Yeah No, I’m Not OK
LAist Studios
Growing up, I was taught to say that I was “ok” when I really wasn’t. Mental health just wasn’t something that anyone in my family or community talked about or even had access to. Yet pretty much everyone was affected by it. Today, young people of color are disproportionately affected by mental health issues and are not getting the resources they need, and I want to change that. And this is why this podcast exists.Yeah No, I’m Not Ok, my new podcast made in collaboration with LAist Studios, is...
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Imperfect Paradise: Is your smoke-damaged home safe? The toxic aftermath of LA’s...
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Imperfect Paradise: Is LA becoming a public transit city?
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Imperfect Paradise: How one man rebuilt his life, 100 miles at a time Redux
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Imperfect Paradise: Most Californians don't own a home until 47. What that says...
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Imperfect Paradise: More than an internet star. The life & legacy of Big Bear’s...
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Imperfect Paradise: After two years of progress, homelessness went up in LA. Why...
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Imperfect Paradise: Can a city built by the oil industry stop drilling for good?
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Imperfect Paradise: Who gets due process? Inside the fight over immigration bond...
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Imperfect Paradise: 'Astronomical' LA28 Olympics ticket prices have shocked fans...
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Imperfect Paradise: Big Bear Valley’s ‘royal couple’ Jackie and Shadow & their e...
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Imperfect Paradise: Rotten food, disease, isolation – what we know about conditi...
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Imperfect Paradise: Looming strike, budget deficit, and superintendent under fed...
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Imperfect Paradise: Whistleblower alleges manager asleep on job during Eaton Fir...
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Imperfect Paradise: Women speak a quarter of words in the 2026 Oscars Best Pictu...
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Imperfect Paradise: Route 66 has a 100-year legacy of American road trips and ex...
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Imperfect Paradise: California is not tracking whether its multi-billion dollar...
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Imperfect Paradise: Money, politics and power: Casey Wasserman remains head of L...
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Imperfect Paradise: Inside an Orange County immigration court. What it reveals a...
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Imperfect Paradise: After disasters, California mandates timely reports. Why it...
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Imperfect Paradise: A Cambodian Genocide survivor was undergoing the legal immig...
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Imperfect Paradise: LAPD requested nearly $100 million from the city for the Oly...
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Imperfect Paradise: The Trump Administration wants your confidential voter data....
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Imperfect Paradise: Where is LA a year after the fires? Checking in with survivo...
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Imperfect Paradise: Meet the filmmakers who love AI (Redux)
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Imperfect Paradise: How AI became a Hollywood villain – especially for animators...
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Imperfect Paradise: Shuttle Endeavour’s final mission for a new home and space e...
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Imperfect Paradise: Residents left behind at elder care facilities in LA raise s...
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Imperfect Paradise: Altadena childcare providers' struggle to rebuild raises que...
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Imperfect Paradise: Gender-affirming care for transgender youth is at risk in LA...
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Imperfect Paradise: Health workers say ICE agents at hospitals are compromising...
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Imperfect Paradise: California's new free public preschool program for 4-year-ol...
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Imperfect Paradise: Who pays for the 2028 Olympics? LA taxpayers may be on the h...
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Imperfect Paradise: Why the site of the largest methane leak in US history still...
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Imperfect Paradise: How becoming a US citizen just got harder under the Trump ad...
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Imperfect Paradise: Prop 50: Is California’s redistricting push a threat to demo...
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Imperfect Paradise: An LA Commission created to tackle city government scandals...
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Imperfect Paradise: Reports about failures in response to the January LA fires a...
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Imperfect Paradise: How union organizing is being upended by private universitie...
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Imperfect Paradise: Why California's protest law is flawed and the consequences...
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Imperfect Paradise: The Huntington Beach library at the center of America’s cult...
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Listener Stories
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Dr. Carl Hart on Drug Use in the Pursuit of Happiness
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Cristela Alonzo on How You Can’t Buy Self Care
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Jermaine Fowler Is A Fun Dad
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Byron Bowers On Freedom Through Acceptance & Bad Acid
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Janaya Future Khan On What Comes Up In The Ring
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Residente on How He Quiets the Noise
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Demi Lovato on ‘Dancing With The Devil’
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Eric Andre Wants You to Take Care of Yourself, Silly
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Dascha Polanco on her Bodyodyody
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