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Pacific Time podcast: Fumbles in SoCal pro football, behind the Beirut bureau, editorial awards and the siren call of super-sized gluttony

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In this week’s edition of Pacific Time:

We talk with Business section columnist Michael Hiltzik about the fumble that is the effort to get professional football in Southern California.

Beirut Bureau Chief Borzou Daragahi was in town this week and sat down with Times staff writer Zohreen Adamjee to talk about his past year covering stories out of Iran, including its controversial nuclear program, human rights issues, the 2009 election unrest and Neda Soltan, whose death was caught on video, capturing the world’s attention.

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This week, the Los Angeles Times honored its own with the 2009 editorial awards. We hear from Editor Russ Stanton on the year that was.

Food, glorious food. Pancake Stackers, Quads, Grand Slamwiches, Double Downs. One brave man put his heart, literally, into discovering what’s behind that Pavlovian desire among some for these extreme eats. Adam Tschorn gets to the greasy bottom of this super-sized gluttony.

Listen to this week’s episode by clicking below, or subscribe here.

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