L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
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.

All great writers are capable of great endings.  Here's the story of how F. Scott Fitzgerald met his own.

Direct download: f_scott_death_itunes_version.mp3
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Chinatown episode leftovers are even better than the first time around.  Here's the origin of another native Los Angeles dish: the Chinese chicken salad.

Direct download: chinese_chicken_salad_itunes_version.mp3
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It’s Chinatown. Take a non-offensive because they actually had them rickshaw ride through the atrocious history of old Chinatown and the Chinese community of Los Angeles all the way up to the present day new Chinatown or, as you know it, Chinatown. We go over the bad days of Old Chinatown, the unforgivable Chinese massacre, the dueling New Chinatown and China City, the many laws set to keep the Chinese community down, which spawned the endlessly internal support that the community used to flourish. Listen to the early days of Chinese immigrants to the city (3:27) and the creation of China City and then Chinatown (42:02).

Direct download: chinatown_itunes_version.mp3
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