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If you're vaccinated, are you hugging loved ones again, starting to plan trips, feel less anxiety when entering grocery stores? Let us know.

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It's Monday! Grab your morning coffee or tea and start with week off with Anthony and Novena

It's Monday! Start with week off with Anthony and Novena as they spin some tunes. Grab your morning coffee or tea.

Should California reopen schools soon? Opinions differ among teachers, parents, sports coach

Governor Gavin Newsom today signed a bill that sets aside nearly $7 billion for schools that reopen for in-person instruction by the end of March.

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David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for March 8, 2021

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for March 8, 2021.

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

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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?

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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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California’s vaccine rollout has been less than smooth.

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Josh Barro talks with Megan McArdle and Christine Emba about the decision to end mask mandates in certain states as vaccination continues, covid relief and stimulus payments, the…

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Today on Morning Becomes Eclectic, we got the rump shaking gems to help kick off your weekend with new releases from St.

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Fanatic! I hope you are having a tremendous and music filled weekend. Today at the mail pick up place, my 5LP Sabbath Vol. 4 box set came in.

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Let KCRW know: Are you fully vaccinated? How are you living differently?

 Greater LA

Should California reopen schools soon? Opinions differ among teachers, parents, sports coach

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for March 8, 2021

 David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report

Food & Drink

 ‘In the Weeds’: golden, crispy domes bring solace

‘In the Weeds’: golden, crispy domes bring solace

 Good Food

The rice cooker: liberating generations of chefs

 Good Food

Using a ‘ricebreaker’ to start a conversation about cultural identity

 Good Food

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 Not now, but soon?

Not now, but soon?

 Left, Right & Center

The House passes a big election reform bill. It won’t go anywhere in the Senate if Republicans filibuster

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Texas blames blackouts on the Green New Deal, and Joe Biden says ‘America’s back’

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 It's Monday! Grab your morning coffee or tea and start with week off with Anthony and Novena

It's Monday! Grab your morning coffee or tea and start with week off with Anthony and Novena

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Lake Street Dive: ‘Being A Woman’

 Today's Top Tune

John Moses's playlist, March 7, 2021

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 How Arlo Parks followed her musical instincts into ‘Sunbeams’

How Arlo Parks followed her musical instincts into ‘Sunbeams’

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 A deep dig into fertile soil

A deep dig into fertile soil

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Married couple and filmmaking team on the journey to make ‘Miss Juneteenth’

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Welcome to International Women’s Day. Let’s drop the needle on a track from Lake Street Dive’s latest album, “Obviously.”

Lake Street Dive: ‘Being A Woman’

Welcome to International Women’s Day. Let’s drop the needle on a track from Lake Street Dive’s latest album, “Obviously.”

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

John Moses's playlist, March 7, 2021

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

from The Lab

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

José Galván's playlist, March 7, 2021

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

from José Galván

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, March 7, 2021

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

Chris Douridas hosts a far-reaching assortment of the best new music from all around the globe. Listen On-Demand to the latest show.

Chris Douridas' playlist, March 7, 2021

Chris Douridas hosts a far-reaching assortment of the best new music from all around the globe. Listen On-Demand to the latest show.

from Chris Douridas

A Global Exploration of Sounds.

Aaron Byrd's playlist, March 7, 2021

A Global Exploration of Sounds.

from Aaron Byrd

Why is that results from drug research studies are so much rosier than the experience using those same drugs in the real world?

Accuracy of newly approved cancer drugs

Why is that results from drug research studies are so much rosier than the experience using those same drugs in the real world?

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Fanatic! Our first show of Fanatic Spring. We have a different calendar here and start in March! That's it! Let's go!

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Fanatic! Our first show of Fanatic Spring. We have a different calendar here and start in March! That's it! Let's go!

from Henry Rollins

Metropolis playlist, March 6, 2021.

Metropolis playlist, March 6, 2021

Metropolis playlist, March 6, 2021.

from Metropolis

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, March 6, 2021

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

Chris Douridas hosts a far-reaching assortment of the best new music from all around the globe. Listen On-Demand to the latest show.

Chris Douridas' playlist, March 6, 2021

Chris Douridas hosts a far-reaching assortment of the best new music from all around the globe. Listen On-Demand to the latest show.

from Chris Douridas

A Global Exploration of Sounds.

Aaron Byrd's playlist, March 6, 2021

A Global Exploration of Sounds.

from Aaron Byrd

Studies with premature babies and in Romanian orphanages show when infants and babies are caressed, they flourish and gain weight.

The wonder and science behind human touch

Studies with premature babies and in Romanian orphanages show when infants and babies are caressed, they flourish and gain weight.

from Life Examined

Several years ago, British economist Noreena Hertz began to notice something different: An increasing number of her students said that they felt lonely.

The global increase in loneliness

Several years ago, British economist Noreena Hertz began to notice something different: An increasing number of her students said that they felt lonely.

from Life Examined

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

Travis Holcombe's playlist, March 5, 2021

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

from Travis Holcombe

In "The Truffle Hunters," a new documentary by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, Italian men in their 60s, 70s and 80s do as they've done for decades--search the forests of the Alba…

A deep dig into fertile soil

In "The Truffle Hunters," a new documentary by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, Italian men in their 60s, 70s and 80s do as they've done for decades--search the forests of the Alba…

from Film Reviews

Golden Rice Co. , a pop-up run by the mother and daughter team of Farah and Sophia Parsa, was originally a backyard supper club that ran for five years.

‘In the Weeds’: golden, crispy domes bring solace

Golden Rice Co. , a pop-up run by the mother and daughter team of Farah and Sophia Parsa, was originally a backyard supper club that ran for five years.

from Good Food

Cooking rice on a wood burning stove was an art, says Anne Ewbank. Around 1945, engineer Masaru Ibuka started a small company in an abandoned department store that fixed radios.

The rice cooker: liberating generations of chefs

Cooking rice on a wood burning stove was an art, says Anne Ewbank. Around 1945, engineer Masaru Ibuka started a small company in an abandoned department store that fixed radios.

from Good Food

Dr. Amber Spry is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Politics at Brandeis University.

Using a ‘ricebreaker’ to start a conversation about cultural identity

Dr. Amber Spry is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Politics at Brandeis University.

from Good Food