What is the song California Love?
California Love on Apple Podcasts Tupac and Dr. Dre's "California Love" served as a love letter and anthem for a generation. The song inspired author and New York Times writer, Walter Thompson-Hernández, to create a show as prescient as it is personal.
Why did Dr Dre and Tupac make California Love?
Tupac and Dr. Dre's "California Love" served as a love letter and anthem for a generation. The song inspired author and New York Times writer, Walter Thompson-Hernández, to create a show as prescient as it is personal.
How many episodes of California Love are there?
California Love is a limited series with 8 episodes. Show support by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. Walter dives deep on what Kobe meant to him in his life and how the icon’s death spurred a collective mourning throughout the city. California Love is a limited series with 8 episodes.
What is Walter Mitty's California Love?
In his "California Love" series, Walter invites listeners to join him in his family home, on horseback through the streets of Compton, and up into the sky to examine belonging. Walter takes us deep into his own story as he explores what it means for him to love Los Angeles.
What is the California love song?
Tupac and Dr. Dre's "California Love" served as a love letter and anthem for a generation. The song inspired author and New York Times writer, Walter Thompson-Hernández, to create a show as prescient as it is personal. In his "California Love" series, Walter invites listeners to join him in his family home, on horseback through the streets of Compton, and up into the sky to examine belonging. Walter takes us deep into his own story as he explores what it means for him to love Los Angeles.
Who is the host of Truth Be Told?
In this bonus episode, KQED’s Truth Be Told host Tonya Mosley talks with Walter Thompson-Hernández about the making of California Love, growing up in Los Angeles, and the importance …
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Tupac and Dr. Dre's "California Love" served as a love letter and anthem for a generation. The song inspired author and New York Times writer, Walter Thompson-Hernández, to create a show as prescient as it is personal.
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Host Walter Thompson-Hernández returns home to L.A. and reflects on how much the city has changed since he was a child.
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Tupac and Dr. Dre's "California Love" served as a love letter and anthem for a generation. The song inspired author and New York Times writer, Walter Thompson-Hernández, to create a show as prescient as it is personal.
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Hey California Love listeners, it's Mental Health Awareness Month, and we couldn't help but share another episode of Yeah No, I'm Not OK where Diane Guerrero speaks with Janaya Future Khan, the Black Lives Matter International Ambassador, on the power of trusting that you are doing the thing that's right over doing the thing that’s popular.
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Yeah No, I'm Not OK with Dascha Polanco
In our final episode drop of Yeah No, I'm Not OK, Dascha and Diane talk about what it meant to come up together as actors and Latinx artists. They also discuss their personal experiences with body image and what it means to continuously choose to embrace what is uniquely yours. To hear more episodes, subscribe to the Yeah No, I'm Not OK feed.
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Epilogue
We close the series with a meditation on how 28 years after the 1992 Riots, for many in L.A., things feel exactly the same.
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Eleuteria “Ellie” Hernández moved to Los Angeles from a small town in Mexico when she was 14 and fell in love with the city. In this episode, Walter sits down with Ellie, his mother, to understand her relationship to L.A. and how it shaped his own. California Love sponsors include: UCLA Extension Fall Quarter starts September 28.
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Q&A: California Love and Composing the Sounds of LA
Named after Tupac’s 1995 song, the “California Love” podcast captures the stories and sounds of one New York Times writer growing up in Los Angeles. In our latest Webby Winner interview, we talked to creator Walter Thompson-Hernández about making this show.
This podcast is also a love letter to LA. Why was a podcast the perfect medium to tell this story?
California Love was my introduction to sound design and audio storytelling. I think using the audio space to tell stories allows for a sense of intimacy that almost no other medium allows to explore. Sound is rich. It’s personal. And it gives people the chance to attach their own visuals to what they are listening to.
What was the biggest challenge that emerged for you while telling your stories of growing up in LA, and how they fit into a larger conversation? How did you overcome it?
I think the biggest challenge was learning how to make sense of a lot of the things that I experienced as a teenager in Los Angeles. Making this show was challenging because a lot of old wounds and trauma emerged from places that I didn’t know existed. It forced me to confront a part of myself and the city that still requires attention and care.
California Love won the 2021 Webby Award for Best Original Score. Why was it so important to really focus on sound design to tell your story?
We won the Webby for Best Original Score because of our incredible team. I was lucky to be able to work with some of the best producers and sound engineers in the industry. This award is really for them.
What did your Webby win mean for you and your team?
I don’t create things with the thought of awards in mind. I also don’t feel personally validated by awards. That said, I understand what they mean in the larger context of professional work and success. I was happy that our team was able to be recognized for the incredible work that they did in making this show.
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