Doug Gordon
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social
Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. Writer, runner, Disney parks fan. Born at 330.21 ppm. (he/him)
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now from Thesis / Penguin Random House.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now from Thesis / Penguin Random House.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com
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Doug Gordon
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social
· Apr 22
Coming October 21st...
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com
Some news!
I am really excited about this! I'm biased, but I think we wrote a very good book. I can't wait to get it into your hands.
I am really excited about this! I'm biased, but I think we wrote a very good book. I can't wait to get it into your hands.
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loved producing this one! for your weekend listening consideration.
We were on @kuow.org in Seattle talking about LIFE AFTER CARS. Take a listen!
Imagining a Seattle with fewer cars
Nearly one in three Americans don't have a driver's license. But most places in America are still built around cars, including Seattle. We talk to the hosts behind "The War on Cars," about why — and w...
www.kuow.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
loved producing this one! for your weekend listening consideration.
LA! This is going to be fun. With @awalkerinla.bsky.social and @billwearsties.bsky.social as our guests, how could it not?
This Monday join us for Life After Cars with The War on Cars at Dynasty Typewriter!
🎟️ https://www.streetsforall.org/events/lifeaftercars
🎁 Attend for a chance to win Cleverhood merch!
And if you’re gearing up for a rainy weekend 🌧️, enjoy 15% off anytime: https://cleverhood.com/pages/streets-for-all
🎟️ https://www.streetsforall.org/events/lifeaftercars
🎁 Attend for a chance to win Cleverhood merch!
And if you’re gearing up for a rainy weekend 🌧️, enjoy 15% off anytime: https://cleverhood.com/pages/streets-for-all
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
LA! This is going to be fun. With @awalkerinla.bsky.social and @billwearsties.bsky.social as our guests, how could it not?
Got around to this one late but I’m glad I did. It’s outstanding. @lioneltrolling.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Got around to this one late but I’m glad I did. It’s outstanding. @lioneltrolling.bsky.social
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Whatever Trump is desperately covering up about Epstein, it’s clearly so bad that he thinks it could destroy him
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Whatever Trump is desperately covering up about Epstein, it’s clearly so bad that he thinks it could destroy him
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Was so cool having them in the Shed! Don't miss this highlight reel from our conversation.
Grab a spot on the couch and join Life After Cars co-authors Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and I for a chat in the Shed. It's a great intro to their book and the important work they're doing!
youtu.be/dfJmSIY1sDc
youtu.be/dfJmSIY1sDc
Life After Cars Authors in the BikePortland Shed
YouTube video by BikePortland
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Was so cool having them in the Shed! Don't miss this highlight reel from our conversation.
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Grab a spot on the couch and join Life After Cars co-authors Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and I for a chat in the Shed. It's a great intro to their book and the important work they're doing!
youtu.be/dfJmSIY1sDc
youtu.be/dfJmSIY1sDc
Life After Cars Authors in the BikePortland Shed
YouTube video by BikePortland
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Grab a spot on the couch and join Life After Cars co-authors Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and I for a chat in the Shed. It's a great intro to their book and the important work they're doing!
youtu.be/dfJmSIY1sDc
youtu.be/dfJmSIY1sDc
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The “War on Cars” is coming to car-centric San Diego
The creators of the "War on Cars" podcast and authors of "Life After Cars" are promoting a vision for San Diego that reduces car dependency. They advocate for alternative transportation, emphasizing i…
The creators of the "War on Cars" podcast and authors of "Life After Cars" are promoting a vision for San Diego that reduces car dependency. They advocate for alternative transportation, emphasizing i…
The "War on Cars" is coming to car-centric San Diego
"That would be transformative for a place like San Diego or anywhere in Southern California.”
timesofsandiego.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The “War on Cars” is coming to car-centric San Diego
The creators of the "War on Cars" podcast and authors of "Life After Cars" are promoting a vision for San Diego that reduces car dependency. They advocate for alternative transportation, emphasizing i…
The creators of the "War on Cars" podcast and authors of "Life After Cars" are promoting a vision for San Diego that reduces car dependency. They advocate for alternative transportation, emphasizing i…
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I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
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No hell hot enough
Patients around the country, misunderstanding the Trump admin's IVF announcement and thinking it will soon become free, are considering delaying their fertility treatments
Doctors and patient advocates are begging them not to, warning of high risks and low rewards. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Doctors and patient advocates are begging them not to, warning of high risks and low rewards. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Trump’s IVF news sparks a wave of misinformation
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
No hell hot enough
wow it’s almost as if the subject of the interview knew a reporter was coming over to talk to her so she left the bible and other books strewn around her home
you can’t be putting this in the paper (gift link but i do not recommend you use it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...)
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
wow it’s almost as if the subject of the interview knew a reporter was coming over to talk to her so she left the bible and other books strewn around her home
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We were on @kuow.org in Seattle talking about LIFE AFTER CARS. Take a listen!
Imagining a Seattle with fewer cars
Nearly one in three Americans don't have a driver's license. But most places in America are still built around cars, including Seattle. We talk to the hosts behind "The War on Cars," about why — and w...
www.kuow.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We were on @kuow.org in Seattle talking about LIFE AFTER CARS. Take a listen!
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This is the smartest thing I've read in ages. By the end I was practically cheering. Every word.
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is the smartest thing I've read in ages. By the end I was practically cheering. Every word.
This was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for us. Becky is amazing.
Our friend Becky @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social is a superfan of the @thewaroncars.bsky.social.
Becky made a special #WarOnCars comic for @sgoodyear.bsky.social + @brooklynspoke.bsky.social when they visited Portland Bike Happy Hour.
@jonathanmaus.bsky.social took the photos
Becky made a special #WarOnCars comic for @sgoodyear.bsky.social + @brooklynspoke.bsky.social when they visited Portland Bike Happy Hour.
@jonathanmaus.bsky.social took the photos
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for us. Becky is amazing.
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And we signed books with @joycecaroloates.bsky.social looking on.
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
And we signed books with @joycecaroloates.bsky.social looking on.
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What a night at @powells.bsky.social in front of a sold-out crowd! Thank you, Portland!
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
What a night at @powells.bsky.social in front of a sold-out crowd! Thank you, Portland!
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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We are so lucky to have @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social in the world
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
We are so lucky to have @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social in the world
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If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy 's first AC Transit bus ride!
Looking forward to seeing more book in transit pics from folks!
Looking forward to seeing more book in transit pics from folks!
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy 's first AC Transit bus ride!
Looking forward to seeing more book in transit pics from folks!
Looking forward to seeing more book in transit pics from folks!
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Still can't believe Doug called me, "Sort of like the O.G. punk rocker of this movement."
Such a wonderful night! If you missed it, don't miss this recording of my conversation with @thewaroncars.bsky.social hosts/Life After Cars authors Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon at Bike Happy Hour last night. @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social
bikeportland.org/2025/11/13/p...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/13/p...
Podcast: 'Life After Cars' authors live at Bike Happy Hour
Sarah earned several rousing ovations and Doug was his usually sharp and brilliant self.
bikeportland.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Still can't believe Doug called me, "Sort of like the O.G. punk rocker of this movement."
Bringing The War on Cars to daytime TV! This was a fun segment.
We were on KATU, Portland's ABC affiliate, this afternoon talking about Life After Cars and some of what we've been inspired by during our time here and on tour.
The War on Cars Podcast Hosts Share Their New Book
Can you imagine your life without a car? The hosts of the podcast "The War on Cars" certainly hope you will consider the possibility. Sarah Goodyear and Doug
katu.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Bringing The War on Cars to daytime TV! This was a fun segment.
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Pretty cool! See you tonight, Portland, at @powells.bsky.social.
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Pretty cool! See you tonight, Portland, at @powells.bsky.social.
“These two are carrying so much weight on their shoulders as high-ranking generals in the War on Cars, and they do it with what I think is just the right balance of activism and pragmatism. They’re what I like to think of as reasonable radicals.”
Such a wonderful night! If you missed it, don't miss this recording of my conversation with @thewaroncars.bsky.social hosts/Life After Cars authors Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon at Bike Happy Hour last night. @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social
bikeportland.org/2025/11/13/p...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/13/p...
Podcast: 'Life After Cars' authors live at Bike Happy Hour
Sarah earned several rousing ovations and Doug was his usually sharp and brilliant self.
bikeportland.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“These two are carrying so much weight on their shoulders as high-ranking generals in the War on Cars, and they do it with what I think is just the right balance of activism and pragmatism. They’re what I like to think of as reasonable radicals.”
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
The focus on school zones in New York City as the only places where we can take parking or ask anything of drivers in the name of safety needs to stop. Even if we're just focusing on kids, kids go everywhere: to parks, friends' homes, shops, etc. And we all deserve safety, no matter how old we are.
SHAMEFUL: Pro-Parking DOT 'Forced' Lawmakers To Scale Back Daylighting Bill, Says Queens Pol - Streetsblog New York City
A parking-first City Hall has thrown up road blocks against pedestrian safety.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The focus on school zones in New York City as the only places where we can take parking or ask anything of drivers in the name of safety needs to stop. Even if we're just focusing on kids, kids go everywhere: to parks, friends' homes, shops, etc. And we all deserve safety, no matter how old we are.
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See you tonight!
Hello, Portland! We are so excited to announce that we'll be at the famous @powells.bsky.social on November 13th in conversation with @opb.org's @anomalily.net about our new book, "Life After Cars."
Tickets, which include a copy of the book, are on sale now:
www.powells.com/events/sarah...
Tickets, which include a copy of the book, are on sale now:
www.powells.com/events/sarah...
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
See you tonight!