KCRW

On Air | Now Playing

Eclectic 24

Upcoming Event

KCRW Partner Screening: ‘The Mortician’
May 30

KCRW, Vidiots, and HBO

KCRW Partner Screening: ‘The Mortician’

Vidiots

All Events
Fire clean up is hazardous work, and a new survey of workers in the Altadena shows a large gap in worker safety.

Fire clean up is hazardous work, and a new survey of workers in the Altadena shows a large gap in worker safety.

from KCRW Features

If you’re looking for variety on your Memorial Day grill, artisanal sausages are the way to go

From linguiça and chorizo to bratwurst and merguez, where to find some of the best sausages in LA.

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, May 23, 2025

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

KCRW Partner Screening: 'SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night'

Sponsored Content
KCRW, Vidiots, and Peacock invite you to a special screening of SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, followed by a conversation with Executive Producer Morgan Neville and Director Marshall…

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.

 It’s about the things we obsess over in our free time: TV and movies, music and celebrities, Internet and memes, and the people who make it. No topic is too big or small.

The Sam Sanders Show

It’s about the things we obsess over in our free time: TV and movies, music and celebrities, Internet and memes, and the people who make it. No topic is too big or small.

 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.

 Reporter Brian Reed re-examines everything about journalism, the profession he thought he knew. In the middle of making his second hit podcast, Brian got sued. Accused.

Question Everything

Reporter Brian Reed re-examines everything about journalism, the profession he thought he knew. In the middle of making his second hit podcast, Brian got sued. Accused.

Latest DJ Shows

Morning Becomes Eclectic

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

May. 23 2 hr, 49 min

Tyler Boudreaux

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

May. 22 2 hr

Nassir Nassirzadeh

Indie found sounds, nostalgic guilty pleasures, and introspective piano solos to help you feel deeply and move freely through life.

May. 22 1 hr, 57 min

Francesca Harding

Music to make you feel.

May. 20 2 hr

FREAKS ONLY

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

May. 20 1 hr, 58 min

All DJ shows

Live Playlist

Full playlist

Upcoming Events

Topanga Days Music Festival
May 24

Topanga Community Center

Topanga Days Music Festival

Topanga Community Center

Lee Fields
May 24

Daptone and Penrose Presents

Lee Fields

Farm House Collective

All events

Los Angeles

 Some workers lack protection from toxins as Eaton Fire cleanup continues

Some workers lack protection from toxins as Eaton Fire cleanup continues

 KCRW Features

Palisades High prom offers night to celebrate after the fire

 KCRW Features

Mayor Bass pushes to bring Hollywood back to Hollywood

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Food & Drink

 If you’re looking for variety on your Memorial Day grill, artisanal sausages are the way to go

If you’re looking for variety on your Memorial Day grill, artisanal sausages are the way to go

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How a medieval alchemist, trade routes, and Catherine de Medici brought liqueur to the liquor cabinet

 Good Food

How Pappy Van Winkle helped turn vintage booze collecting into a sport

 Good Food

Politics

 Media companies move to appease the administration

Media companies move to appease the administration

 The Business

Is Trump benefitting from a lack of trust in politicians?

 Left, Right & Center

Schiff: Senate rollback of California’s ban on gas-powered cars will ‘make America hazy again’

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Best New Music

 Eclectic 24

Eclectic 24

 Eclectic 24

SiLVA's playlist, May 23, 2025

 SiLVA

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: May 23, 2025

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Arts

 Native artist brings Biennale show to The Broad

Native artist brings Biennale show to The Broad

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Yukimi: KCRW Live from HQ

 Live From

How Thomas Kinkade became the ‘painter of light.”

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Entertainment

 Matt Wolf on ‘barbed exchanges’ with Paul Reubens being essential to ‘Pee-wee as Himself’

Matt Wolf on ‘barbed exchanges’ with Paul Reubens being essential to ‘Pee-wee as Himself’

 The Business

How Old Hollywood made cocktails look cool

 Good Food

Latest ‘Mission Impossible’ not so accomplished, ‘Fountain of Youth’ sags

 Weekend Film Reviews

This Week on KCRW

Documentarian Matt Wolf tells us about the prickly-yet-extensive interview process with late actor Paul Reubens for the HBO series, “Pee-wee as Himself.”

Matt Wolf on ‘barbed exchanges’ with Paul Reubens being essential to ‘Pee-wee as Himself’

Documentarian Matt Wolf tells us about the prickly-yet-extensive interview process with late actor Paul Reubens for the HBO series, “Pee-wee as Himself.”

from The Business

Stories of media organizations seeking to make nice with the current U.S. president abound… even as another high profile resignation results from these efforts.

Media companies move to appease the administration

Stories of media organizations seeking to make nice with the current U.S. president abound… even as another high profile resignation results from these efforts.

from The Business

Lesley Jacobs Solmonson explains how liqueurs went from the hands of the apothecary to those of the mixologist.

How a medieval alchemist, trade routes, and Catherine de Medici brought liqueur to the liquor cabinet

Lesley Jacobs Solmonson explains how liqueurs went from the hands of the apothecary to those of the mixologist.

from Good Food

From Prohibition bourbon to dolce vita amaro, journalist Aaron Goldfarb follows collectors hunting for vintage spirits.

How Pappy Van Winkle helped turn vintage booze collecting into a sport

From Prohibition bourbon to dolce vita amaro, journalist Aaron Goldfarb follows collectors hunting for vintage spirits.

from Good Food

Evan Rail plays detective, looking back on an absinthe enthusiast who became a con artist.

How did an absinthe conman get away with a massive fraud?

Evan Rail plays detective, looking back on an absinthe enthusiast who became a con artist.

from Good Food

Historian Hadley Meares looks at how Hollywood sips cocktails on the big screen and explains why the French 75 in "Casablanca" has a secret meaning.

How Old Hollywood made cocktails look cool

Historian Hadley Meares looks at how Hollywood sips cocktails on the big screen and explains why the French 75 in "Casablanca" has a secret meaning.

from Good Food

Sociologist Nicola Nice takes a look at how women brought the cocktail home.

From pre-Civil War Virginia to 'Mad Men,' women guided the modern cocktail craze

Sociologist Nicola Nice takes a look at how women brought the cocktail home.

from Good Food

KCRW's signature music program, Morning Becomes Eclectic, is hosted by Novena Carmel and features a thoughtfully curated mix of new releases, timeless classics, offbeat gems, live…

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: May 23, 2025

KCRW's signature music program, Morning Becomes Eclectic, is hosted by Novena Carmel and features a thoughtfully curated mix of new releases, timeless classics, offbeat gems, live…

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

President Trump invites a few high rolling guests to dinner. Will there be political costs for Trump’s handling of Ukraine? Plus, should we regulate temptation?

Is Trump benefitting from a lack of trust in politicians?

President Trump invites a few high rolling guests to dinner. Will there be political costs for Trump’s handling of Ukraine? Plus, should we regulate temptation?

from Left, Right & Center

Alabama-based Lamont Landers funnels himself into his songs, infusing each note with raw power and grit.

Today’s Top Tune: Lamont Landers – ‘Lotta Love’

Alabama-based Lamont Landers funnels himself into his songs, infusing each note with raw power and grit.

from Today's Top Tune

Critics review the latest film releases: “Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning,” “Sister Midnight,” “Fountain of Youth,” and “Jane Austin Wrecked My Life.”

Latest ‘Mission Impossible’ not so accomplished, ‘Fountain of Youth’ sags

Critics review the latest film releases: “Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning,” “Sister Midnight,” “Fountain of Youth,” and “Jane Austin Wrecked My Life.”

from Weekend Film Reviews

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

Tyler Boudreaux's playlist, May 22, 2025

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

from Tyler Boudreaux

Indie found sounds, nostalgic guilty pleasures, and introspective piano solos to help you feel deeply and move freely through life.

Nassir Nassirzadeh's playlist, May 22, 2025

Indie found sounds, nostalgic guilty pleasures, and introspective piano solos to help you feel deeply and move freely through life.

from Nassir Nassirzadeh

Lorde’s full-throated, sonic return, S.G. Goodman spinning a poetic, indie rock yarn, and a whole lot more await ya.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Lorde, S.G. Goodman, MonoNeon

Lorde’s full-throated, sonic return, S.G. Goodman spinning a poetic, indie rock yarn, and a whole lot more await ya.

from Music News

Earlier today the U.S. Senate voted to block California’s plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles by 2035. State attorney general Rob Bonta plans to sue over how that happened.

Schiff: Senate rollback of California’s ban on gas-powered cars will ‘make America hazy again’

Earlier today the U.S. Senate voted to block California’s plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles by 2035. State attorney general Rob Bonta plans to sue over how that happened.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Critics review the latest film releases: “Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning,” “Sister Midnight,” “Fountain of Youth,” and “Jane Austin Wrecked My Life.”

Latest ‘Mission Impossible’ not so accomplished, ‘Fountain of Youth’ sags

Critics review the latest film releases: “Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning,” “Sister Midnight,” “Fountain of Youth,” and “Jane Austin Wrecked My Life.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

KCRW's signature music program, Morning Becomes Eclectic, is hosted by Novena Carmel and features a thoughtfully curated mix of new releases, timeless classics, offbeat gems, live…

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: May 22, 2025

KCRW's signature music program, Morning Becomes Eclectic, is hosted by Novena Carmel and features a thoughtfully curated mix of new releases, timeless classics, offbeat gems, live…

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

You probably recognize MRCY ’s “Wandering Attention” from our recent world premiere on Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Today’s Top Tune: MRCY – ‘Wandering Attention’

You probably recognize MRCY ’s “Wandering Attention” from our recent world premiere on Morning Becomes Eclectic.

from Today's Top Tune

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

Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras' playlist, May 21, 2025

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

from Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras