Ed Asner on being a grouch, Cyber Frequencies, Garrison Keillor, samurai art and a start to finish run with the L.A. Marathon.
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KPCC's Brian Watt goes to Chief's Economy Barbershop in Leimert Park and asks folks what they thought of the recent ruling upholding Prop 8.
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• 3:19
Christopher Ames proposes his own Defense of Marriage Act. First on the list, ban divorce!
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• 5:36
Ed Asner, who voices the lead character in the new Pixar movie "Up!," says this is the era of the grouch ... a role he perfected as "Lou Grant."
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Jackson Musker takes us to a groundbreaking exhibit that uses depictions of the samurai to make the case that Japanese animation and comic books are real art.
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This week, a look back at how a BeatBoxing champion was crowned...on the web, by the web.
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Garrison Keillor joins us to preview "A Prairie Home Companion" next Friday at the Greek. He tells us about writing his famous monologue, why he has to be funnier in LA than in Minnesota, and says Martin Sheen is better as a villain!
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Queena Kim visits the "9 Lives" exhibit at the Hammer Museum and talks to a local legend, artist Llyn Foulkes.
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KPCC's Shirley Jahad visits a dismantled homeless encampment under the 605 Freeway. LA County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says the space was filled with animal carcasses, rats and housed babies.
We strap a microphone onto KPCC's Sharron McNary, who led a pack of runners through the LA Marathon.