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  • A view of the Los Angeles city skyline as heavy smog shrouds the city in California on May 31, 2015. AFP PHOTO/ MARK RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
    Cider Houses Rule, and the tallest restaurant in the West
    If it hardly rains here, why does NBC-4 need its new highly-promoted mobile Doppler radar truck? ... Chef Vartan Abgaryan’s last restaurant was Cliff’s Edge. And now he’s working at the top of the US Bank Tower. But he’s afraid of heights. ... All the Rolling Stones songs from the 1960s have been remastered in the original mono, and you’ll be shocked at how good they sound. ... OK OK, it doesn’t feel like autumn yet, but it officially arrived this week, and there’s nothing better on a brisk autumn day than cider, so we’ll explore the latest culinary thing: cider houses.
  • KPCC's John Rabe and reporter Jesse Katz inside LA's Grand Central Market. Jesse's article in the October issue of Los Angeles Magazine covers the market's huge debt, as well as a major discrimination lawsuit.
    Grand Central Market's crushing debt
    An in-depth look at Grand Central Market's history ... and $60m+ debt. Comedian Danny Lobell on the lure of the urban chicken. Brains On probes, very carefully, into carnivorous plants. Jesse Katz learns to cut a bagel. The people who VOLUNTEER to examine coyote poop.
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  • Special Off-Ramp Podcast - Ben Mankiewicz is not TCM's Antichrist
    Special Off-Ramp Podcast - Interview with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz
  • 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 ...
  • 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.
  • Off-Ramp Extra: Father Boyle Reads from "Tattoos on the Heart"
    A parable from Father Greg Boyle from his book, "Tattoos on the Heart."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Off-Ramp for March 13, 2010
    CyberFrequencies talks to the woman who started a Debtors Revolt on YouTube... 1960s music icon Donovan sings and plays for Off-Ramp ... we send a real-life couple to the big travel expo to look for a honeymoon package ... Kevin Ferguson reports on female musicians' tributes bands dedicated to the music of male rock bands.
  • Off-Ramp Special Podcast - Donovan in Concert
    60s icon Donovan and his guitar in studio!
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