KCRW Original Shows & Podcasts
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Good Food
We’ll feed your belly and your curiosity.The Sam Sanders Show
Big questions & hot takes on pop culture.
Question Everything
A weekly investigation into how the truth gets buried, distorted, and denied -- and the ways people are fighting to make it matter again. 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.
Today's Top Tune
A free weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive live tracks recorded at KCRW, remixes, and an introduction to new artists on our radar.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.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
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom will be KCRW's Resident DJs for August 2026.
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A weekly guided journey through what’s next, what’s overlooked, and what’s timeless.Olive Kimoto
Dreaming in stereo, from Earth to ether. Olive Kimoto takes KCRW’s eclectic spirit into the night, moving between somatic rhythms, electronic experimentation, ambient textures, and lush leftfield soundscapes. The show creates a space where physical and ethereal sounds coexist, equally comfortable following a deep pulse or drifting somewhere weightless and unexpected. New discoveries meet music from across scenes and eras in a set built around atmosphere, movement, and surprise. An immersive weekly journey for curious ears. Tune in to Olive’s show Monday nights from 8 to 10pm.LUXXURY
LUXXURY blurs the line between rock and dance music, digging through post-punk, proto-punk, disco, dub, new wave, darkwave, rocksteady, and the stranger corners in between. Producer and songwriter Blake Robin brings a remixer’s ear to each set, pairing genre classics with dubbed-out edits, vintage synth gems, deep cuts, and modern reinterpretations. The show treats musical history as something alive and endlessly rearrangeable, finding grooves across scenes that were never as separate as they seemed. Tune in to LUXXURY Friday nights from 10pm to midnight.John Tejada
John Tejada maps electronic music across time, connecting the underground’s history with the sounds shaping its future. Deep cuts and new releases move through techno, electro, house, ambient, and other corners of electronic music, with each selection building naturally into the next. The show is as much about flow as discovery, tracing the ideas, rhythms, and innovations that continue to push electronic music forward. Expect established innovators alongside emerging producers and overlooked gems from decades past. Tune in to John’s show Tuesday and Sunday nights from 10pm to midnight.
Peanut Butter Wolf
Peanut Butter Wolf goes deep into a lifetime of collecting, pulling from more than 50,000 records alongside a digital archive packed with unreleased music and overlooked discoveries. The founder of Stones Throw Records favors the underdog, moving through hip-hop, funk, soul, electronic music, oddball records, rarities, and sounds that resist easy categorization. Inspired by generations of adventurous DJs and selectors, the show treats digging as an art form and the unexpected find as the ultimate reward. Tune in every third Sunday of the month from 8 to 10pm.
Morning Becomes Eclectic
KCRW’s signature music program and the heart of its eclectic sound, Morning Becomes Eclectic brings together new discoveries, timeless recordings, live performances, and conversations with artists shaping music today. Hosted by Novena Carmel, the show moves freely across genres, eras, and borders with curiosity as its compass, creating unexpected connections between the familiar and the unknown. For nearly five decades, MBE has made discovery part of the daily ritual while keeping its ears firmly tuned to what comes next. Tune in on weekdays from 9am to noon.Today's Top Tune
A free weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive live tracks recorded at KCRW, remixes, and an introduction to new artists on our radar.Henry Rollins
A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time. Henry Rollins treats the radio as a place for serious musical exploration, bringing punk, experimental music, jazz, global sounds, independent releases, archival discoveries, and whatever else demands to be heard into the same restless orbit. The selections can travel across decades and continents in minutes, driven less by genre than an insatiable appetite for records and discovery. It’s radio for listeners willing to follow the music wherever it goes. Tune in Mondays from 10pm to midnight and Fridays from 8 to 10pm.
Jason Bentley's Metropolis
Metropolis captures the hypnotic pulse of modern city life through electronic music built for movement, atmosphere, and late-night discovery. Jason Bentley connects current releases with foundational tracks, remixes, underground club sounds, and artists continually reshaping the possibilities of dance music. House, techno, electronic pop, and leftfield productions move together in a fluid weekly journey that reflects both the history and the evolving future of the dance floor. Sophisticated, immersive, and always looking ahead. Tune in to Metropolis Saturday nights from 8 to 10pm.
Anne Litt
New rhythms, sonic memory lanes and everything else in between. Anne Litt brings KCRW’s eclectic sound into the weekend with a mix that connects emerging artists, enduring favorites, and songs whose influence continues to reverberate. New music sits alongside post-punk, indie, soul, electronic sounds, and unexpected excursions through the past, always with discovery at the center. The show makes room for both recognition and surprise, tracing the connections between what shaped our ears and what might shape them next. Tune in to Anne’s show Saturdays from noon to 3pm.
Chris Douridas
Genre-defying sounds, from fresh cuts to timeless gems. Chris Douridas brings a deep sense of discovery to KCRW’s eclectic tradition, moving effortlessly between emerging artists, overlooked recordings, global sounds, and enduring songs from across the decades. Each set is built around connections rather than categories, allowing an unfamiliar new release to sit naturally beside a record with history. The result is a wide-ranging Sunday soundtrack shaped by curiosity and a belief that the next favorite song can come from anywhere. Tune in to Chris’s show Sundays from noon to 3pm.
Raul Campos
Soulful grooves, fresh remixes, Latin rhythms, and rock come together in Raul Campos’ distinctly Los Angeles expression of KCRW’s eclectic sound. The show moves naturally between new music and classics, connecting electronic beats, house, soul, alternative sounds, and music from across Latin America and beyond. Rooted in the cultural mix of LA while keeping an ear on the wider world, Raul’s sets are built around rhythm, discovery, and unexpected connections. Familiar favorites meet sounds you may be hearing for the first time. Tune in Saturdays and Sundays from 3 to 6pm.
SiLVA
A dance-forward mix that moves freely between house, disco, boogie, electronic music, global club sounds, and plenty in between. SiLVA’s sets are built for Saturday night, mixing new tracks, classics, edits, and deep cuts without getting boxed into one genre. The emphasis is on movement, surprise, and keeping the energy alive from one record to the next. Tune in to SiLVA Saturday evenings from 6 to 8pm.Tyler "Boogie" Boudreaux
Part wax, part digital, pure heat. Tyler “Boogie” Boudreaux channels KCRW’s eclectic sound through a kaleidoscope of psych, garage rock, soul, funk, indie, and whatever else keeps the room moving. Vintage records collide with new releases, while techno, post-punk, trip-hop, darkwave, and unexpected detours keep the boundaries loose. The common thread is energy, groove, and discovery, with one foot in the crates and the other firmly planted in what’s happening now. Tune in to Tyler’s show Thursday nights from 8 to 10pm.
LeRoy Downs
Jazz has never stood still, and neither does LeRoy Downs. Each Sunday night, the show explores the multitudes contained within jazz, moving from its history into the music’s constantly evolving present. Contemporary players meet foundational voices, while hip-hop, experimental music, spiritual jazz, global traditions, and the avant-garde reveal the genre’s many points of connection. LeRoy brings context and curiosity to every set, presenting jazz not as a museum piece but as an active, expanding language with countless stories still being written. Tune in Sunday nights from 10pm to midnight.
Francesca Harding
Music to make you feel. Francesca Harding explores the emotional side of KCRW’s eclectic sound, moving freely between global rhythms, electronic music, soul, indie, rock, and unexpected discoveries from across eras. Her sets favor feeling over genre, allowing Soul, Funk and R&B move into electronic music, or a familiar classic, to take on a completely new context. The result is a warm, adventurous mix built around mood, connection, and surprise. Tune in to Francesca’s show Tuesday nights from 8 to 10pm.Wyldeflower
Music to lift your spirits. Wyldeflower brings a global perspective to KCRW’s eclectic sound, connecting new discoveries with classic rhythms from across continents, generations, and musical traditions. Soul, funk, jazz, hip-hop, global grooves, and unexpected selections come together in sets driven by warmth, movement, and curiosity. Rather than treating musical worlds as separate, the show finds the threads connecting them, creating a journey that feels expansive yet deeply rooted in rhythm. Two hours of music made for open ears and open minds. Tune in Wednesday nights from 8 to 10pm.Tana Yonas
Every month, Tana Yonas explores captivating music from across the globe. From ultra-niche discoveries to influential movements ripe for rediscovery, sharing the stories, cultures, and histories that bring the world's sounds to life.








































