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Off-Ramp for May 18, 2013
How strong are the Watts Towers? Do you know the Natural History Museum's newest taxidermist? And military erotic fiction: 50 Shades of Khaki?
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Off-Ramp for May 11, 2013
We talk to Dr. George Fishbeck, Los Angeles' most beloved weatherman, page through graphic novelist Gilbert Hernandez's Marble Season and more!
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Shotgun Tom gets his star - Off-Ramp for May 4, 2013
We go to the corner of Hollywood and LaBrea as Stevie Wonder helps Shotgun Tom Kelly get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, talk with a photographer of very small things, explore the Rolling Stones' San Bernardino roots, and reconsider the New Hollywood's "flops."
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Why Johnny Cash loved Billy Ray Cyrus - Off-Ramp for...
Billy Ray Cyrus and his Hillbilly Heart ... puppet month ... hidden and forbidden staircases ...
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The photo that saved a life - Off-Ramp for April 20, 2013
A lifesaving moment at the Boston Marathon ... talking with Stephen Hawking ... Mazda unveils its first diesel racecar ... real racecar drivers talk about LA traffic pet peeves ... Stoltze and real people on the LA mayor's race ... bringing Rodney King back to life on stage ...
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Shameful neglect at an East LA Jewish cemetery -...
Mt Zion Cemetery, plagued by vandals and neglect ... Jim Beckler, last journalist left from the pressbox the day Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier ... meet Bleached and their three favorite LA LP's ... How "Toilet to Tap" helped kill reforming LA's looming water shortage ... an undiscovered mosaic mural uncovered in Downtown LA.
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Opening Day, Ben Katchor, and Max Raabe - Off-Ramp for...
We go to Dodger Stadium for Opening Day; to imaginary cities with Ben Katchor; to the Weimar Republic with singer Max Raabe; to the stage with Paul Dooley; and to a pet cemetery with Tess Vigeland.
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Val Kilmer shows his depth, brings Twain back to life -...
From "I'll be your Huckleberry" to Huck Finn, it's Mark Twain by Val Kilmer ... Valitar, epic show becomes epic fail ... if you think your life is hard, try being gay and undocumented ... put on your traveling face ...
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Why is it so creepy? Off-Ramp for March 23, 2013
Rabe goes there ... Regardie explains why downtown LA is exploding, but not in a good way ... Kevin goes to the narco-corrido opera ... Robert goes bowling ... and the Getty goes to Koreatown.
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Father Boyle versus Mother Church - Off-Ramp for March...
Father Boyle versus Mother Church ... Haefele on Haiti ... Mukta Mohan and the Big Picture ... parents find some peace by giving to a police station ...
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Visit a Pristine Fallout Shelter in the Valley -...
In Woodland Hills, a fallout shelter stocked with c1960 products ... Shambala, Tippi Hedren's big cat preserve ... Rite of Spring celebration snubs animation ... Dylan Brody on the social network: I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.
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Sweat to the Oldies and Celebrate the Ernies - Off-Ramp...
The LA Phil's new season includes a tour of LA ... Kevin Ferguson sweats to the oldies with Richard Simmons ... the first annual Ernest Borgnine Awards ...
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Aloha, Bahooka, and thanks for all the fish! Off-Ramp...
Rosemead tiki icon Bahooka to close March 10 ... Oscar PR million$ ... David Dean Bottrell's new show ... Charlie LeDuff gives Detroit a loving autopsy ... Gary Leonard helps Angelenos find their wings ...
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Classical music on the Venice Beach boardwalk - Off-Ramp...
Classical music on the Venice Beach boardwalk ... Gordon Henderson finds a Rose Bowl chaperone ... Kevin Ferguson talks with Van Dyke Parks ...
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He brings a camera instead of a gun to Civil War...
Mark Elson's wet-plate photos of Civil War reenactors ... Backstories: the painting at Langer's and the Venice Beach piano player ... changing the thinking on football head injuries
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All the letters in the Great American Novel, out of...
New documentary Young Turks ... rebutting the Disney myths in The Perfect American ... Richard Thompson in conversation with Kevin Ferguson ... Gordon and the Flea Market ... counting the homeless in LA and Venice.
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Golden Mike-winning Off-Ramp ... for January 26, 2013
RTNA: "Off-Ramp is best damn local public affairs show" ... the tragic backstory of nylon's inventor ... Ray Greene reports from Sundance 2013 ... Rabe's sister gives Rabe's brother a kidney ... Mexi-Cali Biennial theme: cannibalism
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Senior rapper Kwayzar meets obscure President Marshall...
80+ rapper Kwayzar: "I'm a tripod!" ... amateur historian discovers obscure US President Franklin Marshall ... Hearts Apart for vets and their families ... Ian Whitcomb, the happy iconoclast ... Hunter Davis makes Sir Ian McKellen say naughty things.
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Huell. Off-Ramp for January 12, 2012
Turns out the goofball we made fun of was the guy we really loved ... and we hope he knew it.
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Orgasm or ectsasy? "Carrie's" Piper Laurie on Off-Ramp...
An in-depth interview with actor Piper Laurie ... AngelIno or AngelEno? ... the best jazz club in LA is a lady's house ... our Crenshaw High grad series continues with Tyris Williams & grandma on making tuition at UC Irvine.
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Cancer, Cottage Food, and Cruisin' - Off-Ramp for...
This is the end of Off-Ramp. The final episode. Really, we mean it. You won't have Off-Ramp to kick around anymore ... until 2013.
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Rethink 'A Christmas Carol' with Off-Ramp for Dec 22,...
New and old takes on Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol"
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The subversive charm of 'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town'...
"Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" is also Jewish ... Leonard Maltin's Christmas movies for when you're tired of the usual suspects ... marching band ... walking safer ...
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LeVar Burton, Mr. Cultural Touchstone. Off-Ramp for...
LeVar Burton on Reading Rainbow, Roots, and Next Gen ... Matt Groening on Huell Howser's retirement ... Gordon and the spider ...
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Huell Howser: not shy but retiring ... on Off-Ramp for...
Huell retired after 20 years of California's Gold ... Countercultural Paul Krassner remembers getting stoned with Groucho, John, and Yoko; celebrating the dean of radio DJs, Art LaBoe, 87; another Instagram winner!
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Huell Howser: not shy but retiring ... on Off-Ramp for...
Huell retired after 20 years of California's Gold ... Countercultural Paul Krassner remembers getting stoned with Groucho, John, and Yoko; celebrating the dean of radio DJs, Art LaBoe, 87; another Instagram winner!
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"Walking Out of History," Shackleton's Endurance...
1914: 28 men set off to cross Antarctica and wind up with an even greater accomplishment by failing in their original mission.
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"Walking Out of History," Shackleton's Endurance...
1914: 28 men set off to cross Antarctica and wind up with an even greater accomplishment by failing in their original mission.
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Three time machines. Off-Ramp for November 17, 2012.
Time machines: "Classic Dining: Discovering America’s Finest Mid-Century Restaurants;" the 25th anniversary of "Star Trek: The Next Generation;" and the frozen wing of the Alexandria Hotel, locked in space and time since 1938.
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Give til it hurts in a good way. Off-Ramp for November...
Richard Simmons is still sweating to the oldies. Carole Bayer Sager on her second act. Suicide by train. Facing death with dignity.
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Give til it hurts in a good way. Off-Ramp for November...
Richard Simmons is still sweating to the oldies. Carole Bayer Sager on her second act. Suicide by train. Facing death with dignity.
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Visit Surfridge, LA's ghost town, on Off-Ramp for...
How LAX killed Surfridge ... Painter Phil Stein, Siqueiros assistant & friend ... Laurie Rubin dreams & sings in color ... commentators Brody & Rosenfeld ... Tattoo U?
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Did history miss a 19th Century US President? Off-Ramp...
Amateur unearths US President Franklin Marshall ... the Green Book guided black motorists ... Yanow and Beer ... Instagram contest ... the love of K-Pop.
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World's Biggest Street Party - the Endeavour Parade....
Saturday at noon, a special live, 2-hour broadcast, as we march with Endeavour -- and hundreds of thousands of Angelinos -- from LAX to the California Science Center.
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World's Biggest Street Party - the Endeavour Parade....
Saturday at noon, a special live, 2-hour broadcast, as we march with Endeavour -- and hundreds of thousands of Angelinos -- from LAX to the California Science Center.
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Radical concept: Eat your food; dont talk about it....
EatLA tastes olive oil, tells obsessive foodies to chill, and discovers why canned beer is better than bottled beer; Dylan Brody remembers the charms of Schuylerville NY; San Antonio...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation restored for 25th bday....
A TNG extravaganza for the ground-up restoration, now on Blu-Ray ... My Imported Bride, Part Two ... The man who invented Gaytino. Brian has Mice.
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Whos Zoomin Who? Ian McKellen on Off-Ramp for September...
Hunter Davis and his preternatural Ian McKellen impression; Masami Teraoka on almost 50 years of boundary-stretching art; Happy Birthday Rocky, Natasha, and Witch Hazel (June Foray...
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23 years after his death, Los Four artist Carlos Almaraz...
Smokey Robinson for Poet Laurate! Larry Davis, working on his second album at 74. Carlos Almaraz, influential Chicano artist, remembered at Vincent Price Art Gallery.
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23 years after his death, Los Four artist Carlos Almaraz...
Smokey Robinson for Poet Laurate! Larry Davis, working on his second album at 74. Carlos Almaraz, influential Chicano artist, remembered at Vincent Price Art Gallery.
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A serious history of a really silly thing - Off-Ramp for...
Wayne White gets a documentary; Jerry Gorin reports on the history of Pasadenas Doo Dah Parade and meets Roxette; the late Hal David sings his own hits, including Raindrops Keep Fallin...
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From Speedway to Parkway? Off-Ramp for August 25, 2012
This week on Off-Ramp, named best public affairs program by the LA Press Club: Will lowering the speed limit on the 110 between downtown and Pasadena automatically make it safer? What...
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Jeanne Cooper on 70 years in showbiz - Off-Ramp for...
Jeanne Cooper, beloved/hated 83-year old matriarch of The Young and the Restless, reveals the secrets of her success and long life ... including which TV crime show star she slept...
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Ramadan on Off-Ramp for August 11, 2012
Marking Ramadan, a time to fast, with a canned food drive. EatLA on pop-ups gone permanent. Dylan Brody learns something Down South. And: who's the guy in the chair?
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Mars! Art! Replicants! Sports! - Off-Ramp for August 4,...
Mars! Art! Replicants! Sports!
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No BS with a Ukulele! Off-Ramp for July 28, 2012
Ian Whitcomb's ukulele heroes, downhill skateboarding, Kwayzar the 84yo rapper, Tuesday night in Anaheim, and the El Segundo Blue.
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Why is he wearing a cat? Because it's funny. Off-Ramp...
David Misch on Funny, rethinking pole dancing, Disney and the Reagan Library, the roots of homelessness, and Brian May on 3-D photography.
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Whitey Bulger's Barber - Off-Ramp for July 14, 2012
Whitey Bulger lived unnoticed for years as a fugitive; Hank Rosenfeld knows his barber. Mike Roe takes us to Comic Con. Hogan's Heroes in sock puppets.
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Inside The Comedy Store on Off-Ramp for July 7, 2012
Come inside the historic Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip for routines from five of today's hottest comedians, and a roundtable on the essence of comedy.
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A man who survived suicide by train - Off-Ramp for June...
Suicide by train and one man who survived ... Why are transit-riding iPhone users being punished for Apple's fight with Google? ... Real food in Altadena ...
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Off-Ramp spawns Vampira film documentary - June 23, 2012
Take THAT, Ira! RH Greene's Off-Ramp doc Vampira and Me is now a movie. Plus, the man who pitched a foetus, Crenshaw kids' summer plans, and Jerry's junk.
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Los Angeles returns to The Bronze Age - Off-Ramp for...
A man who built his own bronze foundry, a new documentary about a Tijuana crime reporter, steve mARTin, and something about the Kings and Father's Day.
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The First Female Marathoner - Off-Ramp for June 9, 2012
Merry Lepper, first US woman to run a marathon, did it in Culver City, 1963; Langers' anniversary; how one woman learned to face death and helped others do the same.
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LA's last gay piano bar closing - Off-Ramp for June 2,...
We'll take you to The Other Side for one more round one more song, visit two performances you'll want to catch, ask why Molly is live Tweeting the War of 1812.
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Off-Ramp's Memorial day special: May 26, 2012
For Memorial Day: Who was Oskar Schindler, really? What happened the night the U.S.S. Indianapolis sunk? What difference can a photo make for a military family?
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Andy Rooney's typewriter keeps working after his death....
Typing on Andy Rooney's typewriter, Pasadena's newest wine store, Really Old Jews Tell Jokes, and the logistics of bringing in the space shuttle.
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Off-Ramp for May 12, 2012
Peter Mac as Judy Garland celebrates the arrival of Mother's Day, Middle School Students act out real life drama, Pogues's expat tells all.
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Richard Chamberlain and the Oddly Laughing Audience -...
Rob Schmitz on China and Apple, Richard Chamberlain in The Heiress at the Pasadena Playhouse; Bookman David Kipen on Expo Line; Merv Griffin's historic TV archive
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Riots20 - History, voices, lessons of the Rodney King...
Voices from today and yesterday as Off-Ramp marks the 20th anniversary of the Rodney King Riots - which started April 29, 1992 - with a special hour-long program.
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A Trial Junkie - Off-Ramp for April 21, 2012
KPCC reporters on Driving While Black, be happy in downtown LA with kids, Getty Foundation director assesses Pacific Standard Time, and why restaurants are so damn noisy.
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My Imported Bride on Off-Ramp for April 14, 2012
OC man marries a Filippina he met online, raising ire eyebrows; new online incarnation of LA-based Cracked Magazine; a Grilled Cheese Invitational judge prepares
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Szapocznikow: the best sculptor you can't spell....
Alina Szapocznikow's work got more intimate when she got cancer ... why did James Kim lose his ability to speak his native Korean? ... AirSplat and hiring vets ... LA's only known superhero.
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Off-Ramp documentary Airborne: A Life in Radio with...
Off-Ramp special documentary Airborne: A Life in Radio with Orson Welles, from R.H. Greene.
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The Best of Off-Ramp for March 24, 2012
During KPCC's Spring member drive, hear the best of Off-Ramp both on air and online: South Bay student poems, Tom Jones, Columbo and more!
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Why you shouldn't say Pogue Mahone on the BBC - Off-Ramp...
A Pogues founder explains why Shane MacGowan had to go - The Negro Problem couple's very public breakup - What does that graffiti mean? - GeoCache with Zorro
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Special Podcast with The Pogues' James Fearnley -...
Off-Ramp's John Rabe goes in-depth with James Fearnley, founding member of the Celtic/Punk band The Pogues, which turns 30 this year.
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Off-Ramp for March 10, 2012, is like a Millard Sheets...
Pasadena artist Kenton Nelson ... Hipstamatic Instagram v News ... new voting tech via crowdsourcing ... Giant Rock = Boffo Muz Biz? ... RIP Firesign Theatre's Peter Bergman ...
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Singer Laurie Rubin asks, "Do You Dream in Color?" -...
Blind mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin's new album, "Do You Dream in Color?" ... the music of "John Carter" ... a last Bookmobile ... the Flying Pigeon's bikes for the citizen cyclist ... What is Steam Punk? ...
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Got Bread, Man? Cottage Food law on Off-Ramp for...
Assemblyman Mike Gatto proposes cottage food law for home cooks ... why is this man fascinated with Apocalypitc visions of the 1970s ... Materials and Applications intrigues Silverlake, world ... The Jazz Bakery gets a new home, at last ...
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Tim Robbins on 1984 and more - special Off-Ramp podcast...
Tim Robbins with Off-Ramp host John Rabe, in-depth
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Banish Placard Abusers! - Off-Ramp for Feb. 18, 2012
Rabe (again) takes up the cause of stopping handicap parking placard abusers ... LA's condom law and its impact on the porn industry ... Autumn de Wilde photos of a pig slaughter in a tasting room? ... the Pasadena Conservatory screens for dedication, not talent ... Tim Robbins and The Actors Gang bring back 1984.
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Cheech Marin In-Depth - Off-Ramp special podcast for...
In a special Off-Ramp podcast, John Rabe's (mostly) uncut interview with Cheech Marin about Chicano art, including an exclusive tour of Marin's huge Chicano art collection, and his memories of Cheech&Chong.
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Love Is ... Off-Ramp for February 11, 2012
Cheech Marin gives Off-Ramp an exclusive tour of his Chicano art ... Lincoln Elementary 5th graders on love and Valentine's Day ... Love among the Bonobos ... Nico Case reborn ... "Finding Nemo's" flexible sexuality ...
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Lisa See Special Podcast - Off-Ramp, Feb. 7, 2012
Lisa See talking with Off-Ramp host John Rabe about Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy, two bestselling novels about the Chinese-American immigrant experience.
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Becoming Judy Garland - Off-Ramp for February 4, 2011
Peter Mac's Judy Garland tribute show ... Lisa See's "Shanghair Girls" and "Dreams of Joy" ... Acting v Bullying ... Good Magazine ... Forget Carmen San Diego; who the hell is Moomat Ahiko? ...
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Gung Hay Fat Choy! - Off-Ramp for January 28, 2012
Off-Ramp welcomes Lunar New Year in Chinatown ... 3 Places with Linda Vallejo, PST artist ... Spirited Away with My Neighbor Totoro - a Ghibli celebration ... Bradley Whitford on "Art" and that show he did ... have your New Year's resolutions gone out the window?
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Dodger Clayton Kershaw and wife build African orphanage...
Clayton and Ellen Kershaw, the real (nice) deal ... Korean American filmmaker Andrew Ahn uses Sundance film to come out to folks ... Ted Soqui's Occupy LA photos ... Downey woman tells harrowing Costa Concordia story ...
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Oprah-inspired homeless advocate - Off-Ramp for January...
Troy Isaac, homeless advocate ... OCMA's PST entry: SoCal's conceptual art hotbed ... EatLA and the death of restaurants ... Coachella expands to two weekends ...
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Vivian Maier, Outsider Photog - Off-Ramp for Jan. 7, 2012
Largest Vivian Maier photography show in LA ... Chris Butler uses film ... speech analysis computer can (usually) tell if you're drunk ...
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Shackleton's Endurance Expedition - Off-Ramp for Dec....
Walking Out of History, John Rabe's NPR documentary about Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition
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A Christmas Carol Redux on Off-Ramp for Dec 24, 2011
New and old takes on Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol"
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92-year-old fighting for 10-year-olds - Off-Ramp Dec....
Judge James Reese fights for literacy ... all-star Night Before Christmas, an Off-Ramp holiday tradition ... A Christmas Story: Dylan Brody and Dylan Thomas ... EatLA eats a lot of sandwiches ...
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Milton Love, fish whisperer - Off-Ramp for Dec. 10, 2011
Milton Love's new fish book ... the violinist and artist recall the making of Harbor Freeway Overture mural ... Stan Kenton's Centennial ... As San Fernando Turns ... Word Banishment ... Arboretum weathers the storm ...
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Special Podcast: Milton Love Loves Fishes - Off-Ramp,...
Off-Ramp commentator Milton Love, UCSB marine biologist, on his new book "Certainly More Than You Want to Know About the Fishes of the Pacific Coast."
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Leonard Maltin on the Movies - Off-Ramp for December 3,...
Leonard Maltin on the 2012 Movie Guide ... Pasadena's Fork in the Road sticks it to Grinches ... Bronze Mirrors at The Huntington ... John Lennon predicts his shooting in 1964 ... Feeling Groovy under LA's 7th Street bridge ... Landry and Summers Occupy the studio ... Occupy LA Ousted ...
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The Comedy Store - an Off-Ramp special for Nov. 26, 2011
A night at The Comedy Store, with host Brandon Christy and comics Ian Edwards, Sarah Tiana, Michael Kosta, Fahim Anwar, and Freddy Lockhart.
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Flying cars, flying angels, and EatLA - Off-Ramp,...
EatLA ... moving the Dodgers ... "Judas" remembers Crystal Cathedral Passion Play glory days ... Dale Hopper asks, "Where's my flying car and my robot pal?" ... Ilsa Setziol remembers Katherine Siva Saubel, Cahuilla Indian elder ... AEG sued over allegedly destroyed art ...
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Off-Ramp Occupies Occupy LA - Nov. 12, 2011
Occupy LA with Sam Slovick ... Pigeon Fanciers ... "David Dean Bottrell Makes Love" and "Boston Legal" ... ride a dung beetle at LA Zoo's new carousel ... Jazz at the A Frame: great jazz in a livingroom ... Artist Ed Moses picks 3 favorite spots for Pacific Standard Time ...
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David Dean Bottrell on Off-Ramp for November 5, 2011
David Dean Bottrell of "Boston Legal" in person ... getting to the bottom of Echo Park Lake ... Edith Head Lives! ... A Noise Within's new home ... the Magic Castle's Medium ... first CD of Disney Hall organ ... Cambodian-American rapper Prach Ly of Long Beach ... Hard-edge painter Karl Benjamin ...
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Off-Ramp documentary "Airborne: A Life in Radio with...
Off-Ramp special documentary "Airborne: A Life in Radio with Orson Welles," from R.H. Greene.
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Up! with UPA on Off-Ramp - 10-22-11
Solomon boosts UPA ... Pacific Standard Time and the Long Beach Museum of Art's pioneering video art ... a great sound piece from Steven Cuevas ... IUD's make a comeback ... Vets speak out at KPCC's Crawford Family Forum ...
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Off-Ramp's audio cocktail - 10-15-2011
Spend a day with Huell Howser ... Pacific Standard Time: LA's art history with Judy Chicago and De Wain Valentine's monolith ... young birder uses public transit ... Thos Guides remembered, and they're not even dead ...
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Feeding the Hungry on Off-Ramp - 10-8-2011
KPCC listeners near 1,000,000 meals for hungry ... new book reviews ethnic spas ... fighting bullying with ju-jitsu ... CyberFrequencies marks the Afghanistan War's 10th anniversary ... Hard Times and child care ... Brian Watt and Frank Stoltze, KPCC reporters, get real ...
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Pacific Standard Time, Off-Ramp (10-1-11) Style
Pacific Standard Time - almost 70 art exhibits over six months - proves LA's place in history of Modern Art ... Jim Meskimen and his 75 celebrity impressions ... the Wende Museum in Culver City preserves Cold War history ... Are you prepared for The Big One? Probably not ... "Andy Rooney" reminisces ...
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Hard Times Get Harder - Off-Ramp 9-24-11
LA Regional Food Bank, barometer of poverty ... UCLA Anderson: years of hard times ahead ... Great Wall mural restoration in Valley ... Rabe blows shofar for Rosh Hashanah ... MoLAA's Pacific Standard Time exhibit shows Mexican influences ...
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Special: Denise Hamilton on "Damage Control" - Off-Ramp...
For our online listeners and podcast subscribers (you subscribe, don't you?), KPCC's John Rabe goes in-depth with "Damage Control" author Denise Hamilton in a special Off-Ramp podcast.
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Coyotes Fight Glendale Blight - Off-Ramp 9-17-11
Glendale's Coyote squatters get reprieve ... Pictures of a Revolucion ... Calista Flockhart's new radio role ... James Sallis, "Drive" novelist ... Denise Hamilton's new LA thriller ... New library in Compton stirs old memories for Kitty Felde ...
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Ground Zero Volunteer - Off-Ramp 9/10/11
A Ground Zero volunteer tells his story ... kids tell us how they learned about 9-11 ... a shark tank diver at the County Fair ... Van Dyke Parks on helping the Beach Boys make "Smile" ... nude debate in San Francisco ...
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RIP Downtown Theater Savior - Off-Ramp 9-3-2011
Remembering Ezat Delijani, 83; bought and saved 4 downtown LA movie palaces ... A Noise Within gets a huge new theatre ... stick-fighting in Hermosa Beach ... Nick Roman remembers covering Cerritos plane crash 25 years ago ...
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Sweet, hot and windy - Off Ramp for 8-27-11
A different music festival, less likely to be cancelled, comes to LA. Birding with a 15 year old expert, and how to bring a tornado to Long Beach.
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Happy 5th Birthday Off-Ramp - 8-20-11
The best of five years of Off-Ramp including: Tom Jones ... Heston Remembered at the DWP ... Movies at the Cemetery ... Dog Pee v Skunks ... Rabe as Arnie and Andy ...
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Your turn to talk about 9-11 - Off-Ramp 8-13-11
CyberFrequencies launches new 9-11 project ... Marvin Hamlisch on writing music for Barbra ... Eat:LA on making goat cheese at home, and eating burgers with Obama ... ArtWalk reacts to the baby tragedy ...
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Off-Ramp Loves Lucy -- 8-6-2011
We celebrate TV pioneer Lucille Ball on her Centennial ... Kevin's grandma remembers WW2 and the USS Indianapolis ... The LA Jewish Symphony plays Bible stories at the Ford Ampitheatre ... a trip down Wilshire in 1970s photos ...
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Lisa See Dreams of Joy on Off-Ramp 7-30-11
Lisa See on "Dreams of Joy," the sequel to "Shanghai Girls ... "Leftover Cuties" live on KPCC's Jam and Banter ... Dinner Party Download makes you 15% smarter, 12% more attractive ... RIP Magu (Gilbert Luhan, founder of Los Four) ...
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Turturro Shares His "Passione" - Off-Ramp 7-23-11
John Turturro on his Naples music doc Passione ... tour the new dino exhibit at the Natural History Museum ... Kidz Karmen at the Bowl ... The Man Harshes Good Vibe at SaMo Pier Concerts ... CyberFrequencies on Sexting ...
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Special: Actor and Director John Turturro on Passione,...
John Turturro talks with Kevin Ferguson about his love of Italian music, especially that of Naples, where his musical documentary takes place.
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Breadmaker Gets Rise from County - Off-Ramp 7-16-11
Mark Stambler, breadmaker v. LA County ... Comedy Store history with Brandon Christy ... ball-chasing at Dodger Stadium ... Austin Beautner, the man who would be LA's mayor ... Dinner Party Download ...
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California's Golden Explorer, Huell Howser - Off-Ramp...
A Day with Huell Howser ... a fifty-year space tech vet on the ending of the shuttle program ... "D is for Dog" ... Dinner Party Download ... "Leave it on the Floor" black drag movie ...
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"Drive" novelist James Sallis - Off-Ramp 7-2-11
In-depth with James Sallis ... LAUSD cuts homework requirement ... new backstory for old Washington bust at Huntington ... singing Mountain Goats ... CyberFrequencies ...
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James Sallis, "Drive" author - Off-Ramp 6-28-11
In-depth interview with literary Renaissance man James Sallis, author of book "Drive," which the new Ryan Gosling movie is based on.
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Off-Ramp on the Larry Crowne set - 6-25-11
Tom Hanks welcomes Off-Ramp to the set of Larry Crowne ... Eat:LA on new Vietnamese food and make-your-own limoncello ... Dinner Party Download ... LA Film Festival ... Hard Times meets Peggy Martin ...
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All Aboard! Off-Ramp for 6-18-2011
Paddleboard Racing, Father's Day, the real Gidget, John Frame, and Rabe finds his roots.
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The New Pinks? - Off-Ramp 6-11-2011
Papaya King's hot dog empire comes West ... Harry Partch's Partch-work ... more Hard Times ... America's most famous naked actor ... California's most multiculti butcher shop ... Dandelion Wine ... top secret Lotusland garden,
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Betty White and Yuri Lowenthal - Off-Ramp 6-4-2011
Betty White on acting, being blue, and tapirs ... Marc Haefele on new Cuba exhibit at Getty ... Yuri Lowenthal, anime star, reveals secrets of voiceover acting ... Mimi Pond hails "Bridesmaids" for allowing women to be gross ... Remembering the SLA Shootout ...
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We Remember and Pay Tribute - Off-Ramp 5-28-11
An Off-Ramp Memorial Day Special ... the youngest man on the list remembers Oskar Schindler ... Louis Zamperini, torpedoed, remembers life on a raft in the Pacific and in a Japanese POW camp ... Kevin Ferguson's Grandma and the USS Indianapolis ... an Iraqi vet remembers ... stories from Vietnam War correspondents and photojournalists ... helping grieving Marine families cut through the red tape ...
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Bright Lights, Big City - Off-Ramp for May 21, 2011
EatLA talks perfect pizza and LA's best Chinese food ... Highland Park reactivates a neighborhood treasure ... Hard Times ...
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My Car's Arteries Got Clogged! Off-Ramp 5/14/2011
John Rabe's veg oil diary ... Charles Solomon on the pros and cons of animation art auctions ... beer tasting for women ... Frank McCourt's secret plan backfires ... Madeleine Brand can't break up with her car, but she kinda wants to ... Tess Vigeland of Marketplace Money tals carbuying strategies ...
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Special: Newton Minow's "Vast Wasteland" Speech Turns 50...
In-depth Off-Ramp interview with Newton Minow, 85, on his "Vast Wasteland" speech of May 9, 1961. It shook up the television industry and is considered one of the most important speeches of the 20th century. Many of its criticisms are true of television today. Off-Ramp host John Rabe also talks with broadcast historian Robert Thompson, and actor Don Murray, who took a role in episodic TV because of the speech. He says TV was a "vast wasteland" for actors, too.
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Newton Minow's Vast Wasteland Turns 50 -- Off-Ramp 5-7-11
Newton Minow on his "Vast Wasteland" speech ... 10 years of movies in a spooky setting ... Re-Animator: the musical ... inside JPL ... America's new most wanted terrorist a So Cal native?
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The Loveliest Storm Drain in the World - Off-Ramp...
Cleaning up the LA River ... RIP Eldon Davis, the father of Googie ... SPARKING kids' futures ... 36th Congressional race forum ...
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Don't Run With Scissors! Off-Ramp - 4-23-2011
LA County's ribbon-cutting scissors ... Dinner Party Download ... May Day rallies and Coming Out as illegal ... new folk rock singalong songs ... EatLA talks with Susan Feniger of Street Restaurant ...
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From Passover to Potholes - Off-Ramp 4-16-11
Sanden Totten meets the mother of all potholes ... John Frame explains his new Huntington exhibit ... Nick Waterhouse's music ... Dinner Party Download ... Gary Leonard turns 60 with a big sale ... Passover in the Desert ...
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Wham! Ouch! Stickfighting on Off-Ramp - 4-9-2011
Chicano Batman ... CyberFrequencies ... ghosts of the past as Peruvians vote in LA ... downtown LA's power list ... downtown LA treasure: San Antonio Winery ... a stickfighting dojo ... Pato's response to the Friday haters ...
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A gun, a dame, and an innocent man. It's Off-Ramp -...
Noir film festival returns to The Egyptian ... The Angles on the Angels and the Dish on the Dodgers ... Peru Elections ... EatLA ... Dinner Party Download ... Play with Fire and Submit a Story for Burn This! ... Sam Slovick's gay teenage life, and new Slake short story: "Tommy Crow"
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Van Halen Memories - Off-Ramp 3-26-11
Slake's John Albert remembers when Van Halen was groundbreaking and good ... Riding the Blue Line ... Poison or Pleasant - what is the plant in Kevin's backyard ... Bike Advocate ... Seth MacFarlane ticket winners singing with spoons ... Simon Cowell previews The X Factor ...
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Are YOU ready for the Big One? Off-Ramp 3-19-2011
Disaster preparedness in SoCal ... Dinner Party Download ... Apollo, the Getty Villa's handsome but dangerous god ... Poppies return ... Running the LA Marathon ... Owsley Stanley remembered ... Seth MacFarlane SINGS ... Lomita's "Black Widow"
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"Vampira and Me" -- A special documentary from RH Greene...
Filmmaker and author R.H. Greene presents "Vampira and Me," a special documentary for Off-Ramp that tells the story of Maila Nurmi, creator of the cultural icon Vampira.
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Hard Times and Columbo: Off-Ramp, Fundraising Edition -...
This week: Columbo co-creator William Link, hard times for Marshelle Mills, underemployed mother of three and more!
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Why the Blue Line Kills - Off-Ramp 2-26-2011
LA's Blue Line the most dangerous rail line in the US ... EatLA on the best sausage in LA ... the lonely wolverine ... home renovation advice from Kevin, Norm, and Richard of This Old House ... Dinner Party Download ...
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Kareem's new movie -- Off-Ramp 2-19-2011
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's doc on 1930's all-black basketball champions ... See Richard Run - but for/from what? ... CyberFrequencies on The Social Network ... Death warmed over is good ... butterflies in your backyard and flowers at Customs ... Meet Mr. Lincoln ...
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Love, digging and dinner for Off-Ramp for 2-12-11
Does true love exist? Can you dig safely out a million pounds of dirt from under your house? Can you win a dinner party in 8 and a half minutes?
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The Richest You've Ever Been - Off-Ramp 2-5-11
Hank Rosenfeld asks people, "What's the Richest You've Ever Been?" ... A Life of Crime - How the Scam Works ... EatLA: Happy Hours ... New Music Night at the Crawford Family Forum ... English Dracula v. Spanish Dracula ... the Car Culture and the SoCal Economy ... is the 14th District Council race about to go nuclear? ...
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One Man Show with Banjo - Off-Ramp 1-29-11
Wayne White's one man stage show ... Hard Times goes to South Central ... Dinner Party Download ... Vang Pao -- Arlington bound? ... Pluto's Assassin ... LA Phil and Dudamel go to Europe ...
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30 Years of "Quest for Fire" - Off-Ramp 1-22-11
Ron Perlman and Nameer El-Kadi one of their most demanding films, tackling Vietnamese cuisine from North to South, getting through Hard Times with Pasadena's Union Rescue Mission...
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Do I dare to eat a bug? -- "Quest for Fire" turns 30 -...
Ron Perlman and Nameer El-Kadi tell Off-Ramp's John Rabe about their first movie: 1981's "Quest for Fire," a landmark film about human life on Earth 80,000 years ago.
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The Hole Under My House - Off-Ramp 1-15-2011
Why did he dig a cavern under his house? ... Mac Davis: "And then I wrote..." ... Making Merguez with Farid Zadi ... Graham Moore, 28-year old author of "The Sherlockian" ... Dale Hoppert: "Leave the snow where it is!" ... Two OCMA artists who say "Touch my art!" ... Steve Lopez and the real lesson of the Arizona rampage ...
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Graham Moore's "The Sherlockian" - Special Off-Ramp...
Graham Moore, a 28-year old Angeleno, on his debut novel, "The Sherlockian."
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Viva Paul Mazursky - Off-Ramp 1-8-2011
RH Greene celebrates iconic director Paul Mazursky ... Kevin Ferguson remembers Captain Beefheart ... Mark Peel says, "skip culinary school and work" and Dale Hoppert says, "put down that snow and step away from the vehicle" ... And Then I Wrote: Mac Davis sings "In The Ghetto," "Memories," and "A Little Less Conversation" ...
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Off-Ramp Music Show - 1-1-2011
Donovan, Fitz and the Tantrums, John Cale, Joel Grey, Brian May, Lou Adler, and more as Off-Ramp rings in the new year with our best music interviews.
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A Christmas Carol Redux - Off-Ramp 12-25-10
Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" -- the Lionel Barrymore version, plus new takes on the classic.
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Off-Ramp's Celebrity "Night Before Christmas" -...
Your favorite celebrities read "The Night Before Christmas" for Off-Ramp ... "Andy Rooney" doesn't like Christmas ... Marc Haefele pays tribute to author James Salter ... EatLA and Craft Beer ... Judy Chicago treats Frida Kahlo like an artist in her new book ... Life isn't easy as Isaac Haille Selassie ... Black Facts and Wax museum ...
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Lamont Dozier's "Infidelity Song" on Dec 11 Off-Ramp
Lamont Dozier on writing "How Sweet It Is," "Stop in the Name of Love," and "Sugarpie, Honeybunch" ... Dinner Party Download ... Downtown Women's Center's New Home ... Van Dyke Parks, American composer ... B'way Deli closes ...
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This Old House in Silverlake on Off-Ramp, 12/4/2010
John visits This Old House's set - a home renovation in Silverlake - and talks with the show's founder, who also produced The French Chef and Victory Garden ... another OCMA Biennial artist ... Frank Romero is painting offramps and selling his Frogtown studio ...
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Greatest Adventure Story: Shackleton on Off-Ramp...
"Walking Out of History," John Rabe's NPR documentary about Sir Ernest Shackleton's 2-year odyssey on the Antarctic ice.
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Hard Times & Gwendoline Yeo - Off-Ramp 11-20-10
Actress Gwendoline Yeo on her new one-woman show ... Off-Ramp's new series Hard Times meets Laurel Holliday, mother of three, living in a foreclosed house ... Marc Haefele: Not much new in Twain autobio, but a "magnificent browse" ... Luke Butler, OCMA Biennial artist and Trekkie ... Aztlan Underground ... Browsing 7th Street in Downtown LA ... Dinner Party Download meets actor Sally Hawkins
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Gwendoline Yeo Tells All on Off-Ramp (11-18-10)
An intimate and bawdy conversation: Gwendoline Yeo and Off-Ramp host John Rabe on Yeo's new show, "Laughing With My Mouth Wide Open"
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Martin Mull, painter, on Off-Ramp for 11-13-10
Martin Mull's "Split Infinitives" exhibit opens in Santa Monica ... Frank Stoltze and Brian Watt say, "Send us your tired, your huddled donations, yearing to be free." ... Hard Times in SoCal ... The Best of Off-Ramp ... Dinner Party Download makes life better and you more interesting ...
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Songwriting Legend Hal David Sings - Off-Ramp 11-6-2010
Hal "Raindrops Are Falling on my Head" David, 89, sings at the Grammy Museum ... Homeless in Hard Times ... CyberFrequencies ... the Philippines' national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal.
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"Vampira and Me," an Off-Ramp Halloween special...
Filmmaker and author RH Greene presents "Vampira and Me," a special documentary for Off-Ramp that tells the story of Maila Nurmi, creator of the cultural icon Vampira.
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OCMA's 2010 California Biennial -- Off-Ramp for...
Off-Ramp's John Rabe and Kevin Ferguson talk with a baker's dozen of the 45 artists chosen to be in OCMA's 2010 California Biennial.
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Hard Times on Off-Ramp for 10-23-2010
Stories from the Recession Front in new series, "Hard Times" ... Dan Savage's "It Gets Better Campaign" to fight gay teen suicide goes viral ... CyberFrequencies ... Songwriters Hall of Fame at Grammy Museum ... Remembering Tom Bradley campaigner & press secy Bob Kholos, witness to history of LA.
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Who Was That Walking Man? -- Off-Ramp 10-16-10
RH Greene on the Walking Man of Silverlake ... Dinner Party Download ... Cooking for 5,000 aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier ... Upton Sinclair Reconsidered ... Todd Carpenter - a real painter of light, in the dark.
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Home Movies, Fine Dining in Santa Clarita, and more -...
Home Movie Day arrives in LA ... Mark Peel dispenses food wisdom ... Santa Clarita: cuisine destination? ... Athol Fugard's new play, "The Train Driver" ... Arthur Fiedler throws parsley, Mark Peel is surprised ...
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In-depth with Russell Morash, the father of This Old...
John's extended interview with WGBH's Russell Morash, founding producer and director of The French Chef with Julia Child, and the creator of Victory Garden, This Old House, and The New Yankee Workshop.
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An Acre of Art on the Radio - Off-Ramp 10-2-10
LACMA's huge new Resnick Pavilion ... Lou Adler on The Painted Turtle and his talent ... muralist Siqueiros did landscapes, too ... skeletons in the closet? a German baron has mummies in his crypt ... meet This Old House, finally coming to LA ...
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Under New Management - Off-Ramp for 9/25/2010
Clifton's Cafeteria gets a new operator who promises to revamp gently ... the Mann Bros in LA ... Barry Cutler remembers THE Kevin McCarthy ... Sacred Fools' 14th Season ... Mark Peel on the best table in the house ... CyberFrequencies ... John Cale on Paris 1919 ...
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Sacred Fools' 14th Season - Special Podcast for 9-20-2010
KPCC's John Rabe interviews members of The Sacred Fools Theatre Company about their 14th season and their mission to fully exploit the theatrical medium.
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Lou Adler on Rocky Horror -- Off-Ramp 9-18-2010
Lou Adler remembers bringing Rocky Horror to Los Angeles ... Eat-LA/Off-Ramp Collaboration highlights affordable gourmet regional Mexican cuisine ... Tomatomania ... Charlie Chan Redux ... Dinner Party Download ...
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Charlie Chan Redux - Special Off-Ramp Podcast 9-15-10
Yunte Huang, author of "Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History" in conversation.
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Eat! Pray! Love! On Off-Ramp for 9-11-2010
CyberFrequencies ... chef Mark Peel joins Off-Ramp ... Eat-LA/Off-Ramp Collaboration finds gourmet Mexican food at non-Rivera prices ... Jerry Brown Parody Ads ... Dan Walters on 50 years in newspapers.
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Off-Ramp on Celebrity & Celebs on Off-Ramp - 9-4-10
Actor Christopher Murray on life with father (Don Murray) ... RH Greene on Mel Gibson, before the fall ... Dinner Party Download ... kids who get back-to-school supplies at the Salvation Army ... Ellington singer Herb Jeffries ... Lou Adler on sitting with Jack and discovering Cheech and Chong ... Jonathan Gold and Rick Bayless have a Mexican Food Fight.
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How Hot Is It, Columbo? Off-Ramp 8-28-2010
The Off-Ramp TemperaTour ... CyberFrequencies and life on the web ... Lou Adler on Monterey Pop ... Burning Man vets ... the historical Arab roots of Ground Zero ... Wm Link, Columbo's co-creator, speaks!
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Columbo co-creator William Link - Off-Ramp 8-23-2010
Wm Link talks with Off-Ramp's John Rabe about Columbo.
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Downtown LA's Winery & Phil Spector's Agony and Ecstasy...
Tour the San Antonio Winery ... the new doc about Phil Spector ... the all-volunteer Casa Italiana opera company puts on La Gioconda ... Dinner Party Download ... legendary producer Lou Adler on talent ... Sit'n'Sleep switches shticks.
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Tour San Antonio Winery -- special Off-Ramp 8/18/2010
Exclusive hour-long audio tour of LA's San Antonio Winery with KPCC's John Rabe, and the winery's Steve Riboli.
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Lou Adler's Career Tapestry - on Off-Ramp, August 14,...
Lou Adler - the career retrospective interview with Alex Ben Block ... Getting to the Heart of Heart, pioneer rockers ... Norman Corwin and the End of World War 2 ... Photog Vince Gonzales is in LOVE with old movie equipment ... meet German Pinchevsky, who did special effects for Tarkovsky ...
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World War 2 Ends - Special Doc on Off-Ramp for August...
Gerald Zelinger's "14 August Revisited," from 1985, with Norman Corwin.
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Entertainment Legend Lou Adler on the Tapestry of his...
Alex Ben Block of the Hollywood Reporter interviews entertainment legend Lou Adler for a special Off-Ramp podcast.
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Michael Q Schmidt - Nude Actor: Off-Ramp for August 7,...
Creators behind Slake discuss their new magazine... actor and nude model Michael Q Schmidt literally bears all... John learns to blow the shofar for Elul ... Dinner Party Download makes you smarter ... and much more!
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Slake - Slow Lit for Fast Times
In-depth conversation about Slake, LA's new literary quarterly.
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Meet 93-year old Olympian Louis Zamperini - Off-Ramp for...
Olympian Louis Zamperini meets Hitler in 1936 ... Queen's Brian May and his 3D passion ... How LA County's restaurant grading system happened ... Writer RH Greene out-abs Dickens, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, et alia ...
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Queen's Brian May and his 3D time machine - a special...
Brian May and Elena Vidal talk about "A Village Lost and Found," their preservation and tribute of the stereo photos of TR Williams.
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Kids take Off-Ramp inside the Natural History Museum --...
Off-Ramp's junior reporters tour the newest/oldest wing of LA's Natural History Museum ... The LA Garment Citizen shuts down ... LA's best hot dogs on the Eat-LA/Off-Ramp Collaboration ... Remembering animator Pres Romanillos ... Dinner Party Download ... Slot cars!
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Doo-Dah Surf Revisited on Off-Ramp
Return to Doodah Surf!
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LA's Best Relish on Off-Ramp for July 10, 2010
EatLA-Off-Ramp Collaboration covers relish ... sneak preview of the Natural History Museum's Beaux Arts Building ... Dinner Party Download ... Twitter Poets on CyberFrequencies ...
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Lowbrow Art Gets Respect and Anime Expo -- on Off-Ramp...
Todd Schorr's Universe ... Anime Expo takes over LA ... Taschen explores Big Butts ... CyberFrequencies ... Mr Irrelevant -- the last NFL draft pick -- isn't ... Alan Furst's historical spy novels.
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Sneak Peak at Tom Hanks' "Larry Crowne" on Off-Ramp for...
Tom Hanks' lets Off-Ramp onto the set of his new movie, "Larry Crowne" ... the subtle (not) art of Jean-Leon Gerome, on display at the Getty ... Silverlake Man Builds Own Bread Oven in Backyard ... Bugs in your Backyard ... Local Man Forgoes Laker Playoff Game for Ring Cycle ... Firefighters Loved "Emergency!" Local Museum Gets Show's Firetruck ...
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Tom Hanks and The L-Word on Off-Ramp for June 19, 2010
L-Word Creator tells CyberFrequency how she adapted to social media ... RH Greene on films and memories of Eastern Europe ... Tom Hanks on public radio, "Larry Crowne," and "Philadelphia" ... Charlie LeDuff on Fathers Day ... Larry Mantle talks radio with John.
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Food and Funny -- Off-Ramp for June 12, 2010
Noisy chips ... Mark Peel's "The Point" ... best milkshakes in the Empire ... Soup that's probably too hot for humans (sane ones, anyway) ... Eat-LA-Off-Ramp Collaboration on Goat and Global Pizza ... Michael Cimarusti's "What I Learned on my Japanese Vacation."
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John Rabe on "John Rabe" on Off-Ramp for June 5, 2010
"John Rabe" director Florian Gallenberger in conversation with KPCC's John Rabe ... Puppet shows on the 405... Ellen Geer brings out religion, notorious Milady in adaptation of "Three Musketeers" at Theatricum Botanicum ...
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This Old House fixes up Off-Ramp for May 29, 2010
This Old House finally comes to LA ... "Sister Carrie" too controversial, Theodore Dreiser was scandalous, too ... Harry Partch adds a bajillion notes to the scales ... Dinner Party Download's dinner with Wallace Shawn ... Skirball Center exhibits The Chosen albums ...
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"This Old House" Fan Alert: Off-Ramp talks with Norm and...
KPCC's Off-Ramp welcomes PBS's "This Old House" to Los Angeles. Norm and Kevin tell all to host John Rabe.
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Money Management for the Homeless, and more on Off-Ramp,...
A money management class at a homeless shelter ... Jon Bon Jovi supports LAMP with a tour ... Russ Parsons: how to bbq without stress ... MUST READ: Ray Bradbury's "Dandelion Wine" ... Queena Kim says goodbye ... Lisa See on her latest: "Shanghai Girls" ... a violin master class with Jennifer Frautschi.
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Joel Grey's Colorful Life in Showbiz - A Special...
Joel Grey - a Broadway, Silver Screen, and TV triple threat - talking with KPCC's John Rabe about his almost 60 years in show business.
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Off-Ramp for May 15, 2010
Actor and Director Joel Grey ... Shirley Jahad's EV diaries ... James Beard Foundation award winners Jonathan Gold and Colman Andrews ... Eat-LA, a guide to help you avoid "Food Panic" ... Dinner Party Download meets Marissa Silver ... Cabaret with The Brown Betties ...
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Off-Ramp Special - In artist Edward Walton Wilcox's...
In the studio with LA artist Edward Walton Wilcox, called "a brilliant and romantic star hurtling through the same galaxy as ... Odd Nerdrum and Hieronymous Bosch."
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Off-Ramp for May 8, 2010
Norman Corwin turns 100 ... FOOD ARCHIVE: Colman Andrews and Jonathan Gold, Beard winners ... a blacksmith moves to Heritage Square ... Tyrus Wong, almost 100, feted by Otis College of Art and Design ... Artist Edward Walton Wilcox on faith and storytelling ...
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Radio and Baseball Legend Ernie Harwell - An Off-Ramp...
Baseball announcing legend Ernie Harwell, dead at 92, remembered by friends and fans.
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Off-Ramp for May 1, 2010
Eat-LA and Off-Ramp get your goat ... Shirley Jahad's electric car diaries ... Dinner Party Download ... "Did I leave my i-Phone at the bar ..." RL Greene's tribute to his twin brother ... Charles Phoenix and the Third Dimension ...Leigh Brackett's screenplays include The Big Sleep and The Empire Strikes Back.
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Off-Ramp for April 24, 2010
Another take on the late Daryl Gates - spymaster ... Tom Hanks on public radio, World War Two, and more ... deaf and hearing actors in play about famous French murder case ... Kitty Felde talks with Vin Scully - in 1983! ... CyberFrequencies and life on the web ...
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Off-Ramp Special: Tom Hanks talks with KPCC's John Rabe
Tom Hanks talking with KPCC's John Rabe about World War Two, the movies, his tenuous link to Abe Lincoln, and public radio.
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Off-Ramp Special: Daryl Gates' Dark Legacy
Award-winning journalists say former LAPD chief Daryl Gates responsible for riots, ran clandestine spy ring to intimidate foes.
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Off-Ramp for April 17, 2010
Joe Domanick: former LAPD chief Daryl Gates was responsible for the '92 riots ... Dinner Party Download talks with rappers Das Racists ... Mark Peel's lunch counter ... the men in skirts of Liberty Tax Prep ... TCM's Ben Mankiewicz says "I'm not hip - the goatee's in my contract!" ... fish eggs on pizza? ... Mark Lacter says, "Hey, billionaires -- ante up!"
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Off-Ramp for April 10, 2010
The chips are fine -- it's the bag that's too noisy ... SoCal Noir with Marc Haefele ... CyberFrequencies on The Entryway ... Annual Roses & Lemon Award goes to AEG and ugly government buildings ...
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Special Off-Ramp Podcast - Interview with TCM's Ben...
Special Off-Ramp Podcast - Interview with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz
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Off-Ramp for April 3, 2010
EatLA on Gastropubs ... Dinner Party Download ... Photos by one of The Minutemen ... Larry Mantle interviewed by John Rabe ... The Voice of Bambi - Donnie Dunagan ... The Secret of Kells ... Poverty in Armenia.
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Off-Ramp for March 27, 2010
Passover in the Desert ... CyberFrequencies talks with a woman who tried to scam the email scammers ... Marimbist Naoko Takada ... Anna Russell's twenty-minute Ring Cycle.
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Off-Ramp Extra: Father Boyle Reads from "Tattoos on the...
Father Gregory Boyle chatted with Off-Ramp producer Queena Kim on last week's show. Boyle has been a fixture in East LA for more than two decades and he's best known for starting Homeboy Industries, which gives jobs to people who are trying to get out of gangs. Boyle is also known for telling great stories - some call them parables. Here's a story from his new book, "Tattoos on the Heart," that didn't make it into the broadcast show - but we're sending it out as a special podcast. If you...
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Off-Ramp for March 20, 2010
Jeff Mallett on Diagnosis: Triathlete ... Riding the Angels Flight once again ... Father Boyle's big idea: give gangstas an alternative besides jail ... Dinner Party Download makes you smarter, sweetens your breath ... and so much more.
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