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Off-Ramp for November 15, 2008
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Episode 3555
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Off-Ramp for November 15, 2008

She just became a member!; Martin Eisenstadt hoax; Food Banks in Need; The Immigrant's Dream; Food for All; The King of Hancock Park; Dumpster Diving For the Working Poor

She just became a member!; Martin Eisenstadt hoax; Food Banks in Need; The Immigrant's Dream; Food for All; The King of Hancock Park; Dumpster Diving For the Working Poor

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Last week, Fox News reported that Sarah Palin didn't know that Africa was a continent and not a country. The fact was attributed to an unnamed source. That source? Prankster Martin Eisenstadt. John talks with one of the Eisenstadt tricksters based out of LA.
John talks with Michael Flood, the head of the LA County Regional Food Bank, which is partnering with KPCC this fund drive.
Queena Kim explores the quintessential California immigrant experience by talking with a Korean businesswoman...who happens to be her mom.
John talks with clients at a food distribution center in Monrovia, and to its executive director Joan Whitenack.
KPCC's Brian Watt takes us to the most notorious home in Hancock Park, the house with all the statues of David outside. It's owned by recording artist Norwood Young, who City Beat crowned "King of Hancock Park."
Paul Engler, co-founder for the Center for the Working Poor, dumpster dives for the poor. Off-Ramp's Queena Kim goes out with him and asks: Why Do You give?