KCRW

On Air | Now Playing

Left, Right & Center

Upcoming Event

KCRW Masquerade
Oct 25

Events

KCRW Masquerade

The Mayan

All Events
SoCal native and “Diva Of The People” Gavin Turek brings heavy disco to KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio via cuts like “WHITNEY,” “IOU,” and “Off The Wheel.”

SoCal native and “Diva Of The People” Gavin Turek brings heavy disco to KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio via cuts like “WHITNEY,” “IOU,” and “Off The Wheel.”

from Live From

Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’ will hit theaters pre-election — here’s how

“The Apprentice” screenwriter Gabriel Sherman and distributor Tom Ortenberg share the risky process of bringing their Donald Trump biopic to theaters ahead of the 2024 election.

MSNBC will share the Errol Morris’ immigration doc ‘Separated’… after the election

“Separated,” Errol Morris’ immigration documentary, is coming to MSNBC… But its release was delayed until after the election. Plus, the many trials of “Joker: Folie à Deux.”

Welcome to a coffee shop/wine bar that feels like an adult pillow fort

LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison finds a magical and civilized weeknight wine bar on Melrose.

This chocolate bar is an edible civics lesson in political inequality

Ben Blount and Bryan Kett created a chocolate bar to explain why our congressional districts have such weird shapes (hint: gerrymandering).

Featured Shows

All Shows >
KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

Morning Becomes Eclectic

KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

 KCRW’s acclaimed music documentary podcast, Lost Notes, is back for its fourth season!

Lost Notes

KCRW’s acclaimed music documentary podcast, Lost Notes, is back for its fourth season!

 Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly politics show where we take on the tough, divisive issues you’re afraid to talk about with your own family.

Left, Right & Center

Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly politics show where we take on the tough, divisive issues you’re afraid to talk about with your own family.

 Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

How’s Your Sex Life?

Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

Latest DJ Shows

Morning Becomes Eclectic

KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

Oct. 11 2 hr, 50 min

Tyler Boudreaux

A balanced diet of indie grooves, modern psych, alternative R&B and straight up rock and roll.

Oct. 10 2 hr, 1 min

FREAKS ONLY

Future beats and a mind-melting mix of fuzz, bass, and funk. Served fresh every weeknight.

Oct. 10 1 hr, 59 min

Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras

Music to lift your spirits. An expansive sonic journey featuring new and classic rhythms from all over the globe.

Oct. 09 1 hr, 59 min

Francesca Harding

Music to make you feel.

Oct. 08 2 hr

All DJ shows

Live Playlist

Full playlist

Upcoming Events

Hans Zimmer
Oct 11

Events

Hans Zimmer

Crypto.com Arena

Cigarettes After Sex
Oct 11

Live Nation

Cigarettes After Sex

The Kia Forum

All events

Los Angeles

 At LaSorted's, Tommy Brockert dishes up LA-style pizza a homerun's distance from Dodger Stadium

At LaSorted's, Tommy Brockert dishes up LA-style pizza a homerun's distance from Dodger Stadium

 Good Food

If Dodgers don’t win tonight against Padres, they’re done for the season

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Latino voters could gain political power in LA by 2026 election

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Food & Drink

 Welcome to a coffee shop/wine bar that feels like an adult pillow fort

Welcome to a coffee shop/wine bar that feels like an adult pillow fort

 Good Food

This chocolate bar is an edible civics lesson in political inequality

 Good Food

Gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, or vegan baking? Not a problem for chemist Kat Cermelj

 Good Food

Politics

 Gerrymandering is terrible but this chocolate bar is delicious

Gerrymandering is terrible but this chocolate bar is delicious

 Good Food

Should we re-frame our idea of ‘working class’ voters?

 Left, Right & Center

Harris and Trump tackle hurricanes and swing states

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Best New Music

 Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: October 11, 2024

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: October 11, 2024

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Today’s Top Tune: Yola - ‘Future Enemies’

 Today's Top Tune

Tyler Boudreaux's playlist, October 10, 2024

 Tyler Boudreaux

Arts

 Gavin Turek brings heavy disco (boots and all) to KCRW

Gavin Turek brings heavy disco (boots and all) to KCRW

 Live From

Weekend film reviews: ‘Piece by Piece,’ ‘The Apprentice’

 Weekend Film Reviews

Brian Jordan Alvarez schools us on his zeitgeisty TV series ‘English Teacher’

 The Treatment

Entertainment

 Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’ will hit theaters pre-election — here’s how

Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’ will hit theaters pre-election — here’s how

 The Business

MSNBC will share the Errol Morris’ immigration doc ‘Separated’… after the election

 The Business

Monét X Change: Drag, Politics, and Opera

 The Sam Sanders Show

This Week on KCRW

Chemist and baker Kat Cermelj conquers recipes without gluten, dairy, or eggs in "The Elements of Baking."

Gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, or vegan baking? Not a problem for chemist Kat Cermelj

Chemist and baker Kat Cermelj conquers recipes without gluten, dairy, or eggs in "The Elements of Baking."

from Good Food

Lola Milholland discusses how community living can help us develop life skills and flex our generosity muscle.

Group living is a recipe for generosity and gratitude, says Lola Milholland

Lola Milholland discusses how community living can help us develop life skills and flex our generosity muscle.

from Good Food

Tommy Brockert started making pizza as a way to bring people together during the pandemic. Now, he has two LaSorted's locations.

At LaSorted's, Tommy Brockert dishes up LA-style pizza a homerun's distance from Dodger Stadium

Tommy Brockert started making pizza as a way to bring people together during the pandemic. Now, he has two LaSorted's locations.

from Good Food

Left, Right and Center host David Greene discusses how gerrymandering impacts our elections.

Gerrymandering is terrible but this chocolate bar is delicious

Left, Right and Center host David Greene discusses how gerrymandering impacts our elections.

from Good Food

The RuPaul’s Drag Race alum, opera singer, and co-host of Sibling Rivalry on her journey from church kid to drag queen and how it still influences her work.

Monét X Change: Drag, Politics, and Opera

The RuPaul’s Drag Race alum, opera singer, and co-host of Sibling Rivalry on her journey from church kid to drag queen and how it still influences her work.

from The Sam Sanders Show

“Brand New,” the latest single from The Blessed Madonna will make you dance so hard you forget how to (over)think.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: October 11, 2024

“Brand New,” the latest single from The Blessed Madonna will make you dance so hard you forget how to (over)think.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

The latest movie releases include Piece by Piece, The Apprentice, We Live in Time, and The Last of the Sea Women.

Weekend film reviews: ‘Piece by Piece,’ ‘The Apprentice’

The latest movie releases include Piece by Piece, The Apprentice, We Live in Time, and The Last of the Sea Women.

from Weekend Film Reviews

Does “working class” mean what it used to? Is fracking getting more attention than it deserves? Plus, KCRW examines what came out of one culture war in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Should we re-frame our idea of ‘working class’ voters?

Does “working class” mean what it used to? Is fracking getting more attention than it deserves? Plus, KCRW examines what came out of one culture war in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

from Left, Right & Center

Let’s get right to Yola telling us about her new recording in her own words:

Today’s Top Tune: Yola - ‘Future Enemies’

Let’s get right to Yola telling us about her new recording in her own words:

from Today's Top Tune

A balanced diet of indie grooves, modern psych, alternative R&B and straight up rock and roll.

Tyler Boudreaux's playlist, October 10, 2024

A balanced diet of indie grooves, modern psych, alternative R&B and straight up rock and roll.

from Tyler Boudreaux

“Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat” by Charli XCX is out — “brat summer” never ended, we live here now.

FREAKS ONLY playlist: Oct 10, 2024

“Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat” by Charli XCX is out — “brat summer” never ended, we live here now.

from FREAKS ONLY

Critics review the latest film releases: “Piece by Piece,” “The Apprentice,” “We Live in Time,” and “The Last of the Sea Women.”

Weekend film reviews: ‘Piece by Piece,’ ‘The Apprentice’

Critics review the latest film releases: “Piece by Piece,” “The Apprentice,” “We Live in Time,” and “The Last of the Sea Women.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

After back-to-back major hurricanes hit the Southeast U.S. in two weeks, can FEMA and other federal agencies handle the response?

Hurricanes Milton and Helene are stretching aid to the breaking point

After back-to-back major hurricanes hit the Southeast U.S. in two weeks, can FEMA and other federal agencies handle the response?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

This pasta dish is particularly delicious with a transparent sauce of clam juices, white wine, garlic, red chile, and lemon.

Linguine with (double) clam sauce: A recipe to impress dinner guests

This pasta dish is particularly delicious with a transparent sauce of clam juices, white wine, garlic, red chile, and lemon.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

KCRW looks at how Hurricanes Helene and Milton have affected the political fortunes of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and what the latest polls and focus groups are saying about the…

Harris and Trump tackle hurricanes and swing states

KCRW looks at how Hurricanes Helene and Milton have affected the political fortunes of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and what the latest polls and focus groups are saying about the…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

KCRW's signature music program features new releases, live performances, and artist interviews hosted by Novena Carmel.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: October 10, 2024

KCRW's signature music program features new releases, live performances, and artist interviews hosted by Novena Carmel.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Fresh from a headlining set at NorCal fest Portola, and SoCal’s CRSSD Festival earlier this summer, Four Tet shares his latest collaboration with the help of Ellie Goulding — “In My…

Today’s Top Tune: Four Tet & Ellie Goulding – ‘In My Dreams’

Fresh from a headlining set at NorCal fest Portola, and SoCal’s CRSSD Festival earlier this summer, Four Tet shares his latest collaboration with the help of Ellie Goulding — “In My…

from Today's Top Tune

A married couple finds themselves fighting miserably over the news.

4: Can Journalism Save a Marriage?

A married couple finds themselves fighting miserably over the news.

from Question Everything