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Hosted by KBLA Talk 1580 · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 31 episodes
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KBLA TALK 1580’s Conversation Live: Altadena Rising is the show of record, chronicling this tragedy for the nation over the next 52 weeks. Host and journalist James Farr leads the investigation, documenting the community’s fight for accountability and its journey through roots, resilience, recovery, rebuilding, and reunion.
KBLA Talk 1580 hosts Conversation Live: Altadena Rising with James Farr, a society show with 31 episodes published.
Is SoCal Edison’s “Fast Pay” Program Truly Fast and Fair? In Part Two of this conversation, Tavis Smiley, Chief Visionary Officer and flagship host of KBLA Talk 1580, and KBLA host James Farr lead an Altadena Town Hall o
s SoCal Edison’s “Fast Pay” Program Truly Fast and Fair? In part one in this town hall conversation, KBLA Talk 1580’s Chief Visionary Officer and flagship host, Tavis Smiley, along with KBLA host James Farr, lead an impo
In this episode of 'Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr — “Somebody Didn’t Do Their Damn Job.” Nine months since the Eaton Canyon Fire… and now this so-called “After Action Report” lands. Polished up, typ
On this podcast episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr — Freddy Sayegh. Fire survivor. Lost seven properties. Now leading Alta Design Works to help neighbors rebuild. Homes. Hope. Community. Vict
On this podcast, "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, Andre Barnwell joins the conversation. A writer, producer, director, and fire survivor still displaced from his home, Barnwell is shaping a TV drama
On this podcast episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr. Congresswoman Judy Chu will face the burning question: Will survivors ever see real relief, or will the system tax, delay, and deny them? S
On this podcast episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr—Dr. Cornel West. A Black prophetic voice. Scholar. Truth-teller. Together, we mark Altadena as sacred Black ground. Memory stands a weapon a
Coming up on this podcast episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, seven months. Eleven days. After the Eaton Canyon Fire, Jarvis Emerson broke ground for his Black Altadena family’s home. A home
On the podcast episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, Dr. Brent Musson joins us to ask the question Black Altadena is still living with thirty-two weeks after the fire: Generational Wealth Re?Im
On this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, seven months after the Eaton Canyon fire, who’s helping Altadena — and who’s just putting on a show? Pasadena NAACP President Brandon Lamar joins u
On this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, rebuilding isn’t just brick and mortar. It’s power, politics, and who gets left behind. Mayor Karen Bass breaks down L.A.’s push after the Palisade
On this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, the fire is out, and the smoke is gone. But for students in Altadena, rebuilding and finding new normals are just beginning. Dr. Lawton Gray, princ
On the next episode of The “Conversation Live: Altadena Rising” with James Farr, a powerful and personal conversation with Dennis Robinson, great-nephew of Olympian Mack Robinson and Major League Baseball legend Jackie R
On this episode of “Conversation Live: Altadena Rising,” James Farr — Martin Gordon, Chair of the Pasadena Community Coalition, returns to share where things stand six months after the fire that scorched his home and rat
On this podcast of “Conversation Live: Altadena Rising,” James Farr sits down with Laurence Todd, founder of the Pasadena Sports Hall of Fame, to explore the rich athletic legacy of Northwest Dena — where Altadena and Pa
How does a community move forward after disaster—and who gets to decide what recovery looks like? In this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising," host James Farr sits down with Dir. Jeffrey Marino from Californi
Altadena burned—and the people still want answers. On "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising," host James Farr sits down with L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger this week. Why were evacuation alerts late? Who failed to p
Five months after flames tore through Altadena—leveling homes, rattling lives, and eroding public trust—the burning question remains: could more have been done? In this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising," ho
On this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising," James Farr sits down with Rodney Benford and John 'Jon Jon' Harreld of the legendary R&B quintet TROOP—short for 'Total Respect of Other People.' They were just 'D
What happens when a community is forced to start over—again? In this episode of “Conversation Live: Altadena Rising,” James Farr sits down with Tina Jackson Williams, Vice Chair of the Pasadena 710 Restorative Justice Co
Tavis Smiley
Chief Visionary Officer
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Cornel West
philosopher, activist, and prophetic voice in the American democratic tradition · Union Theological Seminary
1 appearance on this show
Joel Bryant
North Carolina Sports Reporter · Bronzeville, Inc.
1 appearance on this show
Tiffany Haddish
1 appearance on this show
Dennis Robinson
Marketing Manager · Botched Podcast
1 appearance on this show
Martin Gordon
Pasadena Community Coalition
1 appearance on this show
Toni Bailey-Raines
Altadena Talks
1 appearance on this show
Brandon Lamar
Pasadena NAACP
2 appearances on this show
Lawton Gray
John Muir High School
1 appearance on this show
Jeffrey Marino
California’s Office of Data and Innovation
1 appearance on this show
Addington Stewart
International Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters
1 appearance on this show
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