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As the new school year begins, LAUSD is creating patrols and expanding bus routes to protect immigrant families.

As the new school year begins, LAUSD is creating patrols and expanding bus routes to protect immigrant families.

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Obongjayar: KCRW Live from Apogee Studio

On the heels of his 2025 LP “Paradise Now,” Obongjayar shares his Afrobeat, hip-hop, jazz, funk, and punk melange live from Bob Clearmountain’s Apogee Studio.

The best grocery store meals in LA

Vanessa Anderson — aka the Grocery Goblin — profiles grocery stores where you can grab a great meal.

Celebrating LA's menus and Jonathan Gold's love for Pico Blvd.

Tien Nguyen opens the LA Public Library's archives to explore vintage restaurant menus and remembers Jonathan Gold's crucial essay about eating on Pico Blvd.

Weekend film reviews: ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ ‘Nobody 2,’ ‘The Knife’

Critics review the latest film releases: “Highest 2 Lowest,” “Nobody 2,” “The Knife,” “Went Up the Hill.”

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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.

 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 for listeners who feel like people on the other side of the political divide are on Mars.

Left, Right & Center

Left Right & Center is for listeners who feel like people on the other side of the political divide are on Mars.

 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.

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Morning Becomes Eclectic

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

Aug. 15 2 hr, 49 min

Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras

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

Aug. 13 1 hr, 59 min

Anne Litt

Unexpected choices in progressive pop and new rhythms.

Aug. 12 1 hr, 59 min

José Galván

An infectious harmony of varied sounds and melodies that bridge cultures and genres.

Aug. 11 1 hr, 59 min

LeRoy Downs

A varied sonic experience to jazz, blending music, style, and culture.

Aug. 10 2 hr

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Cielo Sessions: Monogem and Friends
Aug 16

Cielo Sessions

Cielo Sessions: Monogem and Friends

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KCRW Summer Nights with Downtown Long Beach
Aug 16

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KCRW Summer Nights with Downtown Long Beach

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 Eggplant takes center stage in this intense terrine

Eggplant takes center stage in this intense terrine

 Good Food

Cold noodles: Try these Korean and Japanese dishes

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Dodgers’ freeway woes, LAFC scores big, Venus returns

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Food & Drink

 The best grocery store meals in LA

The best grocery store meals in LA

 Good Food

Celebrating LA's menus and Jonathan Gold's love for Pico Blvd.

 Good Food

Cooking for herself, cooking for Ukraine

 Good Food

Politics

 Back-to-school season: ‘We know how scared people are’ of ICE

Back-to-school season: ‘We know how scared people are’ of ICE

 KCRW Features

Will Trump expand his use of the National Guard as law enforcement past D.C.?

 Left, Right & Center

Is ‘copaganda’ why Americans think crime is up, when it’s down?

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Best New Music

 SiLVA's playlist, August 15, 2025

SiLVA's playlist, August 15, 2025

 SiLVA

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: August 15, 2025

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Today’s Top Tune: Hermanos Gutiérrez – ‘Elegantly Wasted (feat. Leon Bridges)’

 Today's Top Tune

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 Obongjayar: KCRW Live from Apogee Studio

Obongjayar: KCRW Live from Apogee Studio

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Weekend film reviews: ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ ‘Nobody 2,’ ‘The Knife’

 Weekend Film Reviews

'Eyes on the donut, not the hole:’ How David Lynch taught Eli Roth to focus

 The Treatment

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 Weekend film reviews: ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ ‘Nobody 2,’ ‘The Knife’

Weekend film reviews: ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ ‘Nobody 2,’ ‘The Knife’

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

New Paramount brass announces a seven year, $7.7 billion UFC grab

 The Business

Petra Costa on the dangers of documenting a coup attempt

 The Business

This Week on KCRW

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

SiLVA's playlist, August 15, 2025

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

from SiLVA

Paramount’s new leadership team springs immediately into action with an ambitious film slate and a muli-billion dollar UFC deal.

New Paramount brass announces a seven year, $7.7 billion UFC grab

Paramount’s new leadership team springs immediately into action with an ambitious film slate and a muli-billion dollar UFC deal.

from The Business

Documentarian Petra Costa explores the political parallels between Brazil and the U.S. in her new film “Apocalypse in the Tropics.”

Petra Costa on the dangers of documenting a coup attempt

Documentarian Petra Costa explores the political parallels between Brazil and the U.S. in her new film “Apocalypse in the Tropics.”

from The Business

Ukrainian chef Olia Hercules shares family stories passed down through four generations.

Cooking for herself, cooking for Ukraine

Ukrainian chef Olia Hercules shares family stories passed down through four generations.

from Good Food

Harriet Tubman… as a rap icon?

Bob the Drag Queen: What is Freedom?

Harriet Tubman… as a rap icon?

from The Sam Sanders Show

When eggplant hits farmers markets, chef Evan Algorri knows what to do with it.

Eggplant takes center stage in this intense terrine

When eggplant hits farmers markets, chef Evan Algorri knows what to do with it.

from Good Food

Meera Sodha has low-effort, high-reward dinner ideas that use summer vegetables.

The stunning simplicity of veggie-centric dinners

Meera Sodha has low-effort, high-reward dinner ideas that use summer vegetables.

from Good Food

Anne Litt guest hosts Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: August 15, 2025

Anne Litt guest hosts Morning Becomes Eclectic.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

President Trump takes on crime in DC and negotiations with Russia. Plus, KCRW discusses whether presidential power can drive a cultural shift?

Will Trump expand his use of the National Guard as law enforcement past D.C.?

President Trump takes on crime in DC and negotiations with Russia. Plus, KCRW discusses whether presidential power can drive a cultural shift?

from Left, Right & Center

The latest film releases include Highest 2 Lowest, Nobody 2, The Knife, and Went Up the Hill.

Weekend film reviews: ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ ‘Nobody 2,’ ‘The Knife’

The latest film releases include Highest 2 Lowest, Nobody 2, The Knife, and Went Up the Hill.

from Weekend Film Reviews

What do you get when Hermanos Gutiérrez teams up with Leon Bridges ? “Elegantly Wasted,” the Ecuadorian-Swiss, guitar wizard brother duo’s first song ever to feature English lyrics.

Today’s Top Tune: Hermanos Gutiérrez – ‘Elegantly Wasted (feat. Leon Bridges)’

What do you get when Hermanos Gutiérrez teams up with Leon Bridges ? “Elegantly Wasted,” the Ecuadorian-Swiss, guitar wizard brother duo’s first song ever to feature English lyrics.

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, August 14, 2025

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

from Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras

Who doesn’t love noodles? Japchae is served hot or cold, with bouncy and chewy sweet potato starch noodles. Hiyashi chuka is cold and found in many ramen shops.

Cold noodles: Try these Korean and Japanese dishes

Who doesn’t love noodles? Japchae is served hot or cold, with bouncy and chewy sweet potato starch noodles. Hiyashi chuka is cold and found in many ramen shops.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Dodgers hit a rough patch, losing to the Angels and slipping to second place in the NL West. LAFC made headlines by signing soccer star Son Heung-Min.

Dodgers’ freeway woes, LAFC scores big, Venus returns

The Dodgers hit a rough patch, losing to the Angels and slipping to second place in the NL West. LAFC made headlines by signing soccer star Son Heung-Min.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

President Trump claims crime is rising in D.C., when it’s actually down there — and across the country. Critics say his rhetoric is part of a longer history of “copaganda.”

Is ‘copaganda’ why Americans think crime is up, when it’s down?

President Trump claims crime is rising in D.C., when it’s actually down there — and across the country. Critics say his rhetoric is part of a longer history of “copaganda.”

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: August 14, 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

Sofie Royer spent a long time as the opening act for NYC multi-instrumentalists Rebounder . Naturally, they decided to join forces on the sexy new single “Tennis Bracelet.”

Today’s Top Tune: Rebounder + Sofie Royer – 'Tennis Bracelet’

Sofie Royer spent a long time as the opening act for NYC multi-instrumentalists Rebounder . Naturally, they decided to join forces on the sexy new single “Tennis Bracelet.”

from Today's Top Tune

“The Donn of Tiki” profiles Donn Beach, who opened the first tiki bar in Hollywood, California.

Grandfather of tiki culture is center of new film ‘Donn of Tiki’

“The Donn of Tiki” profiles Donn Beach, who opened the first tiki bar in Hollywood, California.

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