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6 Episodes 2024 - 2024
Episode 1
Tue, Jan 2, 2024
From McDonald's to Taco Bell, many of the world's most iconic fast-food chains were born in SoCal. During this journey, Nathan Masters explores how car culture and the restaurant industry collided in the LA region, forever shaping the way Americans dine and drive. Featured interviews include Los Angeles Times writers Gustavo Arellano and Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Magazine's Chris Nichols, and author/chef George Geary, who also discuss the histories of In-N-Out Burger, Bob's Big Boy, Carl's Jr., Wienerschnitzel, Del Taco and more throughout LA and beyond (and even in San Bernardino).
Episode 2
Tue, Jan 9, 2024
Filipino Americans work to make their heritage more visible in Los Angeles. Host Nathan Masters explores the yo-yo's surprising origin story, tours L.A.'s Historic Filipinotown neighborhood (a.k.a. "HiFi") in a Jeepney and tastes classic Filipino street food. Featured interviews include activist/librarian Florante Ibanez and the hosts of "This Filipino American Life" podcast.
Episode 3
Tue, Jan 16, 2024
Meet the hikers who led Angelenos onto their local trails, including early wellness guru Paul Bragg. During this journey, Lost LA host Nathan Masters explores the origins of Los Angeles hiking, from the Indigenous people who first walked the land to activists like WalkGood LA's Etienne Maurice, who blaze new paths over familiar terrain. Featured interviews include Modern Hiker's Casey Schreiner.
Episode 4
Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Visit Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights, and Hollywood Forever to see how L.A. reinvented the cemetery. Lost LA host Nathan Masters and UCLA's Eric Avila visit the grave sites of the rich and famous and learn how racial segregation once divided the dead. Featured interviews include the Chinese Historical Society's Eugene Moy and historian Karie Bible.
Episode 5
Tue, Jan 30, 2024
Archives reveal the "forgotten plague" that shaped Southern California: tuberculosis. Lost LA host Nathan Masters explores how California's fresh air and sunshine drew "consumptives" to local sanatoriums as well as the stark realities of life as a TB patient. Featured interviews include USC's William Deverell, the Los Angeles Times' Patt Morrison and infectious disease specialist Dr. Brenda Jones.
Episode 6
Sat, Jan 6, 2024
Lost LA host Nathan Masters explores some of the oldest Tiki bars in Southern California. During this journey, discover the Hollywood origins of Don the Beachcomber and learn how postwar American pop culture appropriated the rich traditions of the South Pacific. Featured interviews include Tiki Ti's Mike Buhen, tiki historian Sven Kirsten and Strong Water Anaheim's Ying Chang and Robert Adamson.