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What You’ll Hear On Imperfect Paradise This Summer/Fall
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LAist Studios’ award-winning podcast Imperfect Paradise tackles the messy realities of U.S.-Mexico deportations and immigration policies, urgent climate negotiations critical to the West, progressive district attorneys, and Southern California’s love-hate relationship with wildlife.
New season details: Imperfect Paradise launches its new round of deeply reported series in May 2024 with a story by LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin that takes listeners behind the scenes of the most consequential negotiations ever over the Colorado River, which is shrinking due to climate change — negotiations that will shape the fate of many states across the West.
The long-form narrative show, hosted by Antonia Cereijido, will also have a four-part story of one man's deportation from the U.S. to Mexico, and his journey toward reclaiming his home country and challenging the very idea of the American Dream.
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Another upcoming story will explore the relationship between humans and mountain lions, coyotes and bears in urban Southern California, and what our views about these animals reveal about us, our values, and our fears.
In the Fall, ahead of this year’s elections, Imperfect Paradise will examine progressive district attorneys, like Los Angeles’ George Gascón, now facing re-election challenges. LAist’s Frank Stolze will go inside the political race at the epicenter of the nation’s reckoning with its justice system.
How can I listen? New episodes of Imperfect Paradise publish every Wednesday wherever you get your podcasts, on LAist.com, and on broadcast at LAist 89.3 the following Sunday.
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