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YACHT Reveals Some of LA's Secret History with Veggie Burgers

On the latest episode of 'MUNCHIES: The Podcast' I chat with the band YACHT about LA’s mysterious histories and the restaurants that exist in unusual spaces.

Sit outside Gjusta in Venice Beach with a fresh croissant and stare at the Gold's Gym where Arnold Schwarzenegger used to flex his bulging muscles across the street. Order one of Egg Slut's hangover-friendly breakfast sandwiches in Grand Central Market and note the knife shop where OJ Simpson allegedly purchased the weapon that killed Nicole just a block away.

LA's bizarre histories live on top of one another in a strangely beautiful way.

This town rewards the curious and ushers you into different wormholes of American pop culture if you allow it. But there's two people who are working very hard to help curate this city in a creative approach so that Angelenos can live their most adventurous selves. Writers/artists/musicians—behind the band, YACHT—Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans are also the app developers behind "5 Every Day," a curated list of rad things to do in Los Angeles 365 days out of the year.

On the second episode of MUNCHIES: The Podcast from our LA series, I head over to popular burger walk-up, BurgerLords, in LA's historic Chinatown to order veggie burgers and meet up with YACHT to get their impressions on why LA is one of the fastest growing cities for creative types, how they go about curating their app, and why this town rewards curiosity in ways that other places don't.

So tune into the podcast, subscribe on iTunes if you can dig it, and tell your friends to do the same. And check back in two weeks for the next episode, when we drink up downtown LA on a mobile michelada bus with the powerhouse siblings behind the James Beard-award winning Oaxacan restaurant, La Guelaguetza.