Make Love Not Cars with Dan Savage
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Dan Savage, the writer and activist behind the long-running advice column Savage Love, does not have a driver's license. In fact, he pretty much hates cars. Dan tells us what the early days of ACT UP and the fight for marriage equality can teach other social movements, including the worldwide movement against car dominance. Ever the advice columnist, Dan answers real questions from listeners. If we win the war on cars, where will teenagers go to get it on? Why do drivers frequently scream homophobic slurs at cyclists? And what's the relationship between polyamory and having too many bikes?
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This episode was recorded by Josh Wilcox at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. It was edited by Ali Lemer. Our theme music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Our logo was created by Dani Finkel of Crucial D Designs.
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| 0:00.0 | We want to tell you about another podcast you should be listening to because you care about public transportation. |
| 0:08.0 | It's called High Frequency, and it comes from Transit Center, a foundation that works to improve public transit to make cities more just and environmentally sustainable. |
| 0:18.0 | High frequency, now in season 3, features stories of advocates working to shift the transit agenda in their cities |
| 0:25.3 | to win projects that better reflect rider priorities. |
| 0:29.1 | This season's episodes explore questions like, what are safety solutions on transit beyond armed police presence? |
| 0:36.4 | What does good community engagement look like? |
| 0:39.1 | How can advocates build political will |
| 0:41.7 | and ensure that public dollars are spent on the improvements that |
| 0:45.0 | riders really want to see. |
| 0:47.3 | All of this in short, digestible 10 minute episodes. |
| 0:51.3 | Listen and subscribe to high frequency wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:00.0 | There's some language and topics of discussion in this episode that might not be |
| 1:03.8 | appropriate for young children. So if you're in the car, you might want to wait |
| 1:08.1 | until you're home and alone to listen to this episode. And seriously, driving with children, it's like one of the most |
| 1:14.1 | dangerous things you can do, so you probably shouldn't do that either. |
| 1:17.0 | I've observed it all my life that cars kill cities and are bad for cities and I don't understand why cities make |
| 1:26.2 | room for cars, accommodate cars, flate drivers, accommodate drivers the way that cities do and politicians do. |
| 1:34.0 | Cars are the enemies of cities and yet cities just bend over and take it. |
| 1:40.0 | This is the war on cars. |
| 1:42.0 | I'm Doug Gordon and with me This is the War on Cars. |
| 1:48.0 | I'm Doug Gordon and with me are my co-host Sarah Goodyear and Aaron Napersdeck. How's it going? |
| 1:49.0 | Hey Doug. |
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