Come with us to the sign spinning championships in Vegas ... Easter Eggs in animated films ... Brains On, the science podcast for kids ... the Griffith of Griffith Park was a very nasty man ...
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• 7:13
If you've ever seen someone flipping a "for sale" sign on the corner like they've practiced it for years, odds are that's exactly the case.
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• 5:16
"I wish Bret Easton Ellis had just done this as a stand-up comedy act. The one-liners might have worked; maybe they're rejects from Saturday Night Live's series The Californians. The whole thing just reeks of laziness and cliche."
“Ee Chê" is the first track off "Breadwoman, and Other Tales" an album and art project recorded in the early 1980s and rereleased last month.
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• 9:04
Alex Ross, music writer for The New Yorker, deftly explains technical terms so that the novice can see how music works. Listen to the interview along with music clips.
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• 6:38
Off-Ramp animation expert Charles Solomon reveals Easter eggs from classic animated films that you never knew were there.
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• 5:56
Today, the name Griffith is associated with some of the most beloved landmarks of our city. The vicious drunken attack on his wife Tina is long forgotten. Almost.