Representative Spendthrift
John Rabe talks to Daily Breeze reporter Gene Maddus on the loose spending ways of Representative Laural Richardson.
He's Ba-ack...
Godzilla is back! The original 1954 version of the movie is out on DVD.
Banana Oil!
John talks with actor George Takei, who lent his voice talents to a few early Japanese monster movies.
Remembering Summer
Off-Ramp is asking listeners to read Ray Bradbury's "Dandelion Wine," a celebration of summer, and then
respond with whatever comes to mind... an essay, a poem, a photo. There are no wrong answers. When Carolyn Kozo Cole, the curator of the L.A. Public Library's photo collection, started reading the book, she remembered this sweet photo. We explain the photo in the caption.
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 to recieve his certificate of citizenship. He says it\'s well-worth the wait. (Credit: Jackson Musker)');)
![enlarge image](javascript:imageWindowPop('v','http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/images/programs/2008/07/05/piolin_full.jpg ','Eddie Sotelo a.k.a. Piolin, which translates roughly to "tweety bird." He\'s been chirping on his morning drive-time show about his path to citizenship for many months (Credit: Jackson Musker)');)
![enlarge image](javascript:imageWindowPop('h','http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/images/programs/2007/07/07/full_animegashapon.jpg','Wikipedia says gashapon is an onomatopoeia: "gacha for the turning of a crank on a toy vending machine, and pon for the sound of the toy capsule dropping into the receptacle." (Credit: John Rabe)');)
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 that would have been carved wood or ivory. LACMA has a huge collection of traditional netsukes. (Credit: John Rabe)');)
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