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KCRW’s Global Beat is a series highlighting emerging artists from around the world.

KCRW’s Global Beat is a series highlighting emerging artists from around the world. Our journey began in Australia with KCRW DJ Raul Campos in conversation with Australian music curator Andrew Khedoori .

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The slow return of performing arts is threatening the existence of some small theaters in the North Hollywood Arts District.

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‘Macbeth’ actors build intimacy with audience in Griffith Park

As part of The Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, Angelenos can watch “Macbeth” every Wednesday to Sunday at 7 p.m. through September 4.

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

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 Unbelievably true stories of chance encounters that changed the world. A pair of mail-order shoes that led to the film The Outsiders. A secret road to a California paradise.

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 Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly civilized yet provocative confrontation over politics, policy and pop culture.

Left, Right & Center

Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly civilized yet provocative confrontation over politics, policy and pop culture.

 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.

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FREAKS ONLY

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

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Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. I’m in the middle of a lot of things, so this will have to be brief. Sorry!

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 RIP McPlant. Impossible for fake meat to succeed at fast food chains?

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A new form of physical therapy for long COVID patients involves singing lullabies, pop songs, and spirituals, while using opera techniques to rebuild their breath capacity and vocal…

Opera to treat long COVID: Mindfulness, breath exercises help heal trauma

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The new LAUSD term begins on August 15 — with eased COVID rules. Wearing masks is now optional, and weekly universal testing will no longer happen.

LAUSD enters year 3 of COVID. Masks are optional, mental health struggles remain

The new LAUSD term begins on August 15 — with eased COVID rules. Wearing masks is now optional, and weekly universal testing will no longer happen.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for August 11, 2022.

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for August 11, 2022

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for August 11, 2022.

from David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report

UK producer Lil Silva shares the spotlight with BADBADNOTGOOD on “To The Floor,” creating a seismic shift in dance music for your Thursday morning.

Lil Silva: ‘To The Floor’ (Feat. BADBADNOTGOOD)

UK producer Lil Silva shares the spotlight with BADBADNOTGOOD on “To The Floor,” creating a seismic shift in dance music for your Thursday morning.

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A soulful rhythmic journey through time and space... sonic love notes from cities to mountain tops, to the heart of the tropics and into the cosmos.

Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras' playlist, August 10, 2022

A soulful rhythmic journey through time and space... sonic love notes from cities to mountain tops, to the heart of the tropics and into the cosmos.

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New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm.

Travis Holcombe's playlist, August 10, 2022

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm.

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McDonald’s has removed a Beyond Meat burger after a six-month trial run due to lackluster sales. Why are fast food chains struggling to make plant-based options work?

RIP McPlant. Impossible for fake meat to succeed at fast food chains?

McDonald’s has removed a Beyond Meat burger after a six-month trial run due to lackluster sales. Why are fast food chains struggling to make plant-based options work?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The LA City Council voted 11-3 on Tuesday to ban people from sitting, sleeping, lying on, or storing property within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.

On managing homelessness, Angelenos are angry for different reasons

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from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for August 10, 2022.

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for August 10, 2022

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for August 10, 2022.

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KCRW recently premiered Little Dragon’s blissed out remix of OLAN’s “Wake and Return” on Morning Becomes Eclectic.

OLAN: ‘Wake and Return’ (Little Dragon Remix)

KCRW recently premiered Little Dragon’s blissed out remix of OLAN’s “Wake and Return” on Morning Becomes Eclectic.

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Music to make you feel.

Francesca Harding's playlist, August 9, 2022

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New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm.

Travis Holcombe's playlist, August 9, 2022

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm.

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LA’s recently expanded “anti-camping” law will have a disproportionate impact on Black Angelenos, who make up nearly 45% of the city’s unhoused residents.

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LA’s recently expanded “anti-camping” law will have a disproportionate impact on Black Angelenos, who make up nearly 45% of the city’s unhoused residents.

from Greater LA

Fingerboards, the palm-sized skateboards you steer with your fingers, are tokens of 1990s nostalgia that’s gaining interest among a new generation of riders.

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Fingerboards, the palm-sized skateboards you steer with your fingers, are tokens of 1990s nostalgia that’s gaining interest among a new generation of riders.

from Greater LA

The Echo Park Trash Club gathers a few times a month to help keep LA streets clean. They also serve homeless encampments, where they’ve had to spend time building trust with residents.

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The Echo Park Trash Club gathers a few times a month to help keep LA streets clean. They also serve homeless encampments, where they’ve had to spend time building trust with residents.

from Greater LA

Over the last few weeks, shootings in New Mexico have killed Muslim men of South Asian descent, and Albuquerque police say they’ve detained a primary suspect.

New Mexico’s Muslim community on alert after series of shootings

Over the last few weeks, shootings in New Mexico have killed Muslim men of South Asian descent, and Albuquerque police say they’ve detained a primary suspect.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Republican mayors of Arizona and Texas have sent more than 6,000 migrants to New York and D.C., saying they can get help in the U.S.’ top “sanctuary cities.”

East Coast mayors scramble to help migrants being sent from TX and AZ

The Republican mayors of Arizona and Texas have sent more than 6,000 migrants to New York and D.C., saying they can get help in the U.S.’ top “sanctuary cities.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

KCRW previews fall TV: “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” “Interview with The Vampire,” the “Quantum Leap” reboot, “Monarch,” and more.

Susan Sarandon can propel ‘Monarch’ through 3 seasons, says critic

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from Press Play with Madeleine Brand