From LAist Studios, the creators of The Big One, the second season of The Big Disaster series will provide you with a wildfire survival guide that includes not just tangible safety tips — but hope for our future. As the world enters a new age of wildfires, science reporter Jacob Margolis hosts Season 2: The Big Burn, a deep dive into personal stories that illuminate the history of how we got here, why we keep screwing things up, and what we can do to survive and maybe even thrive while the world around us burns. Season 1: The Big One - When The Big...
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42 min
Imperfect Paradise: Is it possible to build a fire-proof house?
Some of the most striking images to come out of the Los Angeles wildfires are photos of a single intact house, surrounded by rubble. We wondered: why do some houses burn down and n…
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35 min
Imperfect Paradise: Why fires happen in Southern California — and how we can prevent them
The same factors that make Los Angeles an appealing place to live, like large urban scale development intertwined with nature, are also the reason we need a fundamentally different…
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44 min
Imperfect Paradise: The first five days: Inside LA’s most destructive wildfires
Larry Mantle has been a radio host in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years. Over the course of hosting his live, daily, public affairs call-in show on LAist 89.3, he’s covered the regio…
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43 min
LA Wildfires Special Coverage with Jacob Margolis: What to expect when recovering fire losses and rebuilding
LAist Science Reporter Jacob Margolis looks at what Angelenos affected by the LA wildfires can expect as they try to rebuild their lives. In this hour, Margolis turns to experts ab…
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44 min
LA Wildfires Special Coverage with Jacob Margolis
LAist Science Reporter Jacob Margolis puts the wildfires and the devastation throughout Southern California into context and explains the science of the fires. In this hour, Margol…
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24 min
Imperfect Paradise: LAist Newsroom Answers Your Questions about the Fires
Los Angeles County has been ravaged by multiple fires. Thousands of structures were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of Angelenos have evacuated. Imperfect Paradise host Antoni…
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24 min
Imperfect Paradise: LAist newsroom answers your questions about the fires
Los Angeles County has been ravaged by multiple fires. Thousands of structures were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of Angelenos have evacuated. Imperfect Paradise host Antoni…
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26 min
Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears: Part 4 Redux - The Eagle Lovebirds
This episode first aired on August 14, 2024. Jackie and Shadow are two beloved bald eagles who live in Big Bear, a ski town a couple hours northeast of L.A. They went viral in 2024…
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54 min
Special Feature: The 2018 Woolsey Fire
Why do people stay during wildfires and how did the Wild West culture shape the people who live on this hilly, chaparral-covered coastline? A history of Malibu, the evolution of su…
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53 min
Special Feature: The 2018 Woolsey Fire
Loss, hope and resilience in the face of one of nature's most terrifying forces: wildfire. We meet a group of surfers called the Point Dume Bombers who stayed in Malibu during the…
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24 min
The Big Burn: What Comes Next?
We get into our feelings. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or eme…
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29 min
The Big Burn: The Advice Episode
Jacob and retired LA County Fire Captain Derek Bart answer your burning questions. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100)…
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31 min
The Big Burn: The Bunker Solution
We check out an unconventional solution to wind-driven fires. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for…
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33 min
The Big Burn: The Southern California Problem
Why prescribed burning won’t solve all of our fire woes. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the n…
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24 min
The Big Burn: Taking A Step Back
Digesting what we’ve learned. Plus, how other places in the U.S. have figured out fire management. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any pur…
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38 min
The Big Burn: The Impediments
We know prescribed burning is a major solution…so why aren’t we doing more of it? Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100)…
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35 min
The Big Burn: Setting A Forest On Fire
What it’s like to put good fire to the ground. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfi…
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34 min
The Big Burn: How It All Went Wrong
Gold, genocide and colonialism: our path to seeing fire as the enemy. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepa…
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30 min
The Big Burn: Saving Our Giant Sequoias
Why trees that are adapted to living with fire are now burning… and how we might save them. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase o…
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40 min
The Big Burn: The New Normal
We examine one particularly pivotal wildfire - the Tubbs fire of 2017. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prep…