SoCal Voices
An award-winning podcast about navigating life in Southern California.
Real talk in the land of dreams.
Recent Episodes
Inland Empire Community News: Filling the Local News Gap
Corporate buyouts and downsizing have reduced budgets and staff in newsrooms across SoCal, leaving community issues underreported and community members less informed. But some independent journalists are stepping up to fill t...
Get Your Money Right in SoCal
If you feel like you're doing everything right and it still isn't enough to get ahead financially in Southern California, what you're about to hear may help. In this episode of SoCal Voices, host Angela Ross sits down with pe...
Can We Build Affordable Housing in SoCal?
Southern California is famous for sunshine, beaches, and opportunity but it's also known for a harsh reality. For far too many people, housing here feels out of reach. In this episode of SoCal Voices, host Angela Ross sits do...
Race, Gender, Class & the History of the Movie Awards
SoCal is the epicenter of the entertainment industry and award season is in full swing. While many focus on the glamor and festivities, film and media historian Monica Sandler views the movie awards industry through a differe...
Why the Health of Native Bees Matters in SoCal
Krystle Hickman is a community scientist, photographer, National Geographic Explorer and one of the few Black women working in the conservation space. In her book The ABC’s of California’s Native Bees she’s helping the non-sc...
Ashes to Films - A Year After the LA Fires
A year ago, Shiloh Strong launched Ashes to Films - a nonprofit organization to help members of the creative community impacted by the Eaton and Palisades fires rebuild their lives. I sat down with him and filmmaker Eric Dyso...
About the Host
Creator & Host
The creator and host of SoCal Voices is Los Angeles native Angela Ross, a veteran broadcast journalist and award-winning leader of media, public affairs, marketing communications, and public relations divisions in government and healthcare. She launched SoCal Voices in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national reckoning after the killing of George Floyd. In the midst of grief, confusion, and frustration, Angela turned to real, grounded, human conversations with fellow Southern Californians as a way to heal, understand, and reconnect. Today, SoCal Voices is a virtual gathering place for insight, inspiration, and real talk about life in Southern California.