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“LA Made” is a series exploring stories of bold Californian innovators and how they forever changed the lives of millions all over the world. Each season will unpack the untold and surprising stories behind some of the most exciting innovations that continue to influence our lives today.
Season 2, “LA Made: The Barbie Tapes,” tells the backstory of the world’s most popular doll, Barbie. Barbie is a cultural icon but what do you really know about her? Hear Barbie's origin story from the people who created her. Co-hosted by Antonia Cereijido and M.G. Lord, author of Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll, hear the wild stories from never-before-heard tapes of interviews with Barbie inventor Ruth Handler, her wardrobe designer and the sculptors and fabricators, and the innovative marketers who made her what she is today. This 3-part series premieres July 6, 2023.
Season 1, “LA Made: Blood, Sweat & Rockets,” tells the hidden story of the fearless, groundbreaking and ambitious crew who shaped our quest to outer space and ushered in the early days of space exploration at Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at CalTech. Known as the “Suicide Squad,” the team’s road to triumph was fraught with controversies involving the occult, a suspected spy ring, unplanned explosions, and a suspicious death. Join writer and life-long aerospace fanatic M.G. Lord as she uncovers their story and reveals the shocking origins of rocket science in this 12 episode season.
Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live. This podcast was made possible with support from the Committee for Greater LA in partnership with the Weingart Foundation.
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Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 3 Redux - The Bear Nuisance
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Dec 23, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 2 Redux - The Coyote Villain
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Dec 17, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears Part 1 Redux - The Mountain Lion Celebrity
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Dec 11, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Hollywood’s flopping, send in the clowns
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Dec 04, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Too young to vote, but not to care: 3 high schoolers watch the election
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Nov 18, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: George Gascón’s reelection loss and whether there’s a future for the progressive prosecutors' movement
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Nov 09, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Republican strategist on what both parties get wrong about the Latino vote
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Oct 30, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: LA City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson on the tape scandal fallout, homelessness, and the presidential election
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Oct 23, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: OC Supervisor Andrew Do to plead guilty to corruption charge following LAist investigation
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Oct 16, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Patrisse Cullors on leaving BLM, racial justice, and the election
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Oct 09, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Judith Butler on gender anxiety and the election
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Oct 02, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: District Attorney Gascón: Part 4 - Nathan Hochman vs. George Gascón
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Sep 25, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: District Attorney Gascón, Part 3
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Sep 18, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: District Attorney Gascón: Part 2
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Sep 11, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: District Attorney Gascón: Part 1
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Sep 04, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 5 - Roads & Wildlife
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Aug 21, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 4 - The Eagle Lovebirds
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Aug 14, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 3 - The Bear Nuisance
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Aug 07, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 2 - The Coyote Villain
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Jul 31, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 1- The Mountain Lion Celebrity
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Jul 24, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Return from Mexico
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Jul 10, 2024 |
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: Is Gen Z less curious than the Baby Boomers?
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Jul 08, 2024 |
Introducing Passing The Mantle, from LAist Studios
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Jul 02, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: Part 8 - How Giving Back Can Make You Feel Less Alone
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Jun 29, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Return to Mexico: Part 2
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Jun 26, 2024 |
LAist & NPR present 'Inheriting' Episode 1 - Carol & the Los Angeles Uprising: Part 1
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Jun 25, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Return to Mexico: Part 1
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Jun 18, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: ‘Free the Tee’: Fighting Back Against LA Golf Course Scalpers
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Jun 12, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: Part 7 - Looking For Community? Go Find Your 'Church'
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May 26, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker: Bonus
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May 25, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 9 - American Cinematheque's Year-Round Film Fest
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May 23, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker Part 4
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May 22, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker Part 3
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May 15, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: Part 6 - Connect To Yourself — And Others — Through Dance
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May 11, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 8 - Movies Under — And Among — The Stars At Hollywood Forever
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May 10, 2024 |
NPR & LAist Studios present 'Inheriting'
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May 09, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker: Part 2
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May 08, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker: Part 1
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May 01, 2024 |
NPR Host Tonya Mosley on ‘She Has A Name,’ Reporting Her Family’s Own True Crime
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Apr 24, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 7
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Apr 17, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 8
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Apr 17, 2024 |
HTLA presents: Revival House: Part 7 - The Long Road From Silent Films to Brain Dead Studios
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Apr 11, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 5
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Apr 10, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 6
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Apr 10, 2024 |
HTLA presents: Revival House: Part 6 - The Academy Museum's Sister Cinemas
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Apr 04, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 3
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Apr 03, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 4
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Apr 03, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: Part 5 - Feeling Lonely? Get Moving, Make Some Friends
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Mar 30, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 5 - The Highland Theatre says Goodbye
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Mar 28, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 1
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Mar 27, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 2
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Mar 27, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 4 - The Gardena Cinema's Fight to Stay Open
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Mar 21, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents LAist Investigates: The Unknown Mandate - Accessing Medication Abortion at California Universities
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Mar 20, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: Part 4 - Why Are Men So Lonely These Days?
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Mar 16, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 3 - Vidiots Brings 60,000 DVDs and a New Theater to a Historic Space
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Mar 14, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Strippers Union: Part 4
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Mar 13, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: Part 3 - Building A Music Community To Feel Less Alone
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Mar 09, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 2 - The New Beverly Cinema, Always On Film
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Mar 07, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Strippers Union: Part 3
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Mar 06, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: Part 2 - Speed Dating
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Mar 01, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 1 - The Nuart Theater
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Feb 29, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Strippers Union: Part 2
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Feb 28, 2024 |
HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: LA Can Be Lonely AF - Reframing An 'Epidemic'
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Feb 24, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Strippers Union: Part 1
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Feb 21, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents: Imperfect Inquiry: Have Identity Politics Been Hijacked?
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Feb 14, 2024 |
RFK Jr. - The Presidential Candidate for Wellness Conspiracists?
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Feb 07, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Yoga's "Queen of Conspiracy Theories": Part 3 REDUX
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Jan 31, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Yoga's "Queen of Conspiracy Theories": Part 2 REDUX
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Jan 24, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise: Yoga's "Queen of Conspiracy Theories": Part 1 REDUX
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Jan 17, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents HTLA: Volunteers Take On The Homelessness Crisis: Part 3 & 4
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Jan 03, 2024 |
Imperfect Paradise presents HTLA: Volunteers Take On The Homelessness Crisis: Part 1 & 2
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Dec 27, 2023 |
LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: The Castle: Part 4
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Dec 20, 2023 |
LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: The Castle: Part 3
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Dec 13, 2023 |
LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: The Castle: Part 2
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Dec 06, 2023 |
LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: The Castle: Part 1
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Nov 29, 2023 |
Imperfect Paradise presents LAist Investigates: The Truth Inside California's Nursing Homes
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Nov 22, 2023 |
LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 4
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Nov 15, 2023 |
LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 3
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Nov 08, 2023 |
LAist Studios Presents Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 2
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Oct 30, 2023 |
LAist Studios Presents: Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 1
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Oct 24, 2023 |
LAist Studios Presents: Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 4
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Oct 23, 2023 |
LAist Studios Presents: Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 3
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Oct 16, 2023 |
LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 2
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Oct 09, 2023 |
LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 1
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Sep 27, 2023 |
Introducing Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes from LAist Studios
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Sep 20, 2023 |
From LAist Studios: Imperfect Paradise Returning Sept. 27, 2023
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Aug 22, 2023 |
Special Feature: The Making of Black Barbie from WNYC Studios
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Aug 03, 2023 |
The Barbie Tapes: When Girls--and Barbie--Could Do Anything
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Jul 20, 2023 |
The Barbie Tapes: Battle of the Bulge
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Jul 13, 2023 |
The Barbie Tapes: A Toy is Born
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Jul 06, 2023 |
Introducing LA Made: The Barbie Tapes from LAist Studios
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Jul 04, 2023 |
Special Feature: Pomona's Victor Glover Will Pilot NASA's 2024 Moon Mission
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Apr 08, 2023 |
Blood, Sweat & Rockets: Flights of Fancy in Southern California (Bonus Episode)
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Mar 14, 2023 |
Blood, Sweat & Rockets: Inside JPL (Bonus Episode)
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Mar 07, 2023 |
Blood, Sweat & Rockets: The Legacy of Frank Malina
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Feb 28, 2023 |
Blood, Sweat & Rockets: The Explosive Demise of Jack Parsons
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Feb 21, 2023 |
Blood, Sweat & Rockets: Operation Paperclip
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Feb 14, 2023 |
Blood, Sweat & Rockets: The Curse of Tsien
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Feb 07, 2023 |
Blood, Sweat & Rockets: Lucky Break
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Jan 31, 2023 |
Blood, Sweat & Rockets: Seeing Red
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Jan 24, 2023 |