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Media: op-eds, interviews (select list)

October 22, 2025: Jim Wunsch interviews Becky about The New Suburbia, for the New Books Network podcast.

Read Becky’s quotes in these recent articles:

Wait, is America a nation of small towns?, Washington Post, June 13, 2025

America’s fastest-growing suburbs are about to get very expensive, Vox, July 7, 2025

August 15, 2024: “To Understand What Could Happen on Election Day, Understand the Suburbs,” Time Magazine, Made by History column.

April 12, 2024 | “Goodbye, Beaver Cleaver” Political Junkie podcast with Claire Potter, Becky discusses The New Suburbia and the state of American suburbs.

March 27, 2024 from 10:40-11am PST: Becky discusses The New Suburbia with Larry Mantle on “Air Talk,” LAist 89.3 FM, NPR.

February 10-11, 2024: Interview on “Postwar Lakewood and Mass Consumption,” for the Swedish Public Television Documentary “Events that Changed the Climate,” Faktabruket / Nordic Eye Productions. (Airdate TBD)

September 28, 2023: “Can’t Afford a House in LA? Here’s How that Happened,” Los Angeles Times

September 9, 2021: "The Suburb Reader," with Roifield Brown, MidAtlantic Podcast

February 1, 2021: "How to make sure the L.A. River Master Plan fulfills its promise to the Gateway Cities," with Jon Christensen, Los Angeles Times

March 23, 2015: "California: Paradise Lost,” with host Adam Smith and producer Phil Tinline, BBC Radio 4, interviewed on the history of South Gate and Los Angeles

February 22, 2015: "The Day of the Locust," with host Adam Smith and producer Phil Tinline, BBC Radio 3, interviewed on the history of southern California

April 6, 2013: "Suburban Disequilibrium," with Andrew Wiese, New York Times, Sunday Opinion section

Consulting

Becky provides research consulting for a variety of media and history projects. She is a co-founder of History Studio, a partnership of award-winning scholars providing expert research, script vetting, and original content for the entertainment industry. She has consulted on a number of historical projects, including: 

  • Film, television, and podcast projects

  • Public history projects, including Survey LA, and projects for the City of Los Angeles, LA Conservancy, state of California, and other clients

To discuss your research needs with Becky, please go to the Contact Page.