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EPISODE 100: The War on Cars Turns 100

Hello, War on Cars supporters!

This marks the 100th episode of The War on Cars, and we’re feeling pretty good about it! In our centenary edition, we go all the way back to Episode 1 and ask what we got right, what we got wrong—and what t...

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BONUS: Cars, Consumption and Climate

Hi all,

Our latest bonus episode is here. It's a casual conversation between the three of us on some things that have been in the news lately and that we've been dying to talk about.

What does the recent culture-war freakout over gas s...

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Last call for 100th episode messages!

Hi all,

Thanks to everyone who has sent in a message so far for our 100th episode spectacular. 

We'd love to round out the episode with more, so please fol...

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Our next guest: YOU!

Hello, friends!

You might have noticed that our last episode, "Car Brain with Dr. Ian Walker," was our 99th. We're not great at math, but we think that means that our next one is a big one. (💯)

To celebrate this milestone we...

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EPISODE 99: Car Brain with Dr. Ian Walker

Hello Patreon supporters!

Our latest episode is here and, I have to admit, it's already one of my favorites. Aaron, Sarah and I spoke with Dr. Ian Walker...

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EPISODE 98: The High Cost of Free Parking with Donald Shoup

Hello War on Cars supporters!

First, some news...

As a benefit to Patreon subscribers, we will now be posting ad-free versions of all new releases, starting with this episode

This means that if you support...

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EPISODE 97: Deconstructing Muscle Car City

Hello War on Cars supporters:

Part 3 of our "Muscle Car City" series dropped this morning.

In Part 1, Welcome to Muscle C...

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BONUS: What We Knew About Elon

Hello Patreoners!

It's been hard to escape the ongoing disaster that is Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter. While a lot of people have been surprised that it could all go as spectacularly wrong as it's been going, anyone who has been paying att...

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EPISODE 96: Muscle Car City Part 2

Hello War on Cars supporters!

The second part in Aaron's "Muscle Car City" series is here. It's called "We Are in the Movie" and follows Aaron as he drives from location to location, bringing The War on Cars to New York City's "biggest, craz...

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BONUS: Deleted Scenes with Dan Savage

Hello, War on Cars supporters!

We had to leave a couple of conversations we had with Dan Savage out of episode 95. We present them here, exclusively for you all, in this short ad-free bonus episode. Enjoy!

We'll be back with a new gene...

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BONUS: Soccer and Cities with Tesho Akindele

Hello Patreon supporters!

This month's ad-free bonus episode is a great one that's bound to make you smile. It's my interview with Tesho Akindele, the Major League Soccer player who was, up until recently, the star forward f...

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EARLY RELEASE EXCLUSIVE: STREETFILMS & THE WAR ON CARS

Hello Patreoners!

Our good friend Clarence Eckerson, Jr. of Streetfilms fame came to our live show on November 1st and put this video together featuring some of the greatest hits from that fun night. We're very grateful to Clarence, of cours...

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EPISODE 95: Make Love Not Cars with Dan Savage

Hello War on Cars listeners!

As many of you know, anytime someone notable tweets something even mildly anti-car, we often quote tweet them with the greeting, "Welcome to the War on Cars." Well, after we did that to one particular media figur...

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EPISODE 94: Walking the Walk with Jonathon Stalls

Hey, Patreon supporters! This week you'll hear my talk with Jonathon Stalls, the author of a new book called 2022-11-01 11:02:04 +0000 UTC View Post

We Want You! (To help with an episode we're recording tomorrow!)

Hey Patreon supporters,

Kinda last-minute but we need your help!

We are interviewing a popular advice columnist tomorrow. I can't say who, but this person specializes in sex and relationships. (We're assuming a bunch of you wi...

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EPISODE 93: Making Milwaukee a Bike City

Hello friends of the War on Cars!

For this episode we decided to take a step back from the three of us ranting and opining and instead let a great set of advocates in Milwaukee have the mic. It's what makes the war on cars (lowercase intende...

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92. Welcome to Muscle Car City

Hello, Dear Patreons: Episode 92 is here. It's the first part of a multipart miniseries we've been working on for a while now. Hope you enjoy it or, at least, don't hate-listen to it so hard that you burst a blood vessel!  
--Aaron, Sarah ...

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EPISODE 91: The War on Cars Heats Up

Hello War on Cars supporters:

Our September episode is finally here. Thanks for your patience. You'll hear why this one took a little longer than normal in the episode itself. 

We have some big episodes planned for this fall and h...

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Patreon-Exclusive Presale: The War on Cars Live in New York! 11/1/22

Hello War on Cars supporters!

Last year we did a sold-out live show, our first in New York, at Caveat in Manhattan with special g...

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BONUS: 'Shade of Trespass' with Garnette Cadogan

Hello Patreon supporters! We've got a really special exclusive episode for you to round out the summer.

Last spring, we released "The Pedestrian," inspired by the classic Ray Bradbury story of the same name. If you haven’t listened already...

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All Bodies on Bikes with Marley Blonsky

Greetings, War on Cars Supporters!

If you're reading this, you have a body...and you're probably aware that having a body can be a complicated thing in our appearance-obsessed society. That's why the work that Marley Blonsky does is so impor...

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BONUS: Tech Won't Save Transportation with Paris Marx

Hey Patreon supporters!

To close out July, enjoy this ad-free bonus episode. It's an interview with author Paris Marx about their new book, Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of ...

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EPISODE 89: Distracted to Death

Hey War on Cars supporters,

Years ago, I consulted on a TV series about the brain. As part of that project, I spoke to experts with the U.S. Navy about experiments with "head-up displays," technology which projects vital information on a coc...

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EPISODE 88: Tesla is a Fraud with Ed Niedermeyer

Hey, Patreons:
I really enjoyed this conversation with journalist Ed Niedermeyer and hope you do too. Ed has been covering Tesla Motors for about as long as anyone. And his book, "Ludicrous" is deeply reported and a good read. Let us know what ...

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EPISODE 87: How to Save a Planet with Kendra Pierre-Louis

Hello, friends of The War on Cars!

It was a real thrill to get to talk with journalist Kendra Pierre-Louis for this new episode. It's a breezy, fun, wide-ranging interview about communicating urgency in a time of great crisis, whether that's...

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EPISODE 86: Two Wheels Good with Jody Rosen

Hello, War on Cars supporters!

We're closing out Bike Month in the best way possible, with an interview that's all about the bike. Jody Rosen, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, joins us to talk about his brand n...

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BONUS: Better Living by Bicycle with George Hahn

Hello, Patreon supporters!

Happy Bike Month to all who celebrate. In this ad-free bonus episode of the podcast, Doug talks with man about town George Hahn. As the kids say, IYKYK. The conversation is a love letter to cities, the people who m...

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Exclusive Interview: The Tyre Extinguishers

TYRE EXTINGUISHERS

Hello, War on Cars supporters!

Please enjoy this exclusive post, just for Patreon subscribers. 

Usually our bonus content comes in the form of a stand-alone episode o...

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BONUS: Peter Kalmus Talks about Turning Climate Anxiety into Activism

Hey there, War on Cars supporters!

Last fall, when we were putting together Episode 76, Smells Like Teen Climate Anxiety, Sarah ...

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Episode 85: Infiltrating the Auto Show II

Hello, War on Cars supporters!

We'll keep this one short since we think you're really gonna enjoy this episode. Take a listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have a bonus episode coming right up (sorry for the delay this mon...

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