Podcasts by California City

LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: The Castle: Part 2 from 2023-12-06T10:00

Part 2: Once inside the iconic members-only Magic Castle, queer hobbyist magician Carly Usdin starts to become disillusioned with the club. LAist Senior Producer Natalie Chudnov...

LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: The Castle: Part 1 from 2023-11-29T10:00

Part 1: When Carly Usdin moved to Los Angeles, they became obsessed with getting inside its iconic members-only club for magicians, the Magic Castle. LAist Senior Producer Natal...

Imperfect Paradise presents LAist Investigates: The Truth Inside California's Nursing Homes from 2023-11-22T10:00

Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido is joined by LAist reporter Elly Yu for a special single episode of LAist Investigates, the first of many to come episodes dedicated t...

LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 4 from 2023-11-15T10:00

Part 4: LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin and Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido explore how and why Sadie and Eddie Martinez’s accuser, Katie Sorensen, went viral with he...

LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 3 from 2023-11-08T10:00

Part 3:  The white woman who falsely accused a Latino couple of attempting to kidnap her kids faces an investigation and goes on trial after her accusers fight to hold her accou...

LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 2 from 2023-10-30T16:48:15

Part 2: When a Latino couple, Sadie and Eddie Martinez, is falsely accused by a white woman of attempted kidnapping, their lives are upended as the accusation goes viral. LAist ...

LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 1 from 2023-10-24T20:33:26

Part 1: Sadie and Eddie Martinez, a Latino couple, were falsely accused of attempted kidnapping by a white mom-fluencer in Petaluma, California. LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin...

LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: Nury&The Secret Tapes: Part 4 from 2023-10-23T11:00

In the year since the L.A. City Council tape scandal, a lot has changed.

Efforts are underway to reform the redistricting process. Nury Martinez and Gil Cedillo are gone from the council....

LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: Nury&The Secret Tapes: Part 3 from 2023-10-16T16:30

Host Antonia Cereijido presses former L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez to account for the racist, hurtful comments she made on the secret recording that rocked Los Angeles and led to he...

LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: Nury&The Secret Tapes: Part 2 from 2023-10-09T11:00

Before the L.A. City Council tape scandal, Nury Martinez, the former council president, was known as a champion of working class immigrants. After, she became the poster child of anti-Blackness ...

LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: Nury&The Secret Tapes: Part 1 from 2023-09-27T09:00

We take you behind the scenes of the L.A. City Council tape scandal, a year later. The secret recordings of the conversation among four of the city’s most powerful Latino leaders making racist, ...

Introducing Imperfect Paradise: Nury&The Secret Tapes from LAist Studios from 2023-09-20T19:01:27

“Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes” tells the story of the biggest political scandal in recent Los Angeles history. A secret recording leaked online in 2022 exposed then-LA City Co...

California City Presents: Dreamtown by Crooked Media from 2023-09-08T09:00

What happens when a city on the verge of collapse tries to reinvent itself? How much will it cost? Who will pay the price? Reporter David Weinberg spent years following one city in California’s ...

California City Presents: Dreamtown: Going Green from 2023-09-07T22:41:20

The recent election fills Adelanto’s city council with fresh faces, including the conservative hippie John “Bug” Woodard Jr. But his plan to bring weed to the city is far from complete. He needs...

From LAist Studios: Imperfect Paradise Returning Sept. 27, 2023 from 2023-08-22T19:00

We are excited to announce LAist Studios' award-winning narrative podcast "Imperfect Paradise" relaunches in September as a weekly show with Antonia Cereijido as our host!  Be sure to follow and...

Special Feature: Los Angeles’ Koreatown from 2023-06-09T09:00

K-Pop has put Koreatown on the map for a lot of people who might not have known about the neighborhood otherwise. Fans from around the country visit the area for concerts, special K-Pop events, ...

Special Feature: The Roots of Rap in California from 2023-06-02T09:00

The LA Uprising exploded racial and economic injustices simmering under the surface of Los Angeles into the open. From LAist Studios, season 2 of California Love: K-Pop Dreaming, host Vivian Yoo...

Introducing Imperfect Paradise by LAist Studios from 2022-01-27T11:00

Imperfect Paradise, produced by LAist Studios, is a longform narrative podcast showcasing California stories with universal significance. Each of our stories takes on something essential about Cali...

The Reckoning from 2020-08-24T09:30

Silver Saddle gets shut down and accused of fraud. Will the company - and the dream Ben Perez believed - survive?

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Open Secret from 2020-08-17T09:30

Fear, rumors, and looking the other way. How salesmen have sold the fantasy of California City for so long. California City is a limited series with 8 episodes. Show support by subscribing whereve...

Open Secret from 2020-08-17T09:30

Fear, rumors, and looking the other way. How salesmen have sold the fantasy of California City for so long.

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Open Secret from 2020-08-17T09:30

Fear, rumors, and looking the other way. How salesmen have sold the fantasy of California City for so long.

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The Hunted Becomes The Hunter from 2020-08-10T09:30

Emily confronts the owner of Silver Saddle and walks away doubting herself. Plus, Ben becomes part of Silver Saddle's sales machine.

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The Tragedy That Occurred from 2020-08-03T09:30

Ken Donney is a hero to some, but most people would call him a villain. 

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Soldiers of the Sale from 2020-07-27T09:30

Nat builds an army of salespeople to sell his dream. And then, then Ralph Nader intervenes.

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A Man with a Dream from 2020-07-20T09:30

The vision that Ben Perez was sold in 2017 began in 1958, with one man's dream to build a utopian desert city from scratch.

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Turning Desert Dust Into Gold from 2020-07-13T09:30

In 2017 Ben Perez goes to a Mojave Desert resort for a free vacation and ends up signing away his life savings. Turns out Ben is one of tens of thousands to believe a version of this dream over ...

How I Found Out About California City from 2020-07-09T20:41

It was supposed to be a simple story about the California drought. Instead, reporter Emily Guerin became obsessed with the bizarre history of a sprawling, half-built desert city.