Miracle in the DesertConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 717
Oct 27, 2020 • 53m
Miracle in the Desert
Guest: Greg Bassenian, director of "Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea"
The Salton Sea is the result of a failed irrigation project in California’s Imperial Valley. After a long history of boasting resorts, boating, fishing, and farming, the sea is finally starting to shrink. The future environmental consequences could be deadly.
The Invention of Los Angeles
Guest: Gary Krist, author of "The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles"
LA was built against all odds—no water and no people in desiccated country. It took innovation, creativity, and a little deception to persuade people to come and make it thrive.