L.A. Times 404. . .in a Minute? Tom + Evan finally link!

In a Minute with Evan Lovett

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Places & Travel, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Tom Carroll of the widely acclaimed, irreverent & informative L.A. Times.404 joins Evan in the studio for an L.A. conversation that's been years in the making. Described as "two sides of the same coin," Tom & Evan have a shared love and passion for L.A. that is reflected in their work, making this a unique and VERY fun interview. We get into Tom's favorite history, culture, and spots to eat in Los Angeles. . .and how the heck his team at 404 is able to keep cranking out such great content.

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0:00.0	And I was lucky enough that Sam, since she had seen the videos before, she, I kind of just, I was like, I know we're supposed to, like, do memes and stuff, but like, what if I just do my thing?
0:10.1	Yeah.
0:10.6	It's like, I think she had enough going on. And we were as early enough in the process that I was just like, I want to do this little video about chicken boy and the woman who saved chicken boy.
0:22.6	And was that the first one?
0:23.8	Was that like your first, like your style?
0:26.9	Yes.
0:27.5	Wow.
0:28.2	Yeah.
0:28.4	So that was like a hectic thing for me, making this video in my style, having not yet proven myself.
0:34.8	People are like watching it at the LA Times.
0:39.9	Like, okay, this is what we're doing.
0:41.1	And they didn't get it.
0:41.5	We're not.
0:42.4	And it's okay.
0:43.3	I don't fault him for it. But it's like, we, you know, we should probably hire another, you know, Sacramento reporter or another DC reporter.
0:49.3	And we have this guy talking about a 30 foot tall chicken man.
0:53.6	Yeah. guy talking about a 30-foot-tall chicken man.
1:07.2	Yo, welcome to another episode of In a Minute with Evan Lovett coming to you live from the heart of Los Angeles right here in the IAM studios. And I am here with Tom Carroll, the heart and soul of la times 404 a very fun informative
1:18.2	irreverent uh often subversive but but educational feed and just a great dude that has experience and is a long time
1:32.4	generational angelino so tom first and foremost thank you for being here evan uh it's an honor
1:40.0	wow that is it's an honor to have you here, man. I'm happy to be here.
1:44.5	And listen, I got to say something up first.
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