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  • The Zoot Suit Riots

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    Dress and racial conflict in World War II Los Angeles SPOILER ALERT: While this post doesn’t given away any plot points, it’s best read after listening to Season 2, Episode 7: “Riot.” OLLIE: Dear Bet: Over the weekend war broke out between servicemen and zoot suiters in downtown Los Angeles and Mexican neighborhoods to the…

  • S2 E7: “Riot”

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    Season 2, Episode 7:  “Riot” Ollie attends a Private Snafu screening and offers to escort Julie home as the conflict between servicemen and Zoot Suiters escalates…  WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: Martin Landström, Wicked Man.  Courtesy of Epidemic Sound SOUND…