Podcast: Drought wants your carne asada and iPhone

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BUENAVISTA, SONORA - JULY 22: A malnourished cow forages for food along the roadside on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Buenavista, Sonora. Many poor ranchers rely on the rain to grow grass to feed their cattle. With no rain because of the drought many ranchers' cattle have died of starvation because there is no money to buy bales of alfalfa to feed livestock. Northern Mexico, Sonora ...drought has affected cattle ranching throughout Mexico and the U.S. but is also going to look at a larger question: In a warming world is there a future for cattle and most connected to the cattle industry. Trickle down effect. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
A malnourished cow forages for food along the roadside in the Mexican state of Sonora, where drought has caused many ranchers' cattle to die of starvation. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

We conclude Drought Week with a panel of L.A. Times foreign correspondents who are reporting on droughts in their areas of coverage.

In Mexico, a drought in the northern state of Sonora imperils the cattle industry. In Taiwan, water shortages threaten to disrupt the semiconductor industry. And in China, alternating years of drought and floods threaten the nation's infrastructure.

After that, stick around to hear from skateboarder Cory Juneau about his path to the Tokyo Olympics and why he never wants a coach.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times Latin America correspondent Kate Linthicum, L.A. Times Asia correspondent David Pierson, L.A. Times Beijing bureau chief Alice Su and skateboarder Cory Juneau

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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.