Imperfect Paradise: Lions, Coyotes, & Bears Part 1- The Mountain Lion Celebrity

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🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

One of Hollywood’s recent celebrities wasn’t a person, but a feline. The famed mountain lion made headlines in Los Angeles and nationwide. He became a household name for making his home in Griffith Park, right in the middle of L.A. But the overwhelming support for P-22 wasn’t enough to save him. LAist Correspondent Jill Replogle looks into P-22’s stardom, people’s obsession with him, and what his story says about our ability to coexist with wildlife in a rapidly changing, increasingly urban world.

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0:00.0	Alayas and show and tell present an evening with Fran Leibowitz.
0:04.4	Author, journalist and social observer will take the stage Wednesday, September 25th at the
0:08.8	Multibon Theater. Tickets and information at LAAS.com slash events.
0:15.0	On Imperfect Paradise, the rise of Hollywood's biggest feline celebrity, P22.
0:21.0	He became the Brad Pitt of the Cougar world.
0:23.4	What we can learn about coexisting with wildlife.
0:26.9	Listen to Imperfect Paradise wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:30.8	This is Imperfect Paradise, the show about Hidden Worlds, and messy realities.
0:35.2	I'm your host Antonia Cérejido.
0:39.0	On a sunny Friday morning in May, I met up with L.A.'s
0:41.7	correspondent Jill Replegal in L.A.'s Griffith Park.
0:44.4	I don't know if this is really a trail. Is this going to get us up the hill? I do have a little
0:49.7	bit of a reputation of getting people lost. I'm not going to lie.
0:52.0	My husband and I almost didn't
0:55.4	get married because of it. Oh my God really? We went on a hike and I was like let's go
1:00.9	this way and he's like I don't think that's right.
1:03.6	Griffith Park is one of the most famous parks in Los Angeles.
1:06.6	And the fact that Jill has made what I was assuming
1:08.9	was going to be a very pleasant, chill promenade
1:11.4	into an extreme outdoor expedition is kind of what I love about it.
1:15.4	It's very much a choose your own adventure experience.
1:18.3	Okay, this is what I was looking for.
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