# Life After Cars - 370

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Podcast: [Left Anchor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/left-anchor-590005)
Published: 2025-10-21T14:26:23+00:00
Episode link: https://www.leftanchor.com/e/life-after-cars-370/
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## Resource

Is it possible to reform America's blighted hellscape of car-dependent suburban sprawl, big box stores, strip malls, and stroads into something more healthy and human? Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon (of the podcast The War on Cars) argue yes, in their new book Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. They outline the gruesome history of automobiles, what they've done to American lives and cities, and how we might RETVRN. Check out the famous Andre Gorz essay "The Social Ideology of the Motorcar" here.

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