Dinner Party Download; Tom Bradley, in Retrospect; In The Shadows Of History; Peter and the Wolf in 21st Century LA; He Followed in Bradley's Footsteps; The Bradley Effect?; Bradley Good and Bad; Drive-by Driver; Angelenos on Tom Bradley; Chapin Sisters: Born to be Famous; L.A.P.D.: Art Division; The Hollywood Hills are Alive...; To Bail Out or Not To Bail Out; Is Sam Out of Time?
Dinner Party Download is a fast and funny 12-minute "cheat sheet" of news and culture... designed to give you enough conversational firepower to dazzle friends and family at this weekend's dinner party. This week: New York Times reporter/author Sarah Lyall asks a stupid question. We learn the offal truth about "duck fries." And the French army invades our cocktail glass.
Off-Ramp pays tribute to Tom Bradley, L.A.'s first black mayor, ten years after his death.
John talks with Tom Bradley's campaign manager Bob Kholos about the man who led Los Angeles for twenty years.
If you want to get into classical music, go watch "Peter and the Wolf" in a concert hall full of kids. The LA Philharmonic is giving a free performance of the popular kids piece on Saturday. It will be conducted by 22-year-old assistant conductor Lionel Bringuier.
David S. Cunningham, Jr., the man who succeeded Bradley on the council, speaks about the five-term mayor.
Will Obama suffer from the so-called "Bradley Effect" in the Presidential election? KPCC's Frank Stoltze weighs the concept.
Marc Haefele remembers Bradley's good terms, bad terms and, says former Police Chief Daryl Gates takes some of the blame.
William Manjarrez, Jr. from La Verne has been involved in over 50 high speed police chases. Frank Stoltze talks with the get-away driver at an art exhibit at CSULA.
Contributor Jackson Musker discovers that most people not only remember the ex-mayor, but hold him in high regard. As long as they don't confuse him with Tom Brady...
Dinner Party Download's Rico Gagliano speaks to local folk-pop band The Chapin Sisters. They'll be playing the Echoplex in Silverlake.
L.A. is the only city with two full-time art cops. Good thing, too, with the recent multi-million dollar heist in Encino. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez talks to Detectives Donald Hrycyk and Stephanie Lazarus about the highs and lows of their line of work.
KPCC Special Correspondent Kitty Felde looks at the "Sound of Music" Singalong phenomenon by talking to the actor who played Leisel Von Trapp in the film.
John Rabe stumbles on a retirement fair and talks to people about the state of our economy.
Watch John's YouTube video to find out what happened to the L.A. Times clock. And check out the photo to get the real facts.