Welcome to LA

David Weinberg, Jill Lepore

radio.weinberg@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

A Los Angeles-focused journalism project that highlights people and communities shaped by the city beyond its “dream” image. The show is best for PR teams with speakers whose work connects local life, history, and public-interest reporting.

Metrics

Episodes: 21

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 525.0k subscribers

Instagram: 239.0k followers

Contact Information

radio.weinberg@gmail.com

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Host

David Weinberg - Described as an award-winning journalist who “returns with stories of people who learn what lies beyond the dream.” The description also notes he is a Transom lead teacher and an independent journa...

Jill Lepore

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Award-winning or nationally recognized journalists/producers, documentary makers, and writers with strong public-interest/impact work (e.g., Pulitzer/Peabody-level achievements)
Required Achievements:  
Peabody Award, Pulitzer Prize, National mainstream publication and/or documentary/major radio project recognition, Notable documentary or investigative/community-focused production credits

Recent Guest Discussions

Jenny Ament - Assistance On Scott Carrier’s Work Mentioned Alongside The Listeners

Scott Carrier - Independent Radio Story Work And The Listeners Project Contribution

Eve Abrams - Wetlands Radio And Coastal Erosion In Louisiana; Work On The Listeners

Yohance Lacour - You Didn't See Nothin And Hyperlocal Reporting Model Inspiration

Erica Heilman - The Listeners Project And Hyperlocal Storytelling For Context To News

Recent Topics

Journalism, Los Angeles, History, Public Interest, Documentary

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Welcome to LA
:

The Birthday Party: America at 250

July 02, 2026

This is a piece I helped produce for the The New Yorker Radio Hour and Transom. A few months ago, the great American historian and writer Jill Lepore shared a documentary with us that was presented by the National Park Service for the nation's bicentennial in 1976. In it, Americans shared what they thought about the 200th year of the republic: how the country was doing, what it meant to be an American, how they planned to celebrate (or not).  Jill said the piece reminded her of The Listeners,...

Azmina and Sasha

January 07, 2026

If you would like to help  the Kanji family rebuild their home after the fire you can donate to their gofundme:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-sasha-and-azmina-rebuild-after-palisades-fire    

Birdman

June 05, 2025

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PSUzUJhQqk   This piece was produced by Nick White with help from Emile Klein. 

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