LAist Studios presents Imperfect Paradise: The Castle: Part 1

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LAist Studios

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4.2 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Part 1: When Carly Usdin moved to Los Angeles, they became obsessed with getting inside its iconic members-only club for magicians, the Magic Castle. LAist Senior Producer Natalie Chudnovsky tells the story.

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0:00.0	I'm Helen Hong co-host of the trivia podcast go fact to yourself join a Saturday August 17th at the Crawford in Pasadena with guests
0:08.4	Taren Killum from s and l and comedian Jen Coburn tickets tickets at LAS.com
0:13.2	slash Go Fact Yourself.
0:15.0	We're introducing a new podcast from L.A.
0:17.8	is Studios Passing the Mansell.
0:19.8	Exploring stories that connect generations and sometimes divide them.
0:23.0	I'm Larry Mansell.
0:24.0	And I'm Desmond, his son and co-host.
0:25.7	Subscribe to Passing the Mantel from LAa Studios wherever you listen to Podcasts. House.
0:41.0	L.A. is a studio. L.A. is Studios.
0:45.0	Hey, I'm Antonia Serejido, the host of Imperfect Paradise from L.A. studios, the show about hidden worlds and messy realities. This week on Imperfect Paradise. the for magicians. It sits on a little hill above Hollywood looking like it's
1:04.2	straight up out of a fairy tale. The thing that makes the castle so special is
1:09.0	that you can't just show up. You have to be invited. I've driven past it many times, wondering who's in there?
1:16.8	What's going on behind the stained glass windows? What's it like to be inside of this
1:22.2	members only club?
1:25.6	This story pulls back the curtain to a world
1:29.1	that many describe as stuck in time and gives you a front row seat to what happened in 2020 when the
1:37.2	castle like so many institutions had to confront its problematic past.
1:46.0	It felt like you were back in time in a place where like
1:49.0	almost everyone there's an older white cis heterosexual man.
1:53.0	It's their world that you're stepping into.
1:55.5	The magician is a guy in a tux
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