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LA wins championships, but the deeper story is how it keeps pulling people and whole histories toward it. We’re recording in fall 2020, right after the Lakers take the NBA title and the Dodgers grab the World Series, and we use that “Title Town” moment to ask a bigger question: what makes a place feel like home when teams move, families migrate, and loyalty gets complicated?

We talk sports the way real fans do, through memories, relatives, and the players who made us care. From the Lakers’ roots in Minnesota and the Dodgers’ start in Brooklyn to our ongoing debate about following players versus following teams, we connect fandom to identity. You’ll hear our personal picks and the stories behind them, plus why “not where you start, it’s where you finish” lands as more than a slogan.

Then we go beyond the scoreboard into Los Angeles culture, California migration, and Black Los Angeles history. We share our family’s journey west from Oklahoma and Texas, reflect on the grit behind the California dream, and shout out figures like Tom Bradley. We also get into the LA feel you can’t Google: flying in at night, the street grid, the air, the mountains and beach in one view, plus our must stop at Doolin’s on Crenshaw and the changing reality of gentrification. We wrap with LA TV and movie favorites, our all time Lakers starting five, and a nod to the 1984 LA Olympics.

If you’re into Los Angeles podcast stories that mix sports, history, culture, and real life, hit play, subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review. What’s one LA memory or one team loyalty you’ll never let go of?

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In this episode, Al and Jayné talk about birthdays and their significance in their family.

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Check out what Al and Jayné have to say about coaches in the 2021 NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments. In this episode, they also give a special tribute to Coach James Roddy of Oakwood University.

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In this episode, you'll hear Al and Jayné give their predictions for the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

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On the Season 2 premiere Al and Jayné share a few reflections on the impact of the Martin Luther King holiday and are joined by their friends Melvin and Leslie Bray for a conversation on what life has been like for them as residents of the state of Georgia.

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Al and Jayné in this bonus episode give a behind the scenes look into the making of season 1.

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This episode wraps up our conversation on change makers who left an enduring legacy in 2020. Listen as Al and Jayné reflect on the lives of Paul Sarbanes, B Smith, Barbara Harris, Phyllis George, Drew Days III, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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This episode continues our conversation about change makers who left an enduring legacy in 2020. Join us as we remember David Dinkins, Bob Ryland, Earl Graves Sr, Jean Kennedy Smith, Katherine Johnson and Wilson Roosevelt Jerman.