L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast

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Field Trip! The Petersen Automotive Museum Interview with Ada Ruiz Jan 18, 2017

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Here it is at long last! Our very first field trip episode! Just play along and say you've been waiting as anxiously for it as we assume you were! Join us on our excursion to the Petersen Automotive Museum with the one and only Ada Ruiz and hear what the most exciting and controversial cars they have are and where to eat once you're sick of seeing them. We apologize for the audio quality but we hope you'll forgive us as it is our first time using this equipment. We wouldn't hold it against YOU so show some mercy.

For Whom The Bell Taxes (Corruption of Bell and Vernon) Jan 01, 2017

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Embezzlement. Bloated pensions. Voter fraud. Hog guts. What do all these have in common other than being beautiful names for your children? They're all part of the dirty corruption stories we're about to cover from two cities in southeast LA: Vernon and Bell. Settle in and be glad you have a conscience. If you don't have a conscience, we're sure you can steal one from one of our good little listeners.

Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah: Part Gore (Haunted Canyons) Dec 01, 2016

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Take a festively eerie drive through the many canyons of Los Angeles with us as we talk about the strangest/spookiest stories that have taken place in them from Superman's ghost to a barrage of alien encounters. As the experts we are, we recommend you listen to this at night. Preferably walking alone through one of these canyons. We are not responsible for any lost items, respect or life if you choose to do so. (Keen eared listeners alert! The curse of our haunted episodes lives on! Listen out for strange flapping noises that are in this recording for no explainable reason!)

Pulp Non-Fiction (Oranges) Nov 01, 2016

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Peel away the skin, take that gross white stuff off, section it up and extract the seeds and what you've got left is our long awaited (and dreaded) episode on oranges! Bite into the story of LA's mythological cash crop all the way from the first orange tree to come to the city all the way through the rise of a little local business known as Sunkist. Some sugar added.

Witchy Women (Local Witches) Oct 01, 2016

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Eye of nerd. Pod of cast. Leave a review or this show won't last! And with that incantation comes our Halloween special on some of the witchiest women in LA history...and a house. Crack open a cauldron as we pod-cast a spell on your ears of the stories of Louise Huebner, Vampira, Elvira and the Beverly Hills Witch House. Be there or be there. It's not a choice.

Candy Is Dandy But Liquor Is CLICK HERE (Prohibition and Alcohol) Sep 01, 2016

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You must be 21 or older (in dog years) to listen to this episode on the long, cursed, prohibited, corrupt and tasty history of alcohol in this city from the very first grape vine to the very last boot legged. Fake IDs welcome.

The Grand Ol' Ympics (The Two LA Olympics) Aug 01, 2016

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We declare this the XXXIInd episode of LA Meekly listenable! Settle in to hear about LA's two trysts with the Olympics in 1932 and 1984 and about our chances to make the third time the charm in 2024. It's a gold medal episode brought to you by two bronze gods.

Float Hopes (Parades) Jul 01, 2016

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March along with us to the beat of the stories of a few of LA's biggest parades! Including and limited to the PRIDE Parade, the Hollywood Christmas Parade, the Festival of the Chariots, La Fiesta, the Rose Parade and the Doo Dah Parade. No we do not have a permit for this episode.

Well, Dam! (Man-made Disasters) Jun 01, 2016

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In telling the stories of the two worst man made disasters in Los Angeles history, the St. Francis Dam and the Porter Ranch gas leak, the LA Meekly boys inadvertently create the third worst man made disaster in Los Angeles history.

A Landmark Episode (Main Local Landmarks) May 01, 2016

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Here is our long overdue tourist guide on the city's most famous and recognizable landmarks. Whichever ones you're thinking of, they're in here. But not that one. Think of a better one.