Sponsor

Today is Giving Tuesday!

Give back to local trustworthy news; your gift's impact will go twice as far for LAist because it's matched dollar for dollar on this special day. 
A row of graphics payment types: Visa, MasterCard, Apple Pay and PayPal, and  below a lock with Secure Payment text to the right
Audience-funded nonprofit news
radio tower icon laist logo
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Subscribe
  • Listen Now Playing Listen
Off-Ramp

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

Listen 52:31
Going BioDiesel; BioDiesel My Ride; Trolling for Oil; Vegging Out; Spiny Forest; Slide Show'n'Tell; Longing for Llano; Hungary for Sausage; Double Jeopardy; Fast Food Dude-Revisited; Theater LAndscape; Reporter's Roundtable
Going BioDiesel; BioDiesel My Ride; Trolling for Oil; Vegging Out; Spiny Forest; Slide Show'n'Tell; Longing for Llano; Hungary for Sausage; Double Jeopardy; Fast Food Dude-Revisited; Theater LAndscape; Reporter's Roundtable

Going BioDiesel; BioDiesel My Ride; Trolling for Oil; Vegging Out; Spiny Forest; Slide Show'n'Tell; Longing for Llano; Hungary for Sausage; Double Jeopardy; Fast Food Dude-Revisited; Theater LAndscape; Reporter's Roundtable

Going BioDiesel

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

Guinea pig John Rabe bought a classic Mercedes Benz that's been converted to run on (bio-diesel) vegetable oil. In this show, John reports on his new ride.

BioDiesel My Ride

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

Lovecraft co-founder Brian Friedman converts diesel engines to veggie oil engines.

Trolling for Oil

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

John goes on the hunt for used veggie oil. First stop: a local restaurant.

Vegging Out

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

Morning Edition Host Steve Julian takes John's new Veggie-mobile for a spin.

Spiny Forest

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

The Arboretum is opening an exhibit of plants from Madagascar's Spiny Forest at its annual LA Garden Show. It's one of the largest collections of Madagascan plants off the African island.

Slide Show'n'Tell

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

Charles Phoenix takes us inside his secret vault, to show us how he puts together his famous slide shows.

Longing for Llano

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

KPCC commentator Marc Haefele visits Llano, the home of Los Angeles County's first-and-only Socialist Colony.

Hungary for Sausage

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

If you're looking for lunch on the Pear Blossom Highway in Little Rock, California, drop by Valley Hungarian Sausage and Meat. Located in the Antelope Valley, the deli is run by a mother-daughter-team. Queena Kim dropped in.

Double Jeopardy

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

City Council aide Josh Kamensky tells us about being a contestant on Jeopardy! and plays a diddy on the ukulele.

Fast Food Dude-Revisited

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

A couple weeks ago, Queena Kim went to Chick-Fil-A with Jeff Girod (a.k.a the Fast Food Dude) of the Riverside Press-Enterprise. This time, Queena asks Jeff, "What's it take to become the Fast Food Dude?"

Theater LAndscape

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

LA Weekly theater critic Steven Leigh Morris talks with John about the theater scene.

Reporter's Roundtable

Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007

KPCC's Senior News Editor Nick Roman talks with John about the LAPD's reaction to the demonstrations at MacArthur Park.