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LA Made: The Other Moonshot
“LA Made” is a series exploring stories of bold Californian innovators and how they forever changed the lives of millions all over the world. Each season will unpack the untold and surprising stories behind some of the most exciting innovations that continue to influence our lives today.
Season 3, "LA Made: The Other Moonshot," tells the story of three Black aerospace engineers in Los Angeles, who played a crucial role in America’s race to space, amid the civil unrest of the…
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LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Route 66 has a 100-year legacy of American road trips and expansion, but the Mother Road had its problems too Redux
This episode originally aired on March 6, 2026. As Route 66 celebrates its centennial anniversary, we look back at its enduring impact as an iconic road that…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Bass and Raman in a dead heat for LA mayor and the 411 on CA governor race
The midterm elections are days away and the stakes are high for two particular races: the California gubernatorial race and the L.A. mayor race. In our…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Prop 40: Should California tax its billionaires to fund health care?
Supporters of Prop 40 say it would fill gaps left by the Trump administration’s cuts on healthcare. The opposition isn’t billionaires…. It…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: California Prop 39: What the voter ID measure may change
Prop 39, a voter ID measure that would dramatically change voting in California is on the ballot this November. Proponents say that requiring voters to show a…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Guide to LA mayor & California governor races: Bass vs Raman, Becerra vs Hilton
The midterm elections are nearly here and the stakes are high for two particular races: the California gubernatorial race and the L.A. mayor race. In the first…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: What went wrong with the Lineage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights?
It took days to put out the Lineage warehouse fire in Los Angeles this summer. Once the flames were out, the cleanup of rotting food took weeks. Residents…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Why some chefs are trading high-end dining for home kitchens
In the infamously cutthroat industry of restaurants, some chefs are finding untraditional paths towards success. LAist food writer Gab Chabrán dives…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: President Trump says ‘Hollywood is dead.’ What’s being done to revive it?
In 2025, California majorly boosted its film and TV tax credit program for the first time since 2014 in an effort to keep jobs in the Golden State. One year…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Is your smoke-damaged home safe? The toxic aftermath of LA’s 2025 fires
Many of the homes that survived the Palisades and Eaton fires are still not habitable because of contamination from smoke damage. Residents have been left…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Is LA becoming a public transit city?
Los Angeles has long been considered a “car-centric” city, but is that changing? On this episode of Imperfect Paradise, LAist transportation…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: How one man rebuilt his life, 100 miles at a time Redux
This episode originally aired on January 8, 2025. Struggling with addiction and reentry after multiple stints in prison, Cesar Quijano discovers ultrarunning…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Most Californians don't own a home until 47. What that says about the CA Dream
Is homeownership falling out of reach for millennials and Gen Z in the Golden State? LAist housing correspondent David Wagner joins Imperfect Paradise to…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: More than an internet star. The life & legacy of Big Bear’s famous eagle Jackie
The death of Jackie signals the end of her story with Shadow – as well as for Big Bear Lake, and for millions of fans who followed the eagles’ saga…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: After two years of progress, homelessness went up in LA. Why?
Homelessness increased in Los Angeles this year following two previous years of declines, according to the recently released 2026 “point-in-time&rdquo…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Can a city built by the oil industry stop drilling for good?
The city of Los Angeles is home to over two thousand active oil wells, many concentrated in communities of color where residents have long reported serious…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Who gets due process? Inside the fight over immigration bond hearings at Adelanto
Immigration bond denials have jumped sharply under the second Trump administration — nowhere more than at the Adelanto ICE detention center in Southern…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Has World Cup fever translated into a boost for LA businesses?
Hosting the World Cup was supposed to be an economic boost for Los Angeles, but what effect has it really had on local businesses? LAist reporter Destiny…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Can this museum rebrand AI art?
Los Angeles has a new museum: Dataland –- the world’s first museum completely devoted to AI-generated art. In a time of high anxiety around the…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: On the ground for LA's historic ICE protests (Redux)
This episode originally aired on June 13, 2025. ICE raids began last Friday across Southern California. People have been detained and there have been…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: War, politics, and sports collide as Iran competes in LA for the World Cup
The Iran national soccer team competed in its first match at the 2026 World Cup in Los Angeles – after months of uncertainty over whether they’d…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: From immigrant roots to celebrities, how LA became a soccer city
Los Angeles is hosting eight matches for this year’s FIFA World Cup. Today, LA is home to three professional soccer teams and one of the biggest soccer…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: The World Cup is more than just soccer. How it’s a flash point for politics, the economy and ICE for host cities like LA
The stakes are high for this year’s FIFA World Cup. For the first time in the tournament's history, 48 national teams will compete across 16 cities. That…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Voter Game Plan Part 5 – Your last chance to cram before the June 2 primary
If you still haven’t voted and need some help, listen to this encore of the first episode in our Voter Game Plan series – LAist Community…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Voter Game Plan Part 4 — What you need to know about the key Orange County races
In the fourth installment of our Voter Game Plan series, we cover a number of hotly contested primary races in Orange County. These include races for jobs that…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Voter Game Plan Part 3 — The primary races for LA mayor and LA County sheriff heat up
The stakes are high for two of the most high profile local races on the June primary ballot. The L.A. mayor and L.A. County sheriff are hugely influential…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Voter Game Plan Part 2 — Voting for judges is one of your toughest ballot tasks. What to consider when making your choices
Traffic ticket disputes. Child custody cases. Theft. Voters decide which Los Angeles and Orange County superior court judges rule on these kinds of cases and…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Voter Game Plan Part 1 — What you need to know about the June primary elections
All month long on Imperfect Paradise, we’re bringing you a special series devoted to the June primaries. Whether you’re voting for L.A. mayor…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Inside a Southern California church, where Muslims, Jews, and Christians all pray
Although religion is an inescapable element in conflicts around the world and a polarizing topic here at home, one place of worship in Pasadena, California, is…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: 'Astronomical' LA28 Olympics ticket prices have shocked fans. But could a more expensive games benefit taxpayers?
Despite an initial promise that LA Olympic events would start at $28, tickets for the games are costing fans hundreds to thousands of dollars. LAist Olympics…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Big Bear Valley’s ‘royal couple’ Jackie and Shadow & their emotional journey to parenthood
The famed Big Bear bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow have become a global internet sensation. Tens of thousands of fans tune in to watch every season as the…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Rotten food, disease, isolation – what we know about conditions at the Adelanto ICE detention center
At least four people have died in custody at an ICE detention facility in Adelanto, California. A recent lawsuit alleges that living conditions there are…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Looming strike, budget deficit, and superintendent under federal investigation. What it could all mean for LAUSD's 400,000 students and staff
Los Angeles Unified School District could face an open-ended strike if multiple labor deals are not made by April 14. The potential strike comes at a time when…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Whistleblower alleges manager asleep on job during Eaton Fire response. Complaint raises questions about accountability and preparedness
A whistleblower at the L.A. County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) filed a complaint alleging a colleague with a history of sleeping on the job was in…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Women speak a quarter of words in the 2026 Oscars Best Picture nominated films. What that tells us about the movies Hollywood values
The Academy has historically favored men when it comes to giving out its Oscars statuettes. Women are once again not only underrepresented among this…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Route 66 has a 100-year legacy of American road trips and expansion, but the Main Street of America had its problems too
As Route 66 celebrates its centennial anniversary, we look back at its enduring impact as an iconic road that stretched from Illinois to California — and…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect 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?
California has spent billions of dollars on a free universal preschool program available to all eligible 4-year-olds in the state. However, there are no…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Money, politics and power: Casey Wasserman remains head of LA28 Olympics despite connections to Jeffrey Epstein. What does this mean for Olympics planning?
LA 2028 Olympics head Casey Wasserman is facing growing pressure to resign from his post after recently released Epstein files revealed emails Wasserman…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Inside an Orange County immigration court. What it reveals about the Trump Administration’s changing policies
As the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown continues, we explore what’s happening on the legal side of immigration enforcement. A group of…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: After disasters, California mandates timely reports. Why it matters that more than 100 of them are years overdue
Catastrophic fires are becoming more and more common across California. After-action reports about the fires and other disasters can help officials prevent…
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The Other Moonshot - Part 1: Ignition Starts (Awards)
In this first episode of "LA Made: The Other Moonshot": America aims for the moon. President John F. Kennedy stands proudly behind the mission to advance the…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: A Cambodian Genocide survivor was undergoing the legal immigration process and had protections against deportation. So why was she detained by ICE indefinitely?
Sithy Yi and her family fled Cambodia to the U.S. following the takeover of their home country by the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. But Yi’s visa…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: LAPD requested nearly $100 million from the city for the Olympics. Will taxpayers be footing the bill?
The 2028 LA Olympic Games were initially promised to be no-cost to taxpayers. However, the Los Angeles Police Department requested nearly $100 million from the…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: The Trump Administration wants your confidential voter data. What’s behind their battle with CA and other states?
The legal battle with the Trump administration to get access to your sensitive voter data began in Orange County, but is now playing out nationally. The…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Where is LA a year after the fires? Checking in with survivors, rebuilding and nature
It’s been one year since two of the most destructive fires in California’s history – the Eaton Fire in Altadena and the Palisades Fire in the…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Meet the filmmakers who love AI (Redux)
This episode originally aired on March 19, 2025. It’s hard to find people in Hollywood who are willing to speak publicly about their enthusiasm for AI…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: How AI became a Hollywood villain – especially for animators (Redux)
This episode originally aired on March 12, 2025. Hollywood taught us to be afraid of a super powerful artificial intelligence that will one day conquer…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Shuttle Endeavour’s final mission for a new home and space exploration
Los Angeles is an integral part of space shuttle Endeavour’s journey. The California Science Center is building a new, larger home for the shuttle, which…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Residents left behind at elder care facilities in LA raise serious questions about evacuation preparedness
In the early morning hours of January 8, the Eaton Fire raced closer to the MonteCedro retirement community in Altadena, California. Nearly 200 of the…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Altadena childcare providers' struggle to rebuild raises questions about government disaster response
At least 280 childcare spaces were affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires in January. LAist reporter Libby Rainey and early childhood senior reporter Elly…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Gender-affirming care for transgender youth is at risk in LA and nationwide
Nearly 3,000 patients have been forced to find gender-affirming care elsewhere after the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles closed their LA Center for Trans…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Health workers say ICE agents at hospitals are compromising patient care
Amid the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, there’s been an uptick in ICE presence in hospitals across the country. At Adventist Health…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: California's new free public preschool program for 4-year-olds
All four-year-olds in the state of California now have access to a free preschool program in their local school district. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a plan to…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Who pays for the 2028 Olympics? LA taxpayers may be on the hook
In less than a thousand days, Los Angeles will be hosting the summer Olympics. Many cities worldwide have been put into debt by the games, so what could they…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Why the site of the largest methane leak in US history still hasn’t been shut down
Regulations on gas storage facilities have been tightened since the detection of the Aliso Canyon leak, which started in 2015 and lasted nearly four months…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: How becoming a US citizen just got harder under the Trump administration and what it means for Angelenos
The Trump administration’s immigration policies have resulted in raids and protests in Southern California and across the country, and the administration…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Prop 50: Is California’s redistricting push a threat to democracy or a defense of it?
Proposition 50 is part of a nationwide battle over control of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Californians are being asked to take a side: Should the…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: An LA Commission created to tackle city government scandals is being stymied
A charter reform commission was created in 2024 in response to multiple Los Angeles city government scandals, including the leak of a racist tape featuring…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Reports about failures in response to the January LA fires and a 2018 fire have striking similarities
A new report details the Eaton and Palisades fires, including failures in the emergency response. But this report bears striking similarities with another --…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: How union organizing is being upended by private universities in Southern California
Big companies like Amazon and SpaceX are claiming that the National Labor Relations Board – an independent federal entity in charge of overseeing…
LA Made: The Other MoonshotImperfect Paradise: Why California's protest law is flawed and the consequences to protesters
After the George Floyd protests of 2020, California took steps to rein in violent policing of protests by passing laws restricting how law enforcement uses…