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Every week, host Elvis Mitchell conducts in-depth interviews with the most innovative and influential people working in entertainment, art, and pop culture.
Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.
Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly civilized yet provocative confrontation over politics, policy and pop culture.
Evan Kleiman's taste of life, culture and the human species.
Kim Masters, host of KCRW’s The Business, breaks down Hollywood's top stories.
A storytelling show that explores the night, the landscape of the unseen, and how thoughts, feelings and behaviors transform in the dark.
Host Steve Chiotakis connects you to the people and places of Southern California.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic of The Wall Street Journal, Joe Morgenstern reviews films weekly in the paper and on KCRW.
Tanis is a bi-weekly podcast from the Public Radio Alliance, and is hosted by Nic Silver. Tanis is a serialized docudrama about a fascinating and surprising mystery: the myth of Tanis. Tanis is an exploration of the nature of truth, conspiracy, and information. Tanis is what happens when the lines of science and fiction start to blur... Support TANIS to hear exclusive MINI and BONUS EPISODES and more! http://patreon.com/tanispodcast Please rate and review on iTunes if you enjoy TANIS! http:/ ...
“What’s wrong with me?” Each episode of this documentary series begins as a medical mystery. But once you peel back the layers, more questions emerge.
Host Madeleine Brand looks at news, culture and emerging trends through the lens of Los Angeles.
Host Frances Anderton looks at design and architecture from a Los Angeles perspective.
The Business is a weekly podcast featuring lively banter about entertainment industry news and in-depth interviews with directors, producers, writers and actors. The show is hosted by award-winning journalist Kim Masters of The Hollywood Reporter...
Henry Rollins hosts a great mix of all kinds from all over from all time.
There are so many lawyers, so many lawsuits and so much legal news surrounding President Trump that we decided to call our own lawyer to catch you up.
Scheer Intelligence features thoughtful and provocative conversations with "American Originals" -- people who, through a lifetime of engagement with political issues, offer unique and often surprising perspectives on the day's most important issues.
A commentary on sports.
A collection of the greatest music stories never told. This season the poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib explores a single year: 1980 - the brilliant, awkward and sometimes heartbreaking opening to a monumental decade in popular music.
A recording from KCRW's showcase at Riot, LA's newest comedy festival.
Join me, filmmaker and author Justin Simien, for unfiltered conversations with the film stars, artists and tv creators shaping black, queer and other emerging popular cultures. Be a fly on the wall as me and my guests use a common love language of "shade" to dive deeper than the knee-jerk reactions and the Twitter hot takes. If you're a fan of my film turned hit tv show "Dear White People," you already know I'll be going deep, with wide ranging conversations about race, pop culture, film, tv ...
A weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive live tracks recorded at KCRW, remixes, and an introduction to new artists on our radar.
An immersive series of audio documentaries that focus on the forgotten corners of our minds. Beautiful sounds and stories that explore fear, curiosity and the unknown. Episode topics include crow death rituals, flesh eating beetles, internet...
An examination of medical ethics and the practioners who define them.
The stories shaping California's Central Coast, hosted by Jonathan Bastian.
The week's top stories in LA media, politics and culture.
A monthly reality-check on the issues Americans care about most. Host Warren Olney draws on his decades of experience to explore the people and issues shaping – and disrupting - our world. How did everything change so fast? Where are we headed?...
This season on UnFictional: Stories of fantasy: a childhood dream that becomes a life, impossible goals, underground worlds, adapting to new realities, memories of old friends and relations that become more real than the truth. It’s UnFictional,...
Los Angeles County is spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to combat homelessness. Yet the problem is getting worse. Why? Well, part of the answer is simple: LA's severe shortage of affordable housing. But that's not all there is to it....
KCRW's Guest DJ Project invites an array of cultural luminaries to share and discuss songs that have inspired and moved them with a KCRW DJ.
Fanatic, I hope you’re okay with the new time slot. I reckon if you can listen to the show on Sunday at the old regular time, maybe we get the best of both worlds. We’re stoked to be on Saturday nights and of course, honored to be taking the baton from Jason J-Money Bentley and running it to the finish line at 0000 hrs. Thanks so much for listening…
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LA theater during COVID: Parking lot stages, virtual shows
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The Slauson Rec Theater Company has turned a parking lot into a stage for their latest play, which is inspired by frontline workers and touches upon race and class. The company co-founders hope to build a thriving arts community in South LA. “Bringing a theater here [was] challenging because it's not something that we're used to around the inner-ci…
Afro-Cuban entertainer La Dame Blanche has revealed the 10 songs that make up Ella, her latest album. A celebration of womanhood we turn to “Cogelo Con Calma” or Take It Easy.By KCRW
In striking ways Aaron Sorkin's "The Trial of the Chicago 7 " is a docudrama for our time. It's about the riots that surrounded the 1968 Democratic convention, which took place during the Vietnam war, and the 1969 trial of anti war demonstrators charged with inciting violence in the streets around the convention. But docudramas have their own way o…
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Good Food
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Thriving chain restaurants, World Food Programme, Fuerte Four
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Independent restaurants employ nearly 11 million nationwide, according to the Independent Restaurant Coalition. Big chain restaurants are those thriving during the pandemic.By KCRW
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This town hall ain’t big enough for the two of us
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It was the week of dueling town halls. President Trump did not want to do a virtual debate but he’s trailing in the polls. Did his combative town hall with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie make the case that voters should change their minds and re-elect him? Christine Emba says the more people see of Trump being combative, it helps Biden. Or, as Tim Carney p…
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Second Opinion
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Psychiatric hospitalization as a risk factor for premature death
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We’ve got a broken mental health care system which seems unable to protect many with great needs.By KCRW
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The Business
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Alex Gibney on ‘Agents of Chaos’ and ‘Totally Under Control’
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Alex Gibney ’s documentaries often delve into high-level corruption. He’s out this fall with two projects that focus on the Trump administration.By KCRW
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
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Feinstein and Graham at Senate hearing, Giuliani and Russian disinformation
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The Senate Judiciary Committee wrapped up its hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday. California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein praised Republican Lindsey Graham, chairman of the committee.By KCRW
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Disney reorganizes to focus on streaming. Will investors be happy?
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Amid an industry-wide wave of reorganization, Disney has just announced a restructuring and the creation of a new division for content distribution.By KCRW
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Deep Sea Diver ‘Impossible Weight’ feat. Sharon Van Etten
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Jessica Dobson, aka Deep Sea Diver, has played lead guitar for Beck, The Shins and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, among others. Today, on the release date for her new album we celebrate by sharing the title track “Impossible Weight” featuring Sharon Van Etten.By KCRW
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Scheer Intelligence
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Big Oil weaponized our judicial system against an attorney and the Indigenous people he represented
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The epic battle by Steve Donziger to get Chevron to pay a $9.5 billion judgment he won in 2011 for its “mass industrial poisoning” of Indigenous Amazonian tribes in Ecuador has left him under house arrest for 13 months, disbarred, with a lien on his home, frozen bank accounts, $32 million in legal fees and no way to make a living. The judgment has …
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Census count ends early — implications for California
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The Census count ends midnight Hawaii time. The Supreme Court earlier this week allowed the Trump administration to cut the Census count by about two weeks.By KCRW
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Is Santa Susana a toxic rocket or tribal ceremony site? Depends on who you ask
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For decades, a large area of land west of LA was the testing ground for space exploration, spilling toxic pollutants that still haven’t gotten cleaned up. But long before it was used for rocket tests, native people held winter and summer solstice ceremonies there. A new historic designation could protect cultural heritage sites but further delay cl…
Marilynne Robinson’s “Jack” is a book that Bookworms have been eager to read: the fourth volume of her multi-award-winning Gilead novels.By KCRW
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Rodrigo y Gabriela: ‘Electric Soul’ (Live)
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Mexican monster guitarists Rodrigo y Gabriela are not slowing down. A new double album has been issued chronicling last year’s world tour. “Electric Soul” (Live) is one of those tracks.By KCRW
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On the ballot: Affirmative action and property taxes
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Proposition 16 would overturn California's ban on affirmative action. Proposition 15 would raise taxes on some commercial properties. KCRW hears arguments for and against each ballot measure.By KCRW
The New York Times has continued its series based on nearly two decades of President Trump’s tax records. Late last week, the New York Times traced a $20 million payment that one of Trump’s companies received in 2016 from his joint hotel venture with Las Vegas casino magnate Phil Ruffin. Shortly before that payment, the hotel borrowed $30 million —…
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Kevin de León on his transforming City Hall and LA
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This week, Kevin de León will be sworn in as a new member of the LA City Council. He’ll represent downtown, Boyle Heights, and parts of northeast Los Angeles. He speaks with KCRW about homelessness, cutting through red tape, and the future of police.By KCRW
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Episode 507: The Heart of The Destroyer
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While up in Northern British Columbia, Nic and MK discover that following in Rose Hempel’s footsteps is going to be far more dangerous and challenging than they initially suspected. Plus, a voice from the past is suddenly and surprising connected to a voice in the present. SUPPORT TANIS ON PATREON FOR A WHOLE BUNCH OF EXCLUSIVE BONUS AUDIO AND VISU…
Budos Band continue their cinematic outpour of Afro-psychedelic rock on their sixth studio album “Long In The Tooth.” After 15 years together, you can still hear the joy in their sound as encapsulated on “Gun Metal Grey.”By KCRW
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Don't @ Me with Justin Simien
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The 40 Year-Old Version w/ Radha Blank
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Radha Blank came by for this week’s Don’t @ Me and she did not come to play! I talk to the brilliant writer-director of the Sundance darling “The 40-Year-Old Version.” Beware of gems dropping as Radha gets real about directing herself in her feature debut, commanding respect on set as a Black woman, and the Purple Rain reference in her film you jus…
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Prop 22’s potential effects on rideshare and taxi drivers
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If passed, Proposition 22 would reclassify app-based drivers with companies like Uber, Lyft, Doordash, and Instacart as independent contractors. Rideshare drivers discuss whether they are for or against the measure.By KCRW
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The Treatment
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Gregory Crewdson: ‘An Eclipse of Moths’
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This week on The Treatment, Elvis Mitchell speaks with photographer Gregory Crewdson about his new exhibition of photographs "An Eclipse of Moths" currently at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills. The images depict decaying industrial environments encountering the natural world with figures in minimal, ragged clothing, but they manage to also por…
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How to submit 2020 ballots the right way
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Many Californians are nervous about mail-in voting. How do they know if they signed in the right place, and will their signatures be recognized? What if they spilled coffee on their ballot?By KCRW
The challenges of being unhoused are almost too many to count. They take on a distinct flavor at night.By KCRW, Vanessa Lowe
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Suzanne Santo: ‘Fall For That’ feat. Gary Clark Jr.
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Suzanne Santo, one half of the duo HoneyHoney, turns to the blues as she digs deep to find her own thoughts in this chaotic world. “Fall For That” features the compelling guitarwork of Gary Clark Jr. a perfect match to Santo’s raucous growl.By KCRW
