We'll cover a brief history of Googie as a style, Coffee Dan's, Googie's Ships Coffee Shop, Denny's, Pann's and Norm's.

The Lucille Ball teeth story

We cover the trailblazing black community of the city from the Central Avenue neighborhood to Bronzeville, the rich Central Avenue jazz scene and the eventual downfall of the Central Avenue neighborhood.

How did F Scott Fitzgerald die?

Quick story about the origin of the Chinese Chicken Salad

The history of the Chinese community in Los Angeles, covering China City, Chinatown old and new, and the Chinese Massacre of 1871

Wyatt Earp, William Faulkner, F Scott Fitzgerald and John Lennon

Galster Park, Turnbull Canyon, Linda Vista Hospital, Greystone Mansion, the underground tunnels with the Lizard People, and the funeral for unclaimed bodies at the city morgue

We cover the original people of Los Angeles, the Kizh\Tongva and the Spanish Mission system

The Universal monster movies, Forrest Ackerman and Famous Monsters of Filmland

We cover the LA Times bombing (2:35), the plague outbreak of 1924 (17:46), Murphy Ranch (37:24), the Battle of LA (48:02) and the Japanese internment (59:42).

We’ll TRACE it’s roots all the way from when Walt Disney first set up shop in his uncle’s Los Feliz garage, through the COLORFUL cast of characters that populated Termite Terrace, Hanna/Barbera, Jay Ward

We cover heatwaves, the Santa Ana winds, snow, tornadoes, smog, wildfires, droughts, floods, and the dreaded ARkStorm

We cover Abbott Kinney himself, the amusements, the canals, the oil days, the history of Oakwood and the tragedies

Stanley Mark Rifkin, Yankee Bandit, Dunbar heist, the North Hollywood shootout and from the legendary Tiburcio Vasquez (1:05:09).

An addition to the last episode!

the French dip, the hot fudge sundae, the chili burger, the cheeseburger, the Orange Julius and the Cobb salad

Griffith J. Griffith and his observatory, and J Paul Getty and his Villa and Center

The Broadway Theater District and it’s theaters including the Million Dollar, the Orpheum and the United Artists Theater

Los Angeles Public Library and the design of Central Library