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L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast

Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles

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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All Episodes

01:55:10

For LACMA Better Title (Art Museums)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2016/01/01

Let us paint you the story of USC's Fisher museum (4:07). Let us sculpt you the history of the ever changing LACMA (16:01). Let us performance art you the saga of Norton Simon and his museum (1:01:39). Let us multimedia presentation you the struggle of MOCA (1:19:24). Let us art reference you the controversy of the Broad (1:36:10)! (Psst! This episode is about a few of the city's biggest art museums)

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01:49:04

Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah: Part Scream (The...

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/12/01

Ya better not pout, ya better not cry because we can't take any more suffering. Join us for our annual holiday episode as we check in to the Cecil Hotel to explore its horrific history and four of its most notorious guests. As always, it wouldn't be a haunted episode without paranormal audio issues so be warned. Your soul will be spared if you can spot the (very clear) mark in the episode when the audio starts to fail. We cover the history of the hotel itself (7:12), Richard Ramirez (21:36), Jack

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01:10:50

Los Angeles: Year One (The Spanish and Mexican Eras...

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/11/01

Open wide for duck stuffed inside a turkey stuffed inside a podcast! Join us in giving thanks for the founding of Los Angeles as we explore the very beginnings of the city from the founding during the Spanish era (5:54), into the Mexican era and ending with the (almost) climactic battle against the American army as they took control...for now. (40:25)

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09:05

Angeleno Frights (Carroll Avenue)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/10/28

Be not afraid. This episode will only scare the real estate developer inside of you. In this bonus we'll give you a brief rundown on one of the best kept Halloween secrets in town: Carroll Avenue.

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01:55:54

A Song of Ice and Umpire (The Dodgers and the Kings)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/10/01

We've got an inter-league double header for you folks tonight with a full history of the Dodgers all the way from Brooklyn to LA (3:41) followed immediately by the full history of the Kings (1:01:20) all the way from LA to slightly more north in LA. Play puck!

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01:37:31

Uproot, Root, Root For the Home Team (Chavez Ravine...

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/09/01

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks and we'll tell you the story of Los Angeles' baseball history before the boys in blue showed up including the upheaval in Chavez Ravine to make room for said boys in blue. We cover pre-Dodger baseball in LA (3:44) and the tragedy of Chavez Ravine (57:35).

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01:28:44

You're Killin' Me LARy (Pacific Electric and the Los...

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/08/01

Hop aboard for the twisting, turning, overcrowded story of the Los Angeles Railway yellow cars (LARy) (4:39) and the Pacific Electric red cars (PE) (40:23). All fares are non-refundable (NR). We are not joking (NJK).

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54:29

Hot Dog Days of Summer (LA Hot Dogs)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/07/01

Summer's here and you know what that means: History lessons about hot dogs! Listen up to the stories of a few of the most famous hot dog purveyors in the city. Ask for extra relish and see what happens. We cover Art's Chili Dog (5:21), Tail O' the Pup (12:31), Hot Dog On A Stick (19:43), Wienershnitzel (30:28), Carney's (38:13) and Pinks (43:50).

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01:24:07

Bad Cop/Bad Cop (The Rampart Scandal and Christopher...

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/06/01

Put your hands and feet up and relax while we tell you the story of two of the most corrupt cops in LAPD history: Rafael Perez and the Rampart scandal (3:28) and Christopher Dorner (45:41).

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01:23:34

Googie A-Go-Go (Googie Architecture)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/05/01

Pull up a cantilevered stool and order a malt while we delve into the architectural style with the irritating name that defined the look of Los Angeles. We'll touch on the architects and establishments that made it possible from the eponymous Googie's itself to the legendary Armet and Davis. No substitutions. We'll cover a brief history of Googie as a style (5:01), Coffee Dan's and Googie's (27:28), Ships Coffee Shop (37:58), Denny's (48:56), Pann's (54:38) and Norm's (1:13:12).

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03:42

Lucy, I'm Homing! (A Story About Lucille Ball's Teeth)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/04/19

TV's wackiest lady does it again. Don't be a Mertz, come listen to the tall tale of Lucille Ball's inadvertent involvement in World War II.

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01:57:10

Centr-All That Jazz (Central Avenue Jazz)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/04/01

We're gonna jazz on down to Central Avenue to go over the story of LA's local Jazz scene of the early 20th century and the history of the people and culture that made it all possible. Feel free to scat along with us. We'll cover the trailblazing black community of the city from the Central Avenue neighborhood to Bronzeville (4:05), the rich Central Avenue jazz scene (56:16) and the eventual downfall of the Central Avenue neighborhood (1:45:40).

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02:50

Tender is the Bite (The Death of F. Scott Fitzgerald)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/03/15

All great writers are capable of great endings. Here's the story of how F. Scott Fitzgerald met his own.

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07:21

Boneless Episode (Origin Of The Chinese Chicken Salad)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/03/08

Chinatown episode leftovers are even better than the first time around. Here's the origin of another native Los Angeles dish: the Chinese chicken salad.

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01:23:27

Forget It (Chinatown)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/03/01

It’s Chinatown. Take a non-offensive because they actually had them rickshaw ride through the atrocious history of old Chinatown and the Chinese community of Los Angeles all the way up to the present day new Chinatown or, as you know it, Chinatown. We go over the bad days of Old Chinatown, the unforgivable Chinese massacre, the dueling New Chinatown and China City, the many laws set to keep the Chinese community down, which spawned the endlessly internal support that the community used to flourish

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01:48:47

Hollywood Area or Bust (Famous Out-Of-Towners In LA)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/02/01

This month we explore two of your favorite American authors, one of your favorite heroes from the Old West and one of your favorite Beatles who all spent brief but memorable (and drunken) stays in Los Angeles. Hint: It’s not Stephen King, John Ringo, Johnny Ringo or Ringo Starr. We've got William Faulkner (2:44), Wyatt Earp (27:06), F. Scott Fitzgerald (54:35) and John Lennon (1:31:45)

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05:35

You Say You Want A Resolution

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2015/01/16

In this brief bonus episode we draw out our announcement of our new episode release schedule for the new year and share a few words about some new occurences around town.

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01:18:41

Creepy Christmas/Haunted Hannukah Part Boo (Haunted...

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2014/12/24

Another year another fear. Our seasonally creepy and haunted look at LA’s sordid history is back to take on ghostly hospitals, culty parks, lizardy people and more. Pray to baby Jesus and hold on to your yarmulke. We discuss the Galster Park Butcher in West Covina (1:00:12), the Gates of Hell known as Turnbull Canyon in Whittier (1:07:12), the ghost orderly at Linda Vista Communtiy Hospital in Boyle Heights (36:00), the murder and hauntings at the Greystone/Doheny Mansion in Beverly Hills (45:36),

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01:10:08

Padre Issues (Native People and the Missions)

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2014/12/01

In honor of what we now know as "Thanksgiving," we’ll be talking about the native people who lived in what we now know as "Los Angeles" and what happened to them once what we now know as "the Spanish" came to take their land and put them in what we now know as "the Missions." This description is now known as "over." We cover the pre-historic and Native days of the city (3:06) and the Spanish and mission days as well (28:25).

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01:43

The Meekly-Go-Round Came Round

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast ·

2014/11/11

Miss learning about LA's golden age of animation? Hear us delve even deeper into it on the This is Rad! podcast hosted by Kyle Clark and Matt Burnside. Take a listen to find out how.

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