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Podcasts Off-Ramp
Off-Ramp for May 11, 2013
Off-Ramp with John Rabe Hero Image
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Dan Carino
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Episode 5900
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Off-Ramp for May 11, 2013

We talk to Dr. George Fishbeck, Los Angeles' most beloved weatherman, page through graphic novelist Gilbert Hernandez's Marble Season and more!
In Marble Season, Gilbert Hernandez follows 10-year-old Huey as he reads comics, plays marbles and interacts with the community around him.
In Marble Season, Gilbert Hernandez follows 10-year-old Huey as he reads comics, plays marbles and interacts with the community around him.
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Courtesy Drawn and Quarterly
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We talk to Dr. George Fishbeck, Los Angeles' most beloved weatherman, page through graphic novelist Gilbert Hernandez's Marble Season and more!

Dr. George Fischbeck talks about his life 'In Weather'
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Legendary Los Angeles weatherman George Fischbeck talks to Patt Morrison about his new book, "My Life In Weather."
Jeanne Cooper, RIP: 'Not Young, Still Restless' — Off-Ramp's tell-all interview
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Off-Ramp's John Rabe talks with "The Young and the Restless" legend Jeanne Cooper, celebrating 70 years in showbiz with a new memoir. How much did she like Raymond Burr?
Will LACMA's new blueprint be grand, or 'glass underpants' — and does it matter?
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What is wrong with the old museum?
Interview: Love and Rockets cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez on Marble Season, his new book
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Gilbert's latest graphic novel, Marble Season, is a semi-autobiographical story that follows 10-year-old Huey and his brothers in 1960s suburbia.
Life after 'Gatsby': F. Scott Fitzgerald takes on Hollywood
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's career took a different turn when he moved to Hollywood to write for film.
Student veterans speak out about their experiences in higher education
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Patt Morrison facilitates a conversation about the needs of student veterans and how college campuses can help them in the Crawford Family Forum.
'Where the boys did their funny stuff' -- Interview with author Jim Pauley on his book "The Three Stooges: Hollywood Filming Locations"
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Jim Pauley has a book out on Santa Monica Press called "The Three Stooges: Hollywood Filming Locations." The book looks at many of the places in LA where the Stooges went to film their shorts in the 30s and 40s.