L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast

By: Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
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  • 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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  • The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer: Part IV
    Apr 1 2025

    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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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • L.A. Womans (Trailblazing Women)
    Mar 1 2025

    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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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • My Scuzzy Valentine (Houses of Ill Repute)
    Feb 1 2025

    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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    1 hr and 28 mins

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The best podcast about history of LA

I’ve been listening to this podcast for years and can say that I have never found anything with so much information about Los Angeles in a podcast form. Highly recommended!

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