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Facing death with Caitlin Doughty - Off-Ramp for October 25, 2014
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Facing death with Caitlin Doughty - Off-Ramp for October 25, 2014

Remembering: Breakthrough TV with Norman Lear, Oscar de la Renta with a fashion design student, our loved ones with Caitlin Doughty and "the good death," James Brown and the TAMI concert

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Yes, John Rabe's parents' grave says "Life is a grave matter"
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Remembering: Breakthrough TV with Norman Lear, Oscar de la Renta with a fashion design student, our loved ones with Caitlin Doughty and "the good death," James Brown and the TAMI concert

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John Rabe talks with the father of found footage, Eduardo Sanchez, who revives the genre with "Exists," a movie even the Bigfoot community can love.
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Norman Lear — who wrote, produced and created shows like "All in the Family," "Sanford and Sons," "The Jeffersons" — says he feels he got America to talk to each other.
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If you live in Los Feliz and send your little Tallulah or Beckett to daycare with a sack of organic carrots and a yoga mat, you might want to skip this segment.
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Faculty and staff at the Fashion Institute of Design and Technology in downtown Los Angeles remember Oscar de la Renta with tears, memories and inspiration.
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John Rabe talks with Caitlin Doughty, author of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory," on death, the Americanization of Halloween and more.
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Sunday Assembly has a lot in common with the mainline churches its name calls to mind, and has almost everything people turn to organized religion for ... except the God part.
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"Gertie the Dinosaur" was arguably Winsor McCay's greatest achievement, and a watershed in the history of animation. Nobody bettered it for 20 years.
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The TAMI Show spanned two nights in late October, 1964. Acts like the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Supremes and James Brown gave career-defining performances.
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Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison — none of them would sound quite like they do without Del Casher, who lives in Burbank.
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The hall of fame former Dodgers managers takes Off-Ramp to Paul's Kitchen, a long-running Chinese restaurant in downtown L.A.'s Fashion District.
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Chris Greenspon talks with members of The Flesh Eaters about their 1981 album - one of the most eclectic ever - "A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die"
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As it turns out, the 1.2 million gallon reflecting pool that surrounds LADWP headquarters is more drought-friendly than it appears.