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Piper Laurie and Paul Newman's eyes - Off-Ramp for January 4, 2014
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Dan Carino
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Episode 6338
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Piper Laurie and Paul Newman's eyes - Off-Ramp for January 4, 2014

Piper Laurie on Paul Newman and Ronald Reagan; Pepe Aguilar's musical legacy; What is God?
Unidentified people ringing in the New Year in one of the ballrooms at the Jonathan Club.
Unidentified people ringing in the New Year in one of the ballrooms at the Jonathan Club.
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Happy New Year! (LAPL/Ralph Morris Collection)
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Piper Laurie on Paul Newman and Ronald Reagan; Pepe Aguilar's musical legacy; What is God?

First movie ever made of LA was of traffic ... with no traffic jams!
Listen • 3:53
Thomas Edison’s employee James H. White went to downtown LA and pointed his unwieldy movie camera up South Spring Street. Lucky for White it was only 1898.
Piper Laurie in-depth, or 'I'll have what she's having, hold the knives.'
Listen • 12:48
Piper Laurie, nominated for three Oscars, on acting opposite Paul Newman in "The Hustler," working on "Twin Peaks," and why she played her death scene in "Carrie" as if she was having an orgasm.
Mexican Ranchera singer and pop superstar Pepe Aguilar gets his due at The Grammy Museum
Listen • 15:14
Pepe Aguilar's 24th album — he's already sold 12-million records — debuted at #1 on iTunes and is a tribute to his father Antonio Aguilar's great rival, Vicente Fernández. This is his first public radio interview.
Why more than 50 years later, we're all still in 'The Twilight Zone'
Listen • 5:07
TV shows come and go. But 'Twilight Zone' is different. The show examined race issues, criticized our dependence on technology and, five decades later, millions of people young and old still find the show's timeless themes as fresh as the day they aired — and it's all thanks to Rod Serling.
First movie ever made of LA was of traffic ... with no traffic jams!
Listen • 3:53
Thomas Edison’s employee James H. White went to downtown LA and pointed his unwieldy movie camera up South Spring Street. Lucky for White it was only 1898.
Piper Laurie in-depth, or 'I'll have what she's having, hold the knives.'
Listen • 12:48
Piper Laurie, nominated for three Oscars, on acting opposite Paul Newman in "The Hustler," working on "Twin Peaks," and why she played her death scene in "Carrie" as if she was having an orgasm.
Mexican Ranchera singer and pop superstar Pepe Aguilar gets his due at The Grammy Museum
Listen • 15:14
Pepe Aguilar's 24th album — he's already sold 12-million records — debuted at #1 on iTunes and is a tribute to his father Antonio Aguilar's great rival, Vicente Fernández. This is his first public radio interview.
Why more than 50 years later, we're all still in 'The Twilight Zone'
Listen • 5:07
TV shows come and go. But 'Twilight Zone' is different. The show examined race issues, criticized our dependence on technology and, five decades later, millions of people young and old still find the show's timeless themes as fresh as the day they aired — and it's all thanks to Rod Serling.