L.a. Meekly

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Sinopse

L.A. Meekly is a monthly podcast on Los Angeles history put out by Daniel Zafran and Greg Gonzalez in an effort to battle the false idea that their city has none; and also as an excuse to eat donuts and talk into a microphone.

Episódios

  • Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah Part: XI(for an)I (Haunted Stories)

    01/12/2024 Duração: 01h20min

    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.

  • YOUltide (Holiday Traditions)

    01/11/2024 Duração: 01h21min

    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.

  • Our Little Secrets (Secret Societies)

    01/10/2024 Duração: 01h30min

    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).

  • Gossip Ghouls (Louella Parsons & Hedda Hopper)

    01/09/2024 Duração: 01h26min

    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. 

  • Chain of Foods (Restaurant Chains)

    01/08/2024 Duração: 01h29min

    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).

  • Flaw and Order (Sheriff's Department)

    01/07/2024 Duração: 01h36min

    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).

  • Home on the Strange (2 Famous Transplants)

    01/06/2024 Duração: 01h42min

    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).

  • Sunkist Fruit Gems

    27/05/2024 Duração: 01h07min

    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!

  • Automospiel (Cars)

    01/05/2024 Duração: 01h21min

    Hop in. We just stole this podcast and we're going for a spin. This month we're getting into the car culture and history of Los Angeles. We'll be covering the very first cars and car factories that came to the city (14:27), the emergence of low rider culture (41:45) and how it all unraveled (1:03:06).

  • The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer: Part III

    01/04/2024 Duração: 01h30min

    Spring is here and junk is going in the trash. By junk we mean topics that never found a home and by trash we mean your ears. It's time for our annual junk drawer episode where we go over a hodgepodge of topics that didn't quite fit into other episodes. This time we'll be covering Captain "Mad" Jack Morgan (16:53), the Rubel Castle in Glendora (36:30) and the Siege of Fort Anthony (57:13).

  • Talk-Umentaries (Los Angeles Documentaries)

    01/03/2024 Duração: 02h30s

    As March arrives and madness descends upon us all, so too does a new episode of L.A. Meekly. This month we're talking docs and going over a handful of documentaries about Los Angeles that we feel captures something about the city be it donuts, music, gangs or, perhaps...madness.

  • You Gotta Be Kidnapping Me (LA's Worst Kidnappings)

    01/02/2024 Duração: 01h44min

    The love month is here and what better way to celebrate (we guess?) than covering a few of Los Angeles' worst kidnappings. And that's worst in the sense of: these kidnappers had no idea what they were doing. Tune in to hear the stories of Mary Skeele (18:10) and Frank Sinatra Jr (45:39).

  • Sects Education (Religious Locations)

    01/01/2024 Duração: 01h32min

    Welcome to 2024! The year that L.A. Meekly turns deeply religious! This month we're covering a few hidden and not so hidden religious locations and movements from around Los Angeles. We're covering the Jewish eruv (19:06), the Mormon Los Angeles California Temple (31:35), the Pentecostal Azusa Street Revival (45:54) and the Koyasan Buddhist Temple (1:16:55).

  • Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah Part: Heaven (and Hell) ((Haunted Stories))

    01/12/2023 Duração: 01h52min

    Seasons screamings, everyone. Tis the season to be...unholly? That's because it's time once again for our annual haunted episode. This year we'll be covering the tales of the Alexandria Hotel (18:50) and a haunted tour through UCLA (1:00:56).

  • Field Trip! How to Eat LA w/ Katherine Spiers

    20/11/2023 Duração: 01h37s

    Thanksgiving has come early, turkeys, so strap in for a discussion about food in LA with Katherine Spiers! We'll be covering her Los Angeles food website How to Eat LA, what sorts of food define the city and Daniel's least favorite Mexican restaurant. Check out Katherine's website How to Eat LA and her food podcast Smart Mouth as well!

  • Gettin' Malled (Malls)

    01/11/2023 Duração: 01h50min

    Sound the alarms! It's L.A. Meekly's 10th anniversary episode! And sound the alarms again because they just shoplifted from the places they're covering in this episode: malls. Just in time for your holiday shopping spree, we'll be covering the Glendale Galleria (25:49), the Sherman Oaks Galleria (39:09), Crossroads of the World (51:49) and Rodeo Drive (1:23:35).

  • Dressed to Excess (Fashion Designers)

    01/10/2023 Duração: 01h52min

    This Halloween we've got a passion for fashion and that means we're going to be talking about two of the biggest fashion moguls in Los Angeles history. We'll be covering the movie styles of Edith Head (17:44) and the outrageous cowboy fashion of Nudie Cohn (58:09).

  • The Meekly Music Box: Valley Queen

    18/09/2023 Duração: 17min

    Plug in the old headphones, my liege, because the Meekly Music Box is back! Tune in this month while we learn all about Valley Queen and listen to their songs "Falling"  and "Nobody Ever."

  • Now You Live Here, Now You Don't (Lost Cities)

    01/09/2023 Duração: 01h14min

    We're getting lost in the city. Lost in the city tonight (or day; whenever you listen to this, really). We're covering a couple failed cities within Los Angeles that are now lost to time. We have the oceanside paradise of Surfridge (15:41) and the desert socialist utopia of Llano del Rio (34:49).

  • Field Trip! The Bob Baker Marionette Theater with Alex Evans

    14/08/2023 Duração: 41min

    We've got no strings to hold us down because we're back with a signature LA Meekly field trip! This time we are thrilled to visit with Alex Evans: head puppeteer at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Learn all about him and the inner workings of the theater today!

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