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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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01:23:31

Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah: The 13th...

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

2025/12/01

It'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.

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01:43:09

Hometown Zeros (Our Hometown Neighborhoods)

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

2025/11/01

This 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).

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02:06:06

Murder, He Podcasted (Celebrity Murders)

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

2025/10/01

The 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).

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02:50:19

Now That's What I Call Musings (Punk & Rap Music in LA)

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

2025/09/01

In 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.

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01:50:03

Hotel it Like it is (Hotels)

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

2025/08/01

Room 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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01:51:15

Heir and Space (Aerospace Industry)

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

2025/07/01

Look! What's that up in the sky? It's a bird? It's a plane? It's a plane. This month we're diving into one of the foundational industries in Los Angeles history: aerospace. We'll be covering the companies and the men behind them of Douglas (27:32) and Hughes (1:00:22).

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01:43:52

Surfin' Bacardi (Tiki and Surf)

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

2025/06/01

Surfs up, glasses down. To kick of summer we're diving into two pillars of the hot months of the year: Tiki culture (17:00) and surfing (58:27).

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02:14:30

Songs the City Taught us (LA Songs)

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

2025/05/01

Hey Mr. DJ (Daniel and Jreg) put a record on. This month we're going to be talking about AND listening to a smattering of some of the most iconic songs about Los Angeles. We'll discuss some of their backstory and what they say about the city. Come for the ones you expect; be angry at the ones we missed.

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01:22:17

The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer: Part IV

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

2025/04/01

Spring is here and our drawers are loaded. That means it's time to empty them out in another junk drawer episode of topics that never found a home in other episodes. We'll be covering the Los Angeles Pigeon Farm (20:24), the geographic center of Los Angeles (34:09) and the Bella Union Hotel shootout (46:55).

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01:14:55

L.A. Womans (Trailblazing Women)

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

2025/03/01

For Women's History Month we're covering some notable women who made an impact on Los Angeles. We've got the first woman there was: the La Brea Woman (14:24), mental health pioneer Agnes Richards (23:20) and suffragette Caroline Severance (43:33).

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01:27:52

My Scuzzy Valentine (Houses of Ill Repute)

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

2025/02/01

This ValenTINE's Day we're doing the most romantic thing we can think of and going to a couple houses of ill repute. This month we'll be covering the history of Jumbo's Clown Room (29:52) and Chippendale's (45:59).

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01:18:05

The Itty Bitty City Committee (Ethnic Enclaves)

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

2025/01/01

In light of bad people trying to destroy the very fabric of our country, this month we're highlighting that which they want to destroy. We'll be covering some of our favorite ethnic enclaves of Los Angeles including Little Ethiopia (16:22), Historic Filipinotown (32:55) and Koreatown (51:25).

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01:20:06

Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah Part: XI(for an)I...

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

2024/12/01

At long last it's here: our annual Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah. Hide the children. Hide the elf on the shelf. Hide the afikoman (wrong Jewish holiday but still). This year we'll be covering the haunted Wolf's Lair (15:17), the Dog Woman of Watts (30:13), the Hollymont Hauntings (39:24) and the dreaded Lamb Mortuary (47:07). This episode best enjoyed after dark.

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01:21:45

YOUltide (Holiday Traditions)

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

2024/11/01

This holiday season we're putting the yu back in yultide as we asked YU, dear listener, your favorite LA holiday time traditions. We'll be going over all of those as well as our own and a some historic old holiday traditions from Los Angeles of yesteryear.

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01:30:04

Our Little Secrets (Secret Societies)

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

2024/10/01

What's the secret word? That's ok, we don't remember either so just come in. This month, to throw you into spooky season, we'll be covering the history of some of Los Angeles' secret societies. We'll be covering the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America (17:06), the Philosophical Research Society (26:25) and the Magic Castle (52:37).

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01:26:08

Gossip Ghouls (Louella Parsons & Hedda Hopper)

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

2024/09/01

This month we're juicing Hollywood and getting into the two matrons of juicy Hollywood gossip. We'll be covering Louella Parsons (17:26) and Hedda Hopper (45:07) and their legendary feud.

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01:29:38

Chain of Foods (Restaurant Chains)

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

2024/08/01

Make sure you're hungry for this one, or not so that you don't faint from hunger. That's because we're talking about a few sitdown food chains that started in Los Angeles. We'll be covering The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (16:19), Bob's Big Boy (35:02) and IHOP (58:54).

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01:36:09

Flaw and Order (Sheriff's Department)

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

2024/07/01

This month we're fighting the law and the outcome of who won? Yet to be determined. We're going over the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department including their early history (18:00) and the recent scandals surrounding former sheriff Alex Villanueva (53:23).

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01:42:57

Home on the Strange (2 Famous Transplants)

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

2024/06/01

This month we're celebrating those of us not from here. Those of us...not of this world. We're covering two famous transplants whose main stories don't happen in Los Angeles but come to a conclusion here. We'll be covering notorious cereal killer Belle Gunness (15:55) and daughter of someone else notorious Maria Rasputin (45:17).

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01:07:34

Sunkist Fruit Gems

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

2024/05/27

It seems as if someone got Candy is Dandy in your L.A. Meekly. That's because we are bringing to you an episode of our other podcast Candy is Dandy on a topic close to the heart of Meeklings: Sunkist Fruit Gems. We get into the LA based history of these beloved gummy candies and then get to tasting. Listen in and, if you haven't already, jump aboard the Candy is Dandy train to get more Greg and Daniel!

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