New Episodes
- What to cook in air fryers, why Vietnam is banning ‘Barbie’ film
- You can cook practically anything in an air fryer, which is a super efficient convection oven. But don’t use it for battered foods, which make a mess.
- Old EV batteries: Effective place to store solar power?
- Renewable energy is sparse at night, and EV batteries stop holding a full charge long before they’re worthless. One company is solving both 1problems at once. Silent film actress Alla Nazimova threw the biggest parties in 1920s Hollywood.
- Must-read books for summer, solar panel fight in Mojave Desert
- Book critics share their summer reading recommendations, including “All-Night Pharmacy,” “The Bee Sting,” Witness” and “Bridge.”
- Hotel workers feel pain of inflation, strike for better wages
- Thousands of SoCal hotel workers are on strike to demand better pay and benefits. More than 60 hotels and Unite Here Local 11 haven’t reached a new contract.
- Tour life with David Bowie, the ideological split over US flag
- David Bowie’s childhood best friend Geoff MacCormack’s photos of the glam rocker’s early tours are the subject of a new book.
- De-prescribing medications
- Too many people use too many medications, negatively affecting their health.
- Biology’s new era: How mRNA and AI are impacting vaccines, medicine, and reproduction
- Science journalist Michael Specter explains advances in synthetic biology and how mRNA and AI will impact treatment. Emily Witt discusses advances in reproduction and fertility.
- Numa Perrier, David Gelb and Zach Braff on The Treat
- Director Numa Perrier on Netflix’s “The Perfect Find,” David Gelb on his new Stan Lee doc, and Zach Braff on must-see TV.
- James Beard Award-winning cookbooks
- This week, Good Food highlights conversations with authors and journalists who took home a 2023 James Beard Media Award . Irina Georgescu hungered for familiar Easter recipes while baking her way through the overlapping cultures of Romania.
- Ray McGovern: Russia’s ‘Coup’ Is Actually Biden’s Disaster
- Understanding foreign policy in Russia is complicated. Over the past weekend, the media said Russia was undergoing a coup and then they weren’t.
- SCOTUS says no to race-based college admissions. What will campuses look like?
- The Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling will change the face of college admissions. Plus, President Putin’s hold on power is in question after the short-lived mutiny.
- Maureen Ryan burns it down, Netflix union-busts, TCM reverses course
- Following the decision to fire top execs at Warner Bros. Discovery’s TCM, WB’s CEO David Zaslav feels the blowback and is forced to reverse the channel’s course. Plus, Netflix’s union busting tactics, exposed. Kim Masters and Matt Belloni discuss.
- LA celebrates 2 new lesbian bars: Honey’s at Star Love, The Ruby Fruit
- LA’s last lesbian bar closed in 2017. Now, two new bars for queer women have opened in East Hollywood and Silver Lake, and they’ve been packed.
- Uptick in latest LA homelessness count, red-white-blue food for July 4
- In spite of billions of dollars spent on housing, services and intense policy attention, homelessness in LA remains stubbornly high.
- What could happen to voice actors if AI does their jobs?
- Voice actors work on cartoons, commercials, video games, and more. Now that artificial intelligence makes cloning voices easier, jobs are in trouble, even as other jobs may be created.
- ‘Latino’ term is outdated, ‘Wheel of Fortune’ is getting new host
- Nearly 20% of Americans identify as Hispanic or Latino, according to the U.S. Census . But the category is outdated and based on inaccurate and potentially harmful notions about race, says author Hector Tobar.
- Will LA and OC hotel workers walk off the job on Independence Day?
- Unionized hotel workers in Los Angeles and Orange Counties are demanding raises, saying they can no longer afford to live in the cities where they work.
- BenDeLaCreme on ‘Drag Me to Dinner,’ lack of safety for queer community
- BenDeLaCreme, a contestant on Hulu’s “Drag Me to Dinner,” talks about the legislative threats facing LGBTQ+ people, and offers support to young people.
- More of Southeast LA adopts rent control thanks to women activists
- A movement to bring tenant protections Southeast LA started with conversations about a very different topic: family planning. James Kim’s new fiction podcast “You Feeling This?” focuses on love and connections in LA.
- Blues artist Nat Myers on ‘casual racism,’ shocking videos of LA County Jails
- A raspy singing voice and steel guitar are essential to the songs of Nat Myers , who was raised in Kentucky by his Korean mom and white American dad. His new album is “Yellow Peril.”
- One factor in picking the best surgeon
- Data over many years suggests that surgeons who do more surgeries have better outcomes.
- Wes Anderson, Lionel Boyce, and Jason Segel on The Treat
- West Anderson on “Asteroid City,” Lionel Boyce on “The Bear,” and Jason Segel on his high school acting coach
- Becoming a Buddhist: Two renowned teachers, two stories of transformation
- Renowned Buddhist teacher and psychologist Tara Brach talks about the power of Buddhism in modern therapy. Later, educator, meditation specialist, and author Sharon Salzberg shares her personal journey to meditation and how it fundamentally changed her life.
- Randall Poster on life as a music supervisor, plus WBD’s struggles
- To pay debt, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is licensing HBO original series to Netflix, and fires the head of TCM. Meanwhile, Disney/Pixar’s “Elemental” underperforms at the box office.
- Celebrating Pride at The Abbey, pies, peaches
- David Cooley reminiscences about The Abbey, the West Hollywood cafe and bar he opened in 1991. Rax Will discusses gender-neutral greetings and recommends a few queer pop-ups in LA.
- Cinespia 2023 brings Pee-wee and Tyler Durden to Hollywood Forever
- Summer is here, and so is LA’s longest running outdoor film series Cinespia. Catch cult hits, classics, and flops at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
- Biden ramps up for 2024, and a year since the end of Roe
- President Biden ramps up his 2024 campaign but remains unpopular. Plus, KCRW looks back at one year post-Roe and insight into the battles dividing environmentalists.
- The Century Long War on Cannabis Is a War on Science
- Harvard physician Peter Grinspoon fights back against years of war on youth and communities of color.
- 1 year after end of Roe v. Wade, what’s happened since and what’s ahead
- A year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the right to an abortion, Sue Dunlap, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood LA, talks about the changes she’s seen and the threats to come.
- Tinned fish becomes growing trend, USDA approves lab-grown meat
- Tinned fish is an exploration of geography, tradition, ocean bounty, sustainability, and artful design. Here are different ways to eat them at home and at restaurants.