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Special Programming

KCRW news, culture and arts programming that's not regularly scheduled.

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March For Our Lives WNYC and NPR-affiliates air live discussions and reports on the coordination of marches around the country to demand gun control.

Mar 24, 2018

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War of the Worlds War of the Worlds is a new opera from Yuval Sharon based on the original 1938 script from Orson Welles.

Nov 23, 2017

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Serendipity This broadcast celebrates the winners of the first annual Sarah Awards with a kaleidoscopic cross-section of innovative radio drama from around the world.

57 min May 30, 2016

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Best of 2014 A collection of KCRW's best original programming from 2014.

1 hr, 12 min, 7 sec Dec 19, 2014

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Global Water Scarcity: Combating Drought Millions of farmers in California, Africa, and South Asia are all facing severe water issues.In this edition of America Abroad, we hear how unmanaged groundwater drilling in California and India is threatening to deplete huge underground aquifers.

53 min, 3 sec Jul 19, 2014

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Reveal: Unraveling the Mysteries of the GI Bill, Coast Guard and EPA Who’s really benefiting from the GI Bill? Why does the U.S. Coast Guard have some explaining to do? How much arsenic in our water is actually safe? There’s always more to the story.

52 min, 57 sec Jul 04, 2014

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Do Millennials Stand a Chance? Growing up with revolutionary technology and entering adulthood in a time of recession, millennials have recently been much maligned. Are critics right? (Sat/Sun 1pm)

Apr 19, 2014

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Teenage Diaries Revisited In the 1990's, producer Joe Richman gave tape recorders to a few teens and asked them to report on their own lives. Now he's checked back in with them. (Sat, Jan 18, 9am)

Jan 18, 2014

More KCRW Podcasts

Press Play with Madeleine Brand Madeleine Brand hosts Press Play, examining the latest ideas and trends shaping our world and Los Angeles. Streaming & podcast daily 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.

Left, Right & Center Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly civilized yet provocative confrontation over politics, policy and pop culture. Josh Barro, representing the Center, hosts a discussion of the week’s news and issues with thought leaders on the Right and Left, and expert guests. In today’s world, the lines between parties and ideologies seem distinct, but are they really? Hear how the other side thinks on the issues that matter most. From the news that dominates the headlines to the important topics below the fold, Left, Right & Center busts the opinion bubbles and echo chambers with genuine discussion and real talk. On the air since 1996, Left, Right & Center is consistently ranked among the top politics and news podcasts.

To the Point A weekly reality-check on the issues Americans care about most. Host Warren Olney draws on his decades of experience to explore the people and issues shaping – and disrupting - our world. How did everything change so fast? Where are we headed? The conversations are informal, edgy and always informative. If Warren's asking, you want to know the answer.