The War on Cars

EPISODE 95: Make Love Not Cars with Dan Savage

Added 2022-11-15 11:00:06 +0000 UTC

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 figure, he reached out to us via DM, saying quite plainly, "I don't know how to drive. I HATE CARS. I should be a guest!"

Without hesitation, we were happy to welcome Dan Savage to The War on Cars.

I recall reading Dan's advice column Savage Love in print back when I was in college, so getting to talk to him was a big thrill for me. As you'll hear in this episode, we all were very excited to have Dan on the podcast and hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did putting it together.

We also wanted to thank everyone who came out to our live show at Caveat on November 1st. We had a sold-out room and a fantastic time meeting so many listeners. A recording of that episode will be released as a bonus episode for Patreon supporters soon so everyone else can hear how it went. Oh, and we also have another Patreon bonus coming soon with Major League Soccer player and urbanism fan Tesho Akindele. You won't want to miss it.

Thanks as always for your support!

- Doug

PS Have you left a review of The War on Cars on Apple Podcasts yet? If not, will you? It really does help people find us.

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Episode 95: Make Love Not Cars with Dan Savage

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. 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?

LINKS:

Learn more about Dan Savage.

Read Savage Love in The Stranger.

Listen to Savage Lovecast.

Buy The Committment by Dan Savage and other books by podcast guests in our Bookshop.org store.

Pick up some official War on Cars merch at our store.