HBO’s True Detective is a drama steeped in crime and mystery, but it’s also a show that made the Louisiana bayou a character as unforgettable as Rust Cohle or Marty Hart. The show comes to California for its second season and stars Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn. In this podcast, the journalists of Southern California Public Radio tell you what real-life stories in and around Los Angeles inspired creator Nic Pizzolatto as he wrote the script for the new season. Go behind the scenes of the locations featured and get hints about what’s to come.
11 Available Episodes (11 Total)Average duration: 00:16:45
Aug 10, 2015
This is where it ends
00:19:59
The main characters go hurtling across California as season two comes to an end. We'll take you to the big trees, a place really called "Dry Soggy Lake and Southern California's newest transit hub, seen for the first time on screen in "True Detective."
Aug 03, 2015
Dead, hiding or on fire
00:26:29
Officer Paul Woodrugh and State Attorney Katherine Davis are dead as we careen towards the final episode. Hear from Michael Hyatt, the actor who played Davis, about how secretive the show was with its scripts and why she's often cast in crime dramas. Plus Grantland's Chris Ryan and Tom Explores Los Angeles.
Jul 27, 2015
Santa Muerte, sex party history and the LA Riots
00:21:24
Tonight's episode has lots of ties to real L.A. history. We'll talk about legendary Hollywood orgies and girls, girls, girls with Karina Longworth. We'll also go to a real life Santa Muerte temple in LA to hear about why the darker characters of "True Detective" are name-checking this spirit. And we watch with Matt Gourley of "I Was There Too" who starts thinking about the LA riots, "Eyes Wide Shut" and Mt Baldy.
Jul 20, 2015
Moving day
00:22:48
We'll talk about Frank Semyon's modest new house in Glendale and go deep on the long, sordid history of high speed rail in California.
Jul 13, 2015
Location, location, location
00:15:52
There is a field of wooden stakes with pink ribbons. A bar where the Velcoro men like to drink and talk. A mansion where Frank Semyon stylishly plots. These are all real places in Southern California and we have tracked them down with the help of Caleb Duffy, one of the masterminds behind "True Detective's" locations for this season. Also, we knock on Detective Ray Velcoro's door and interview the lovely person who answers. We've also mapped more locations here: http://projects.scpr.org/maps/welcome-to-vinci/
Jul 06, 2015
Good old police days
00:18:46
Detective Ray Velcoro lives and we talk to a real LA trauma surgeon about how it could have happened. Plus a cultural history of cops from Tom Explores Los Angeles and author Joe Domanick brings an LAPD history lesson covering Daryl Gates, decades of corruption and why "there ain't no PD anymore."
Jun 30, 2015
Shotgun talk
00:04:48
Ray Velcoro got two in the chest from someone in a crow mask. We wanted to know what the chances are that we'll see him in the next episode. So we asked a man who knows guns, bullets and death.
Jun 29, 2015
Vinci plays itself
00:29:24
Did Det. Ray Velcoro just die? We talk to creative director Patrick Clair and photographer David Maisel about the show's opening sequence. Plus, Tom Explores Los Angeles explains Vernon's (short) history in pop culture. Real-life city manager and author D. J. Waldie tells us what looks real and what doesn't in the show. And where is the microwave radio-relay skyway in the show?
Jun 25, 2015
Extra: Are goons a real thing?
00:03:35
Reporting on Vernon, the city that inspires parts of Vinci in "True Detective, could be a profession that brings you the wrong kind of attention.
Jun 22, 2015
What the F is Vinci?
00:19:52
In the new season of HBO's noir TV series, Colin Farrell's Det. Ray Velcoro works for the fictional city of Vinci, a city with a lot of secrets. We take a look at its real-life inspiration. (Spoilers!)
Aug 10 | 00:19:59
This is where it ends
Aug 03 | 00:26:29
Dead, hiding or on fire
Jul 27 | 00:21:24
Santa Muerte, sex party history and the LA Riots
Jul 20 | 00:22:48
Moving day
Jul 13 | 00:15:52
Location, location, location
Jul 06 | 00:18:46
Good old police days
Jun 30 | 00:04:48
Shotgun talk
Jun 29 | 00:29:24
Vinci plays itself
Jun 25 | 00:03:35
Extra: Are goons a real thing?
Jun 22 | 00:19:52
What the F is Vinci?
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