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Dozens of Southland parks will host snow events each Friday and Saturday for the next three weeks.

Dozens of Southland parks will host snow events each Friday and Saturday for the next three weeks.

from KCRW Features

‘Torn’: Son learns to process trauma by making a film about his mountaineer dad who died in Himalayas

“When his body was discovered and our family made the decision to go back to Tibet together to recover his remains and put him to rest, it brought all that [trauma] back to the surface…

Climate change is shifting who’s in your neighborhood. What does it mean for CA’s future?

Around 150 million people around the world could be forced to move because of climate change within the next few decades, according to the World Bank.

Eclectic 24

KCRW's all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all KCRW's DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day.

SiLVA's playlist, December 3, 2021

House, disco, trip hop, oldies and all of the deep cuts in between.

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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.

 In a political media landscape dominated by white men, “Our Body Politic” will be a source of news by and for Black women and women of color.

Our Body Politic

In a political media landscape dominated by white men, “Our Body Politic” will be a source of news by and for Black women and women of color.

 Each week, Sam Sanders interviews people in the culture who deserve your attention. Plus weekly wraps of the news with other journalists.

It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders

Each week, Sam Sanders interviews people in the culture who deserve your attention. Plus weekly wraps of the news with other journalists.

 Henry Rollins hosts a mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.

Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins hosts a mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.

Popular

My dream of being a DJ came true! KCRW is giving me my very own radio show! It’ll be one awesome hour of crazy-good FUN!!

from Music Special Programming

One woman says she spent approximately $19,000 to travel from Colorado with her teenage daughter to watch BTS live.

from KCRW Features

In 1991, actor Steve Martin wrote and starred in “LA Story,” a satirical romantic comedy in which a wacky weatherman tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter struggling…

from Greater LA

While the world convenes in Miami for this year's Art Basel, we'll convene with some cuts from the golden era of Miami soul music.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Los Angeles

 Snow in SoCal: Forecast calls for making snow angels plus arts and crafts at LA parks

Snow in SoCal: Forecast calls for making snow angels plus arts and crafts at LA parks

 KCRW Features

From 6 loaves to a storefront: Gusto Bakery is ‘In the Weeds’

 Good Food

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for today December 3, 2021

 David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report

Food & Drink

 Reflecting on the immigrant women who shaped how America eats

Reflecting on the immigrant women who shaped how America eats

 Good Food

Jammy and honey sweet: Persimmons 101

 Good Food

On your mark, get ‘Set!’: Competitive tablescaping is focus of new film

 Good Food

Politics

 Climate change is shifting who’s in your neighborhood. What does it mean for CA’s future?

Climate change is shifting who’s in your neighborhood. What does it mean for CA’s future?

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Moving towards a playbook for new covid variants

 Left, Right & Center

It’s time to free Leonard Peltier, America’s longest serving political Prisoner

 Scheer Intelligence

Best New Music

 Eclectic 24

Eclectic 24

 Eclectic 24

SiLVA's playlist, December 3, 2021

 SiLVA

Travis Holcombe's playlist, December 3, 2021

 FREAKS ONLY

Arts

 CNN suspends Chris Cuomo, Disney names a new board chair

CNN suspends Chris Cuomo, Disney names a new board chair

 The Business

Louise Erdrich: “The Sentence”

 Bookworm

Why actor Steve Martin hasn’t watched ‘LA Story’ in 30 years

 Greater LA

Entertainment

 ‘Torn’: Son learns to process trauma by making a film about his mountaineer dad who died in Himalayas

‘Torn’: Son learns to process trauma by making a film about his mountaineer dad who died in Himalayas

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Mysterious ways and a crazy idea

 Film Reviews

HBO Max is ‘one of the great branding disasters of all time,’ says author James Andrew Miller

 The Business

This Week on KCRW

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

Travis Holcombe's playlist, December 3, 2021

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

from FREAKS ONLY

Paolo Sorrentino's "The Hand of God" is much less serious than it sounds, though far from frivolous.

Mysterious ways and a crazy idea

Paolo Sorrentino's "The Hand of God" is much less serious than it sounds, though far from frivolous.

from Film Reviews

Mayukh Sen explores the histories of women who moved to America and made their mark by paying homage to their homeland cuisine and culture, but who were often obscured.

Reflecting on the immigrant women who shaped how America eats

Mayukh Sen explores the histories of women who moved to America and made their mark by paying homage to their homeland cuisine and culture, but who were often obscured.

from Good Food

Laura Ramirez of JJ’s Lone Daughter Ranch returns to the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market after her annual hiatus with a crop of persimmons.

Jammy and honey sweet: Persimmons 101

Laura Ramirez of JJ’s Lone Daughter Ranch returns to the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market after her annual hiatus with a crop of persimmons.

from Good Food

While looking for shade and a place to set his cold beer at the Orange County Fair, filmmaker Scott Gawlik discovered the art of tablescaping by fluke.

On your mark, get ‘Set!’: Competitive tablescaping is focus of new film

While looking for shade and a place to set his cold beer at the Orange County Fair, filmmaker Scott Gawlik discovered the art of tablescaping by fluke.

from Good Food

Bread, seemingly so simple, has a way of capturing our imagination. Just four ingredients — flour, water, salt and yeast — perform differently in the hands of each baker.

From 6 loaves to a storefront: Gusto Bakery is ‘In the Weeds’

Bread, seemingly so simple, has a way of capturing our imagination. Just four ingredients — flour, water, salt and yeast — perform differently in the hands of each baker.

from Good Food

Everyone has that one shelf in the pantry with a can, jar, bag, or box of a bygone era. Perhaps last year many reconnected with forgotten ingredients stashed away.

Resurrecting forgotten ingredients in the back of the pantry

Everyone has that one shelf in the pantry with a can, jar, bag, or box of a bygone era. Perhaps last year many reconnected with forgotten ingredients stashed away.

from Good Food

There are more techniques to preserving than just canning.

Preserving the holidays and the gift of dehydration

There are more techniques to preserving than just canning.

from Good Food

KCRW continues its conversation with James Andrew Miller, author of ‘“Tinderbox,” a new oral history of HBO.

HBO Max is ‘one of the great branding disasters of all time,’ says author James Andrew Miller

KCRW continues its conversation with James Andrew Miller, author of ‘“Tinderbox,” a new oral history of HBO.

from The Business

CNN suspended cable news host Chris Cuomo after new revelations detailed the extent of his efforts to help his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, fend off allegations of…

CNN suspends Chris Cuomo, Disney names a new board chair

CNN suspended cable news host Chris Cuomo after new revelations detailed the extent of his efforts to help his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, fend off allegations of…

from The Business

Josh, Liz and Ross talk about the omicron variant, vaccine fatigue and how we can get to a normal that makes sense.

Moving towards a playbook for new covid variants

Josh, Liz and Ross talk about the omicron variant, vaccine fatigue and how we can get to a normal that makes sense.

from Left, Right & Center

Clear yourself from the week’s fog with a selection of fresh cuts, cozy classics, and future-forward gems courtesy of Novena Carmel and Anthony Valadez.

MBE Dec. 3: Get warmed up for the weekend

Clear yourself from the week’s fog with a selection of fresh cuts, cozy classics, and future-forward gems courtesy of Novena Carmel and Anthony Valadez.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for today December 3, 2021.

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for today December 3, 2021

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for today December 3, 2021.

from David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report

We are looking forward to February, when Beach House will issue their eighth studio album.

Beach House: ‘Once Twice Melody’

We are looking forward to February, when Beach House will issue their eighth studio album.

from Today's Top Tune

The Native American activist’s attorney Kevin Sharp tells Robert Scheer why Peltier’s imprisonment is one of the worst miscarriages of justice this country has ever seen.

It’s time to free Leonard Peltier, America’s longest serving political Prisoner

The Native American activist’s attorney Kevin Sharp tells Robert Scheer why Peltier’s imprisonment is one of the worst miscarriages of justice this country has ever seen.

from Scheer Intelligence

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

Tyler Boudreaux's playlist, December 2, 2021

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

from Tyler Boudreaux

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, December 2, 2021

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.

from Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras

After sitting empty for a year and a half, The Paramount in Boyle Heights is open to live music once more, and KCRW DJ José Galván has been tapped to curate its upcoming shows.

KCRW DJ José Galván tapped to book live shows at The Paramount in Boyle Heights

After sitting empty for a year and a half, The Paramount in Boyle Heights is open to live music once more, and KCRW DJ José Galván has been tapped to curate its upcoming shows.

from Greater LA