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Monica Bushman
Producer, The Frame
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- Phone: (626) 583-5192
Monica Bushman is a Producer on KPCC's The Frame program.
Prior to that, she worked on KPCC's Take Two program and the local broadcast of Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Monica began her career in radio as a producer for PRI's "America Abroad" in Washington, DC. Before coming to KPCC, she worked on various NPR shows including "Talk of the Nation" and "Morning Edition."
Monica is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and a native of Anaheim, California.
Stories by Monica Bushman
At age 80, Eleanor Coppola caught 'the family virus' — a love of narrative filmmaking
As the wife of famed director Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola largely set aside her own creative ambitions for years. Now she's made her first feature film at age 80.
Summer 2017 movies: Beyond 'Pirates,' 'Apes,' and 'Transformers'
The 2017 summer movie season will be dominated by sequels, but there are also plenty of promising original films to watch out for too.
John Oliver reprises his role in the revived net neutrality debate
In 2014, Oliver rallied his viewers to contact the Federal Communications Commission in support of net neutrality. With the new FCC head looking to roll back regulations, Oliver is back at it.
Hulu wants to be your one-stop shop for all things TV
The streaming company wants to rival television, even if it is partially bound to the massive media companies that make content the old-fashioned way.
'Dear White People' creator Justin Simien on popping the 'post-racial bubble'
The new Netflix series uses satirical, self-referential comedy to address touchy topics like race, politics and sexuality.
Writers ponder their fates as contract deadline looms
If an agreement isn’t reached by midnight tonight, or if talks aren’t extended, thousands of writers are expected to go on strike immediately.
Roger Guenveur Smith's one-man show takes a closer look at Rodney King's life and legacy
With his fiery play titled simply “Rodney King,” actor and playwright Roger Guenveur Smith places the beating of Rodney King in a broader cultural context.
Filmmaker John Waters on 'Making Trouble,' the NEA, and bad reviews
The filmmaker has some advice for young artists: go out into the world and make trouble from the inside.
'Casting JonBenet' is a new twist on the documentary format
There have been TV movies, documentaries and docudramas made about the case, but the Netflix documentary, "Casting JonBenet," is something quite different.
John Ridley's LA Riots doc is meant to 'break hearts and lift spirits'
John Ridley's documentary, "Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992," marks the 25 year anniversary of the 1992 L.A. Riots. He says a goal of the film was to "break hearts and lift spirits."
What made viewers love — or hate — 'Girls'?
When it premiered in 2012, the HBO series launched what seemed like a million think-pieces. This Sunday, the show's run comes to an end.
'The 14th Factory': Come for the Instagram pics, stay for the journey
L.A. has plenty of art museums and galleries, but The 14th Factory is something different. It's a series of installations designed to take visitors on a journey.
Lauren Greenfield's photos might have predicted the rise of Donald Trump
After a quarter-century of examining wealth in its many permutations, the photographer and filmmaker says she finds overlapping themes in the new president's rise.
Jason Segel's epiphany: 'The stuff I'm making is not the same stuff I'm watching'
The actor made his career in big studio comedies such as “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” Now he's more interested in films that pose a challenge to an audience.
Netflix is the elephant in the room at CinemaCon 2017
Movie theater owners and studio executives have descended on Las Vegas to preview upcoming films and examine the fate of the movie business.
