Sects Education (Religious Locations)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
Release Date: 01/01/2024
The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer: Part IV
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
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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L.A. Womans (Trailblazing Women)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
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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My Scuzzy Valentine (Houses of Ill Repute)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
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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The Itty Bitty City Committee (Ethnic Enclaves)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
In light of bad people trying to destroy the very fabric of our country, this month we're highlighting that which they want to destroy. We'll be covering some of our favorite ethnic enclaves of Los Angeles including Little Ethiopia (16:22), Historic Filipinotown (32:55) and Koreatown (51:25).
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Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah Part: XI(for an)I (Haunted Stories)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
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.
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YOUltide (Holiday Traditions)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
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.
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Our Little Secrets (Secret Societies)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
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).
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Gossip Ghouls (Louella Parsons & Hedda Hopper)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
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.
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Chain of Foods (Restaurant Chains)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
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).
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Flaw and Order (Sheriff's Department)
L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast
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).
info_outlineWelcome 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).