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ACA deadline, Friday Flashback, grim sleeper, Yosemite peak and more
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Mar 21, 2014
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ACA deadline, Friday Flashback, grim sleeper, Yosemite peak and more

On Friday Take Two will discuss the looming deadline to sign up for healthcare. We'll also talk about the grim sleeper, one of LA's most notorious killers, who is back in the headlines again. Also, controversy is brewing over who gets the naming rights to a Yosemite peak. We'll discuss the latest Muppets movie with writer Nick Stoller. And since it's Friday it's time for Friday Flashback.

The evil Constantine stars as Kermit, who stars as a frog done wrong, in the new "Muppets Most Wanted."
The evil Constantine stars as Kermit, who stars as a frog done wrong, in the new "Muppets Most Wanted."
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On Friday Take Two will discuss the looming deadline to sign up for healthcare. We'll also talk about the grim sleeper, one of LA's most notorious killers, who is back in the headlines again. Also, controversy is brewing over who gets the naming rights to a Yosemite peak. We'll discuss the latest Muppets movie with writer Nick Stoller. And since it's Friday it's time for Friday Flashback.

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Little more than a week remains until the deadline to sign up for health insurance. LA Times reporter Chad Terhune talks about sign-ups and the implications of the last-minute rush.
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To kick off the Major League Baseball season the Dodgers will play the Arizona Diamondbacks more than 7000 miles away at a cricket stadium in Sydney. KPCC's Ben Bergman explains more.
Listen 10:44
Friday Take Two looks back at the week's news, including President Obama's sanctions against Russia, Michelle Obama visiting China, the NCAA tournament, Toyota and GM recalls and more.
Listen 9:27
Poet Richard Blanco, who spoke at President Obama's 2013 inauguration, says he was made in Cuba, assembled in Spain and imported to the United States. He discussed his journey and new book with Take Two.
Listen 8:18
Lonnie Franklin Jr., a former mechanic for the city of Los Angeles, was arrested for the murders of at least 10 people in 2010. The reporter who broke the story of a serial killer on the loose talked about the impending trial.
Listen 5:11
A House Committee recently approved a bill which would rename Yosemite's Mammoth peak as Fremont peak, which is causing resistance from the National Park Service.
Listen 4:09
A GPS equipped collar has tracked the movements of a wolf known as OR-7, who was born in Oregon and is the first wild wolf to set paw in California since the last one was killed in 1924.
Listen 9:15
The writer of "The Muppets" and "Muppets Most Wanted" films talks about the Muppets' new found popularity, and why the franchise is a beloved classic.