Soundings

society, culture, history · EN

Every place is a crossroads. Produced in partnership with San Pedro Today magazine, Soundings uses San Pedro and Los Angeles Harbor – America's busiest port – as a lens to explore how local places reveal global forces. Each episode features in-depth conversations with authors, historians, and experts whose work connects specific stories to larger patterns: how the shipping container reshaped geopolitics, why Joan Didion saw California as the edge of the American experiment, and what a harbor town's punk rock scene reveals about creativity and class. Hosted by Aaron McKenzie and aimed at anyone curious about how the world actually works, Soundings will change how you see your own community's place in the world.