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Podcasts Off-Ramp
The very best: George Takei, John Williams, Vincent Price and more!
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Episode 13008
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The very best: George Takei, John Williams, Vincent Price and more!

We bring you Off-Ramp greatest (recent) hits: Actor George Takei reflects on the 10th anniversary of his coming out. We dig through the cookbook authored by the late Vincent Price—frightening star of stage and screen. And if you love John William's iconic Star Wars score, New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross says it's not just nostalgia: there's a serious, brilliant mind at work.
Actor George Takei as Grand Marshal of the 1997 Nisei Week Grand Parade.
Actor George Takei as Grand Marshal of the 1997 Nisei Week Grand Parade.
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We bring you Off-Ramp greatest (recent) hits: Actor George Takei reflects on the 10th anniversary of his coming out. We dig through the cookbook authored by the late Vincent Price—frightening star of stage and screen. And if you love John William's iconic Star Wars score, New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross says it's not just nostalgia: there's a serious, brilliant mind at work.

Composer John Williams, savior of classical film scores, conducts at the Hollwood Bowl all Labor Day weekend
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Steven Spielberg urged "Star Wars" director George Lucas to hire John Williams for the score, and thousands of studio musicians were employed for decades more, one critic says.
Meet Chaz Perea, Dodger Stadium's landscape manager
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The thousands of decorative plants found outside the stadium’s gates are part of its visual appeal. But who takes care of them? And how do you water them during a drought?
Star Trek's George Takei came out ten years ago, and his career — and life — only got better
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George Takei stayed closeted into his 60s because he feared for his acting career. But what happened when he came out is one of the best second acts in American show business history.
Vincent Price's very Off-Rampy cookbook, 'A Treasury of Great Recipes,' is back!
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Mary and Vincent Price loved food, but they weren't snooty. Their "A Treasury of Great Recipes" turns 50 this year. Elina Shatkin gets the backstory with daughter Victoria Price.