Trader Jenny & Trader Tam could blab all day about our love for delicious tiki drinks. But it's time now to delve deep into the beautiful culture of tiki! With the vast knowledge of our pal, Naomi Alper, this episode explores the history of famous Califor

Help preserve the history of downtown Los Angeles! Our previous episode on downtown L.A. talked about why we think downtown is so friggin’ great and historically valuable. This episode goes a bit further with ways you can help the preservation efforts.

Murder, brothels, and corruption! In the aftermath of the World’s Fair of 1893, Chicago was booming in both industry and vice. In this episode, we discuss three companion books, Devil in the White City, The Jungle, and Sin in the Second City. Each book

Downtown L.A. ain't as scary as you may think. In fact, it's one of the most well-preserved, pre-WWII cities still intact, full of cool art deco architecture and broken neon signs. Our guests Matt Blitz and Scott Garner of Obscura Society L.A. tell us all

We’ve been in a cave for the past year but we’re back! And ready to share with our Down & Dirty Travelers everything we currently know about caves. We’ve got tales of Ruby Falls in Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, TN, the Lost Sea, America’s largest

Hannibal, MO is the boyhood home of Mark Twain and setting for Twain's classic tales of the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckelberry Finn. Down & Dirty Travel had the pleasure of touring the city in style as Cindy Lovell, The Executive Director of the Mar

Vintage Airstream trailers are definitely a great way to camp Down & Dirty. In this episode we discuss The Shady Dell trailer park in Arizona and also Hicksville trailer palace in Southern California. Go check 'em out and have your pick of some really rad

Fisherman's Wharf, Union Square, trolley cars, blah, blah, blah.  San Francisco is famous for a lot of stuff you've heard of and maybe seen for yourself but that doesn't mean we can't offer some down and dirty recommendations on our favorite places. The

The cleanliness of a campground's bathroom is usually directly proportionate to how lenient they are with their booze rules. In this episode, we share campground entertainment tips to catch the eye of your campground neighbors and we disclose a few tales

Listen up, record collectors and rock-n-roll nerds! You're gonna want to hear what our special guest, Scott Bomar, has to say. He's a Memphis-based musician, Emmy Award winning film composer, Grammy nominated music producer, and member of the Bo-Keys, a M