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A man who survived suicide by train - Off-Ramp for June 30, 2012
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Dan Carino
)
Episode 5348
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A man who survived suicide by train - Off-Ramp for June 30, 2012

Suicide by train and one man who survived ... Why are transit-riding iPhone users being punished for Apple's fight with Google? ... Real food in Altadena ...

A bag of corn in Ernesto Neto's "Three Religions."
A bag of corn in Ernesto Neto's "Three Religions."
(
John Rabe
)

Suicide by train and one man who survived ... Why are transit-riding iPhone users being punished for Apple's fight with Google? ... Real food in Altadena ...

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On the old Zane Grey estate in Altadena, in an old outbuilding they’ve turned into a kitchen, canning jars line the shelves, homemade cheeses ferment in a glass fridge. There’s a 6-week-old goat named Poppyseed who roams freely. This is the Institute of Domestic Technology.
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Even most police officers never shoot and kill. Yet one professional can expect death on the job: train conductors.
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David Davis talks with John Rabe about his book, "Showdown at Shepherd's Bush: the 1908 Olympic Marathon and the Three Runners who Launched a Sporting Craze."
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Thousands of fans of Japanese animation and comics descend on LA Friday through Monday for Anime Expo. (Plus: What would Bill Bratton do if he met Godzilla?)
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When the latest iPhone update debuts this Fall, Maps--the cherished navigation app--will no longer carry directions for public transit.
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Are robots entitled to the same type of treatment as people or animals? Or are they simply tools, machines to do our bidding?
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Off-Ramp animation expert Charles Solomon talks with the voice behind the animated characters any ten-year boy knows: Yuri Lowenthal.