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L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
Hosted by Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles · EN
L.A. Meekly is a monthly comedy podcast about Los Angeles history put out by comedians Greg Gonzalez and Daniel Zafran that battles the idea that LA has no history by delving in the weird, unbelievable and, occasionally, haunted details from the past of their native city.
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...Yawn Tomorrow (Our Final Topics)
2w ago01:59:23Tap to summarizeIn this, our final research based episode, we're covering the last few topics we've always wanted to cover before it's too late and we're sealed up in our retirement pyramid. We'll be discussing pie maker Monroe Boston Strause (22:42), the court case of Perez v Sharp (35:27), Joan Didion (53:29) and things that were planned but never built around LA (1:27:04).
Transcribe →Hear Today...(Topics we Always Wanted to Cover)
Apr 102:09:41Tap to summarizeFor the next couple months: Everything. Must. Go. Leading up to our emotional final episoe we'll be covering all the topics we've always wanted to while we still can. This month we'll be talking about the Man From Mars Bandit (24:39), Van de Kamp's Bakery (31:25), Drive-In movie theaters (1:03:08) and Hollywood Bloody Friday (1:38:23).
Transcribe →The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer: Part V
Mar 101:28:29Tap to summarizeIt's that time of year when the junk in your drawer ends up the junk on the curb. Spring is here so we're cleaning out the L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer and covering some stories that didn't quite fit into other episodes. We'll be doing the Rattlesnake Killer (20:30), Pedro Gonzalez (50:20) and Lawn Chair Larry (1:09:18).
Transcribe →The Revolution Will not be Podcasted (Activists)
Feb 101:57:13Tap to summarizeViva la Revoluti...pod?! This month we're going to be covering some big names in activisim and revolution from the annals of Los Angeles history. We'll be covering the anarchist Ricardo Flores Magon (19:00), the Brown Beret Gloria Arellanes (44:43) and the socialist Upton Sinclair (1:18:48).
Transcribe →In it to Kin it (Family Businesses)
Jan 101:41:10Tap to summarizeThis month make sure to NEVER go against the family because we are covering a few of Los Angeles' most notable family run businesses. We'll be stepping into an Andy Gump (20:22), stepping through some stained glass at Judson Studios (34:39) and stepping into line at Porto's (1:06:31).
Transcribe →Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah: The 13th (Haunted Tales)
Dec 101:23:31Tap to summarizeIt's the most wonderful time of the year or, should we say, the most punderful crime of the scare...ear. No, I suppose we shouldn't. Welcome in to our 13th annual telling of creepy and chaunted tales from Los Angeles. This year we're covering Igor's Alley in Long Beach (19:15), the Buried Man of Burbank (27:03), the haunted Cobb Estate (38:17) and the alien encounters in Big Tujunga Canyon (57:29). This episode best enjoyed at night.
Transcribe →Hometown Zeros (Our Hometown Neighborhoods)
Nov 101:43:09Tap to summarizeThis month we're giving thanks and taking names. For the time of Thanksgiving and returning to hometowns, we are delving into the histories of our hometown neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Greg with his precious Elysian Heights (15:39) and Daniel with his beloved Granada Hills (53:11).
Transcribe →Murder, He Podcasted (Celebrity Murders)
Oct 102:06:06Tap to summarizeThe Halloween season is here so that means we're getting eerie and disturbing but NOT creepy and haunted (TM). We'll be covering the cases of a celebrity who was murdered (allegedly) in Thelma Todda (16:48) and a celebrity who was a murderer (allegedly) in Robert Blake (1:03:50).
Transcribe →Now That's What I Call Musings (Punk & Rap Music in LA)
Sep 102:50:19Tap to summarizeIn this, our longest episode ever, we are diving, if not deep then at least long into two major LA music scenes: punk (16:26) and rap (1:47:53). And, yes, our new friend Aux Cable is sitting in so you can listen to the music along with us.
Transcribe →Hotel it Like it is (Hotels)
Aug 101:50:03Tap to summarizeRoom for two? Shared bed? An extra cot? You got it because this month we're checking into some of the most iconic hotels in Los Angeles. We get the bed, you get the cot. We'll be going over the history of the Sportsmen's Lodge (21:48), the Hollywood Roosevelt (41:22) and the Chateau Marmont (1:12:15).
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