Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto

Radiotopia Presents: Red for Revolution

Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Fiction

4.4 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Today we share the first episode of a new series, Dreamtown, from our friends at Crooked Media.

Bug’s Plan. It’s 2014. Adelanto is a bankrupt city in the California desert known for its massive detention centers and not much else. Then, a stranger comes to town with a wild idea to make Adelanto great again: Become the first city in Southern California to legalize commercial weed cultivation. Subscribe to Dreamtown to hear episodes one through five right now wherever you get your podcasts.

Adelanto is an original podcast from Crooked Media. It’s hosted, written and executive produced by David Weinberg. Nick White is the story editor. Angel Carreres is the associate producer, Sound Design Mix and Mastering by Brendan Baker of Phenomophon. The theme song is by Icarus himself, and the original score is by Eric Phillips. Fact Checking by Amy Tardif. Additional production help from Inez Maza, Sydney Rapp and Kobe Copeland. Thanks to Betsy Zajko for narrating portions of the show. From Crooked Media, Executive producers are Sarah Geismer, Katie Long and Mary Knauf with special thanks to Alison Falzetta, Lyra Smith, Andrew Leland, Richard Parks, III, Shaka Mali and Katya Apekina.

Episode website: https://crooked.com/podcast/chapter-1-bugs-plan

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0:00.0	You're listening to Radiotopia presents from PRX's Radiotopia.
0:07.0	Hi there, it's Robin.
0:11.0	Did you know that Radiotopia has a reality dating
0:14.0	podcast? It's called Hang Up. It's kind of like a queer cross between The
0:18.5	Bachelor and Love is Blind and Seriously, it's a blast. Hangup's tagline is no rings attached.
0:25.0	It's a refreshing focus on dating and connection rather than marriage.
0:30.0	Here's a little clip about their current season.
0:32.0	Our star Timo is 41 years old. Here's a little clip about their current season.
0:33.0	Our star Timo is 41 years old and recently divorced.
0:36.5	I haven't been on a single date in 18 months.
0:39.0	But now, they're looking for someone special.
0:41.8	And like, really hot sex.
0:44.0	Really hot public sex.
0:45.0	So we set them up with six callers to date exclusively over the phone.
0:51.0	I feel like I could talk to you for hours.
0:55.0	On hang-up, you don't just get to eavesdrop on dates.
0:58.2	There's also a series of eliminations, and in the end, there's a twist. Will the last caller standing choose the star back and go on an all-expenses paid vacation together?
1:08.0	Or choose a cash prize instead.
1:11.0	The new season is out now, so stay on the line.
1:13.7	Subscribe to hang up today on your favorite podcast platform.
1:17.0	Hey everyone, Mark Bagan here. I'm excited to introduce Crooked's new limited series Dream Town, the story of Adelanto. Dreamtown is the zainy true story of a down on its luck town in California's high desert and the
1:36.4	scrappy sometimes morally dubious cast of characters determined to reinvent it.
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