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Off-Ramp

Sewer History I: The Real Muckraking

Anna Sklar, author of "Green Acres: An Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers." She's standing in the North Outfall sewer, a huge line that runs under the Fox Hills Mall.
Anna Sklar, author of "Green Acres: An Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers." She's standing in the North Outfall sewer, a huge line that runs under the Fox Hills Mall.
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John Rabe
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Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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Sewer History I: The Real Muckraking
Anna Sklar, the author of "Brown Acres, an Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers" takes John Rabe underground into the longest sewer line in the country.

Back in April of 2008, Anna Sklar, the author of "Brown Acres, an Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers," took Off-Ramp host John Rabe underground into the longest sewer line in the country. Here's the three-part interview from the Off-Ramp archives.