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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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01:25:03

Monsters and the Nerds That Love Them (Universal...

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

2014/10/31

Ever wonder what goes thump in the night? A new episode of L.A. Meekly downloading. This month we celebrate Halloween with the story of the golden age of Universal monster movies and the tortured men that played them (2:51) in addition to the endearingly obsessive efforts of hometown hero Forrest J Ackerman to keep their memory alive (51:10). Bonus credit to anybody who can keep count of how many wives these people had.

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01:22:47

The Podcast That Time Forgot (Forgotten Stories From...

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

2014/09/30

Nazis? The plague? Union bombings? Aliens? Crimes against civil rights? What do all these have in common you ask? We forgot. Join us this month as we shine a light on some Los(t) Angeles history that most history books and Nazi sympathizers would rather not talk about. We cover the LA Times bombing (2:35), the plague outbreak of 1924 (17:46), Murphy Ranch (37:24), the Battle of LA (48:02) and the Japanese internment (59:42).

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01:18:51

The Meekly-Go-Round Broke Down (Animation In Los...

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

2014/08/29

DRAW up a chair as we ILLUSTRATE to you folks the ANIMATED story of Los Angeles’ cartoon history. We’ll TRACE it’s roots all the way from when Walt Disney first set up shop in his uncle’s Los Feliz garage (7:18), through the COLORFUL cast of characters that populated Termite Terrace (23:10), Hanna/Barbera (53:56), Jay Ward (1:02:17) up to the SYNCHRONIZED mayhem of he cartoon renaissance of the ‘90s and beyond!…INKING DEPARTMENT!

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01:19:36

There Will Be Mud (Extreme Weather)

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

2014/07/31

This month we talk about the extreme forms of weather Los Angeles has been subjected to throughout history. Join us as we watch the thermometer go from hot and dry to hot and wet to hot and on fire. We’ll also give you tips on what you can do to survive the city’s impending environmental doom. Hint: not much! We cover heatwaves (3:55), the Santa Ana winds (11:13), snow (21:39), tornadoes (25:06), smog (28:53), wildfires (42:14), droughts (51:26), floods (58:12) and the dreaded ARkStorm (1:11:52)

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01:26:21

Under the *Venice* Boardwalk...*Venice* Boardwalk...

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

2014/07/01

You must be this tall to hear this extensive history of Venice of America. Join us as we take a gondola ride through the canals, join one of LA's oldest gangs and watch the rivalry of the Venice and Ocean Park piers as their built up and burned down and built up and then burned down again. And again. And again. We cover Abbott Kinney himself (3:05), the amusements (20:08), the canals (58:25), the oil days (1:06:08), the history of Oakwood (1:11:34) and the tragedies (1:17:19). (All heights

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01:26:04

Episode 6: Episode 2-11 (Bank Robberies)

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

2014/05/31

Los Angeles was once the bank robbery capital of the world so put the money in the bag and put your headphones in as we give you a rundown on some of the cities most notorious holdups, heists and bandits from Stanley Mark Rifkin (8:35) to the Yankee Bandit (14:41) to the great Dunbar heist (41:20) to the North Hollywood shootout (49:51) and, from the old days, the legendary Tiburcio Vasquez (1:05:09).

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04:13

City Bites: Back for Seconds?

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

2014/05/08

A poisonously vital part of the puzzle from one of last episode’s stories falls into place just a little too late so we present to you our very first bonus episode to fill in one of what promises to be many gaps.

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59:03

City Bites (Food Invented in LA)

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

2014/04/30

On tonight's menu we have a sampler of our proudest native dishes: the French dip (2:45), the hot fudge sundae (12:39), the chili burger (21:26), the cheeseburger (31:36), the Orange Julius (39:02) and the Cobb salad (48:25). Strap on your bib and get ready for the story of six famous foods invented in LA.

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51:00

Griffith vs. Getty (The Griffith Observatory and The...

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

2014/03/31

The showdown you never knew you were waiting for. The dueling histories of the Griffith Observatory and the Getty Center.

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01:04:43

Broadway Theater District

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

2014/02/20

An historic look at the rise and fall of the country's greatest moving picture theater district: Broadway. After covering the history of the street we delve into a few theaters in particular the Million Dollar (21:12), the Orpheum (27:00) and the United Artists Theater (50:48).

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01:17:38

Creepy Christmas/Haunted Hannukah (Haunted Stories)

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

2013/12/25

The first of our seasonally haunted episodes from LA's past covering the Sharon Tate murder (2:50), the Menendez Brothers (12:25), the Lincoln Heights Jail (29:23), Rudolph Valentino's ghost (40:30), Rancho Los Amigos (52:38) and the curse of Griffith Park (1:01:34).

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01:04:55

Los Angeles Public Library

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

2013/12/02

A brief history of the Los Angeles Public Library system.

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