For decades, there’s been a persistent story about Mexican immigrants crossing the border for a better life in the United... more

During a flurry of election-related anxiety, Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido re-downloaded TikTok and fell down a very specific rabbit... more

On February 18th, 2025, the LA Unified School District, the second largest public school district in the country, implemented an... more

ICE raids began last Friday across Southern California. People have been detained and there have been confrontations between protesters and... more

In 2009, Gloria Arellano de la Rosa was banned from re-entering the U.S. for ten years, finding herself separated from... more

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we bring you an episode from Inheriting Season One. Inheriting is... more

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we bring you an episode from Inheriting Season One. Inheriting is... more

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we bring you an episode from Inheriting Season One. Inheriting is... more

In the days after LA’s early-January wildfires, tenant advocate Chelsea Kirk noticed a trend: rent gouging. Rents were shooting up... more

When Portland, Oregon-based reporter Leah Sottile began covering extremism in the American West a decade ago, she was interviewing ranchers,... more

Journalist Alexis Madrigal is obsessed with the port of Oakland. He even has a tattoo of a shipping container! In... more

Amid the devastating Palisades and Eaton Fires that killed more than two dozen people, a political conflict came sharply into... more

The biggest question hanging over most people in Los Angeles who lost homes in the Palisades and Eaton Fires is... more

Renée DiResta joined the Stanford Internet Observatory to analyze how propaganda spreads online. But in 2023, she went from studying... more

This episode originally aired on June 12, 2024. LA was rocked on March 4 when Dave Fink, a golf influencer,... more

It’s hard to find people in Hollywood who are willing to speak publicly about their enthusiasm for AI, for fear... more

Hollywood taught us to be afraid of a super powerful artificial intelligence that will one day conquer humanity. So not... more

Tucked away in Highland Park - a neighborhood that’s been dubbed “ground zero” for gentrification - sits a small park... more

With Hollywood getting ready for the biggest awards show in movies, this episode of the new LAist Studios podcast NOBODY... more

In the final episode of "LA Made: The Other Moonshot": Despite several stopgaps and hiccups, the moon landing is a... more

In this episode of "LA Made: The Other Moonshot": The launch of Apollo 6. Nate and Charlie must choose how... more

In this episode of "LA Made: The Other Moonshot": Were these three engineers set up to fail? The space race... more

In this first episode of "LA Made: The Other Moonshot": America aims for the moon. President John F. Kennedy stands... more

Some of the most striking images to come out of the Los Angeles wildfires are photos of a single intact... more

The same factors that make Los Angeles an appealing place to live, like large urban scale development intertwined with nature,... more

Larry Mantle has been a radio host in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years. Over the course of hosting his... more

Los Angeles County has been ravaged by multiple fires. Thousands of structures were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of Angelenos... more

Struggling with addiction and reentry after multiple stints in prison, Cesar Quijano discovers ultrarunning, a hobby that turns into his... more

This episode first aired on August 14, 2024. Jackie and Shadow are two beloved bald eagles who live in Big... more

This episode first aired on August 7, 2024. The first deadly black bear attack in California’s history was confirmed recently... more

This episode first aired on July 31, 2024. If the mountain lion is thought of as a celebrity, then, many... more

This episode first aired on July 24, 2024. One of Hollywood’s recent celebrities wasn’t a person, but a feline. The... more

A surprising performance art has taken off in Los Angeles – clowning – against the backdrop of an entertainment industry... more

In what is one of the most consequential elections in modern US history, many high schoolers had to leave it... more

Nathan Hochman defeated incumbent George Gascón in the Los Angeles County District Attorney race. Many see the outcome as a... more

As the country’s second largest group of eligible voters, Latino constituents will play a pivotal role in the upcoming election.... more

Marqueece Harris-Dawson is now one of the most powerful leaders in the city, as the new Los Angeles City Council... more

Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do has resigned and agreed to plead guilty for a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars... more

Artist, abolitionist, and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Patrisse Cullors shares her perspective on what's at stake in the 2024... more

In Butler’s latest book Who’s Afraid of Gender, renowned feminist and gender studies theorist Judith Butler maps out how the... more

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is locked in a tough reelection battle this November against Nathan Hochman. In candid,... more

George Gascón faces backlash from inside his own D.A.’s office and from the public. He’s become a national scapegoat  for... more

George Gascón is unlike many prosecutors. His background and sweeping criminal justice policy reforms as Los Angeles District Attorney have... more

Voters elected Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón in 2020 on his promises to undo decades of mass incarceration, tackle... more

In the podcast series Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative, host and producer Jess Shane questions the value of some basic... more

This week, Imperfect Paradise brings you the first episode of Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative. In the series, host and... more

LAist Correspondent Jill Replogle speaks with Ben Goldfarb, an environmental journalist, wildlife enthusiast, and author of Crossings: How Road Ecology... more

Jackie and Shadow are two beloved bald eagles who live in Big Bear, a ski town a couple hours northeast... more

The first deadly black bear attack in California’s history was confirmed recently in a small mountain town in Northern California.... more

If the mountain lion is thought of as a celebrity, then, many would think of the coyote as a villain. LAist... more

One of Hollywood’s recent celebrities wasn’t a person, but a feline. The famed mountain lion made headlines in Los Angeles... more

This week, Imperfect Paradise brings you New Hampshire Public Radio's Outside/In.  In this episode, host Nate Hegyi and producer Justine... more

In 2009, Gloria Arellano de la Rosa was banned from re-entering the U.S. for ten years, finding herself separated from... more

Passing the Mantle is a new podcast from LAist Studios about family, curiosity and the things that change — and... more

Unable to return to the U.S., Daniel Zamora struggles to build a life in Mexico, until a trip abroad suddenly... more

Passing the Mantle is a new podcast from LAist Studios about family, curiosity and the things that change — and... more

Daniel Zamora  waits for the decision on his deportation appeal and has to figure out how to make a life... more

Daniel Zamora took a roadtrip in 2011 that would take an unexpected turn to the Texas border. That detour would... more

LA was rocked on March 4 when Dave Fink, a golf influencer, posted a viral video on Instagram detailing how... more

It's pride month, and today we're looking at how that's showing up in the classroom. Educators and students, who identify... more

In part two of Carol Kwang Park’s story, we follow Carol’s journey to connect more deeply with her family –... more

Carol Kwang Park was 12 years old, working as a cashier at her family’s gas station in Compton, California, when... more

LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin gives us insights into the making of The Gen Z Water Dealmaker series. In this bonus episode,... more

Host Antonia Cereijido speaks with negotiations expert Victoria Medvec about how to make the best possible deal. Medvec also helps... more

JB Hamby and the other lead negotiators on the Colorado River have to come up with a long term solution... more

Japanese American Incarceration. The Third World Liberation Front. The 1992 Los Angeles Uprising. What you think you know isn’t always... more

JB Hamby is the dealmaker from California, and at 28 years old, he’s the youngest and least experienced among the... more

The Colorado River is in the midst of one of the worst water crises in recorded history. Climate change and... more

She Has A Name is set against the backdrop of the drug epidemic in 1980s Detroit. The new podcast hosted... more

Part 8: Adolfo finds new information about the night Oscar died, and has to have a difficult conversation about what... more

Part 7:  Adolfo learns about the dangers of Santa Barbara’s bluffs and gets a second opinion on Oscar’s death report. ... more

Part 6: Adolfo reckons with his own relationship to his past and the Chicano student movement. And he finds someone... more

Part 5: Was Oscar going to leave the Chicano student movement? Adolfo discovers new information about Oscar’s last months.   ... more

You’re at Union Station when the big one hits. The next two minutes are terrifying. By the time you make... more

Part 4: Adolfo finds a briefcase with information that could lead to clues about Oscar’s death.    Grow your business–no... more

Part 3: Adolfo gets his first lead on a person possibly involved in Oscar’s death.   Grow your business–no matter... more

Part 2: Adolfo learns that there was a dark side to Oscar’s experience in the Chicano student movement.  Grow your... more

Imperfect Paradise: The Forgotten Revolutionary, the 2022 podcast from LAist Studios, has been optioned by Participant and is simultaneously being... more

Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido is joined by LAist Senior Health Reporter Jackie Fortier and Higher Education Correspondent Adolfo Guzman-Lopez... more

Part 4: Half a year after Star Garden reopens as a union club, the dancers are still negotiating a contract.... more

Part 3: The Star Garden Topless Dive Bar reopens as a union strip club, but the fight doesn’t end there.... more

Part 2: When the Star Garden strippers go public with their union campaign, they get pushback from the club’s management... more

Part 1: In 2023, North Hollywood’s Star Garden reopened as the only unionized strip club in the U.S. LAist Producer... more

Imperfect Paradise Host Antonia Cereijido speaks with philosopher and author of Elite Capture: How The Powerful Took over Identity Politics (And... more

Yoga's "Queen of Conspiracy Theories" Part 4: RFK Jr. - The Presidential Candidate for Wellness Conspiracists?A year after Yoga’s “Queen... more

Part 3: Kundalini Yoga’s #MeToo MomentIn early 2020, just as fears about coronavirus are worsening, women begin accusing the founder... more

Part 2: Kundalini RoyaltyKatie Griggs, a young woman from rural Maryland, discovers Kundalini yoga in her early 20s and goes... more

Before her sudden death in 2021, Guru Jagat had become a famous Kundalini yoga teacher based in Los Angeles. But... more

This week, Imperfect Paradise, the show about hidden worlds and messy realities brings you an episode of Jo Piazza’s -... more

This week, Imperfect Paradise is featuring Part 3 & Part 4 of a four-part series from How To LA.  HTLA... more

This week, Imperfect Paradise is featuring Part 1 & Part 2 of a four-part series from How To LA.  Unsheltered... more

Part 4: What’s the history behind the on and off-stage gender dynamics in Western magic? And what impact did the... more

Part 3:  Carly Usdin is at risk of getting kicked out of the Magic Castle. Plus, after 2020, the Magic... more

Part 2: Once inside the iconic members-only Magic Castle, queer hobbyist magician Carly Usdin starts to become disillusioned with the... more

Part 1: When Carly Usdin moved to Los Angeles, they became obsessed with getting inside its iconic members-only club for... more

Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido is joined by LAist reporter Elly Yu for a special single episode of LAist Investigates,... more

Part 4: LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin and Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido explore how and why Sadie and Eddie Martinez’s... more

Part 3:  The white woman who falsely accused a Latino couple of attempting to kidnap her kids faces an investigation... more

Part 2: When a Latino couple, Sadie and Eddie Martinez, is falsely accused by a white woman of attempted kidnapping,... more

Part 1: Sadie and Eddie Martinez, a Latino couple, were falsely accused of attempted kidnapping by a white mom-fluencer in... more