The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer: Part III
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
by Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
3w ago
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 ..read more
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Talk-Umentaries (Los Angeles Documentaries)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
by Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
1M ago
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 ..read more
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You Gotta Be Kidnapping Me (LA's Worst Kidnappings)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
by Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
3M ago
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 ..read more
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Sects Education (Religious Locations)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
by Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
4M ago
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 ..read more
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah Part: Heaven (and Hell) ((Haunted Stories))
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
by Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
5M ago
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 ..read more
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Gettin' Malled (Malls)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
by Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
6M ago
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 ..read more
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Dressed to Excess (Fashion Designers)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
by Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
7M ago
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 ..read more
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The Meekly Music Box: Valley Queen
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
by Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
7M ago
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 ..read more
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Now You Live Here, Now You Don't (Lost Cities)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
by Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
8M ago
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 ..read more
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Field Trip! The Bob Baker Marionette Theater with Alex Evans
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
by Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles
9M ago
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 ..read more
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