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Both COVID and mosquito-borne diseases are spreading this summer. A Pasadena-based doctor talks about the latest coronavirus vaccine and other protective measures.

Both COVID and mosquito-borne diseases are spreading this summer. A Pasadena-based doctor talks about the latest coronavirus vaccine and other protective measures.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

‘Making it’ is getting paid for your creativity: An artist’s story

Summer is a fine artist and stay-at-home mom who wants to become financially independent by the time her youngest son moves out.

Chicano Batman: KCRW Live from HQ

Chicano Batman expands their psych-soul sound via 2024’s “Notebook Fantasy” — but their East LA garage rock roots hold strong.

Weekend film reviews: ‘1992,’ ‘Reagan,’ ‘You Gotta Believe’

Critics review the latest film releases: “1992,” “Reagan,” “You Gotta Believe,” and “The Deliverance.”

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

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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.

 KCRW’s acclaimed music documentary podcast, Lost Notes, is back for its fourth season!

Lost Notes

KCRW’s acclaimed music documentary podcast, Lost Notes, is back for its fourth season!

 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.

 Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

How’s Your Sex Life?

Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

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Morning Becomes Eclectic

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

Aug. 30 2 hr, 52 min

Tyler Boudreaux

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

Aug. 29 2 hr

FREAKS ONLY

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

Aug. 29 1 hr, 59 min

Francesca Harding

Music to make you feel.

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Toto and Christopher Cross
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Toto and Christopher Cross

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Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel presents Chris Isaak
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Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel presents Chris Isaak

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Los Angeles

 ‘Making it’ is getting paid for your creativity: An artist’s story

‘Making it’ is getting paid for your creativity: An artist’s story

 KCRW Features

What goes into an ‘Ira Glass’ sandwich at LA’s Wax Paper?

 Good Food

‘Making it’ is setting your own schedule: An artist’s story

 KCRW Features

Food & Drink

 Bill Addison samples the banchan at Perilla

Bill Addison samples the banchan at Perilla

 Good Food

A brief social history of white bread

 Good Food

Kristyn Leach on building community through Second Generation Seeds

 Good Food

Politics

 The real decision makers will make sure your vote doesn’t challenge the dominance of the U.S. dollar that strangles the world economy

The real decision makers will make sure your vote doesn’t challenge the dominance of the U.S. dollar that strangles the world economy

 Scheer Intelligence

What do terms like ‘price gouging’ and ‘freedom’ really mean?

 Left, Right & Center

Prominent genocide scholar reevaluates the situation in Gaza

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Best New Music

 Metropolis playlist, August 31, 2024

Metropolis playlist, August 31, 2024

 Metropolis

Dan Wilcox's playlist, August 31, 2024

 Dan Wilcox

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 Raul Campos

Arts

 Chicano Batman: KCRW Live from HQ

Chicano Batman: KCRW Live from HQ

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Zoë Kravitz on making her directorial debut with ‘Blink Twice’

 The Treatment

Kiefer Sutherland: “‘The French Connection’ blew my mind”

 The Treatment

Entertainment

 Weekend film reviews: ‘1992,’ ‘Reagan,’ ‘You Gotta Believe’

Weekend film reviews: ‘1992,’ ‘Reagan,’ ‘You Gotta Believe’

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Newly minted cinematographer Giovani Ribisi loves a storyboard

 The Treatment

Summer box office; Bronfman x Paramount; Venice Film Festival

 The Business

This Week on KCRW

Jason Bentley captures the hypnotic pulse of modern city life on Saturday night.

Metropolis playlist, August 31, 2024

Jason Bentley captures the hypnotic pulse of modern city life on Saturday night.

from Metropolis

Unearthing new discoveries, remixes and rarities, b-sides and lost classics.

Dan Wilcox's playlist, August 31, 2024

Unearthing new discoveries, remixes and rarities, b-sides and lost classics.

from Dan Wilcox

Raul Campos creates a mix of emerging artists and current favorites, bringing essential cuts from around the world and a little closer to home -- from soulful grooves and fresh remixes…

Raul Campos' playlist, August 31, 2024

Raul Campos creates a mix of emerging artists and current favorites, bringing essential cuts from around the world and a little closer to home -- from soulful grooves and fresh remixes…

from Raul Campos

Music to make you feel.

Francesca Harding's playlist, August 31, 2024

Music to make you feel.

from Francesca Harding

Zoë Kravitz, best known for her work as an actor, joins to talk cinematic influences and making her directorial debut with “Blink Twice.”

Zoë Kravitz on making her directorial debut with ‘Blink Twice’

Zoë Kravitz, best known for her work as an actor, joins to talk cinematic influences and making her directorial debut with “Blink Twice.”

from The Treatment

Kiefer Sutherland recounts watching "The French Connection" for the first time and noticing the beautifully complementary casting.

Kiefer Sutherland: “‘The French Connection’ blew my mind”

Kiefer Sutherland recounts watching "The French Connection" for the first time and noticing the beautifully complementary casting.

from The Treatment

Actor Giovani Ribisi’s TV and film roles over the years are indelible, but now he’s shaking it up as cinematographer on the twisty new film “Strange Darling.”

Newly minted cinematographer Giovani Ribisi loves a storyboard

Actor Giovani Ribisi’s TV and film roles over the years are indelible, but now he’s shaking it up as cinematographer on the twisty new film “Strange Darling.”

from The Treatment

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.

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

SiLVA's playlist, August 30, 2024

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

from SiLVA

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm, only on FREAKS ONLY by Travis Holcombe.

FREAKS ONLY playlist: August 30, 2024

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm, only on FREAKS ONLY by Travis Holcombe.

from FREAKS ONLY

LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Perilla in Echo Park for Korean banchan and dosirak.

Bill Addison samples the banchan at Perilla

LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Perilla in Echo Park for Korean banchan and dosirak.

from Good Food

Politics professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain looks at the history of white bread in America and how it became so popular and industrialized.

A brief social history of white bread

Politics professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain looks at the history of white bread in America and how it became so popular and industrialized.

from Good Food

Kristyn Leach and a network of farmers work to preserve cultural heritage through seed saving.

Kristyn Leach on building community through Second Generation Seeds

Kristyn Leach and a network of farmers work to preserve cultural heritage through seed saving.

from Good Food

Photographer Lucy Schaeffer captures the nostalgia and personal memories behind school lunch.

Photographer Lucy Schaeffer unpacks school lunch nostalgia via new book

Photographer Lucy Schaeffer captures the nostalgia and personal memories behind school lunch.

from Good Food

Wax Paper in LA pays homage to NPR personalities with their sandwiches, and co-owner Peter Lemos explains what goes into an “Ira Glass.”

What goes into an ‘Ira Glass’ sandwich at LA’s Wax Paper?

Wax Paper in LA pays homage to NPR personalities with their sandwiches, and co-owner Peter Lemos explains what goes into an “Ira Glass.”

from Good Food

Peter Miller pens an ode to the midday meal.

Peter Miller on the art of a communal work lunch

Peter Miller pens an ode to the midday meal.

from Good Food

KCRW legend Chery Glaser signed off for the last time today… but not before giving us an impromptu guest DJ set.

MBE playlist Aug 30: Chery Glaser: KCRW Guest DJ Set

KCRW legend Chery Glaser signed off for the last time today… but not before giving us an impromptu guest DJ set.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

The “big club” that “you ain’t in,” as George Carlin famously put it, is increasingly visible as the presidential election rolls on toward November.

The real decision makers will make sure your vote doesn’t challenge the dominance of the U.S. dollar that strangles the world economy

The “big club” that “you ain’t in,” as George Carlin famously put it, is increasingly visible as the presidential election rolls on toward November.

from Scheer Intelligence