THE WAR ON CARS

A podcast about the people, places and ideas pushing back against car culture

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"We actually weren't that much slower than we'd be in a car. In a very car centric city. And we felt a lot better. The kids loved it. And I'd return home and I felt great."

-Riley

The War on Cars, hosted by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, delivers news and commentary on the latest developments in the global movement to rethink society's relationship with automobiles, approaching the topic from all angles, from politics to pop culture. Their book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, will be published by Thesis, an imprint of Penguin Random House, on October 21, 2025.

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