We go to the Sunset Strip to see how activists are trying to save from demolition Lytton Savings, a beautiful Mid-Century Modern representation of the California Dream ... Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Ave, Baldwin Lake, Lucky Baldwin’s Pub -- so who was Baldwin? ... We check back in with the 77-year old woman who finds herself homeless for the holidays for the first time in her life ... And Rachel Bloom joins our annual reading of “The Night Before Christmas” with Salman Rushdie, Larry Mantle, Kathleen Turner, and NPR's Sylvia Poggioli.

Griffith Park is beloved and turns 120 Dec. 16, but its namesake was an alcoholic, murderous misanthrope who thought the pope was plotting against him ... A woman who's found herself homeless for the first time, at 77 ... If you love classical music on the radio, but hate stodgy, bad news. Rich Capparela, is semi-retiring ... With SantaCon coming to town, we get the lowdown on the big guy from an elf.

Exclusive hour-long audio tour of LA's San Antonio Winery with KPCC's John Rabe, and the winery's Steve Riboli.

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.

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 ...

Gerald Zelinger's "14 August Revisited," from 1985, with Norman Corwin.

Alex Ben Block of the Hollywood Reporter interviews entertainment legend Lou Adler for a special Off-Ramp podcast.

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!

In-depth conversation about Slake, LA's new literary quarterly.

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 ...