L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast

Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles

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.

  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    Creepy Christmas/Chaunted Channukah: The 13th (Haunted Tales)
    It's the most wonderful time of the year or, should we say, the most punderful crime of the scare...ear. No, I suppose we shouldn't. Welcome in to our 13th annual telling of creepy and chaunted tales from Los Angeles. This year we're covering Igor's Alley in Long Beach (19:15), the Buried Man of Burbank (27:03), the haunted Cobb Estate (38:17) and the alien encounters in Big Tujunga Canyon (57:29). This episode best enjoyed at night.
    1 December 2025, 8:05 am
  • 1 hour 43 minutes
    Hometown Zeros (Our Hometown Neighborhoods)
    This month we're giving thanks and taking names. For the time of Thanksgiving and returning to hometowns, we are delving into the histories of our hometown neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Greg with his precious Elysian Heights (15:39) and Daniel with his beloved Granada Hills (53:11).
    1 November 2025, 7:22 am
  • 2 hours 6 minutes
    Murder, He Podcasted (Celebrity Murders)
    The Halloween season is here so that means we're getting eerie and disturbing but NOT creepy and haunted (TM). We'll be covering the cases of a celebrity who was murdered (allegedly) in Thelma Todda (16:48) and a celebrity who was a murderer (allegedly) in Robert Blake (1:03:50).
    1 October 2025, 7:05 am
  • 2 hours 50 minutes
    Now That's What I Call Musings (Punk & Rap Music in LA)
    In this, our longest episode ever, we are diving, if not deep then at least long into two major LA music scenes: punk (16:26) and rap (1:47:53). And, yes, our new friend Aux Cable is sitting in so you can listen to the music along with us.
    1 September 2025, 7:05 am
  • 1 hour 50 minutes
    Hotel it Like it is (Hotels)
    Room for two? Shared bed? An extra cot? You got it because this month we're checking into some of the most iconic hotels in Los Angeles. We get the bed, you get the cot. We'll be going over the history of the Sportsmen's Lodge (21:48), the Hollywood Roosevelt (41:22) and the Chateau Marmont (1:12:15).
    1 August 2025, 7:05 am
  • 1 hour 51 minutes
    Heir and Space (Aerospace Industry)
    Look! What's that up in the sky? It's a bird? It's a plane? It's a plane. This month we're diving into one of the foundational industries in Los Angeles history: aerospace. We'll be covering the companies and the men behind them of Douglas (27:32) and Hughes (1:00:22).
    1 July 2025, 7:05 am
  • 1 hour 43 minutes
    Surfin' Bacardi (Tiki and Surf)
    Surfs up, glasses down. To kick of summer we're diving into two pillars of the hot months of the year: Tiki culture (17:00) and surfing (58:27).
    1 June 2025, 7:05 am
  • 2 hours 14 minutes
    Songs the City Taught us (LA Songs)
    Hey Mr. DJ (Daniel and Jreg) put a record on. This month we're going to be talking about AND listening to a smattering of some of the most iconic songs about Los Angeles. We'll discuss some of their backstory and what they say about the city. Come for the ones you expect; be angry at the ones we missed.
    1 May 2025, 7:05 am
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    The L.A. Meekly Junk Drawer: Part IV
    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).
    1 April 2025, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    L.A. Womans (Trailblazing Women)
    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).
    1 March 2025, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    My Scuzzy Valentine (Houses of Ill Repute)
    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).
    1 February 2025, 8:00 am
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