Max Read

Editor

Senior editor of the Select All tech blog at New York Magazine.

Max Read on KCRW

If you see roving groups of people walking very slowly with their eyes glued to their cell phones this week, well, that’s not new.

Pokemon Go

If you see roving groups of people walking very slowly with their eyes glued to their cell phones this week, well, that’s not new.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

More from KCRW

Google and Meta are under fire in court. Officials claim they crushed rivals to stay on top. The outcome could upend how Big Tech works.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A hundred days into his second White House term, Donald Trump has reshaped the conversation around immigration in the U.S., once seen as a proud melting pot of immigrants and cultures.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A new report from Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services tries to discredit gender-affirming care, contradicting leading medical experts who say it can save lives.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Broad museum broke ground this week on a new construction project. Meanwhile, it’s celebrating a decade in Downtown Los Angeles.

from KCRW Features

Is the White House budget proposal an attempt to fight with Congress? Is America’s birth rate a policy problem? Plus, KCRW examines ChatGPT’s impact on campuses.

from Left, Right & Center

Federal Homeland Security agents tried to enter two LA Unified schools without a warrant.

from KCRW Features

Journalist Katherine Stewart charts the rise of the Christian right and its influence in the Trump administration in her new book “Money, Lies, and God.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Newport Beach is fighting the state of California after proposing to make offshore mooring permits more expensive.

from KCRW Features

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking fire debris to 18 landfills and recycling centers across Southern California.

from KCRW Features