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For the broadcast of May 05, 2007
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Going BioDiesel

Guinea pig John Rabe bought a classic Mercedes Benz that's been converted to run on (bio-diesel) vegetable oil. In this show, John reports on his new ride.





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listenBioDiesel My Ride

Lovecraft co-founder Brian Friedman converts diesel engines to veggie oil engines.




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listenTrolling for Oil

John goes on the hunt for used veggie oil. First stop: a local restaurant.


listenVegging Out

Morning Edition Host Steve Julian takes John's new Veggie-mobile for a spin.




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listenSpiny Forest

The Arboretum is opening an exhibit of plants from Madagascar's Spiny Forest at its annual LA Garden Show. It's one of the largest collections of Madagascan plants off the African island.




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listenSlide Show'n'Tell

Charles Phoenix takes us inside his secret vault, to show us how he puts together his famous slide shows.




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listenLonging for Llano

KPCC commentator Marc Haefele visits Llano, the home of Los Angeles County's first-and-only Socialist Colony.



listenHungary for Sausage

If you're looking for lunch on the Pear Blossom Highway in Little Rock, California, drop by Valley Hungarian Sausage and Meat. Located in the Antelope Valley, the deli is run by a mother-daughter-team. Queena Kim dropped in.


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listenDouble Jeopardy

City Council aide Josh Kamensky tells us about being a contestant on Jeopardy! and plays a diddy on the ukulele.




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listenFast Food Dude-Revisited

A couple weeks ago, Queena Kim went to Chick-Fil-A with Jeff Girod (a.k.a the Fast Food Dude) of the Riverside Press-Enterprise. This time, Queena asks Jeff, "What's it take to become the Fast Food Dude?"



listenTheater LAndscape

LA Weekly theater critic Steven Leigh Morris talks with John about the theater scene.

listenReporter's Roundtable

KPCC's Senior News Editor Nick Roman talks with John about the LAPD's reaction to the demonstrations at MacArthur Park.
Coming Up
On May 12: We go to Topanga Canyon to see The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum as it prepares for the new season. Will Geer founded the theatre in 1951 for his fellow blacklisted actors.

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