KCRW Original Shows & Podcasts
Good Food
We’ll feed your belly and your curiosity.
The Sam Sanders Show
Big questions & hot takes on pop culture.
Question Everything
Fight for the truth. New episodes every Thursday.
The Business
Inside Hollywood with all the deals, drama, and decision-makers.
The Treatment
The most interesting and influential figures in entertainment.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Host Madeleine Brand looks at news, culture and emerging trends through the lens of Los Angeles.
KCRW Reports
Original reporting and interviews bring you the stories of LA.
Lost Notes
This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk.
Weekend Film Reviews
The best film reviewers in the business give you recommendations on what to see and what to skip each week.
Bodies
Each episode of this documentary series begins with a medical mystery. Sometimes the sickness is in the body, and sometimes the sickness is in the system. Once you peel back the layers, more questions emerge. Created by Allison Behringer and supported by KCRW.
Life Examined
KCRW's Life Examined is a one-hour weekly show exploring science, philosophy, faith — and finding meaning in the modern world. The show is hosted by Jonathan Bastian. Please tune in Sundays at 9 a.m., or find it as a podcast.
NPR & Other National Programs
Morning Edition
NPR starts your day with news from around the corner and around the globe. With Marketplace Tech at 5:45a PT, The California Report at 6:51a PT and Marketplace Morning Report at 7:51a PT.
All Things Considered
NPR wraps up the day with all the context and original reporting you need.
This American Life
Host Ira Glass delivers true stories that unfold like little movies for radio.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Editor David Remnick with insightful conversations, stories and humor.
Today Explained
Vox takes on one essential news story that defines our moment.
Marketplace
Kai Ryssdal has all the day's business news.
Weekend Edition Saturday
NPR's Scott Simon delivers news, analysis and deep conversations.
Weekend Edition Sunday
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe delivers your Sunday news and conversations.
On the Media
Revealing the deeper truths behind the daily onslaught of information.
BBC World Service
International news, analysis and information.
Music Shows & DJs
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Resident DJ
Thomas Dolby drops original mixes just for KCRW. Every Friday in December.
LUXXURY
LUXXURY mixes dance, rock & post-punk, playing remixes and dubbed out edits of vintage classics, hidden gems of funk, and dusty disco discoveries.
John Tejada
John Tejada crafts seamless journeys through electronic music, blending deep cuts and future sounds to connect the underground's past with its evolving future.
Morning Becomes Eclectic
KCRW’s signature music program — defying format since 1977.
Henry Rollins
A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.
Metropolis
Jason Bentley captures a hypnotic pulse of modern city life.
Anne Litt
New rhythms. Sonic memory lanes. Everything else in between.
Chris Douridas
Genre-defying sounds, from fresh cuts to timeless gems.
Raul Campos
Soulful grooves, fresh remixes, Latin rhythms, and rock.
SiLVA
A dance-forward mix spanning all genres.
Tyler Boudreaux
Part wax. Part digital. Pure heat.
Dan Wilcox
New discoveries, remixes, rarities, b-sides, and classics.
LeRoy Downs
Exploring the multitudes contained within jazz.
Francesca Harding
Music to make you feel.
Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras
A globe-trotting journey through new and classic rhythms.
Nassir Nassirzadeh
Indie found sounds, nostalgic guilty pleasures, and introspective piano solos to help you feel deeply and move freely through life.