Love, Fear, and Decency

With assists from the music of Nada UV and flotsam and esoterica on loan from the Prelinger Archive, we stitch together a flirtatious invocation with stark archival recordings that swing from teen dating rules to moral panic to vanishing Los Angeles landmarks. The result is a fast, strange ride that asks what humor can protect when culture gets anxious and progress starts to bulldoze memory. • How can you be yourself without suffering for it? • How do you pick a date, and what “counts” as a real one?• What are the ever-evolving edicts of etiquette rules around floral arrangementsow to say good night • How do you say goodnight—and stick the landing?• Angel’s Flight and Bunker Hill as symbols of heritage threatened by redevelopment • The recurring idea that levity can be a lifelineNote: This episode of the podcast differs significantly from the version that aired on KCHUNG Los Angeles tonight. Check out that one, too!Got something to say to me? Slide into the DMs.Support the show