Special report: intersection of science fiction and science fact; Brains On and the monarch Mexico migration; Hungry, the competitive eating doc; Kenturah Davis weaves words and art
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• 5:36
“What I’m trying to do is, I’m trying to give you scenery, lighting and enough props so you can come up with your own narrative… so you can put on your own show.”
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• 8:21
R.H. Greene takes us to the High Desert's White Rock Ranch Horse Rescue, where Marine wife Erin Corwin bonded with a horse before her murder.
It's so hot ... that even public radio is trying to be funny. Help us out! If you have a joke, share it with us on social media: #ItsSoHot
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• 5:20
The LA City Council voted unanimously last Friday to officially name a neighborhood in Northridge "Sherwood Forest." It's a great place to fry an egg on the sidewalk.
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• 9:40
TV and movies give scientists, thinkers, and dreamers a place to ignore hard fast scientific rules and see what else is possible.
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• 4:33
Off-Ramp talks with the filmmakers behind "Hungry," a documentary that looks into the stories and lives behind one of America's strangest sports.
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• 5:52
On Sept. 27, the West Adams Heritage Association hosts its annual Living History Tour of Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, where hundreds of historic figures are buried.
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• 4:43
“I am SO over it” almost always means, “I am reviewing these recent events in my head constantly and expect never to be free of this internal cycle of rage and recrimination.”
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• 7:19
Off-Ramp host John Rabe talks with LA artist Kenturah Davis about her exhibit of drawings, "Narratives and Meditations," at Papillion Art in Leimert Park in South LA.
Off-Ramp is the only radio show with a sketch artist. This time, Mike Sheehan takes us to a night at the Hollywood Bowl with Elvis Costello.
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• 5:05
One music collector discovered the sound effects and narration recorded for Pacific Ocean Park, an ambitious seaside amusement park that lasted just nine years.
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• 4:39
"Here's a song, originally written by a Black composer in honor of a Mexican bullfighter, covered by a Chicano band steeped in Black R&B and jazz, then sampled by the first major Chicano rap artist."
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• 6:02
Charlyne Yi's humor has always made people uneasy. Besides being recognized as "the awkward character" from "House," Yi has always tested her audience.
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• 10:44
KPCC's John Rabe talks with Anna Sklar, an LA historian who discovered and put online hundreds of photos from the city engineer's office dating back to 1890.