All Episodes

Imperfect Paradise: Voter Game Plan Part 4 — What you need to know about the key Orange County races

Imperfect Paradise: Voter Game Plan Part 3 — The primary races for LA mayor and LA County sheriff heat up

Imperfect Paradise: Inside a Southern California church, where Muslims, Jews, and Christians all pray

Imperfect Paradise: 'Astronomical' LA28 Olympics ticket prices have shocked fans. But could a more expensive games benefit taxpayers?

Imperfect Paradise: Big Bear Valley’s ‘royal couple’ Jackie and Shadow & their emotional journey to parenthood

Imperfect Paradise: Rotten food, disease, isolation – what we know about conditions at the Adelanto ICE detention center

Imperfect Paradise: Looming strike, budget deficit, and superintendent under federal investigation. What it could all mean for LAUSD's 400,000 students and staff

Imperfect Paradise: Whistleblower alleges manager asleep on job during Eaton Fire response. Complaint raises questions about accountability and preparedness

Imperfect Paradise: Women speak a quarter of words in the 2026 Oscars Best Picture nominated films. What that tells us about the movies Hollywood values

Imperfect Paradise: Route 66 has a 100-year legacy of American road trips and expansion, but the Main Street of America had its problems too

Imperfect Paradise: California is not tracking whether its multi-billion dollar public preschool program is working. So how do we know if it’s helping or hurting students?

Imperfect Paradise: Money, politics and power: Casey Wasserman remains head of LA28 Olympics despite connections to Jeffrey Epstein. What does this mean for Olympics planning?

Imperfect Paradise: Inside an Orange County immigration court. What it reveals about the Trump Administration’s changing policies

Imperfect Paradise: After disasters, California mandates timely reports. Why it matters that more than 100 of them are years overdue

Imperfect Paradise: A Cambodian Genocide survivor was undergoing the legal immigration process and had protections against deportation. So why was she detained by ICE indefinitely?

Imperfect Paradise: LAPD requested nearly $100 million from the city for the Olympics. Will taxpayers be footing the bill?

Imperfect Paradise: The Trump Administration wants your confidential voter data. What’s behind their battle with CA and other states?

Imperfect Paradise: Where is LA a year after the fires? Checking in with survivors, rebuilding and nature

Imperfect Paradise: Meet the filmmakers who love AI (Redux)

Imperfect Paradise: How AI became a Hollywood villain – especially for animators (Redux)

Imperfect Paradise: Shuttle Endeavour’s final mission for a new home and space exploration

Imperfect Paradise: Residents left behind at elder care facilities in LA raise serious questions about evacuation preparedness

Imperfect Paradise: Altadena childcare providers' struggle to rebuild raises questions about government disaster response

Imperfect Paradise: Gender-affirming care for transgender youth is at risk in LA and nationwide

Imperfect Paradise: Health workers say ICE agents at hospitals are compromising patient care

Imperfect Paradise: California's new free public preschool program for 4-year-olds

Imperfect Paradise: Who pays for the 2028 Olympics? LA taxpayers may be on the hook

Imperfect Paradise: Why the site of the largest methane leak in US history still hasn’t been shut down

Imperfect Paradise: How becoming a US citizen just got harder under the Trump administration and what it means for Angelenos

Imperfect Paradise: Prop 50: Is California’s redistricting push a threat to democracy or a defense of it?

Imperfect Paradise: An LA Commission created to tackle city government scandals is being stymied

Imperfect Paradise: Reports about failures in response to the January LA fires and a 2018 fire have striking similarities

Imperfect Paradise: How union organizing is being upended by private universities in Southern California

Imperfect Paradise: Why California's protest law is flawed and the consequences to protesters

Imperfect Paradise: The Huntington Beach library at the center of America’s culture wars

Listener Stories

Dr. Carl Hart on Drug Use in the Pursuit of Happiness

Cristela Alonzo on How You Can’t Buy Self Care

Jermaine Fowler Is A Fun Dad

Byron Bowers On Freedom Through Acceptance & Bad Acid

Janaya Future Khan On What Comes Up In The Ring

Residente on How He Quiets the Noise

Demi Lovato on ‘Dancing With The Devil’

Eric Andre Wants You to Take Care of Yourself, Silly

Dascha Polanco on her Bodyodyody

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio on Being the King of New York

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