- 206
- Episodes
- 137
- Transcribed
- 664
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Imperfect Paradise
Imperfect Paradise is LAist's weekly on-demand news magazine show that pulls back the curtain and dives deeper into the biggest and most consequential SoCal stories of the week from our newsroom. New episodes drop every Friday. 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.
- Publisher
- LAist Studios
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 26 Jan 2022
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
137 of 206 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
What went wrong with the Lineage fire in Boyle Heights?
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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President Trump says ‘Hollywood is dead.’ What’s being done to revive it?
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What went wrong with the Lineage fire in Boyle Heights?
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There were hundreds of firefighters trying to put this out. Helicopters were doing water drops and Lineage even had outsourced these high powered water cannons from Texas to help the fire department. The problem was that the firefighters couldn't get into the building and they were trying to put out the fire that was happening inside. Alejandra, once they got into the building, why did it take so long to put out? The L.A. Fire Department said that cold storage facilities like this have historically been among the most challenging fires to fight. And that's because of the layout of the building, its size and the large amounts of foam insulation. […]
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- Laura Anaya-Morga
- Alejandra Molina
- Dawn Chmielewski
- David Wagner
- Kavish Harjai
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 530 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 134 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100
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- Quality
- 89
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 98
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