UPDATE 11-20-2010: Thanksgiving comes every year, so we're serving the most delicious MEMORY leftovers, from Off-Ramp 2009. The great chefs of Los Angeles tell us what's on their Thanksgiving menu this year, plus Pigtails & Sauerkraut, a Wiley Family tradition.

This retelling of the Shackleton story originally aired in 1999 on NPR, and was a Minnesota Public Radio/AmericanRadioWorks/NPR production. It's always seemed the perfect radio listening the weekend after Thanksgiving ... when you're safe and warm, and mindful of your blessings.

Note from John Rabe: Writer, publisher, blogger, and friend Michael Sigman asked me to name my two favorite Off-Ramp pieces for his Huffpost series, "Reasons to be Cheerful." First I named "The Ashes of Oakridge," the wonderful and touching documentary of the fire that destroyed the Oakridge Mobile home park, produced by Queena Kim and Frank Stoltze, with help from Jackson Musker. Second, the interview I did a couple years ago with keyboardist/arranger/producer Clarence McDonald. Clarence was involved in some of the hugest hits of the 70s and 80s, including James Taylor's "How Sweet it Is," Bill Withers' "Lovely Day," and The Emotions' "Best of My Love." Just for fun, here's that second interview.

From the archive, John Rabe talks with iconic printmaker David Weidman. You may not know his name, but his style is immediately recognizable. Weidman died Wednesday at 93.