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Episode FREAKS ONLY playlist: April 22, 2024
Sometimes playing favorites is the only appropriate course of action.
Episode Troff document LA brings a different energy to Erick the Architect’s music
Erick Elliott ’s (a.k.a. Erick the Architect) first solo album, “I’ve Never Been Here Before,” features big-name collaborators like James Blake and George Clinton.
Episode Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: Apr. 22, 2024
Chris Douridas guest hosts Morning Becomes Eclectic.
Episode D source code Voter ID law sparks legal battle in OC
California has filed a lawsuit against Huntington Beach over its recently passed voter ID law.
Episode The Avett Brothers: ‘Love Of A Girl’
For the last 20 years, The Avett Brothers anchored their status in the Americana/folk-rock arena with sophisticated sibling harmonies, ardent lyrics, and their own blend of country influences, to the delight of fans.
Episode LeRoy Downs' playlist, April 21, 2024
"Just Jazz" with LeRoy Downs. Downs' goal is to bring a varied sonic experience to jazz, while blending music, style, and culture.
Episode Jason Kramer's playlist, April 21, 2024
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 aficionados. Find me on Twitter.
Episode Dan Wilcox's playlist, April 21, 2024
Unearthing new discoveries, remixes and rarities, b-sides and lost classics.
Episode Jeremy Sole's playlist, April 21, 2024
A sonic trip through the past, present and future of roots music.
Episode Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras' playlist, April 21, 2024
Music to lift your spirits. An expansive sonic journey featuring new and classic rhythms from all over the globe.
Episode Octet Stream Michael Pollan’s long and strange trip: shifting perspectives on food and psychedelics
Michael Pollan, investigative journalist, writer, and author of numerous books including “This is Your Mind on Plants” talks about his trip into the world of food and the new science of psychedelics.
Episode Brain Drain
America's dependency on foreign medical graduates, helps us but disadvantages countries around the world.
Episode KCRW Broadcast 785
Fanatic! Our show for tonight is obviously conceptual as the briefest scans of our list of tracks informs.
Episode Metropolis playlist, April 20, 2024
Jason Bentley captures the hypnotic pulse of modern city life on Saturday night.
Episode Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras' playlist, April 20, 2024
Music to lift your spirits. An expansive sonic journey featuring new and classic rhythms from all over the globe.
Episode Jason Kramer's playlist, April 20, 2024
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 aficionados. Find me on Twitter.
Episode Dan Wilcox's playlist, April 20, 2024
Unearthing new discoveries, remixes and rarities, b-sides and lost classics.
Episode Kiefer Sutherland, Jovan Adepo, and Scott Simon on The Treat
Kiefer Sutherland on Jack Bauer and William Friedkin, Jovan Adepo on “3 Body Problem,” NPR’s Scott Simon on The Treat.
Episode FREAKS ONLY playlist: April 19, 2024
All reports from the “CHROMA” live experience at Coachella conclude that it’s a stunner.
Episode Apple pie, green almonds
With only a week left until PieFest, baker Nicole Rucker shows us how to make a scrumptrilescent apple pie. From Baghdad and Buenos Aires to Montreal and Mexico City, Naama Shefi taps the Jewish diaspora to fill her holiday table.
Episode Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: Apr. 19, 2024
KCRW DJ Chris Douridas (re)takes the MBE hosting reigns to share Willow’s wildly ambitious jazz-rock opus “b i g f e e l i n g s”, the cinematic-leaning “Dreamers in the Field” from Dhani Harrison, Carmen Rizzo & Huur-Huur-Tu, and plenty of recs…
Episode ‘Quiet on Set’ filmmakers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz; Congress vs. Spulu
Kim Masters and Matt Belloni take a look at Jeff Skoll’s decision to close Participant Media after 20 years. And the banter partners break down why two congress members sent a letter addressed to the heads of Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros.
Episode Weekend film reviews: ‘Abigail,’ ‘We Grown Now,’ ‘The People’s Joker’
Critics review the latest film releases: “Abigail,” “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” “We Grown Now,” and “The People's Joker.”
Episode Ray McGovern: One more presidential briefing with “President Scheer”
Ray McGovern, the 27-year CIA veteran who counseled seven presidents, joins host Robert Scheer in a Theatre of the Absurd reenactment of McGovern's historic role.
Episode Octet Stream Trump tries to maintain party peace as trial begins
Is the media’s coverage adding to the difficulties of Donald Trump’s criminal case? Where does protest cross the line into hate speech?
Episode Tyler Boudreaux's playlist, April 18, 2024
A balanced diet of indie grooves, modern psych, alternative R&B and straight up rock and roll.
Episode FREAKS ONLY playlist: April 18, 2024
Settle in for plenty of fresh cuts from our favs, including Fontaines D.C., Tolliver, and JJUUJJUU.
Episode For Passover dinner, consider charoset from 3 different traditions
Charoset is a melange of dried and/or fresh fruits plus nuts — all chopped or ground to a paste. It’s typically prepared for seders or Passover ritual dinners.
Episode Barry Can’t Swim (but he can get down Live From KCRW HQ)
Fresh from a rapturously received Coachella set, Scottish DJ and producer Barry Can’t Swim joins us live from the Annenberg Performance Studio.
Episode Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: Apr. 18, 2024
Barry Can’t Swim brings his already legendary live show to MBE. Plus a Vince Guaraldi song that has never been part of a “Peanuts” cartoon (that we know of).