The main characters go hurtling across California as season two comes to an end. We'll take you to the big trees, a place really called "Dry Soggy Lake and Southern California's newest transit hub, seen for the first time on screen in "True Det

Dead, hiding or on fire

Aug 3rd, 2015 26m 29s

Officer Paul Woodrugh and State Attorney Katherine Davis are dead as we careen towards the final episode. Hear from Michael Hyatt, the actor who played Davis, about how secretive the show was with its scripts and why she's often cast in crime d

Santa Muerte, sex party history and the LA Riots

Jul 27th, 2015 21m 24s

Tonight's episode has lots of ties to real L.A. history. We'll talk about legendary Hollywood orgies and girls, girls, girls with Karina Longworth. We'll also go to a real life Santa Muerte temple in LA to hear about why the darker characters o

Moving day

Jul 20th, 2015 22m 48s

We'll talk about Frank Semyon's modest new house in Glendale and go deep on the long, sordid history of high speed rail in California.

Location, location, location

Jul 13th, 2015 15m 52s

There is a field of wooden stakes with pink ribbons. A bar where the Velcoro men like to drink and talk. A mansion where Frank Semyon stylishly plots. These are all real places in Southern California and we have tracked them down with the help

Good old police days

Jul 6th, 2015 18m 46s

Detective Ray Velcoro lives and we talk to a real LA trauma surgeon about how it could have happened. Plus a cultural history of cops from Tom Explores Los Angeles and author Joe Domanick brings an LAPD history lesson covering Daryl Gates, deca

Shotgun talk

Jun 30th, 2015 4m 48s

Ray Velcoro got two in the chest from someone in a crow mask. We wanted to know what the chances are that we'll see him in the next episode. So we asked a man who knows guns, bullets and death.

Vinci plays itself

Jun 29th, 2015 29m 24s

Did Det. Ray Velcoro just die? We talk to creative director Patrick Clair and photographer David Maisel about the show's opening sequence. Plus, Tom Explores Los Angeles explains Vernon's (short) history in pop culture. Real-life city manager a

Extra: Are goons a real thing?

Jun 25th, 2015 3m 35s

Reporting on Vernon, the city that inspires parts of Vinci in "True Detective, could be a profession that brings you the wrong kind of attention.

What the F is Vinci?

Jun 22nd, 2015 19m 52s

In the new season of HBO's noir TV series, Colin Farrell's Det. Ray Velcoro works for the fictional city of Vinci, a city with a lot of secrets. We take a look at its real-life inspiration. (Spoilers!)

KPCC's new 'True Detective' podcast about California

Jun 19th, 2015 1m 19s

When we heard the second season of True Detective was set to take place in Southern California, our ears started burning - one of HBO's best shows is in our back yard!

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