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The 2022 Grammys returned to stadium-spectacle pop maximalism on Sunday, with a nearly four-hour telecast that favored extensive live performances over awards and speeches.

The 2022 Grammys returned to stadium-spectacle pop maximalism on Sunday, with a nearly four-hour telecast that favored extensive live performances over awards and speeches.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Scientists who fought HIV stepped up against COVID, new film shows

In “How to Survive a Pandemic,” journalist and filmmaker David France chronicles the scientific and political race to create and distribute a COVID vaccine.

No more ‘taming’ Black or Brown hair. LA salons ditch Euro beauty standards

LA salons are specializing in textured hair now more than ever. Does this mean the natural hair movement is here to stay?

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.

Oliver Sim: ‘Romance with a Memory’

Songwriter, bassist, and vocalist for The xx Oliver Sim steps into the spotlight as a solo artist.

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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.

 Each episode of this documentary series begins with a medical mystery. Sometimes the sickness is in the body, and sometimes the sickness is in the system.

Bodies

Each episode of this documentary series begins with a medical mystery. Sometimes the sickness is in the body, and sometimes the sickness is in the system.

 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.

 Everything you wanted to know about good cooking, good eating, good food! From LA Chef, author, radio host, and restaurateur Evan Kleiman, at KCRW.com.

Good Food

Everything you wanted to know about good cooking, good eating, good food! From LA Chef, author, radio host, and restaurateur Evan Kleiman, at KCRW.com.

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

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John Moses

Cosmic breaks, cinematic soundscapes and ethereal outtakes, dipping and weaving between the folds.

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LeRoy Downs

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

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Jason Kramer

Carefully curated music from around the world.

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Scott Dallavo

A one world celebration - truly global grooves from all decades and all corners of the earth.

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KCRW’s Young Creators Project — Poetry + Storytelling Submissions Open!
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When it came to building prisons in California, politics played a decisive role. Commentator Joe Mathews says the state is repeating that mistake with prison closures.

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It’s the first day of April and there’s nothing foolish about it. But that won’t stop us from celebrating with the latest from U.K.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Panelists discuss whether Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from cases about the January 6 riots in D.C., Biden’s new budget, and how to end the oil crisis.

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This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes director Matt Reeves, whose latest project is “The Batman” starring Robert Pattinson.

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 No more ‘taming’ Black or Brown hair. LA salons ditch Euro beauty standards

No more ‘taming’ Black or Brown hair. LA salons ditch Euro beauty standards

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What’s in a street name: Olvera Street was meant to help poor Latinos survive

 Greater LA

Some Angelenos can ‘Breathe’ with $1000 a month, no strings attached

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Food & Drink

 Bread, cloves, cinnamon: Rick Martínez shares meaning behind capirotada ingredients

Bread, cloves, cinnamon: Rick Martínez shares meaning behind capirotada ingredients

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Going beyond butter and salt with radishes at the market

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupts already precarious global food security

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Politics

 Former OC law school dean helped spark Capitol insurrection, judge finds

Former OC law school dean helped spark Capitol insurrection, judge finds

 Greater LA

Law requiring diversity on corporate boards is unconstitutional: CA judge

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

House flippers could be taxed under proposed CA bill

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 From Harvard to Hollywood, ‘Minx’ writer Ellen Rapoport hits it big

From Harvard to Hollywood, ‘Minx’ writer Ellen Rapoport hits it big

 The Business

A bad movie following a much worse show

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 Grammys: Zelensky, Jon Batiste surprise in a return to business as usual

Grammys: Zelensky, Jon Batiste surprise in a return to business as usual

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Scientists who fought HIV stepped up against COVID, new film shows

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

After Oscars slap, will some Academy members resign?

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A soulful rhythmic journey through time and space... sonic love notes from cities to mountain tops, to the heart of the tropics and into the cosmos.

Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras' playlist, April 4, 2022

A soulful rhythmic journey through time and space... sonic love notes from cities to mountain tops, to the heart of the tropics and into the cosmos.

from Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm.

Travis Holcombe's playlist, March 4, 2022

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm.

from FREAKS ONLY

After Will Smith’s Oscars slap, members of the Academy have threatened to resign over the lack of leadership and consequence.

After Oscars slap, will some Academy members resign?

After Will Smith’s Oscars slap, members of the Academy have threatened to resign over the lack of leadership and consequence.

from The Business

Showrunner Ellen Rapoport didn’t realize how hard it would be to sell a show about a porn publisher and a feminist.

From Harvard to Hollywood, ‘Minx’ writer Ellen Rapoport hits it big

Showrunner Ellen Rapoport didn’t realize how hard it would be to sell a show about a porn publisher and a feminist.

from The Business

LA’s Olvera Street is a Mexican marketplace created according to the vision of a white outsider, though generations of Latino Angelenos have since claimed it as their own.

What’s in a street name: Olvera Street was meant to help poor Latinos survive

LA’s Olvera Street is a Mexican marketplace created according to the vision of a white outsider, though generations of Latino Angelenos have since claimed it as their own.

from Greater LA

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Former OC law school dean helped spark Capitol insurrection, judge finds

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A new LA County program aims to combat poverty by giving 1000 Angelenos $1,000 a month for three years. Applications are open now through April 13.

Some Angelenos can ‘Breathe’ with $1000 a month, no strings attached

A new LA County program aims to combat poverty by giving 1000 Angelenos $1,000 a month for three years. Applications are open now through April 13.

from Greater LA

Walk on water with Trevor Hall x Marieme, ride to another dimension with a tea-sipping, animated Stephen Malkmus, and embody yourself as a late ‘60s balada star via Black Pumas’ Adrian…

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Walk on water with Trevor Hall x Marieme, ride to another dimension with a tea-sipping, animated Stephen Malkmus, and embody yourself as a late ‘60s balada star via Black Pumas’ Adrian…

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The world can cut carbon emissions in half by 2030, but it needs to act faster to prevent climate catastrophes, according to the United Nations.

World already has tools to avoid climate catastrophe, needs to act faster: UN

The world can cut carbon emissions in half by 2030, but it needs to act faster to prevent climate catastrophes, according to the United Nations.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Lynching is now a federal hate crime, punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Why did it take more than 100 years for a U.S. president to sign this into law?

Lynching is a federal hate crime. New law took a century to get here

Lynching is now a federal hate crime, punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Why did it take more than 100 years for a U.S. president to sign this into law?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A judge in LA recently struck down a law requiring corporate boards of publicly-traded companies to include a member from an underrepresented community.

Law requiring diversity on corporate boards is unconstitutional: CA judge

A judge in LA recently struck down a law requiring corporate boards of publicly-traded companies to include a member from an underrepresented community.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

We could all use a little Monday boost, and we've got tracks lined up to do just that.

MBE Apr. 4: Grammy-winning faves, Japanese sax, and Afro-Brazilian samba

We could all use a little Monday boost, and we've got tracks lined up to do just that.

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David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for April 4, 2022.

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for April 4, 2022

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for April 4, 2022.

from David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report

California’s housing market is in a crisis. A state lawmaker believes taxing flippers could help curtail the problem.

House flippers could be taxed under proposed CA bill

California’s housing market is in a crisis. A state lawmaker believes taxing flippers could help curtail the problem.

from KCRW Features

Dutch outfit YĪN YĪN think of themselves as musical dreamers. Tapping into the cosmic, they simply want to make you dance on their Eastern-inflected instrumental “Shēnzhou V.”

YĪN YĪN: ‘Shēnzhou V.’

Dutch outfit YĪN YĪN think of themselves as musical dreamers. Tapping into the cosmic, they simply want to make you dance on their Eastern-inflected instrumental “Shēnzhou V.”

from Today's Top Tune

Cosmic breaks, cinematic soundscapes and ethereal outtakes, dipping and weaving between the folds.

John Moses's playlist, April 4, 2022

Cosmic breaks, cinematic soundscapes and ethereal outtakes, dipping and weaving between the folds.

from John Moses

"Just Jazz" with LeRoy Downs. Downs' goal is to bring a varied sonic experience to jazz, while blending music, style, and culture.

LeRoy Downs' playlist, April 3, 2022

"Just Jazz" with LeRoy Downs. Downs' goal is to bring a varied sonic experience to jazz, while blending music, style, and culture.

from LeRoy Downs

Featuring selections that range from carefully curated music from around the world with unique gems and quality tracks that will satisfy the needs of even the most discerning music…

Jason Kramer's playlist, April 3, 2022

Featuring selections that range from carefully curated music from around the world with unique gems and quality tracks that will satisfy the needs of even the most discerning music…

from Jason Kramer