Imperfect Paradise
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Imperfect Paradise is an award-winning weekly narrative podcast showcasing California stories with universal significance, hosted by Antonia Cereijido. Each deeply reported story is driven by characters who illuminate aspects of American identity and underscore California's reputation as a home for dreamers and schemers, its heartbreaking inequality, its varied and diverse communities, its unique combination of dense cities and wild places. New episodes premiere Wednesdays, with broadcasts on LA...
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How union organizing is being upended by private universities in Southern Califo...
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Why California's protest law is flawed and the consequences to protesters
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The Huntington Beach library at the center of America’s culture wars
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An update to the Bass vs. Crowley feud
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Former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do is officially in prison. What question...
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The cost of becoming a teacher in California. Who can afford to do it?
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Deputies severely beat a man struggling with mental health issues. Where are the...
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Despite three 911 calls, how did two men with disabilities die in their home dur...
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The dirty secret of trash: Illegal dumping in the Southern California desert
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Inheriting: Leialani & The Occupation of Guam
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How one man rebuilt his life, 100 miles at a time
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Are Latino pollsters helping or hurting the Democratic cause?
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Trading in the American Dream for the Mexican Dream
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Getting lost in Latina trad wife TikTok
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Did the cellphone ban in high schools work?
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On the ground for LA's historic ICE protests
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Return from Mexico
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Inheriting: Nicole & the Third World Liberation Front
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Inheriting: Bảo & the Vietnam War
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Inheriting: Victoria & the Cambodian Genocide
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How the Rent Brigade took on LA’s landlords
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From ranchers with guns to gurus with crystals: How extremism in the American We...
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Can Oakland point the way for the future of liberal cities
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The fallout over LAFD funding: Bass vs. Crowley
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Rebuild or leave? One Black family in Altadena decides their future after Eaton...
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When the disinformation machine comes for you
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‘Free the Tee’ Redux: Fighting back against LA golf course scalpers
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Meet the filmmakers who love AI
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How AI became a Hollywood villain – especially for animators
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Highland Park: Land of the snake
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NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: And the Oscar Goes To…
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LA Made: The Other Moonshot - Part 4: The Landing
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LA Made: The Other Moonshot - Part 3: Making an Impact
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LA Made: The Other Moonshot - Part 2: Spring Loaded to Failure
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LA Made: The Other Moonshot - Part 1: Ignition Starts
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Is it possible to build a fire-proof house?
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Why fires happen in Southern California — and how we can prevent them
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The first five days: Inside LA’s most destructive wildfires
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LAist newsroom answers your questions about the fires
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How one man rebuilt his life, 100 miles at a time
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Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 4 Redux - The Eagle Lovebirds
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Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 3 Redux - The Bear Nuisance
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Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 2 Redux - The Coyote Villain
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Lions, Coyotes, & Bears Part 1 Redux - The Mountain Lion Celebrity
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Hollywood’s flopping, send in the clowns
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Too young to vote, but not to care: 3 high schoolers watch the election
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George Gascón’s reelection loss and whether there’s a future for the progressive...
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Republican strategist on what both parties get wrong about the Latino vote
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LA City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson on the tape scandal fallout, h...
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OC Supervisor Andrew Do to plead guilty to corruption charge following LAist inv...
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