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Food and travel writer
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Meaghan Agnew
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FROM Meaghan Agnew
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
When CSAs Go Wrong Anyone who’s ever signed-up for a CSA (a Community Supported Agriculture subscription) has had to figure out what to do with all the fresh vegetables coming their way. But the members of a Groton, Massachusetts, CSA have a much different problem after their collective took their money, then went belly-up.
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LA Observed
The decline of Sunset Magazine It’s been a western staple for more than a century. But the situation is reportedly pretty dire over at Sunset Magazine. The perennial publication of life in the west has fallen on hard times with dwindling ad sales and corresponding cash shortages. Will new ownership turn things around, or drive the magazine out of business?
Hollywood Breakdown
Golden Globes nominations and the Oscars find a host...for now The Golden Globes have once again left people puzzled by some of their nominations. And the Oscars finally found a host in Kevin Hart, but there are already issues.
Martini Shot
My Friend’s Place This is Rob Long, and on today’s Martini Shot I talk about impossible it is for some people to remember that they have enough stuff, enough of everything. And by some people I mean, me. But maybe not just me.
The Business
Kristoffer Polaha on Hallmark movies; Netflix's Lisa Nishimura In 2015, actor Kristoffer Polaha booked what he thought would be a one-off gig in a Hallmark TV movie. Now, he’s got 5 Hallmark films under his belt. He tells us how he and the Hallmark Channel fell in love. Then, KCRW's Matt Holzman sits down with Netflix's Lisa Nishimura. The head of original documentaries and comedy programming for the streamer tells us how she decides what will become a Netflix original.