Live and Lie in LA?

About this episode

The episode discusses the dramatic Los Angeles mayoral race and its unexpected developments.

The Los Angeles race for Mayor has garnered unprecedented national media coverage with a script worthy of its Hollywood background. An incumbent mayor who has overseen a bungled response to a catastrophic natural disaster. A reality TV star with viral AI-generated campaign videos. Drugs, deception and manipulation. But this is no script. Instead, we have seen a third candidate swoop in after Election Day to win a spot for the two-person race in November. Al...

People in this episode

Host: Brian Groesser

Topics covered

• Los Angeles mayoral race
• media coverage
• politics
• elections
• deception
• campaign strategies

Keywords

• Los Angeles
• mayor
• election
• media
• politics
• campaign
• deception
• natural disaster

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Los Angeles

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