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After a stressful pandemic year, people may be thinking about giving green gifts so everyone can get into the spirit of the holidays.

After a stressful pandemic year, people may be thinking about giving green gifts so everyone can get into the spirit of the holidays.

from KCRW Features

How a city-funded homeless housing project became a sink hole for public money

KCRW follows the money into a city-funded homeless housing project and finds evictions, inflated costs, and an LA real estate developer with a long and troubled history.

‘Living a virtuous life in an unvirtuous world.’ Taylor Mac’s new show focuses on holidays and chosen families

Playwright, drag performer, and singing historian Taylor Mac will present a virtual show for one night only on December 12. “Holiday Sauce...Pandemic!”

How to safely enjoy COVID Christmas, from a NASCAR track to a tea party

Irwindale Speedway and Dodger Stadium offer big professional light installations. Small communities around Southern California are also going all out.

Are mandatory vaccinations ethical?

KCRW’s Joanthan Bastian talks with philosopher Julian Savulescu about the anti-vax movement, personal liberty, and the ethics of mandatory vaccinations.

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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.

 Los Angeles is having an identity crisis. City officials tout new development and shiny commuter trains, while longtime residents are doing all they can to hang on to home.

There Goes the Neighborhood

Los Angeles is having an identity crisis. City officials tout new development and shiny commuter trains, while longtime residents are doing all they can to hang on to home.

 Los Angeles County is spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to combat homelessness. Yet the problem is getting worse. Why?

Samaritans

Los Angeles County is spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to combat homelessness. Yet the problem is getting worse. Why?

 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.

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Henry Rollins

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

Dec. 11 2 hr, 7 min

Morning Becomes Eclectic

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

Dec. 11 2 hr, 53 min

Travis Holcombe

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

Dec. 10 2 hr, 58 min

The Fink + Forty Show

Two of Berlin's most informed tastemakers take us on a weekly journey soundtracked by what is rocking the hippest city on earth right now.

Dec. 07 57 min

Valida

A seamless blend of styles from indie rock to golden-era hip-hop, and everything in between.

Dec. 06 2 hr

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Ken White and Josh Barro talk about why the Supreme Court probably doesn’t want to hear any of the election challenges from President Trump’s allies, Michael Flynn’s pardon and COVID…

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

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Many people yearn to feel connected to something larger than life. For some that’s a belief in God and religion, but that number is starting to dramatically decline.

from Life Examined

Josh Barro discusses Joe Biden’s picks for his advisers and cabinet heads with K.

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 How to safely enjoy COVID Christmas, from a NASCAR track to a tea party

How to safely enjoy COVID Christmas, from a NASCAR track to a tea party

 Greater LA

Cherimoya: Dinosaur egg on the outside, creamy flesh on the inside

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‘In the Weeds’ with Silver Lake Cuban staple El Cochinito

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Food & Drink

 Jelly donuts, kibbeh and latkes: Hanukkah traditions

Jelly donuts, kibbeh and latkes: Hanukkah traditions

 Good Food

Celebrating collards and heirloom varieties

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Want to celebrate Christmas for 4 months? Move to the Philippines

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 How a city-funded homeless housing project became a sink hole for public money

How a city-funded homeless housing project became a sink hole for public money

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Congress is at ‘square one’ after another week of no COVID stimulus package

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 ‘Living a virtuous life in an unvirtuous world.’ Taylor Mac’s new show focuses on holidays and chosen families

‘Living a virtuous life in an unvirtuous world.’ Taylor Mac’s new show focuses on holidays and chosen families

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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In 1796, British doctor Edward Jenner became famous for being the first doctor to use a form of bovine disease called cowpox to inoculate or against smallpox.

How did ancient cultures make sense of plagues and pandemics?

In 1796, British doctor Edward Jenner became famous for being the first doctor to use a form of bovine disease called cowpox to inoculate or against smallpox.

from Life Examined

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.

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.

from Eclectic 24

The three bright stars of HBO Max's "Let Them All Talk"--Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest-- improvised most of their dialogue during a trans-Atlantic crossing aboard the…

Making it up as you go along

The three bright stars of HBO Max's "Let Them All Talk"--Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest-- improvised most of their dialogue during a trans-Atlantic crossing aboard the…

from Film Reviews

Hanukkah, the celebration of the miracle of light, is actually a minor holiday in the Jewish calendar.

Jelly donuts, kibbeh and latkes: Hanukkah traditions

Hanukkah, the celebration of the miracle of light, is actually a minor holiday in the Jewish calendar.

from Good Food

Collard greens symbolize money in a traditional New Year’s dish , paired with black-eyed peas and cornbread.

Celebrating collards and heirloom varieties

Collard greens symbolize money in a traditional New Year’s dish , paired with black-eyed peas and cornbread.

from Good Food

The holidays bring as many traditions as there are families worldwide. Even within cultures, each family might make a treat differently from their neighbors.

Want to celebrate Christmas for 4 months? Move to the Philippines

The holidays bring as many traditions as there are families worldwide. Even within cultures, each family might make a treat differently from their neighbors.

from Good Food

Market correspondent Gillian Ferguson catches up with Mercedes Saucedo at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market.

Cherimoya: Dinosaur egg on the outside, creamy flesh on the inside

Market correspondent Gillian Ferguson catches up with Mercedes Saucedo at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market.

from Good Food

Train travel is commonplace in India, where local vendors sell regional snacks at depots. Chaat is the Hindi word meaning “to lick.”

Taking the train to the next Indian snack

Train travel is commonplace in India, where local vendors sell regional snacks at depots. Chaat is the Hindi word meaning “to lick.”

from Good Food

Chef and owner Daniel Navarro’s grandmother, Gladys, opened El Cochinito in 1988 in a small strip mall along Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake.

‘In the Weeds’ with Silver Lake Cuban staple El Cochinito

Chef and owner Daniel Navarro’s grandmother, Gladys, opened El Cochinito in 1988 in a small strip mall along Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake.

from Good Food

Josh Barro discusses Joe Biden’s picks for his advisers and cabinet heads with K.

Looking under the hood

Josh Barro discusses Joe Biden’s picks for his advisers and cabinet heads with K.

from Left, Right & Center

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

Latest Show 075

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

from Henry Rollins

In three weeks, some 14 million people will lose the extra unemployment benefits that came with the first round of COVID relief. Meanwhile, the U.S.

Congress is at ‘square one’ after another week of no COVID stimulus package

In three weeks, some 14 million people will lose the extra unemployment benefits that came with the first round of COVID relief. Meanwhile, the U.S.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

It’s time to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah with major abandon.

Nacho-style cannoli for Hanukkah, plus the LA Times’ 101 restaurants list

It’s time to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah with major abandon.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected communities of color.

How to overcome COVID vaccine skepticism among Black and Brown communities

The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected communities of color.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Critics review “Wolfwalkers,” an animated feature about a girl going to Ireland with her dad to wipe out the world’s last dangerous wolf pack, but then she befriends a native girl…

'The Prom’ is ‘absolutely tonedeaf in execution,’ says critic

Critics review “Wolfwalkers,” an animated feature about a girl going to Ireland with her dad to wipe out the world’s last dangerous wolf pack, but then she befriends a native girl…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Rudy Giuliani is the most recent recipient of the same antibody treatment President Trump got, which has limited doses available.

When Trump and Giuliani got COVID, they were treated with a drug cocktail unavailable to most people

Rudy Giuliani is the most recent recipient of the same antibody treatment President Trump got, which has limited doses available.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for December 11, 2020.

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for December 11, 2020

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for December 11, 2020.

from David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report

When WarnerMedia announced all of its 2021 movies would stream on HBO Max the same day they open in theaters, Hollywood was completely blindsided.

Hollywood fumes at WarnerMedia’s big HBO Max move, guilds and agencies start to speak out

When WarnerMedia announced all of its 2021 movies would stream on HBO Max the same day they open in theaters, Hollywood was completely blindsided.

from Hollywood Breakdown