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, Eric Brightwell, and Ivy Kwok chat with guests about their transit journeys and how they got to where they are now... literally and figuratively.
Eric and Ivy head to the East Los Angeles Library to chat with Janeth Estevez and John Perry, creators of the transit-focused travel guide, Transiting Los Angeles. The group plunges into a deeply nerd-level exploration of transit history (ancient, recent, and personal) and busts a few transit myths along the way.
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https://www.streetsforall.org/initiatives/2026-voter-guide (https://www.streetsforall.org/initiatives/2026-voter-guide)
https://youtu.be/7WMgp3K5Vqc?si=qZ74xI9fLkHdyEQT (https://youtu.be/7WMgp3K5Vqc?si=qZ74xI9fLkHdyEQT)
29 Sept 2026
A Week Without Driving with LA City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez DRAFT
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, Northeast, Mideast, and Midtown regions – and home to more than a quarter million residents. Along the way, the conversation also covers his upbringing in South Central, including the role bikes and buses played in his family's journey.
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28 Aug 2026
City Race with Sam Cavalcanti
"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 upbringing in Brazil, where instead of racing to get a driver's license, they set their sights on the bright lights of Los Angeles to pursue the ultimate car-free dream.
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