With journalist Jon Regardie, we discuss issues of importance to L.A.s' future, including: Mayor Bass, President-elect Trump and L.A.'s 2028 Olympics; the enlargement of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; and former local official Mark Ridley-Thomas' continued legal troubles.

We discuss what tripped up the Democrats in the last election and what might trip up the Republicans in the future.

With friend of the show, political analyst Bill Schneider, we discuss the fallout from the presidential election.

With friend of the show, political analyst Bill Schneider, we discuss the state of the presidential race as election day nears.

We wonder if this is the first "podcast election." We discuss the declining influence of traditional media and the growing power of podcasts, and social media in the U.S. electoral process.

In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, Harris and Trump go after each other with total abandon. We discuss the strategies each are using to get out the vote and wonder if the current debate about Trump's mental acuity will impact the election.

President Joe Biden calls Donald Trump "unAmerican" for Trump's attacks on the federal hurricane response. L.A. gets a new police chief. The race for California's U.S. Senate seat turns nasty. Kamela Harris launches a multi-media blitz. We discuss all of it.

Sherry and Bill discuss the vice presidential debate. We also examine whether the Middle East conflict will be a dominant force in the presidential campaign. And we wonder whether we need these debates at all.