L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
By Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
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Episodes: 214
Oct 23, 2020
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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. test
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Good Night and Good Grief (The End)
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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...Yawn Tomorrow (Our Final Topics)
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May 01, 2026 |
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Hear Today...(Topics we Always Wanted to Cover)
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer: Part V
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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The Revolution Will not be Podcasted (Activists)
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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In it to Kin it (Family Businesses)
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah: The 13th (Haunted Tales)
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Hometown Zeros (Our Hometown Neighborhoods)
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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Murder, He Podcasted (Celebrity Murders)
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Now That's What I Call Musings (Punk & Rap Music in LA)
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Hotel it Like it is (Hotels)
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Heir and Space (Aerospace Industry)
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Surfin' Bacardi (Tiki and Surf)
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Songs the City Taught us (LA Songs)
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May 01, 2025 |
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The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer: Part IV
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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L.A. Womans (Trailblazing Women)
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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My Scuzzy Valentine (Houses of Ill Repute)
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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The Itty Bitty City Committee (Ethnic Enclaves)
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah Part: XI(for an)I (Haunted Stories)
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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YOUltide (Holiday Traditions)
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Our Little Secrets (Secret Societies)
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Gossip Ghouls (Louella Parsons & Hedda Hopper)
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Chain of Foods (Restaurant Chains)
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Flaw and Order (Sheriff's Department)
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Home on the Strange (2 Famous Transplants)
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Sunkist Fruit Gems
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May 27, 2024 |
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Automospiel (Cars)
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May 01, 2024 |
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The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer: Part III
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Talk-Umentaries (Los Angeles Documentaries)
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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You Gotta Be Kidnapping Me (LA's Worst Kidnappings)
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Sects Education (Religious Locations)
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah Part: Heaven (and Hell) ((Haunted Stories))
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Field Trip! How to Eat LA w/ Katherine Spiers
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Gettin' Malled (Malls)
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Dressed to Excess (Fashion Designers)
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Valley Queen
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Now You Live Here, Now You Don't (Lost Cities)
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Field Trip! The Bob Baker Marionette Theater with Alex Evans
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Top Three, Amigos (Top 3 Things In Los Angeles)
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Live From the Heritage Square Museum w/ L.A. Not So Confidential and Hollyweird Paranormal
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Our Gangs (Gangs of Los Angeles)
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Spooky Tavi
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Rude Crude Dudes (Oil In LA)
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Hollyweird Paranormal Crossover Bonus (The Ghost of Mae West and Montgomery Clift)
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May 15, 2023 |
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The Garden of Good and Eatin' (Old Hollywood Hangouts)
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May 01, 2023 |
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The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer: Part II (Random Topics)
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Skip Heller and Hollywood Film Noirchestra
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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The Day the Music Subdivided (Lost Music Venues of Los Angeles)
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Ghirardelli Squares by Candy Is Dandy
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Barbie (Toy Companies of LA)
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Strange Hotels
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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L.A. Degenerates (Sleazy Figures)
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Rose's Pawn Shop
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah Part: heX (LA Ghost Stories)
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Holiday Merch Announcement
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Angela O'Neill and the Outrageous8
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Cleanup On Episode 107 (Supermarkets)
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Edward Torres
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Podcast On Haunted Hill (L.A. Horror Movies)
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Sad Girlz Club
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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KMEEK (Radio Stations)
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Y Tu Mob Boss Tambien (Jack Dragna vs Mickey Cohen)
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: A Horse A Spoon A Bucket
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Candy Is Dandy
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Glazed and Confused (Donuts)
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Raised On TV
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Plans, Trains and Automobiles (Daytrips from LA)
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Charles Phoenix (An Interview)
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May 24, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Lamar Woods & Juancho Ca$h (Interview w/ Carl Tart)
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May 16, 2022 |
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Gardena of Edena (Gambling)
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May 01, 2022 |
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L.A. Taco Live's Laura Tejeda (An Interview)
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Townland
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Hail Mary (Mary Pickford 100th Episode Bonanza)
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Ginger Root
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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A Special Announcement!
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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The Phantom Mannix (People Behind the Scenes)
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Fartbarf
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Parks and Wrecks (Local Parks)
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Los Yesterdays
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Fabled Attraction (Old Attractions)
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Eban Schletter
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Hidden History of Los Angeles Crossover Extravaganza w/ Robert Petersen
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah Part: Malign (Haunted Tales)
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Hannah Rooth
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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To Live and Why In L.A. (Why Live In L.A.?)
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Marquis & the Rhythm Howlers
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Scare and Makeup (Monster Movie Makeup)
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Radioactive Chicken Heads
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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A Hot Topic (Hot Sauces)
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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The Meekly Music Box: The Sloppy Boys
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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We Need To Talk About Terminator (L.A. Action Movies)
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Tres Souls
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Soda, Jerks! (Local Sodas)
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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The Meekly Music Box: Jessica Fichot
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Pride and Prejudice (LGBTQ Achievements In L.A.)
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Get hAAPI (Asian-American Achievements In L.A.)
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May 01, 2021 |
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Stealing Home with Eric Nusbaum (An Interview)- The Creation of Dodger Stadium
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Make Art, Not Podcasts (L.A. Artists)
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Tasting History with Max Miller (An Interview)- The History of Tamales in L.A.
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Meaning Streets (Street Names)
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Now Museum, Now You Don't (Museums We Miss)
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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At Risky Business (Places At Risk Due to Covid)
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah Part: Hate (Haunted Tales)
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Avoid The Annoyed (Things That Annoy People In L.A.)
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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The Meekly Mysteries (Unsolved Disappearances)
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Glendale Library, Arts and Culture Presents: Be The Change with Eric Nusbaum
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Sunrise On The Sunset Strip (Early Days of the Sunset Strip)
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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The Route Less Traveled (Route 66 In LA)
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Aug 01, 2020 |
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Voices of Protest: 2020
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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65-92-20 (Watts Uprising and '92 Riots)
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Summer of Same (Summer In Los Angeles)
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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The Wrath of Con (Con Artists)
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May 01, 2020 |
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Field Trip! The L.A. River with Paul Haddad
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Easy Writers (Pulp Authors)
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Our Own Fault (Earthquakes)
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Demolition, Man (Things We Lost in the Last Decade)
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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A Tale of Two CDs (Record Stores)
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah Part: 7 Deadly Sins (The Queen Mary)
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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Fangelenos (Listener Questions and Answers)
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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Field Trip! Forest Lawn Museum with James Fishburne
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Beyond the Graveyard (Cemeteries)
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Field Trip! The Hollywood Bowl and Museum Interview with Gail Samuel
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer (Random Topics)
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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Field Trip! LA Plaza de Cultura Y Artes Interview with Mariah and Esperanza
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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Crème de la Cream (Ice Cream)
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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Bummer of '69 (Judy Garland and Roger Corman)
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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It's A Riot (Sleepy Lagoon and the Zoot Suit Riots)
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Jun 01, 2019 |
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Field Trip! Madame Tussaud's Hollywood Interview with Helen Larimore
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May 08, 2019 |
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Pun, Forest, Pun (LA's Forests)
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May 01, 2019 |
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Field Trip! Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Interview with Carl Tart
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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The Good, the Bad and the Freeway (Freeways)
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Loco Celebrities (Local Celebrities)
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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Behind the Times (LA Times)
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Gems In the La La Land (Hidden Gems of LA)
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah: Part 666 (Haunted San Pedro and Palos Verdes)
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Dec 01, 2018 |
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Field Trip! The Valley Relics Museum Interview with Tommy Gelinas
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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Fast Food For Thought (Fast Food Chains)
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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The Party of the Dead See's (Halloween Parties and Famous Candy Stores)
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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Call Me By Your Nickname (Famous Nicknamed People)
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Sep 01, 2018 |
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Little Rental On The Prairie (The Housing Crisis)
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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1-2-3-4 I Declare A Water War (LA's Water)
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Jul 01, 2018 |
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The Island of Lost Shoals (Catalina Island)
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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Field Trip! Rockhaven Sanitarium Interview with Joanna Linkchorst
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May 25, 2018 |
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LAXperts (Airports)
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May 01, 2018 |
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Haunted By History Book Discussion with Craig Owens
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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NEW SEGMENT ANNOUNCEMENT!
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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The Call Of The Mild (Famous Pets)
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Apr 01, 2018 |
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Field Trip! The Breakfast Club Interview with Lily and Phil
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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Two Guys, a Girl and Three Other Girls (Trailblazing Women)
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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Field Trip! The Bearded Lady's Mystic Museum Interview with Erick and Stephanie
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Feb 21, 2018 |
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The Episode 50 Introvaganza
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Feb 06, 2018 |
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The Better Business Broadcast (Black Owned Businesses)
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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Naz-In My Backyard (Nazis In LA)
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Jan 01, 2018 |
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah: Part Live from the Comedy Central Stage (Haunted Stories)
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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To Thanksgive And Die In LA (Things We're Thankful For)
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Nov 01, 2017 |
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Field Trip! MorYork Art Gallery Interview with Clare Graham
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Oct 09, 2017 |
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Cult Classics (Cults)
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Oct 01, 2017 |
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Field Trip! The Former Ambassador Hotel Interview with Anne Louise Bannon
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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Themes, Schemes and Oceanside Dreams (Amusement Parks)
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Sep 01, 2017 |
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Field Trip! The Los Angeles City Archives Interview with Michael Holland
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Aug 09, 2017 |
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Hot Sun Oddities: Live from the Andres Pico Adobe (Strange Things in the San Fernando Valley)
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Aug 01, 2017 |
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Blah Blah Land (LA Movies)
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Jul 01, 2017 |
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Magazinophobia (Magazines)
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Jun 01, 2017 |
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Boyles and Goyles (Boyle Heights)
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May 01, 2017 |
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Field Trip! Rainbow Bar and Grill Interview with Staci Layne Wilson
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Apr 24, 2017 |
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LAnd Of The Lost (Lost Landmarks)
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Apr 01, 2017 |
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TiVo's Revenge: Live from the Comedy Central Stage (Local Commercial Personalities)
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Mar 01, 2017 |
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The First Timers Club (African-American Pioneers in LA)
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Feb 01, 2017 |
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Field Trip! The Petersen Automotive Museum Interview with Ada Ruiz
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Jan 18, 2017 |
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For Whom The Bell Taxes (Corruption of Bell and Vernon)
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Jan 01, 2017 |
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah: Part Gore (Haunted Canyons)
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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Pulp Non-Fiction (Oranges)
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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Witchy Women (Local Witches)
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Oct 01, 2016 |
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Candy Is Dandy But Liquor Is CLICK HERE (Prohibition and Alcohol)
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Sep 01, 2016 |
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The Grand Ol' Ympics (The Two LA Olympics)
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Aug 01, 2016 |
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Float Hopes (Parades)
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Jul 01, 2016 |
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Well, Dam! (Man-made Disasters)
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Jun 01, 2016 |
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A Landmark Episode (Main Local Landmarks)
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May 01, 2016 |
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The Warm California Gun (The Assassinations of RFK and the Notorious B.I.G.)
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Apr 01, 2016 |
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March Madness (Biggest Protests)
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Mar 01, 2016 |
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Red Is the New Blacklist (The Hollywood Blacklist)
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Feb 01, 2016 |
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For LACMA Better Title (Art Museums)
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Jan 01, 2016 |
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah: Part Scream (The Cecil Hotel)
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Dec 01, 2015 |
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Los Angeles: Year One (The Spanish and Mexican Eras of LA)
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Nov 01, 2015 |
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Angeleno Frights (Carroll Avenue)
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Oct 28, 2015 |
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A Song of Ice and Umpire (The Dodgers and the Kings)
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Oct 01, 2015 |
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Uproot, Root, Root For the Home Team (Chavez Ravine and Pre-Dodger Baseball in LA)
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Sep 01, 2015 |
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You're Killin' Me LARy (Pacific Electric and the Los Angeles Railway)
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Aug 01, 2015 |
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Hot Dog Days of Summer (LA Hot Dogs)
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Jul 01, 2015 |
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Bad Cop/Bad Cop (The Rampart Scandal and Christopher Dorner)
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Jun 01, 2015 |
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Googie A-Go-Go (Googie Architecture)
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May 01, 2015 |
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Lucy, I'm Homing! (A Story About Lucille Ball's Teeth)
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Apr 19, 2015 |
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Centr-All That Jazz (Central Avenue Jazz)
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Apr 01, 2015 |
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Tender is the Bite (The Death of F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Mar 15, 2015 |
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Boneless Episode (Origin Of The Chinese Chicken Salad)
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Mar 08, 2015 |
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Forget It (Chinatown)
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Mar 01, 2015 |
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Hollywood Area or Bust (Famous Out-Of-Towners In LA)
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Feb 01, 2015 |
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You Say You Want A Resolution
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Jan 16, 2015 |
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Creepy Christmas/Haunted Hannukah Part Boo (Haunted Stories)
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Dec 24, 2014 |
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Padre Issues (Native People and the Missions)
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Dec 01, 2014 |
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The Meekly-Go-Round Came Round
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Nov 11, 2014 |
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Monsters and the Nerds That Love Them (Universal Movie Monsters)
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Oct 31, 2014 |
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The Podcast That Time Forgot (Forgotten Stories From LA's Past)
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Sep 30, 2014 |
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The Meekly-Go-Round Broke Down (Animation In Los Angeles)
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Aug 29, 2014 |
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There Will Be Mud (Extreme Weather)
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Jul 31, 2014 |
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Under the *Venice* Boardwalk...*Venice* Boardwalk (Venice)
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Jul 01, 2014 |
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Episode 6: Episode 2-11 (Bank Robberies)
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May 31, 2014 |
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City Bites: Back for Seconds?
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May 08, 2014 |
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City Bites (Food Invented in LA)
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Apr 30, 2014 |
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Griffith vs. Getty (The Griffith Observatory and The Getty Center)
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Mar 31, 2014 |
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Broadway Theater District
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Feb 20, 2014 |
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Creepy Christmas/Haunted Hannukah (Haunted Stories)
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Dec 25, 2013 |
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Los Angeles Public Library
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Dec 02, 2013 |