Building the Good
The future of Los Angeles is already being built.
For 50 years, Liberty Hill has supported people closest to injustice as they organize, lead, and transform systems. In Season 5, Shane Murphy Goldsmith speaks with the organizers, community leaders, funders, and thinkers turning bold ideas into the future Los Angeles deserves.
About Season 5
Justice takes many forms and many hands. Season 5 connects past, present, and future to show how grassroots organizing transforms systems and reimagines what is possible for Los Angeles. The conversations move beyond charity to examine who has the power and resources to create change, what donors and institutions must do differently, and how communities are already building the good.
Watch the Latest Episodes
The Best of Season Four
In this special episode, we revisit some of the most powerful moments from Season 4. Hear from inspiring movement leaders, experts, and authors as they share insights on today’s most pressing social justice issues and the ongoing work to build community power and drive lasting change.
Why this Season?
Explore the movements, strategies, and people that changed Los Angeles over the past 50 years.
Hear directly from organizers, advocates, donors, funders, and community leaders transforming systems today.
Discover how listeners can support community-led change through giving, action, advocacy, and solidarity.
Season Themes
Reimagining Philanthropy
Trust, control, public stewardship, unrestricted support, and the role of donors.
Building Community Power
Organizing, leadership development, coalition building, and movement infrastructure.
Building the Los Angeles we need
Housing, youth development, worker power, environmental resilience, and democracy.
Fifty Years of Change
What past victories teach us about the systems and leaders the next generation will need.
Donor Activism
How supporters can participate in social change beyond a transaction or annual gift.