71 episodes
Imperfect Paradise LAist Studios
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4.5 • 490 Ratings
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Imperfect Paradise is an award-winning weekly narrative podcast showcasing California stories with universal significance, hosted by Antonia Cereijido. Each deeply reported story is driven by characters who illuminate aspects of American identity and underscore California's reputation as a home for dreamers and schemers, its heartbreaking inequality, its varied and diverse communities, its unique combination of dense cities and wild places. New episodes premiere Wednesdays, with broadcasts on LAist 89.3 the following Sundays.
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.
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The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 7
Part 7:
Adolfo learns about the dangers of Santa Barbara’s bluffs and gets a second opinion on Oscar’s death report.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions about fatal injuries and suicide.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline offers services to talk to a skilled counselor. If you are feeling distressed and need to talk to a counselor, please call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or visit https://988lifeline.org/.
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The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 8
Part 8:
Adolfo finds new information about the night Oscar died, and has to have a difficult conversation about what really happened to Oscar.
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The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 5
Part 5:
Was Oscar going to leave the Chicano student movement? Adolfo discovers new information about Oscar’s last months.
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The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 6
Part 6:
Adolfo reckons with his own relationship to his past and the Chicano student movement. And he finds someone who may have clues about what happened the night Oscar died.
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Imperfect Paradise presents: The Big One : The Earthquake
You’re at Union Station when the big one hits. The next two minutes are terrifying. By the time you make your way outside, the Los Angeles you know is gone. In Episode One, you experience what the first hours after a massive earthquake could be like.Get Ready For The Big One. What You Need To Know
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The Forgotten Revolutionary Redux: Part 3
Part 3:
Adolfo gets his first lead on a person possibly involved in Oscar’s death.
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Customer Reviews
My new favorite podcast
Great show with real journalistic integrity. So many times broadcast news drops a story once the headlines are pushed out by the newest topic with no follow up. This podcast does a deep dive into the stories that affect all of us and the way we move forward as a society.
People vs Emily Guerin
Emily Guerin is so mealy-mouthed (and vaguely an apologist for racist, entitled behavior) in the People vs Karen episode. She goes so far as to rue that a white woman’s feeeeelings are on trial. Spoiler: it was her actions that were on trial. And her actions endangered the reputations and lives of two innocent people of color. Ms Guerin’s entire take is pathetic. Shame that she’s on the air.
Surprisingly Amateurish
Feels more like a college radio show than a professional podcast.
The hard left political angle, as well as the chicken little climate “crisis”
screeching that infuse every aspect of the show, as well as long pauses that make me think the show ended or dropped out, the horrible reading skills of the hosts, improper pronunciation, and childish sounding speaking voices (interspersing sentences with “like”) all add up to a particularly inept cavalcade of ineptitude.