I love learning about California since I live here, but it’s very frustrating to listen to these reporters with purported “in depth” reporting purposely neglect certain aspects of episodes. I just listened to a show on how the native peoples land was stolen and they’re slowly buying it back. The very next episode played on how black Americans settled Allensworth. In neither episode did they mention that even these black Americans were on stolen land. Why purposely ignore this fact? One needs to bring it up. If you’re stating that these African-Americans were wrongfully treated/removed, you need to bring up that the land was all original native land. This is the same issue with Bakers beach. Everyone ignores the fact that before the Baker family owned it, it was native peoples land. it’s like NPR doesn’t want to touch the subject, and it needs to be addressed. I want to know how people reconcile this fact. Like ask the people they are interviewing what do they think about being on stolen land? Every time NPR reports on land, they should state historically what tribe was on that land. There’s other issues like when talking about the homeless, they always neglect to ask where these homeless people originally arose from. Some people come out to California for a dream and yes they have housing when they get here, but they lose their housing. Ask them where they graduated high school and how long ago was it. They may have only been here a few months, and only come with money that’s in their pocket & easily become homeless because they weren’t prepared. Or about Japanese internment camps left empty housing and the African migration south took that opportunity to move in those homes & take those jobs that were left open by the removal of the Japanese. No one talked about or asked anyone what they thought about that aspect. It’s like the reporters want to remain willfully ignorant or maybe they just lack the critical thinking skills needed to figure out these questions need to be asked. These stories are not “in depth” like the show summary states.

Wonderful and beautiful job done on the Mixed race series. I loved every episode and am so glad how y’all approached this topic :)

I’m a new listener and thoroughly enjoyed the discussion with Kip Fulbeck on mixed race identity. Being mixed race myself, I identified with the discussion of the hosts and guests. I look forward to the next episodes teased and hope one of them includes a spotlight on UCSB’s class mentioned in this episode. I took the class in the 90s and it was phenomenal. Great podcast and I enjoyed the content and pace from the hosts in this 11/5/21 episode.

I find this show so charming. A variety of great stories that take you all over the (CA) map!

I enjoy learning and questioning what I think is true. This podcast does that for me. I am new to this podcast content and the more I listen the more I am a bigger fan. Thank you to the entire production staff.

Epstein is innocent. The Catholic church is not.

Best podcast

Absolutely outstanding podcast. A must listen.

I love the California Report Magazine. Every week, it brings interesting, compelling stories from all over the state about people and places I would never hear about otherwise. Highly recommend!