J.T. the L.A. Storyteller

About J.T. the L.A. Storyteller

I was born and raised in central Los Angeles. I discuss intersections of race, gentrification, small business, City and County elections, and more of what's shaping my Pueblito today. I publish episodes every other Friday; for the full catalogue, visit jimbotimes.com.

Publisher

JIMBO TIMES

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jul 2023

Latest episode

13 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 82 episodes have a transcript.

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   13 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   AIDA ASHOURI IS RUNNING FOR L.A. CITY ATTORNEY

   You can also watch this conversation on YouTube. Aida Ashouri is an Iranian-American immigrant running for L.A. City Attorney this year. In this IG Live she speaks with me about her last few days on the campaign trail gathering signatures, and just what it’s gonna take to reach as many voters as possible before electionContinue reading AIDA ASHOURI IS RUNNING FOR L.A. CITY ATTORNEY →

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   5 Jan 2026

   MAKING AMERICAN GUERRILLAS AGAIN

   LET THE CITY KNOW: You can also watch this episode on YouTube. Because of course you don’t think it’s “Mission Accomplished” in Caracas already, do you? On Saturday, January 3rd the U.S.’s unprovoked attack on Venezuela cost at least 40 people their lives and led to the unwarranted, illegal kidnapping of the acting president, NicolasContinue reading MAKING AMERICAN GUERRILLAS AGAIN →

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   20 Nov 2025

   IS CALIFORNIA SAVABLE? IS IT WORTH SAVING?

   LET THE CITY KNOW: You can also watch this episode on YouTube. From Dana Williamson, who was outgoing Governor Newsom’s former Chief of Staff, to California’s own Attorney General Rob Bonta, to Oakland’s Ex-Mayor Sheng Thao, to Orange County’s Andrew Do, the last couple of weeks since the passage of Prop 50 have seen aContinue reading IS CALIFORNIA SAVABLE? IS IT WORTH SAVING? →

Inside a recent episode

AIDA ASHOURI IS RUNNING FOR L.A. CITY ATTORNEY

Published 13 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And it's handling all the misdemeanors. So there's an incredible amount of responsibility. There's 500 attorneys just in the office. And so there's so much potential to really transform our city to hold these politicians accountable who are giving contracts to their friends or you know holding them accountable when they approve projects that you know completely skirt environmental laws or hold them accountable when they are trying to pass laws that you know restrict our freedom of speech. And we don't have that right now. We really don't. Right now, we have someone who's associated with the Epstein files running our Olympics program that's not being held accountable. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

27,745

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

31 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

75

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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