On the Season 2 premiere of Hot Off The Pod, the HOTP team (Melanie Ziment, Emily Kocis, Toni Shindler-Ruberg and Syd Haupt) reassembles in the Nexus offices to discuss everything from LGBTQ+ representation in literature to changes in LA’s Little Tokyo, to the impact of tourism on Hawaiian communities to Gen-Z allegedly destroying email.

Hosts: Melanie Ziment and Emily Kocis

Producers: Toni Shindler-Ruberg and Syd Haupt

Music: Alan Kocis

Art: Daniela Gomez

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