The growing popularity of urban street art and its acceptance in the art world establishment raises some unexpected questions about the relationship between art and crime. Can something illegal have artistic value? In this podcast we meet a tagger-turned-graffiti artist who works with at-risk teens, teaching them to turn tags into art.
A Farm in the City
• December 4th, 2010How did Los Angeles fall from being one of the top agricultural-producing counties in the United States a century ago to being one of the worst today? What is a food desert? How do we reclaim our urban land to grow food? In this podcast, we meet a man who is trying to answer those questions by literally getting his hands dirty. We visit a modest, 67-plot community garden in the heart of Hollywood, where kale, chard, and broccoli grow in abundance.
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• September 23rd, 2010One of the things obvious to us who live and work in Hollywood is the issue of homelessness. What's not so obvious is the fact that a significant population of those who are homeless here are youth. In this podcast we explore how members of the community view the issue and get a rare look inside an organization that has found a way to serve the the unique needs of teens who find themselves on the streets of Hollywood.
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