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The lo-fi, delicate harmonies featured in "Qué Pasa?,"  compliment  the beach goth sound of   lifelong friends Daniel Álvarez de Toledo & Jordan Dunn-Pilz.

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LA museums challenge our views about art, sex and politics

Edward Goldman talks about a variety of cultural and political programs at Los Angeles Museums challenging our perspectives concerning art, sex and politics.

Klaus Frahm’s photographs pull back curtain on opera stages

Last week DnA brought you to Coachella, where the stages are decked out in the latest technologies.

Government expands air bag investigation to include more than 12 million vehicles

A component responsible for detecting a crash and deploying air bags has been malfunctioning due to electrical interference, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says.

HBM117: Grave Oversight

Can satellites help prevent genocide?

After a long and arduous tour, LA based singer/songwriter Patrick Park returned home and began to write songs that represent "the need to chase things in life that only bring the most…

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Film Independent Presents and KCRW bring you an advance screening of Trial By Fire from Roadside Attractions.

from Arts & Culture Stories

In the spirit of Passover, DnA explores an exodus story with a profound design impact.

from Design and Architecture

Los Angeles

 The affluent homeless: A sleeping pod, a hired desk and a handful of clothes

The affluent homeless: A sleeping pod, a hired desk and a handful of clothes

 NPR

Low income neighborhoods work to seize opportunities in California's green economy

 KCRW Features

What's in a name? A local street name divides a community

 KCRW Features

Food and Drink

 Meal kits have smaller carbon footprint than grocery shopping, study says

Meal kits have smaller carbon footprint than grocery shopping, study says

 NPR

Bill Addison goes out for Uyghur food

 Good Food

‘All About Eggs’

 Good Food

Politics

 What we know about the United Constitutional Patriots, the militia group detaining migrants at the border

What we know about the United Constitutional Patriots, the militia group detaining migrants at the border

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

In the wake of the Sri Lanka attacks, what’s the state of ISIS?

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Supreme Court appears ready to allow a citizenship question on 2020 Census

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Best New Music

 Pan Caliente Video Premiere: TOLEDO 'Que Pasa?'

Pan Caliente Video Premiere: TOLEDO 'Que Pasa?'

 Music News

Patrick Park: “Love Lover Love” featuring Emily of Warpaint

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 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Live Performances

 J.S. Ondara's American songwriting journey

J.S. Ondara's American songwriting journey

 Music News

Jade Bird performs new music on MBE

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Music For Your Weekend: Coachella 2019 Edition

 Music News

Hollywood

 KCRW Partner Screening: Trial By Fire

KCRW Partner Screening: Trial By Fire

 Arts & Culture Stories

Comedian Ramy Youssef stars in first TV sitcom about Muslim Americans

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A professional gambler is breaking Jeopardy

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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Jason Bentley hosts KCRW's signature daily music program. Featuring new releases, emerging & established artists, live performances, and artist interviews.

Morning Becomes Eclectic

Jason Bentley hosts KCRW's signature daily music program. Featuring new releases, emerging & established artists, live performances, and artist interviews.

 A storytelling show that explores the night, the landscape of the unseen, and how thoughts, feelings and behaviors transform in the dark.

Nocturne

A storytelling show that explores the night, the landscape of the unseen, and how thoughts, feelings and behaviors transform in the dark.

 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.

 From Punk to Funk, musician, actor, television and radio host Henry Rollins presents alternative rock radio. Independent radio streaming on KCRW.com.

Henry Rollins

From Punk to Funk, musician, actor, television and radio host Henry Rollins presents alternative rock radio. Independent radio streaming on KCRW.com.

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It was Easter Sunday in Paris and this year Catholics did not celebrate the holiest of days at Notre Dame.

Architects gear up for a high-profile competition: redesigning Notre Dame

It was Easter Sunday in Paris and this year Catholics did not celebrate the holiest of days at Notre Dame.

from Design and Architecture

Larry Mitchell Hopkins is the leader of an armed militia group detaining migrants on the border between New Mexico and Mexico. He was arrested Monday on a weapons charge.

What we know about the United Constitutional Patriots, the militia group detaining migrants at the border

Larry Mitchell Hopkins is the leader of an armed militia group detaining migrants on the border between New Mexico and Mexico. He was arrested Monday on a weapons charge.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

More than 300 people died in a series of bombings at churches and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. The Islamic State claimed responsibility today.

In the wake of the Sri Lanka attacks, what’s the state of ISIS?

More than 300 people died in a series of bombings at churches and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. The Islamic State claimed responsibility today.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

In the new Hulu show “Ramy,” the lead character is a 20-something who works at a startup that fails to get off the ground, uses dating apps, and still lives with his parents.

Comedian Ramy Youssef stars in first TV sitcom about Muslim Americans

In the new Hulu show “Ramy,” the lead character is a 20-something who works at a startup that fails to get off the ground, uses dating apps, and still lives with his parents.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

“Jeopardy!” contestant James Holzhauer has racked up almost a million dollars in 12 shows so far.

A professional gambler is breaking Jeopardy

“Jeopardy!” contestant James Holzhauer has racked up almost a million dollars in 12 shows so far.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on whether to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

Supreme Court appears ready to allow a citizenship question on 2020 Census

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on whether to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

J.S. Ondara  arrived to the U.S. at 20 years old, and 6 years later released his debut album  Tales of America .

J.S. Ondara's American songwriting journey

J.S. Ondara  arrived to the U.S. at 20 years old, and 6 years later released his debut album  Tales of America .

from Music News

J.S. Ondara arrived to the U.S. at 20 years old, and 6 years later released his debut album Tales of America.

J.S. Ondara Live on MBE

J.S. Ondara arrived to the U.S. at 20 years old, and 6 years later released his debut album Tales of America.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

The latest show from Morning Becomes Eclectic, hosted by Jason Bentley. New releases, artists, live performances, and artist interviews. At KCRW.com.

Latest Show

The latest show from Morning Becomes Eclectic, hosted by Jason Bentley. New releases, artists, live performances, and artist interviews. At KCRW.com.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Whether you subscribe to skinny bundles that include live TV, or more traditional streaming video on demand services, you may have noticed your monthly subscription prices going up…

TV streaming prices creeping up? It's not your imagination.

Whether you subscribe to skinny bundles that include live TV, or more traditional streaming video on demand services, you may have noticed your monthly subscription prices going up…

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Many young people participate in the rental economy. They own less stuff than their parents' generation, and rent or share a lot more. For some it's a choice; for others a necessity.

The affluent homeless: A sleeping pod, a hired desk and a handful of clothes

Many young people participate in the rental economy. They own less stuff than their parents' generation, and rent or share a lot more. For some it's a choice; for others a necessity.

from NPR