KCET’s Emmy®-winning historical documentary series LOST LA is a co-production with the University of Southern California Libraries. Public historian and writer Nathan Masters of the USC Libraries returns as Host with untold histories behind tiki culture, fast food, Historic Filipinotown, hiking, tuberculosis and cemeteries. Now in its sixth season, LOST LA explores our region’s hidden past through documents, photos and other rare artifacts from California libraries and archives.
In "Fast Food and Car Culture" host Nathan Masters meets up with with author/chef George Geary at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank, CA. (Download)
In "Historic Filipinotown" host Nathan Masters rides in a Jeepny and tastes classic Filipino street foods. (Download)
In "Hiking Trailblazers" host Nathan Masters explores the origins of LA hiking, from the Indigenous people who first walked the land to activists like Walk Good's Etienne Maurice. (Download)
In "Eternal City: Los Angeles Cemeteries" host Nathan Masters visits the gravesites of the rich and famous while learning how racial segregation once divided the dead. (Download)
In "Tuberculosis, the Forgotten Plague" host Nathan Masters learns about the stark reality of life as a tuberculosis patient from infectious disease specialist Dr. Brenda Jones. (Download)
In "Tiki Bars and Their Hollywood Origins" host Nathan Masters explores some of the oldest Tiki bars in Southern California, pictured here with Tiki Ti’s Mike Buhen, Jr. (Download)
