Nobody Drives in LA
The ONLY podcast about the pressures, perils, and yes, PLEASURES of car-free (and car-lite) living in pathologically car-brained Los Angeles. Co-hosts Kyle Rebar and Eric Brightwell chat with guests about their transit journeys and how they got to where they are now...
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A Week Without Driving with LA City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez DRAFT (opens the original)
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The Nobody Drives in LA crew rolls over to the people's palace – Los Angeles City Hall – to chat with Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez about his participation in this year's Week Without Driving. The annual challenge asks participants to hang up their keys for a week to experience the unique challenges and challenges familiar to the roughly one-third of Angelenos who are car-free. Soto-Martínez represents District 13, an expansive 40.5 square miles encompassing parts of Los Angeles's Hollywood,
City Race with Sam Cavalcanti (opens the original)
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"this ep is the same length as going to santa monica on the E line unless a car hits ur train at expo western" The Nobody Drives in LA crew convenes at the Koreatown Media Lab to chat with car-free multi-hyphenate Angelenx artist Sam Cavalcanti. Sam is here to promote CityRace Urban Adventures — a series of competitive, neighborhood-specific scavenger hunts inspired by The Amazing Race, but without the cars, running, or dramatic musical score. Along the way, Sam shares stories from their upbring
The Art of Transit with Metti Mart (opens the original)
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Ivy and Eric head over to Traxx bar, located in Union Station’s former telephone room, to chat with Greg Ghielmetti. Greg is the artist behind Metti Mart, which produces posters, trading cards, and other art objects designed to celebrate Los Angeles’s diversity and transit. Tune in to enjoy the conversation about Greg's journey from carbrain to train fan and to soak in the sonic ambiance of the city's bustling transit hub. Metti Mart's Online Shop Metti Mart's IG Support Us on Patreon
Comedy and Activism is sooooo LA with Tamra Brown (opens the original)
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What’s it like navigating Los Angeles if you’re legally blind and dependent on mass transit and ride-hailing? The Nobody Drives in LA crew is joined at the Koreatown Media Lab to chat with Tamra Brown. Tamra is a comedian and writer who recently debuted her solo show, Bus People, at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Lest you get the idea that a comedy show about bus riders is just going to punch down, Tamra's show is funny, sensitive, and arms listeners with arguments against the city’s many rabid
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