David Weinberg

David Weinberg

Host, Welcome to LA

David Weinberg is a host and producer at KCRW.

He creates character-driven stories for KCRW programs including Good Food, All Things Considered, Press Play and Unfictional. He is the producer of a year-long series on life in South L.A. called "Below the Ten." He has won multiple journalism awards, including a national Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for "Mr. Fries Man." David is a former reporter at Marketplace. His work has been featured on The World, 99% Invisible, Wiretap, Love + Radio and WWOZ, and he produced the podcast Random Tape. His print work has been published in the New York Times.

David Weinberg on KCRW

For 25 years, race car enthusiasts have had a place to legally test the limits of their machines: the Irwindale Speedway. Now that space will be no more.

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After gaining a sizeable following on TikTok, can an influencer become a showrunner? And does he even need to?

Can an influencer make it in Hollywood — and why bother?

After gaining a sizeable following on TikTok, can an influencer become a showrunner? And does he even need to?

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For the last 50 years, Robert Sanchez (a.k.a. Pnutman) has been a vendor at Dodger Stadium.

‘They're paying me to exercise’: Pnutman on 50 years as a Dodger Stadium vendor

For the last 50 years, Robert Sanchez (a.k.a. Pnutman) has been a vendor at Dodger Stadium.

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