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  • Even though it makes him squint, "This Old House" host Kevin O'Connor loves the California sun. He's taking a lunch break in between scenes at a home renovation in Silverlake, and we talk with him this week on Off-Ramp.
    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 ... Mark Peel lamb bastes chicken breast ... Seth Menachem's mysinglepeeps.com -- like dating sites, but without the lies ...
  • Ernest Shackleton's ice-locked ship, the Endurance. John Rabe's documentary "Walking Out of History" tells the exciting story of the ship's doom, and her crew's salvation, in the early part of the 20th Century.
    Greatest Adventure Story: Shackleton on Off-Ramp 11-27-2010
    "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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  • Off-Ramp for September 19, 2009
    Camille Rose Garcia ... an anatomy of a California prison ... Herb Alpert and Lani Hall on their music ... Dinner Party Download makes you smarter.
  • Off-Ramp for September 12, 2009
    "Andy Rooney" on Mike Duvall ... CyberFrequencies on Life on the Web ... Culture Clash does Aristophanes at the "Pancho" Villa ... KFWB Dumps All-News
  • Off-Ramp for September 5, 2009
    The Station Fire Threatens The Station ... A Culture Clash Sneak Preview ... Dinner Party Download Users See 12% Brain Increase
  • Off-Ramp for August 29, 2009
    John goes in-depth with Nicholas Meyer on making Star Trek movies ... and exclusive tour of Whittier Boulevard in East LA with Charles Phoenix.
  • Off-Ramp for August 22, 2009
    The Baader Meinhof Complex screenwriter ... CyberFrequencies unveils the Facebook Future ... Art that makes you dance ... Still Burlesque at 94 ...
  • Off-Ramp for August 15, 2009
    CyberFrequencies looks at life on the web ... Rod Roddenberry unveils a new comic book WITH NO SUPERHEROES ... We pepper the Mayor with questions ... and meet the Hammer's new curator.
  • Off-Ramp for August 8, 2009
    Remembering "The French Chef," Julia Child ... Summer reading goes high-tech on CyberFrequencies ... Dinner Party Download.
  • Off-Ramp for August 1, 2009
    Stan Lee Defies Time ... Fallen Fruit's Jam Session ... The Last Prop Sale
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