Off-Ramp for May 30, 2009

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Tuesday's Fallout

KPCC's Brian Watt goes to Chief's Economy Barbershop in Leimert Park and asks folks what they thought of the recent ruling upholding Prop 8.
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Ames on 8

Christopher Ames proposes his own Defense of Marriage Act. First on the list, ban divorce!
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Ed Asner, the Grouch, Speaks "Up"

Ed Asner, who voices the lead character in the new Pixar movie "Up!," says this is the era of the grouch ... a role he perfected as "Lou Grant."
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Sword Play

Jackson Musker takes us to a groundbreaking exhibit that uses depictions of the samurai to make the case that Japanese animation and comic books are real art.
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CyberFrequencies: Marching to Your Own Beat(Box)

This week, a look back at how a BeatBoxing champion was crowned...on the web, by the web.
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Home Again

Garrison Keillor joins us to preview "A Prairie Home Companion" next Friday at the Greek. He tells us about writing his famous monologue, why he has to be funnier in LA than in Minnesota, and says Martin Sheen is better as a villain!
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Nine Lives

Queena Kim visits the "9 Lives" exhibit at the Hammer Museum and talks to a local legend, artist Llyn Foulkes.
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The Hidden City

KPCC's Shirley Jahad visits a dismantled homeless encampment under the 605 Freeway. LA County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says the space was filled with animal carcasses, rats and housed babies.
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Runner's High

We strap a microphone onto KPCC's Sharron McNary, who led a pack of runners through the LA Marathon.