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Episodes: 84


 Feb 26, 2021

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Deep in the Mojave Desert, there is a little town with a big name and a bizarre history: California City. For decades, real estate developers have sold a dream here: if you buy land now, you’ll be rich one day. Thousands of people bought this dream. Many were young couples and hard-working immigrants looking to build a better future. But much of the land they bought is nearly worthless.  In this new podcast from LAist Studios, host Emily Guerin tells a story of money, power and deception. 


Episode Date
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 3 Redux - The Bear Nuisance
Dec 23, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 2 Redux - The Coyote Villain
Dec 17, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears Part 1 Redux - The Mountain Lion Celebrity
Dec 11, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Hollywood’s flopping, send in the clowns
Dec 04, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Too young to vote, but not to care: 3 high schoolers watch the election
Nov 18, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: George Gascón’s reelection loss and whether there’s a future for the progressive prosecutors' movement
Nov 09, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Republican strategist on what both parties get wrong about the Latino vote
Oct 30, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: LA City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson on the tape scandal fallout, homelessness, and the presidential election
Oct 23, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: OC Supervisor Andrew Do to plead guilty to corruption charge following LAist investigation
Oct 16, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Patrisse Cullors on leaving BLM, racial justice, and the election
Oct 09, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Judith Butler on gender anxiety and the election
Oct 02, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: District Attorney Gascón: Part 4 - Nathan Hochman vs. George Gascón
Sep 25, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: District Attorney Gascón, Part 3
Sep 18, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: District Attorney Gascón: Part 2
Sep 11, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: District Attorney Gascón: Part 1
Sep 04, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 5 - Roads & Wildlife
Aug 21, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 4 - The Eagle Lovebirds
Aug 14, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 3 - The Bear Nuisance
Aug 07, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 2 - The Coyote Villain
Jul 31, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 1- The Mountain Lion Celebrity
Jul 24, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Return from Mexico
Jul 10, 2024
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: Is Gen Z less curious than the Baby Boomers?
Jul 08, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Return to Mexico: Part 3
Jul 03, 2024
Introducing Passing The Mantle, from LAist Studios
Jul 02, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Return to Mexico: Part 2
Jun 26, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Return to Mexico: Part 1
Jun 18, 2024
LAist & NPR present 'Inheriting' Episode 1 - Carol & the Los Angeles Uprising: Part 1
Jun 15, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: ‘Free the Tee’: Fighting Back Against LA Golf Course Scalpers
Jun 12, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker: Bonus
May 25, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker Part 4
May 22, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker Part 3
May 15, 2024
NPR & LAist Studios present 'Inheriting'
May 09, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker: Part 2
May 08, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker: Part 1
May 01, 2024
NPR Host Tonya Mosley on ‘She Has A Name,’ Reporting Her Family’s Own True Crime
Apr 24, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 7
Apr 17, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 8
Apr 17, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 5
Apr 10, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 6
Apr 10, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 3
Apr 03, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 4
Apr 03, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 1
Mar 27, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 2
Mar 27, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents LAist Investigates: The Unknown Mandate - Accessing Medication Abortion at California Universities
Mar 20, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Strippers Union: Part 4
Mar 13, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Strippers Union: Part 3
Mar 06, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Strippers Union: Part 2
Feb 28, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Strippers Union: Part 1
Feb 21, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents: Imperfect Inquiry: Have Identity Politics Been Hijacked?
Feb 14, 2024
RFK Jr. - The Presidential Candidate for Wellness Conspiracists?
Feb 07, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Yoga's "Queen of Conspiracy Theories": Part 3 REDUX
Jan 31, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Yoga's "Queen of Conspiracy Theories": Part 2 REDUX
Jan 24, 2024
Imperfect Paradise: Yoga's "Queen of Conspiracy Theories": Part 1 REDUX
Jan 17, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents HTLA: Volunteers Take On The Homelessness Crisis: Part 3 & 4
Jan 03, 2024
Imperfect Paradise presents HTLA: Volunteers Take On The Homelessness Crisis: Part 1 & 2
Dec 27, 2023
LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: The Castle: Part 4
Dec 20, 2023
LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: The Castle: Part 3
Dec 13, 2023
LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: The Castle: Part 2
Dec 06, 2023
LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: The Castle: Part 1
Nov 29, 2023
Imperfect Paradise presents LAist Investigates: The Truth Inside California's Nursing Homes
Nov 22, 2023
LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 4
Nov 15, 2023
LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 3
Nov 08, 2023
LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 2
Oct 30, 2023
LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 1
Oct 24, 2023
LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 4
Oct 23, 2023
LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 3
Oct 16, 2023
LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 2
Oct 09, 2023
LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 1
Sep 27, 2023
Introducing Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes from LAist Studios
Sep 20, 2023
California City Presents: Dreamtown by Crooked Media
Sep 08, 2023
California City Presents: Dreamtown: Going Green
Sep 07, 2023
From LAist Studios: Imperfect Paradise Returning Sept. 27, 2023
Aug 22, 2023
Special Feature: Los Angeles’ Koreatown
Jun 09, 2023
Special Feature: The Roots of Rap in California
Jun 02, 2023
Where Dreams Go To Die
Dec 22, 2020
Bonus Episode: Cashing In On The Desert
Sep 11, 2020
The Reckoning
Aug 24, 2020
Open Secret
Aug 17, 2020
The Hunted Becomes The Hunter
Aug 10, 2020
The Tragedy That Occurred
Aug 03, 2020
Soldiers of the Sale
Jul 27, 2020
A Man with a Dream
Jul 20, 2020
Turning Desert Dust Into Gold
Jul 13, 2020
How I Found Out About California City
Jul 09, 2020