Welcome to the Buy me a Coffee page of L.A. Portraits

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There are as many visions of Los Angeles as there are of Angelinos... And since I began the adventure of interviewing them, believe me when I tell you: their journeys are worth sharing.

When I first started to work on this project, I wanted to find a way to understand Los Angeles. As a newcomer, I myself was struggling to do so. Moving from Paris, I was trying to navigate this new world, to learn the ways and find the shortcuts. I wondered how to understand a city where borders are so hard to define geographically and metaphorically. Does this question apply to every major metropolis worldwide? Probably. But having lived in a few, I would argue that Los Angeles is different: because it is the mecca of pop culture.

Being the biggest entertainment factory in the world and also a primary filming location. All the cinema fans worldwide can be tricked into thinking that we already know this city, from what we saw on screen...

The narrative surrounding L.A. perpetuated by the industry for decades made it the capital of the American dream, which is true for some people. But many realities coexist here, good or bad, that are known only to the people who actually experience this city on a daily basis.

It took me a long time to realize that turning to Angelinos was the only way I could even begin to draw the contours of Los Angeles. As a journalist for about ten years, and an aspiring one before that, I’ve been conducting interviews for two decades, from my middle school director to class B celebrities on the French Riviera, journalists in Turkey, or political researchers in Brazil. And of course, all the impressive women, artists, senators, or scientists featured in 'Women on Edge', the radio show I created in Australia.

As years went by, the one thing that never changed for me was how fascinated I was by people’s stories. Everyone’s journey reveals so much more than we think about who we are, but also about the place where we stand. Meeting incredible people and listening to what they share about Los Angeles makes me understand this city better every day.

This page exists for those among you who believe this podcast deserves to go on and reach its full potential. It requires good material, softwares, and around 30 hours of work per episode. This is probably the most exciting project I have ever had, and I believe in it with all my heart. There is so much to be done to create more content and spread it further and wider. And that's the point of this page, to give this project a little dose of love!

For now, one 30-minute episode is released every month. But so much of the content that didn’t make it into those episodes is worth listening to! So if you have a favorite guest and want to hear more about them, you can head to the Patreon page to find their bonus episode. You will also find bonus episodes with some tips and tricks about one particular aspect of Los Angeles and life there.

Either way, spread the word, leave comments, and share your thoughts.

Let’s do it!

Love,

Sophie

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PS : And of course, find us on Spotify, Apple podcast, and Google Podcast.

Did I already mention Instagram and Facebook ?