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Off-Ramp

A Little Night Music

Nathaniel Ayers in the mid-1970s, after a concert at Ohio State.
Nathaniel Ayers in the mid-1970s, after a concert at Ohio State.
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Courtesy of Jennifer D. Ayers-Moore
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About the Show

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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Meet Nathaniel Ayers, LA's most famous homeless man. He trained at Julliard before succumbing to mental illness. John talks to LA Times columnist Steve Lopez, who chronicled Ayers' struggle.