Santa Monica
About Santa Monica
Santa Monica is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. As of the 2020 census, Santa Monica had a population of 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry. It has a diverse economy, hosting headquarters of companies such as Skydance Media, Hulu, Activision Blizzard, Universal Music Group, Starz Entertainment, Lionsgate Studios, Illumination and The Recording Academy.
On the show — 5 mentions total
There was a thing in 1929 where it was the first women's air derby where they went all the way across America from Santa Monica to Cleveland, Ohio. The newspapers called it the powder puff derby because it was all women taking part. She would have won it, but they said that her aircraft must have a horsepower appropriate for a woman.
from No Such Thing As The Handshake Police, 2021-05-14 at 00:23:53 · read transcript
Other times Santa Monica came up
His backpack is a Swedish army issue from 1939. His haircut is clearly from the 90s. The other thing he refers to is a roller coaster on Santa Monica Bay, Santa Monica beach, which again wasn't built until three years afterwards. He says he's going to take Rose on it and you know, he may have been planning to take Rose on it, but how did he know it was going to exist?
163: No Such Thing As Too Fast For A Fish, 2017-05-05 · listen
Yeah. It's interesting that he, because he did that 1915, did you say. Yeah. Because there was a guy called Plenie Wingo, who, he's the one in the Guinness World Record Book because he walked 8,000 miles from Santa Monica to Istanbul, so a bit further. I think he believed he was the first person to come up with it. Twice as long, just to... When you say a bit further, and almost a year.
No Such Thing As Bin Day On A Nuclear Submarine, 2025-04-24 · listen
Yeah. It's interesting that he could see that 1915, did you say? Yeah. Because there was a guy called Plenty Wingo, who's he's the one in the Guinness World Record Book because he walked 8,000 miles from Santa Monica to Istanbul. A bit further, but I think he believed he was the first person to come up with it. Twice as long. Just to... when you say a bit further.
580: No Such Thing As Bin Day On A Nuclear Submarine, 2025-04-24 · listen
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