Mikel Jollett

Lead singer and songwriter of the band The Airborne Toxic Event.

Lead singer and songwriter of the band The Airborne Toxic Event.

Mikel Jollett on KCRW

Growing up in LA, musician Mikel Jollett did not have it easy. He escaped from a cult at a young age, and he struggled to maintain a relationship with his father.

‘Hollywood Park:’ How Mikel Jollett left a cult, got into Stanford, became a lead singer

Growing up in LA, musician Mikel Jollett did not have it easy. He escaped from a cult at a young age, and he struggled to maintain a relationship with his father.

from Greater LA

More from KCRW

KCRW’s Global Beat is a new series highlighting emerging artists from around the world.

from KCRW’s Global Beat

Actor and director David Oyelowo on the layers of a family film.

from The Treatment

Warner Bros. was hoping for a big summer hit with its movie adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical “In the Heights.”

from Hollywood Breakdown

It’s a mid-May mega banter!

from The Business

Writer Nida Manzoor wanted “We Are Lady Parts,” her series about an all-female Muslim punk band, to be funny.

from The Business

Domenico Ingenito speaks about his book, “Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry.”

from Bookworm

Veteran producer David Friendly’s many film credits include three “Big Momma’s House” movies.

from The Business

Before Lin-Manuel Miranda brought his astonishing "Hamilton" to Broadway he created "In the Heights," a Broadway musical set in a Latino, mostly Dominican neighborhood of Washington…

from Film Reviews

"A Quiet Place II" picks up where the original--the very original original--left off.

from Film Reviews