L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast

Latest Episodes:

The Warm California Gun (The Assassinations of RFK and the Notorious B.I.G.) Apr 01, 2016

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Take a drive down Wilshire with us this month as we explore the two biggest assassinations in LA history; those of Robert F. Kennedy and the Notorious B.I.G. One of these men were almost president when they died. You'd be surprised which one though. Unless you know who Robert F. Kennedy is.

March Madness (Biggest Protests) Mar 01, 2016

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What do we want? An episode about the biggest marches, protests and walkouts in the city's history! When do we want it? When we click download now!

Red Is the New Blacklist (The Hollywood Blacklist) Feb 01, 2016

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In this episode we are seeing Red and naming names as we tell you the story of the Hollywood 10 and the shameful Hollywood Blacklist of the 40s and 50s. How does a thing like that happen you ask? Well, just take a community built on pleasing the general public, add rumors of Communist ties and watch a city devour itself.

For LACMA Better Title (Art Museums) Jan 01, 2016

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

Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah: Part Scream (The Cecil Hotel) Dec 01, 2015

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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.

Los Angeles: Year One (The Spanish and Mexican Eras of LA) Nov 01, 2015

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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, into the Mexican era and ending with the (almost) climactic battle against the American army as they took control...for now.

Angeleno Frights (Carroll Avenue) Oct 28, 2015

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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.

A Song of Ice and Umpire (The Dodgers and the Kings) Oct 01, 2015

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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 followed immediately by the full history of the Kings all the way from LA to slightly more north in LA. Play puck!

Uproot, Root, Root For the Home Team (Chavez Ravine and Pre-Dodger Baseball in LA) Sep 01, 2015

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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.

You're Killin' Me LARy (Pacific Electric and the Los Angeles Railway) Aug 01, 2015

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