The 2 Best California City Podcast Episodes
1) How I Found Out About California City
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.
2) Turning Desert Dust Into Gold
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 the pa...Show More
3) Imperfect Paradise: An update to the Bass vs. Crowley feud
Last month, former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristen Crowley filed a legal claim against Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass, alleging defamation, retaliation and negligence in the wake of Bass’ firing of...Show More
4) Imperfect Paradise: Former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do is officially in prison. What questions remain?
Disgraced former Orange County supervisor Andrew Do reported to federal prison in Arizona on August 15th. Do had been found guilty of accepting bribes in exchange for directing millions of taxpayer do...Show More
5) Imperfect Paradise: The cost of becoming a teacher in California. Who can afford to do it?
Across the U.S., states are constantly in the midst of teacher shortages. California's teaching prep and residency programs are supposed to be part of the solution. But many hopeful teachers struggle ...Show More
6) Imperfect Paradise: The dirty secret of trash: Illegal dumping in the Southern California desert
Diapers, concrete and construction debris. The open secret about trash in Southern California is that some of the waste people assume is being properly handled is actually being disposed of on remote ...Show More
7) Imperfect Paradise: On the ground for LA's historic ICE protests
ICE raids began last Friday across Southern California. People have been detained and there have been confrontations between protesters and law enforcement. What exactly went down and where does Los A...Show More
8) Imperfect Paradise: Return from Mexico
In 2009, Gloria Arellano de la Rosa was banned from re-entering the U.S. for ten years, finding herself separated from her four children and husband. But unlike Daniel Zamora, she didn’t remake ...Show More
9) LA Made: The Other Moonshot - Part 4: The Landing
In the final episode of "LA Made: The Other Moonshot": Despite several stopgaps and hiccups, the moon landing is a monumental success, although many Black Americans feel it’s come at a cost to t...Show More
10) LA Made: The Other Moonshot - Part 2: Spring Loaded to Failure
In this episode of "LA Made: The Other Moonshot": Were these three engineers set up to fail? The space race starts to hit debilitating roadblocks, and the Black aerospace engineers are beginning to fe...Show More