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9,000 new runners flip off the Boston Marathon bombers. Off-Ramp for Apr. 12, 2014
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Episode 6499
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9,000 new runners flip off the Boston Marathon bombers. Off-Ramp for Apr. 12, 2014

The marathoner whose life was saved by a photo at the 2013 Boston Marathon runs the race this year. Plus: Mike Kelley, Coachella, Heritage Square crash, and Friedkin's "Sorcerer."

Off-Ramp host John Rabe.
Off-Ramp host John Rabe.
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John Rabe
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The marathoner whose life was saved by a photo at the 2013 Boston Marathon runs the race this year. Plus: Mike Kelley, Coachella, Heritage Square crash, and Friedkin's "Sorcerer."

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Off-Ramp animation expert Charles Solomon reveals Easter eggs from classic animated films that you never knew were there.
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At the Getty Center and Villa: What civilization lasted 1,100 years that hardly anyone thinks of as a civilization? Byzantium. And, they invented the fork.
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"Racing is much more terrifying, so it makes baseball less intimidating. When you've gone sideways or crashed into a wall at 120-mph, it's not a big deal if somebody scores a run."
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Years ago, they moved a 19th Century to Heritage Square to save it from the wrecking ball. But on Sunday, someone ran into it with their car.
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If you think a terror attack can keep a marathoner from running in Boston, you don't know long-distance runners.
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When will the historic Angels Flight railway in downtown Los Angeles run again? Regulators want two big — and expensive — changes.
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Off-Ramp host John Rabe talks with curator Bennett Simpson about "Mike Kelley," the new exhibit at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.
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A new revival of director William Friedkin's notorious 1977 box office failure "Sorcerer'" has Off-Ramp contributor RH Greene thinking about other ambitious cinematic flops from the "New Hollywood" era, and how time has been kind to them.
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Three of the thirty-four climbers were from California. KPCC's Alana Rinicella spoke with two of them about the art of climbing.