks. There he planned to write a novel, but instead he

learned how to be alone.

Lowrider with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2022-05-12
Duration: 00:24:09
Shownotes: Producer Jaime Roque takes a ride with Ernie Moran in his 1965 Chevy Impala to explore the history and culture of the lowrider community of

East Los Angeles.

nisha with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2022-04-28
Duration: 00:18:28
Shownotes: In the U.S., nisha venkat feels safe and relieved to identify as queer and non-binary. But in their home country Dubai, nisha’s gender identity is

illegal, and they can be deported or convicted of homexuality, or “cross-dressing.”

The Transmogrifier with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2022-04-14
Duration: 00:21:23
Shownotes: Imagine entering a giant machine that sucks you in one end, and spits you out the other side as something completely different. That describes the

transmogrifier — a fantastical device from the Calvin and Hobbes comic strips. Over the last couple of years, it feels like everyone has been through the transmogrifier in one way or another. In this episode, stories of the transmogrified. Unfictional producer Bob Carlson watches his two children go through the transmogrifier and come out unexpectedly as grown-ups. Meanwhile, almost every element of producer Jaime Roque’s life was upended by the transmorgrifier: new job, marriage, and prospective fatherhood.

Los Emprendedores with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2022-04-14
Duration: 00:22:57
Shownotes: Street vendors are an essential part of Los Angeles’ history and its economy. You can find vendors with mobile carts and food trucks on street

corners, outside concert venues, and sporting events selling hot dogs, tacos, burritos, churros, fruit, t-shirts, souvenirs, and just about anything else you can imagine. For decades, this activity was illegal. And even though vending was somewhat decriminalized in 2018, the line between legal and illegal is not always clear. Producer James Roque follows the stories of a few of these entrepreneurs, finding out why they started vending, the challenges they encounter on a daily basis, and how they fared during the last few years.

Music could be your whole life with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2021-11-04
Duration: 00:33:03
Shownotes: KCRW’s Bob Carlson talks to some of Deirdre O’Donoghue’s friends and gets further inside her world away from the microphone.

This is SNAP! with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2021-10-28
Duration: 00:35:48
Shownotes: Bent By Nature Episode 1 introduces KCRW DJ Deirdre O’Donoghue, host of "SNAP!," a freeform alternative and independent music and culture program in Los Angeles

in the '80s — and goes inside the community she cultivated, her passion for music, and the problems she had with KCRW’s management and staff. Featuring archival live performances by Camper Van Beethoven, the Meat Puppets, Glass Eye, Jazz Butcher, the Dream Syndicate, and more.

The Man Inside the Radio with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2020-05-22
Duration: 00:27:57
Shownotes: UnFictional host Bob Carlson’s journey on the inside of rock and roll radio.

Rolling Thunder with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2020-05-14
Duration: 00:20:58
Shownotes: Mary Lorson explores scenes from her childhood in a personal memoir musical documentary. Featuring an elusive father, A Dancerina doll, a Polaroid Swinger, and a

camel hair coat from Saks, all in constant motion.

The Rescue with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2020-05-08
Duration: 00:36:17
Shownotes: A promising job drew Fedelina Lugasan to the U.S. from the Philippines, she’d start her new life with a family she trusted. But the picture

they painted for her was not what her life turned out to be.

The Philosophy of the Flying Saucers with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2020-04-30
Duration: 00:25:15
Shownotes: A man finds an old reel to reel tape that reveals much more than just flying saucers and alien conspiracy theories.

The Rowing Man with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2020-04-23
Duration: 00:43:41
Shownotes: Ove the rowing man. A stranger who came by way of the ocean, and was soon no longer a stranger.  

Mauricio Across the Border - Part 2 with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2020-04-16
Duration: 00:35:13
Shownotes: Maurcio, star of a hit Mexican television show, is abandoned in the desert while trying to cross the border.  

Mauricio Across the Border - Part 1 with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2020-04-09
Duration: 00:32:28
Shownotes: Mauricio leaves Mexico City for Los Angeles, and his dreams of television come true in a very unlikely way.

The Dream is Over with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2019-03-21
Duration: 00:35:38
Shownotes: One man’s treasure is another man’s Olympic gold medal.

Denial with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2019-03-14
Duration: 00:32:14
Shownotes: It never occurred to Janey that he would put something in her drink. Never in a million years.

Friends in Juggalo Places with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2019-03-07
Duration: 00:32:09
Shownotes: Take a three-day bus trip across the country with a juggalo, and you’ll learn some things.

1-800-KISS-MY-ASS with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2019-03-01
Duration: 00:24:01
Shownotes: Aric Allen spent much of the early 2000s on the phone – selling get-rich-quick schemes and rapidly turning into a person he didn’t recognize.

Vampire of Barcelona with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2019-02-22
Duration: 00:25:07
Shownotes: Enriqueta Marti was a real-life monster who roamed the streets of 20th Century Barcelona  collecting bones and kidnapping children. Except, of course, she wasn’t.

Strangers in a Good Way with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2019-02-14
Duration: 00:31:11
Shownotes: One woman discovers that her childhood crush has grown up into someone she doesn’t recognize.

Purple Rain with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2019-02-08
Duration: 00:19:16
Shownotes: A romantic daytime drive becomes a nightmare when Mihai’s mind betrays him – and he turns on the person he loves.

My Foolish Illusion with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2019-02-01
Duration: 00:29:32
Shownotes: When John Elder Robison gets an experimental treatment for Asperger’s, he feels like he’s suddenly seeing the world in technicolor. But that doesn’t mean he

likes what he sees.

Stories of Perception with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2019-01-25
Duration: 00:02:44
Shownotes: This season on UnFictional, we’re looking at how we come to know the unknown parts of ourselves. Get the first episode January 31st.

Halloween 2018 with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2018-10-31
Duration: 00:23:31
Shownotes: It’s a bonus episode! We’ll be back in January, but we’ve got two spooky stories to tide you over – a Halloween classic, and a

brand-new, never-before-heard story of a haunted house gone terribly wrong.

Punk Jubilee with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2018-03-29
Duration: 00:37:42
Shownotes: A girl gang goes on a rampage of sex, larceny and murder. But what happened when the cameras weren’t rolling? Go behind the scenes of

a riotous ‘70s punk film.

Haunted with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2018-03-22
Duration: 00:19:54
Shownotes: Tara has always believed in ghosts, so she wasn’t surprised when a ghost starting haunting her Los Feliz apartment. That is, until she found out

that the ghost was actually something far more frightening.

Her Name is Ember with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2018-03-15
Duration: 00:18:04
Shownotes: Ember has pretty much always known who she truly was. But it was a long, obstacle-ridden path to live that true life – as a

woman.

Big Sur: The Secret Road with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2018-03-08
Duration: 00:30:19
Shownotes: A secret road leads to a marooned community and an ocean paradise – along the coast of California.

Bay of Smokes: The Day Smog Showed Up In LA with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2018-03-01
Duration: 00:26:26
Shownotes: When you think of Los Angeles, you think of smog. But have you ever heard about the day when smog just showed up in Los

Angeles? An impressionistic trip the hazy history of the skies over Los Angeles.

Man Choubam (I am good) with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2018-02-22
Duration: 00:44:12
Shownotes: After years of living in the space between who she really is, and who her mother wants her to be, Sharon decides she’s finally going

to confront her mother – on a cruise with a famous Iranian talk show psychiatrist.

The Outsider with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2018-02-22
Duration: 00:39:07
Shownotes: A young movie nerd from Los Angeles finds himself in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s redemption film, “The Outsiders,” thanks to

a strange cosmic twist of fate (and a pair of mail-order shoes).

UnFictional returns! with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2018-02-14
Duration: 00:02:44
Shownotes: The new season of UnFictional is right around the corner. Unbelievably true stories of chance encounters that changed everything. A pair of mail-order shoes that

led to “The Outsiders.” A secret road to a California paradise. The day Los Angeles and smog first met. Stories that will stick in your head like a memory. Coming on February 22nd, hosted by Bob Carlson.

The Past Can Hold a Terrible Power with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-07-01
Duration: 00:29:30
Shownotes: The past can warp a person in mysterious ways. Sometimes we can figure out what's eating at us, but sometimes, we just have to push

forward – into the darkness.

Because It's There with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-06-24
Duration: 00:29:30
Shownotes: A former mountaineer returns to the Himalayas for one last climb – to bury his long lost friend. A story from KCRW's newest podcast: The

Document.

Father's Day 2017 with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-06-17
Duration: 00:29:30
Shownotes: There comes a time in every child's life when they realize they can strike their own path. But often, that path leads straight back to

their parents. This week, three stories of fathers and their children.

Lost Bird with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-06-06
Duration: 00:29:30
Shownotes: A bird and a cat are saved, and so – somehow – are their saviors.

Sister Aimee with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-06-03
Duration: 00:29:30
Shownotes: Sister Aimee combined faith and fame in 1920s Los Angeles. She was the most popular woman in the country. Then she disappeared. 

The Other Man with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-05-27
Duration: 00:29:30
Shownotes: Stories of two men who meet by chance and emerge indelibly changed – or at least, one of them does.

The Enemy Within with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-05-06
Duration: 00:29:30
Shownotes: Coming home from war can be messy, especially when the battle doesn't stay on the battlefield. This is the story of what it means to

love and care for soldiers who have brought the war home with them.

Barcelona: The View from the Streets with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-04-29
Duration: 00:29:30
Shownotes: A tour through the life… of the tour guide.

Joe Frank: Dreamers with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-04-22
Duration: 00:29:30
Shownotes: A work by legendary radio storyteller Joe Frank.

Green Goblins with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-04-15
Duration: 00:29:30
Shownotes: A story of baseball, fatherhood and what it's like to be the black team. 

Running Away with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-04-01
Duration: 00:29:30
Shownotes: Perseverance is a funny thing. Some people are addicted to finishing the job, no matter the cost. Running away with an idea, no matter where

it takes them. And sometimes, it turns out to be worth it.

Thought I Was Dead with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-03-25
Duration: 00:29:32
Shownotes: Death is a state of mind.

Conspiracy, Not the Crime with full AI transcript and summary​

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Update: 2017-03-18
Duration: 00:29:31
Shownotes: When you're in trouble, do you fight or do you run? The story of a man who fled from the US government for 31 years.