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 really... more

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

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

Part 5: Was Oscar going to leave the Chicano student movement? Adolfo discovers new information about Oscar’s last months.    Grow your business–no... 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 matter what stage... more

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

Part 2: Adolfo learns that there was a dark side to Oscar’s experience in the Chicano student movement.  Grow your business–no matter... 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 host... more

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

In the year since the L.A. City Council tape scandal, a lot has changed. Efforts are underway to reform the redistricting... more

Host Antonia Cereijido presses former L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez to account for the racist, hurtful comments she made... more

Before the L.A. City Council tape scandal, Nury Martinez, the former council president, was known as a champion of working... more

We take you behind the scenes of the L.A. City Council tape scandal, a year later. The secret recordings of... more

“Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes” tells the story of the biggest political scandal in recent Los Angeles history.... more

We are excited to announce LAist Studios' award-winning narrative podcast "Imperfect Paradise" relaunches in September as a weekly show with... more

In this episode, Ruth and Elliot Handler are gone, and the new Mattel team, led by a man who feared... more

For Barbie, the cultural upheaval of the 60s and 70s incites one identity crisis after another as Mattel tries to... more

"LA Made: The Barbie Tapes," from LAist Studios, tells the true story of the making and marketing of the most... more

LAist Studios & USC Annenberg's School of Journalism Present: How COVID Changed Everything A series where graduate students in the USC... more

LAist Studios & USC Annenberg's School of Journalism Present: How COVID Changed Everything A series where graduate students in the USC... more

LAist Studios & USC Annenberg's School of Journalism Present: How COVID Changed Everything When the World Health Organization declared an end... more

Brian returns to Los Angeles. But his ideas of "home" have changed. Music from this episode composed by: Geir Sundstøl, Modarchive,... more

Brian finally sets foot in Mexico. His audio diary chronicles what it was like to feel at home while feeling... more

Brian is surprised by a letter from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. It’s his Advance Parole document. He can... more

California is home to around 2 million undocumented people. And in Southern California, roughly 80,000 of them have DACA, Deferred... more

Hey, Imperfect Paradise listeners, this is Emily Guerin. I'm one of the hosts and senior producers of this show. We're... more

In early 2020, just as fears about coronavirus are worsening, women begin accusing the founder of Kundalini Yoga, Yogi Bhajan,... more

Katie Griggs, a young woman from rural Maryland, discovers Kundalini yoga in her early 20s and goes all in. She... more

Guru Jagat starts the pandemic with an understandable skepticism of official medical advice, but quickly grows to embrace an array... more

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

Alex Villanueva has conceded the election. The next sheriff of LA County will be Robert Luna. More analysis to come... more

By the end of 2021, Alex Villanueva has done a 180. Once supported by the local Democratic party, he’s become... more

In 2019, LA County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Marco Vazquez, Jr. outside his home while he was having a... more

There have been deputy gangs in the LA County Sheriff’s department for almost as long as anyone can remember. These... more

When retired Lt. Alex Villanueva announces his candidacy for sheriff in 2017, no one takes him seriously. But with the... more

We begin with a scene of a very strange press conference: Sheriff Alex Villanueva is threatening to open a criminal... more