Alayas and show and tell present an evening with Fran Leibowitz.

Author, journalist and social observer will take the stage Wednesday, September 25th at the

Multibon Theater. Tickets and Mantel. Exploring stories that connect generations and sometimes divide them. I'm

Larry Mansel and I'm Desmond his son and co-host listen to passing the mantle

wherever you listen to podcasts. This is Imperfect Paradise, the show about Hidden Worlds and Messy realities.

I'm L.A. is correspondent Jill Replegel.

In for host Antonia Serijido with a special bonus episode of our series,

Lions, Coyotes, and Bears.

Over the last few episodes of Imperfect Paradise,

we focused on some of the charismatic wildlife that live among us and

have had a major impact on Southern California.

Mountain Lions Coyotes, Bears, and even a celebrity bald eagle couple.

These animals challenge our sense of urban and suburban life and what it means to coexist with

them.

We've looked at what our attitudes toward these predators say about us, what we value, what we fear.

I kicked off the series with my reporting on Hollywood's Mountain Lion Celebrity P22.

One thing that came celebrity P22.22.

One thing that came out of my reporting was that P22 was so famous in part because he managed

to cross two major freeways without getting hit.

P22 would go on to become the Spokescat for a campaign that raised over a hundred million dollars

to build a wildlife bridge on the outskirts of Los Angeles at a place called Liberty Canyon.

It's officially called the Wallace-Anenberg Wildlife Crossing.

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