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Madeleine Brand joined KCRW in 2013 to host the midday show, Press Play (noon-1pm). She most recently came from KCET, where she won an Emmy award for her work on the television news show, SoCal Connected. She’s best known for her career in public radio, where she created and hosted a daily show at KPCC. Before that, she was a reporter and host at NPR for more than 13 years.

Madeleine has a Master's degree from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she later taught documentary radio. She has a BA from the University of California Berkeley, where she graduated with honors in English.

Madeleine lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

FROM Madeleine Brand

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Pop icon Grace Jones -- on and off the stage A new documentary looks at the life of Grace Jones, who had a strict pentecostal upbringing in Jamaica, but rejected it to become a pop star. The film includes footage from her concerts and intimate scenes with her family.

49 MIN, 3 SEC Apr 18, 2018

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Mayor Garcetti on homelessness and his political future Eric Garcetti talks about his call to end homelessness and what that looks like. He wants to put emergency shelters in every council district, and disputes criticism that 1500 beds is a drop in the bucket. Also: why won’t he call LA a sanctuary city, and what about running for president in 2020?

49 MIN, 2 SEC Apr 17, 2018

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How Beverly Hills unleashed the political power of celebrities Despite its small size, the city of Beverly Hills packs a lot of political power. That’s not a surprise, given the big names who live there. But the Beverly Hills we know today may never have existed if it weren’t for a group of stars who fought to keep the city independent.

48 MIN, 58 SEC Apr 16, 2018

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When it comes to privacy, are Comcast and Verizon worse than Facebook? There’s been a lot of concern about Facebook, with Mark Zuckerberg testifying before Congress after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Up to 87 million users had their data collected without their permission. But other companies are collecting reams of data on users too, such as Google, Comcast, Verizon.

48 MIN, 36 SEC Apr 13, 2018

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Backroom deals between animal shelters and dog breeders Dog rescue groups have long denounced commercial breeders for mistreating animals. But one reporter found that some of the same rescue groups who criticize breeders are buying dogs from them at auctions, sometimes for thousands of dollars, and selling them as rescue dogs.

47 MIN, 23 SEC Apr 12, 2018

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Would you house a homeless person in your backyard? LA officials are giving homeowners an incentive to build a small unit on their property for a homeless person. We talk about how that’s worked in Seattle with a woman who’s done it.

48 MIN, 45 SEC Apr 11, 2018

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Molly Ringwald has her #MeToo moment with the 80s films that made her a star Molly Ringwald has written an essay in this week’s New Yorker, in which she looks back at her teenage self through her adult eyes. The result is a lot of ambivalence about the John Hughes movies she starred in, including “Sixteen Candles” and “The Breakfast Club.”

48 MIN, 51 SEC Apr 10, 2018

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Gaming the college admissions game High school seniors are finding out which colleges have accepted -- or rejected -- them. Some say the whole admissions process is set up for the privileged. We get suggestions for change.

48 MIN, 52 SEC Apr 09, 2018

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Chris O'Dowd on his new film about grief and loss You might remember Chris O’Dowd as the the friendly Irish cop in “Bridesmaids.” But in the new film “Love After Love,” his character is dealing with the death of his father. In his grief, he lashes out at the people he loves most.

48 MIN, 51 SEC Apr 06, 2018

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Chaos and danger on LA's Baxter Street Baxter St. in Echo Park is steep and scary. Daredevil skateboarders take it on, and some unsuspecting drivers are sent there by Waze. Residents are fed up with the traffic and accidents. They met with the city to try to come up with solutions.

48 MIN, 48 SEC Apr 05, 2018

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Inside the business of home abortions We learn about a secret network of women providing cheap home abortions. What they’re doing is illegal in most states.

49 MIN, 52 SEC Apr 04, 2018

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What's behind the teacher protests in red states? Teachers are striking for a second day in Oklahoma, where years of budget cuts have forced one in five schools to operate on a four-day week. In Kentucky, thousands flooded the capital over changes to their pension plans yesterday. In Arizona, teachers are demanding a 20 percent pay hike.

48 MIN, 57 SEC Apr 03, 2018

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HBO's Jimmy O. Yang on making immigrants sexy and funny Jimmy O. Yang is best known as Jian Yang on HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” He talks about his journey from Hong Kong to LA, learning American culture by watching BET, getting in trouble with the border patrol, and why it’s so important to play immigrant characters.

49 MIN, 37 SEC Apr 02, 2018

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Gender bias in the Marine Corps Former Marines officer Kate Germano led the military’s only all-female recruit battalion. In one year, she turned a demoralized and underperforming group of women into qualified Marines. Then she got fired. She talks about gender bias in Marines training in her new memoir “Fight Like a Girl.”

49 MIN, 14 SEC Mar 30, 2018

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The rise of women TV showrunners From “Roseanne” to “Gilmore Girls” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” women showrunners like Roseanne Barr, Amy Sherman-Palladino and Shonda Rhimes have changed TV. A new book looks at how they’ve fought for creative control, struggled with being “liked,” and introduced more nuanced characters and stories.

48 MIN, 47 SEC Mar 29, 2018

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Silicon Valley worker pushes for universal health coverage in California Last year in Sacramento, state legislators shot down a proposal for single payer health care. But one unlikely man will not give up the fight.

49 MIN, 19 SEC Mar 28, 2018

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Accusations of lying fly between James Comey and White House During his testimony Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey accused President Trump and other White House officials of lying when they said the FBI was in disarray and its staff had lost confidence in him. President Trump’s lawyer said Comey was wrong -- that the president never asked for his loyalty, and never asked him to back off the investigation into former NSA director Michael Flynn.

50 MIN, 32 SEC Jun 08, 2017

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How do Trump supporters feel about the Paris Accord? Globally and around the U.S., there are strong opinions whether or not the Paris Climate Accord is a good idea. The American exit is either a horrifying abdication of American leadership or a forceful and long overdue statement about U.S. sovereignty.

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